2019 (June): NY Regents - Physics - Sara Cowley | Library

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From the New York State Education Department. The University of the State of New York REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION PHYSICAL SETTING PHYSICS. Internet. Available from https://www.nysedregents.org/Physics/619/phys62019-exam.pdf; accessed 23, June, 2023.

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Which pair of quantities represent scalar quantities?

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A sailboat on a lake sails 40. meters north and then sails 40. meters due east. Compared to its starting position, the new position of the sailboat is

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A ball is thrown straight upward from the surface of Earth. Which statement best describes the ball’s velocity and acceleration at the top of its flight?

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As a student runs a plastic comb through her hair, the comb acquires a negative electric charge. This charge results from the transfer of

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How would the mass and weight of an object on the Moon compare to the mass and weight of the same object on Earth?

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An object is moving with constant speed in a circular path. The object’s centripetal acceleration remains constant in

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As shown in the diagram below, a rope attached to a 500.-kilogram crate is used to exert a force of 45 newtons at an angle of 65 degrees above the horizontal.

The horizontal component of the force acting on the crate is

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A spring with a spring constant of 68 newtons per meter hangs from a ceiling. When a 12-newton downward force is applied to the free end of the spring, the spring stretches a total distance of

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As a student walks downhill at constant speed, his gravitational potential energy

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When 150 joules of work is done on a system by an external force of 15 newtons in 20. seconds, the total energy of that system increases by

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A person on a ledge throws a ball vertically downward, striking the ground below the ledge with 200 joules of kinetic energy. The person then throws an identical ball vertically upward at the same initial speed from the same point. What is the kinetic energy of the second ball when it hits the ground? [Neglect friction.]

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Two construction cranes are used to lift identical 1200-kilogram loads of bricks the same vertical distance. The first crane lifts the bricks in 20. seconds and the second crane lifts the bricks in 40. seconds. Compared to the power developed by the first crane, the power developed by the second crane is

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An ionized calcium atom has a charge of +2 elementary charges. If this ion is accelerated through a potential difference of 2.0 × 10^3 volts, the ion’s change in kinetic energy will be

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A total charge of 100. coulombs flows past a fixed point in a circuit every 500. seconds. What is the current at this point in the circuit?

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An aluminum wire of length 1.0 meter has a resistance of 9.0 × 10^-3 ohm. If the wire were cut into two equal lengths, each length would have a resistance of

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In an operating electrical circuit, the source of potential difference could be

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A lightbulb with a resistance of 2.9 ohms is operated using a 1.5-volt battery. At what rate is electrical energy transformed in the lightbulb?

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A 40.0-kilogram child exerts a 100.-newton force on a 50.0-kilogram object. The magnitude of the force that the object exerts on the child is

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Two identical stationary bar magnets are arranged as shown in the diagram below.

What is the direction of the magnetic field at point P?

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A student claps his hands once to produce a sudden loud sound that travels through the air. This sound is classified as a

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A student generates water waves in a pool of water. In order to increase the energy carried by the waves, the student should generate waves with a

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A wave generator produces straight, parallel wave fronts in a shallow tank of uniform-depth water. As the frequency of vibration of the generator increases, which characteristic of the wave will always decrease?

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A space probe produces a radio signal pulse. If the pulse reaches Earth 12.3 seconds after it is emitted by the probe, what is the distance from the probe to Earth?

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The diagram below represents a light ray reflecting from a plane mirror.

The angle of reflection for this light ray is

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A light wave travels from one medium into a second medium with a greater absolute index of refraction. Which characteristic of the wave can not change as the wave enters the second medium?

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The speed of light (f = 5.09\times10^{14}\space\mathrm{Hz}) in glycerol is

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The diagram below represents a standing wave produced in a string by a vibrating wave generator.

How many antinodes are shown in this standing wave?

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The Doppler effect is best described as the

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Which diagram represents diffraction of wave fronts as they encounter an obstacle?

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Which types of forces exist between the two protons in a helium nucleus?

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A meson could be composed of

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An electron in an excited mercury atom is in energy level g. What is the minimum energy required to ionize this atom?

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A student is standing in an elevator that travels from the first floor to the tenth floor of a building. The student exerts the greatest force on the floor of the elevator when the elevator is

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At the bottom of a hill, a car has an initial velocity of +16.0 meters per second. The car is uniformly accelerated at −2.20 meters per second squared for 5.00 seconds as it moves up the hill. How far does the car travel during this 5.00-second interval?

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A particle enters the electric field between two oppositely charged parallel plates, as represented in the diagram below.

