Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors
Physlet® Problems




1.  


A bowling ball is lifted from rest onto a shelf by an external agent (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Rank the paths by the displacement of the bowling ball during the animations (greatest first).

Animation 1,2,4,3
Animation 1,4,2,3
Animation 1,3,4,2
All Tie


2.  


A child sits on a merry-go-round at the position marked by the red circle (position is in meters and time is in seconds). What is her displacement between t = 0 and t = 1.5 seconds? Start

-1 m
3.14 m
1.57 m


3.  


A bowling ball is lifted from rest onto a shelf by an external agent (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Rank the paths by the average velocity of the bowling ball during the animations (greatest first).

Animation (4 and 1 tie),2,3
Animation 3,2,(4 and 1 tie)
All Tie


4.  


A child sits on a merry-go-round at the position marked by the red circle (position is in meters and time is in seconds). What is her average velocity and average speed between t=0 and t=3 seconds? Start

1.05 m/s, 1.05 m/s
0 m/s, 1.05 m/s
0 m/s, 2.1m/s
0m/s, 0m/s


5.  


A red ball slides off a table as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Ignore air friction. Which animation correctly represents the path of the ball?

Animation 1
Animation 2
Animation 3
Animation 4


6.  


A red ball slides off a table as shown in the animation (position is in meters and time is in seconds). Ignore air friction. If the ball undergoes an elastic collision with the other table (vy remains the same and vx changes sign) where will the red ball land? Start

5.2 m
-0.3 m
150 N/m
1.1 m


7.  


A projectile is launched as shown in the animation (position is shown in meters and time is shown in seconds). Where does the ball reach its maximum speed, and what is its speed when it gets there?
Start

Interactive Hint

(43, 28.2), 0 m/s
(43, 28.2), 18 m/s
(43, 28.2), 9 m/s
(0, 0), -9 m/s


8.  


A doughnut (mmm, doughnut)  is launched as shown in the animation. What is the launch angle (position is shown in meters and time is shown in seconds) as measured from the +x direction?
Start

40 *
45 *
50 *
55 *


9.  

A superball is projected horizontally as shown in the animation. What is the ratio of the vertical speed of the ball just after it hits the ground to the vertical speed of the ball just before it hits the ground (position is shown in meters and time is shown in seconds)? Neglect air resitance. Start

1.00
0.76
0.87
0.93


10.  


A child sits on a merry-go-round at the position marked by the red circle (position is in meters and time is in seconds). What is her tangential and radial acceleration? Start

0 m/s2, 0 m/s2
0 m/s2, 4.41 m/s2
4.41 m/s2, 4.41 m/s2
0 m/s2, 0.7 m/s2


11.  


A car starts from rest and accelerates until it is half way around a circular track after which time it moves at constant speed.  Which animation correctly shows the acceleration vector?

Animation 1
Animation 2
Animation 3

Physlets used by permission of Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College.

Physlet problems 1,3 4 and 6 authored by Mario Belloni

Physlet problems 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 authored by Aaron Titus and modified by Mario Belloni



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