DVC PHYS 130 Quiz 7 due 11/6. Sow all your work for every question.

1) Which of the following quantities are units of momentum? (There is more than one correct choice.)
A) N s
B) kg m 2/s2
C) N m
D) kg m/s
E) kg s/m
2) A very elastic rubber ball is dropped from a certain height and hits the floor with a downward speed v. Since
it is so elastic, the ball bounces back with the same speed v going upward. Which of the following statements
about the bounce are correct? (There could be more than one correct choice.)
A) The magnitude of the ball's momentum was the same just before and just after the bounce.
B) The ball's momentum was conserved during the bounce.
C) The ball had the same momentum just before and just after the bounce.
D) None of the above statements are correct.
3) A small car meshes with a large truck in a head-on collision. Which of the following statements concerning
the magnitude of the momentum change during the collision is correct?
A) The magnitude of the momentum change experienced by each one is directly proportional to its mass.
B) The truck experiences the greater magnitude momentum change.
C) The small car experiences the greater magnitude momentum change.
D) The magnitude of the momentum change experienced by each one is inversely proportional to its
mass.
E) The small car and the truck experience the same magnitude momentum change.
4) During World War I, Germany used a "Big Bertha" cannon to hurl shells into Paris 30 miles away. This gun
also had a very long barrel. What was the reason for using a long barrel in these guns?
A) to allow the force of the expanding gases from the gunpowder to act for a longer time
B) to exert a larger force on the shells
C) to increase the force exerted on the bullet due to the expanding gases from the gunpowder
D) to reduce the force exerted on the bullet due to the expanding gases from the gunpowder
E) to reduce frictional losses
5) In the figure, determine the character of the collision. The masses of the blocks, and the velocities before and
after, are shown. The collision is

A) completely inelastic.
B) partially inelastic.
C) perfectly elastic.
D) characterized by an increase in kinetic energy.
E) not possible because momentum is not conserved.
6) Two air track carts move along an air track towards each other. Cart A has a mass of 450 g and moves toward
the right with a speed of 0.850 m/s. Cart B has a mass of 300 g and moves toward the left with a speed of
1.12 m/s. What is the total momentum of the two-cart system?
A) 0.750 kg m/s toward the right
B) 0.750 kg m/s toward the left
C) 0.719 kg m/s toward the right
D) 0.719 kg m/s toward the left
E) 0.047 kg m/s toward the right
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7) A 0.10-kg ball, traveling horizontally at 25 m/s, strikes a wall and rebounds at 19 m/s. What is the
magnitude of the change in the momentum of the ball during the rebound?
A) 72 kg m/s
B) 4.4 kg m/s
C) 1.2 kg m/s
D) 5.4 kg m/s
E) 1.8 kg m/s
8) Astronaut Jennifer's lifeline to her spaceship comes loose and she finds herself stranded, "floating" 100 m
from the mothership. She suddenly throws her 2.00-kg wrench at 20 m/s in a direction away from the ship.
If she and her spacesuit have a combined mass of 200 kg, how long does it take her to coast back to her
spaceship?
A) 1000 s
B) 250 s
C) 500 s
D) 750 s
E) 2.50 min
9) A 320-g air track cart traveling at 1.25 m/s suddenly collides elastically with a stationary 270-g cart. What is
the speed of the 270-g cart just after the collision?
A) 0.678 m/s
B) 0.106 m/s
C) 1.14 m/s
D) 1.36 m/s
E) 2.72 m/s
10) A 320-g air track cart traveling at 1.25 m/s suddenly collides elastically with a stationary 270-g cart. What is
the speed of the 320-g cart just after the collision?
A) 0.11 m/s
B) 1.1 m/s
C) 0.68 m/s
D) 0.21 m/s
E) 1.4 m/s
11) A forklift pushes a 100-kg crate, starting from rest, with a horizontal force of magnitude F. The graph in the
figure shows the x component of this force as a function of time. What is the instantaneous velocity of the
crate at time t = 10 s?

A) 0.00 cm/s

B) 25 cm/s

C) -75 cm/s

D) 75 cm/s

E) -25 cm/s

12) A super dart of mass 20 g, traveling at 350 m/s, strikes a steel plate at an angle of 30 with the plane of the
plate, as shown in the figure. It bounces off the plate at the same angle but at a speed of 320 m/s. What is
the magnitude of the impulse that the plate gives to the bullet?

A) 4.3 N s

B) 0.52 N s

C) 300 N s

D) 6.7 N s

E) 0.30 N s

13) A block of mass m = 5.6 kg, moving on a frictionless surface with a velocity of vi = 6.5 m/s to the right,
collides with a block of mass M at rest, as shown in the figure. After the collision, the 5.6-kg block recoils
with a velocity of vf = 0.70 m/s to the left. If the blocks are in contact for 0.20 s, what is the magnitude of the
average force on the 5.6-kg block, while the two blocks are in contact?

A) 0 N

B) 192 N

C) 182 N

D) 202 N

E) 0 N

14) An 8.0-g bullet is suddenly shot into a 4.0-kg block that is at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface, as
shown in the figure. The bullet remains lodged in the block. The block then moves against a spring and
compresses it by 3.7 cm. The force constant (spring constant) of the spring is 2500 N/m. What was the initial
speed v of the bullet?

A) 480 m/s

B) 520 m/s

C) 460 m/s

D) 440 m/s

E) 500 m/s