Which particle will be deflected toward the positive plate as it enters the electric field?

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As represented in the diagram below, an object of mass m, located on the surface of the Moon, is attracted to the Moon with a gravitational force, F.

An object of mass 2m, at an altitude equal to the Moon’s radius, r, above the surface of the Moon, is attracted to the Moon with a gravitational force of

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The graph below represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving along a straight line.

What is the magnitude of the object’s acceleration?

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Two muons would have a combined charge of

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A 1.47-newton baseball is dropped from a height of 10.0 meters and falls through the air to the ground. The kinetic energy of the ball is 12.0 joules the instant before the ball strikes the ground. The maximum amount of mechanical energy converted to internal energy during the fall is

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A projectile lands at the same height from which it was launched. Which initial velocity will result in the greatest horizontal displacement of the projectile? [Neglect friction.]

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A 5.0-kilogram box is sliding across a level floor. The box is acted upon by a force of 27 newtons east and a frictional force of 17 newtons west. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the box?

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The diagram below represents a 2.0-kilogram toy car moving at a constant speed of 3.0 meters per second counterclockwise in a circular path with a radius of 2.0 meters.

At the instant shown in the diagram, the centripetal force acting on the car is

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In which electric circuit would the voltmeter read 10 volts?

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The lambda baryon has the quark composition uds. Which particle has the same electric charge as the lambda baryon?

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How many kilograms of matter would have to be converted into energy to produce 24.0 megajoules of energy?

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A red photon in the bright-line spectrum of hydrogen gas has an energy of 3.02\times10^{−19} joule. What energy-level transition does an electron in a hydrogen atom undergo to produce this photon?

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In the diagram below, a negatively charged rod is placed between, but does not touch, identical small metal spheres R and S hanging from insulating threads.

What can be concluded if the rod repels sphere R but attracts sphere S?

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The amount of electric energy consumed by a 60.0-watt lightbulb for 1.00 minute could lift a 10.0 newton object to a maximum vertical height of

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Microwaves can have a wavelength closest to the

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Two pulses approach each other in a uniform medium, as represented in the diagram below.

Which diagram best represents the superposition of the two pulses when the pulses overlap?

Base your answers to questions 51 through 53 on the information below and on your knowledge of physics. 

    A toy launcher that is used to launch small plastic spheres horizontally contains a spring with a spring constant of 50. newtons per meter. The spring is compressed a distance of 0.10 meter when the launcher is ready to launch a plastic sphere.

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Determine the elastic potential energy stored in the spring when the launcher is ready to launch a plastic sphere.

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The spring is released and a 0.10-kilogram plastic sphere is fired from the launcher. Calculate the maximum speed with which the plastic sphere will be launched. [Neglect friction.] [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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Two 10.-ohm resistors have an equivalent resistance of 5.0 ohms when connected in an electric circuit with a source of potential difference. Using circuit symbols found in the Reference Tables for Physical Setting/Physics, draw a diagram of this circuit.

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The graph below shows the relationship between distance, d, and time, t, for a moving object.

On the axes in the Show Your Work space, sketch the general shape of the graph that shows the relationship between the magnitude of the velocity, v, and time, t, for the moving object.

Base your answers to questions 56 through 58 on the information below, diagram at the left, and on your knowledge of physics. 

A ray of monochromatic light (f = 5.09 × 10^{14} \mathrm{Hz}) passes from medium X into air. The angle of incidence of the ray in medium X is 25°, as shown in the diagram at the left.

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Using a protractor (click on the ruler icon in the Show Your Work space), measure and record the angle of refraction in the air, to the nearest degree.

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Calculate the absolute index of refraction of medium X. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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A student wishes to record a 7.5-kilogram watermelon colliding with the ground. Calculate how far the watermelon must fall freely from rest so it would be traveling at 29 meters per second the instant it hits the ground. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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As represented in the diagram below, block A with a mass of 100. grams slides to the right at 4.0 meters per second and hits stationary block B with a mass of 150. grams. After the collision, block B slides to the right and block A rebounds to the left at 1.5 meters per second. [Neglect friction.]


Calculate the speed of block B after the collision. [Show all calculations, including the equation and substitution with units.] 
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Base your answers to questions 63 through 65 on the information below and on your knowledge of physics. 

A 1.20 × 103-kilogram car is traveling east at 25 meters per second. The brakes are applied and the car is brought to rest in 5.00 seconds.

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Calculate the magnitude of the total impulse applied to the car to bring it to rest. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]
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State the direction of the impulse applied to the car.
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Some questions may require the use of the 2006 Edition Reference Tables for Physical Setting/Physics. 

Base your answers to questions 66 through 70 on the information and diagram at the left and on your knowledge of physics.

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Calculate the magnitude of the gravitational force, F_g, acting on the oil drop. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]
F_g= _______ 

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Base your answers to questions 71 through 75 on the information below and on your knowledge of physics. 

In a circuit, a 100.-ohm resistor and a 200.-ohm resistor are connected in parallel to a 10.0-volt battery.

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of the circuit. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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Base your answers to questions 76 through 80 on the information below and on your knowledge of physics. 

A wave traveling through a uniform medium has an amplitude of 0.20 meter, a wavelength of 0.40 meter, and a frequency of 10. hertz.

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On the grid in the Show Your Work space, draw one complete cycle of the wave.

A wave traveling through a uniform medium has an amplitude of 0.20 meter, a wavelength of 0.40 meter, and a frequency of 10. hertz.

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a) Mark an appropriate scale on the axis labeled “Current (A).”

b) Plot the data points for current versus potential difference.

c) Draw the line or curve of best fit.

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2019 (June): NY Regents - Physics

2019 (June): NY Regents - Physics

Which pair of quantities represent scalar quantities?

A sailboat on a lake sails 40. meters north and then sails 40. meters due east. Compared to its starting position, the new position of the sailboat is

A ball is thrown straight upward from the surface of Earth. Which statement best describes the ball’s velocity and acceleration at the top of its flight?

As a student runs a plastic comb through her hair, the comb acquires a negative electric charge. This charge results from the transfer of

How would the mass and weight of an object on the Moon compare to the mass and weight of the same object on Earth?

An object is moving with constant speed in a circular path. The object’s centripetal acceleration remains constant in

As shown in the diagram below, a rope attached to a 500.-kilogram crate is used to exert a force of 45 newtons at an angle of 65 degrees above the horizontal.The horizontal component of the force acting on the crate is

A spring with a spring constant of 68 newtons per meter hangs from a ceiling. When a 12-newton downward force is applied to the free end of the spring, the spring stretches a total distance of

As a student walks downhill at constant speed, his gravitational potential energy

When 150 joules of work is done on a system by an external force of 15 newtons in 20. seconds, the total energy of that system increases by

An ionized calcium atom has a charge of +2 elementary charges. If this ion is accelerated through a potential difference of 2.0 × 10^3 volts, the ion’s change in kinetic energy will be

A total charge of 100. coulombs flows past a fixed point in a circuit every 500. seconds. What is the current at this point in the circuit?

An aluminum wire of length 1.0 meter has a resistance of 9.0 × 10^-3 ohm. If the wire were cut into two equal lengths, each length would have a resistance of

In an operating electrical circuit, the source of potential difference could be

A lightbulb with a resistance of 2.9 ohms is operated using a 1.5-volt battery. At what rate is electrical energy transformed in the lightbulb?

A 40.0-kilogram child exerts a 100.-newton force on a 50.0-kilogram object. The magnitude of the force that the object exerts on the child is

Two identical stationary bar magnets are arranged as shown in the diagram below.What is the direction of the magnetic field at point P?

A student claps his hands once to produce a sudden loud sound that travels through the air. This sound is classified as a

A student generates water waves in a pool of water. In order to increase the energy carried by the waves, the student should generate waves with a

A wave generator produces straight, parallel wave fronts in a shallow tank of uniform-depth water. As the frequency of vibration of the generator increases, which characteristic of the wave will always decrease?

A space probe produces a radio signal pulse. If the pulse reaches Earth 12.3 seconds after it is emitted by the probe, what is the distance from the probe to Earth?

The diagram below represents a light ray reflecting from a plane mirror.The angle of reflection for this light ray is

A light wave travels from one medium into a second medium with a greater absolute index of refraction. Which characteristic of the wave can not change as the wave enters the second medium?

The speed of light (f = 5.09\times10^{14}\space\mathrm{Hz}) in glycerol is

The diagram below represents a standing wave produced in a string by a vibrating wave generator.How many antinodes are shown in this standing wave?

The Doppler effect is best described as the

Which diagram represents diffraction of wave fronts as they encounter an obstacle?

Which types of forces exist between the two protons in a helium nucleus?

A meson could be composed of

An electron in an excited mercury atom is in energy level g. What is the minimum energy required to ionize this atom?

A student is standing in an elevator that travels from the first floor to the tenth floor of a building. The student exerts the greatest force on the floor of the elevator when the elevator is

At the bottom of a hill, a car has an initial velocity of +16.0 meters per second. The car is uniformly accelerated at −2.20 meters per second squared for 5.00 seconds as it moves up the hill. How far does the car travel during this 5.00-second interval?

A particle enters the electric field between two oppositely charged parallel plates, as represented in the diagram below.Which particle will be deflected toward the positive plate as it enters the electric field?

The graph below represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving along a straight line.What is the magnitude of the object’s acceleration?

Two muons would have a combined charge of

A 1.47-newton baseball is dropped from a height of 10.0 meters and falls through the air to the ground. The kinetic energy of the ball is 12.0 joules the instant before the ball strikes the ground. The maximum amount of mechanical energy converted to internal energy during the fall is

A projectile lands at the same height from which it was launched. Which initial velocity will result in the greatest horizontal displacement of the projectile? [Neglect friction.]

A 5.0-kilogram box is sliding across a level floor. The box is acted upon by a force of 27 newtons east and a frictional force of 17 newtons west. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the box?

The diagram below represents a 2.0-kilogram toy car moving at a constant speed of 3.0 meters per second counterclockwise in a circular path with a radius of 2.0 meters.At the instant shown in the diagram, the centripetal force acting on the car is

In which electric circuit would the voltmeter read 10 volts?

The lambda baryon has the quark composition uds. Which particle has the same electric charge as the lambda baryon?

How many kilograms of matter would have to be converted into energy to produce 24.0 megajoules of energy?

A red photon in the bright-line spectrum of hydrogen gas has an energy of 3.02\times10^{−19} joule. What energy-level transition does an electron in a hydrogen atom undergo to produce this photon?

In the diagram below, a negatively charged rod is placed between, but does not touch, identical small metal spheres R and S hanging from insulating threads.What can be concluded if the rod repels sphere R but attracts sphere S?

The amount of electric energy consumed by a 60.0-watt lightbulb for 1.00 minute could lift a 10.0 newton object to a maximum vertical height of

Microwaves can have a wavelength closest to the

Two pulses approach each other in a uniform medium, as represented in the diagram below.Which diagram best represents the superposition of the two pulses when the pulses overlap?

The spring is released and a 0.10-kilogram plastic sphere is fired from the launcher. Calculate the maximum speed with which the plastic sphere will be launched. [Neglect friction.] [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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Two 10.-ohm resistors have an equivalent resistance of 5.0 ohms when connected in an electric circuit with a source of potential difference. Using circuit symbols found in the Reference Tables for Physical Setting/Physics, draw a diagram of this circuit.

The graph below shows the relationship between distance, d, and time, t, for a moving object.On the axes in the Show Your Work space, sketch the general shape of the graph that shows the relationship between the magnitude of the velocity, v, and time, t, for the moving object.

Calculate the absolute index of refraction of medium X. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

A student wishes to record a 7.5-kilogram watermelon colliding with the ground. Calculate how far the watermelon must fall freely from rest so it would be traveling at 29 meters per second the instant it hits the ground. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of the circuit. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

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On the grid in the Show Your Work space, draw one complete cycle of the wave.A wave traveling through a uniform medium has an amplitude of 0.20 meter, a wavelength of 0.40 meter, and a frequency of 10. hertz.

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a) Mark an appropriate scale on the axis labeled “Current (A).”b) Plot the data points for current versus potential difference.c) Draw the line or curve of best fit.

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Which pair of quantities represent scalar quantities?

A sailboat on a lake sails 40. meters north and then sails 40. meters due east. Compared to its starting position, the new position of the sailboat is

A ball is thrown straight upward from the surface of Earth. Which statement best describes the ball’s velocity and acceleration at the top of its flight?

As a student runs a plastic comb through her hair, the comb acquires a negative electric charge. This charge results from the transfer of

How would the mass and weight of an object on the Moon compare to the mass and weight of the same object on Earth?

An object is moving with constant speed in a circular path. The object’s centripetal acceleration remains constant in

As shown in the diagram below, a rope attached to a 500.-kilogram crate is used to exert a force of 45 newtons at an angle of 65 degrees above the horizontal.The horizontal component of the force acting on the crate is

A spring with a spring constant of 68 newtons per meter hangs from a ceiling. When a 12-newton downward force is applied to the free end of the spring, the spring stretches a total distance of

As a student walks downhill at constant speed, his gravitational potential energy

When 150 joules of work is done on a system by an external force of 15 newtons in 20. seconds, the total energy of that system increases by

An ionized calcium atom has a charge of +2 elementary charges. If this ion is accelerated through a potential difference of 2.0 × 10^3 volts, the ion’s change in kinetic energy will be

A total charge of 100. coulombs flows past a fixed point in a circuit every 500. seconds. What is the current at this point in the circuit?

An aluminum wire of length 1.0 meter has a resistance of 9.0 × 10^-3 ohm. If the wire were cut into two equal lengths, each length would have a resistance of

In an operating electrical circuit, the source of potential difference could be

A lightbulb with a resistance of 2.9 ohms is operated using a 1.5-volt battery. At what rate is electrical energy transformed in the lightbulb?

A 40.0-kilogram child exerts a 100.-newton force on a 50.0-kilogram object. The magnitude of the force that the object exerts on the child is

As shown in the diagram below, a rope attached to a 500.-kilogram crate is used to exert a force of 45 newtons at an angle of 65 degrees above the horizontal.

The horizontal component of the force acting on the crate is

Two identical stationary bar magnets are arranged as shown in the diagram below.

What is the direction of the magnetic field at point P?

The diagram below represents a light ray reflecting from a plane mirror.

The angle of reflection for this light ray is

The diagram below represents a standing wave produced in a string by a vibrating wave generator.

How many antinodes are shown in this standing wave?

A particle enters the electric field between two oppositely charged parallel plates, as represented in the diagram below.

Which particle will be deflected toward the positive plate as it enters the electric field?

The graph below represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving along a straight line.

What is the magnitude of the object’s acceleration?

The diagram below represents a 2.0-kilogram toy car moving at a constant speed of 3.0 meters per second counterclockwise in a circular path with a radius of 2.0 meters.

At the instant shown in the diagram, the centripetal force acting on the car is

In the diagram below, a negatively charged rod is placed between, but does not touch, identical small metal spheres R and S hanging from insulating threads.

What can be concluded if the rod repels sphere R but attracts sphere S?

Two pulses approach each other in a uniform medium, as represented in the diagram below.

Which diagram best represents the superposition of the two pulses when the pulses overlap?

The graph below shows the relationship between distance, d, and time, t, for a moving object.

On the axes in the Show Your Work space, sketch the general shape of the graph that shows the relationship between the magnitude of the velocity, v, and time, t, for the moving object.

On the grid in the Show Your Work space, draw one complete cycle of the wave.

A wave traveling through a uniform medium has an amplitude of 0.20 meter, a wavelength of 0.40 meter, and a frequency of 10. hertz.

a) Mark an appropriate scale on the axis labeled “Current (A).”

b) Plot the data points for current versus potential difference.

c) Draw the line or curve of best fit.

As shown in the diagram below, a rope attached to a 500.-kilogram crate is used to exert a force of 45 newtons at an angle of 65 degrees above the horizontal.

The horizontal component of the force acting on the crate is

Two identical stationary bar magnets are arranged as shown in the diagram below.

What is the direction of the magnetic field at point P?

The diagram below represents a light ray reflecting from a plane mirror.

The angle of reflection for this light ray is

The diagram below represents a standing wave produced in a string by a vibrating wave generator.

How many antinodes are shown in this standing wave?

A particle enters the electric field between two oppositely charged parallel plates, as represented in the diagram below.

Which particle will be deflected toward the positive plate as it enters the electric field?

The graph below represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving along a straight line.

What is the magnitude of the object’s acceleration?

The diagram below represents a 2.0-kilogram toy car moving at a constant speed of 3.0 meters per second counterclockwise in a circular path with a radius of 2.0 meters.

At the instant shown in the diagram, the centripetal force acting on the car is

In the diagram below, a negatively charged rod is placed between, but does not touch, identical small metal spheres R and S hanging from insulating threads.

What can be concluded if the rod repels sphere R but attracts sphere S?

Two pulses approach each other in a uniform medium, as represented in the diagram below.

Which diagram best represents the superposition of the two pulses when the pulses overlap?

The graph below shows the relationship between distance, d, and time, t, for a moving object.

On the axes in the Show Your Work space, sketch the general shape of the graph that shows the relationship between the magnitude of the velocity, v, and time, t, for the moving object.

On the grid in the Show Your Work space, draw one complete cycle of the wave.

A wave traveling through a uniform medium has an amplitude of 0.20 meter, a wavelength of 0.40 meter, and a frequency of 10. hertz.

a) Mark an appropriate scale on the axis labeled “Current (A).”

b) Plot the data points for current versus potential difference.

c) Draw the line or curve of best fit.