Chapter 7: Work and Kinetic Energy
MCAT Study Guide



1.  

The following information pertains to questions 1-4.

An object of mass mo is initially at rest on a horizontal, frictionless surface. The object is then subjected to a constant force of magnitude Fo which makes an angle o with the horizontal as in the figure at the right. After the object has undergone a horizontal change in displacement Do, it has speed vo and kinetic energy KEo.

If the angle which the force makes with the horizontal had been slightly less than o, the speed of the object after the horizontal change in displacement Do would have been ___ vo.



2.  

If the mass of the object had been slightly more than mo, the kinetic energy of the object after the horizontal change in displacement Do would have been ___ KEo.



3.  

If the horizontal change in displacement had been 2 Do, the kinetic energy of the object after this horizontal change in displacement would have been KE = KEo x ___.



4.  

If the same force continued to act on the object until the speed of the object was 2 vo, the total distance through which the force would have acted would be Do x ___.



5.  

The following information pertains to questions 5-6.

If the work required to get an object with mass mo initially at rest to a speed vo is Wo, . . .

. . . the additional work required to increase its speed from vo to 2 vo would be W o x ___.



6.  

. . . the work required to get another object with mass 2 mo also initially at rest to a speed vo would be Wo x ___.

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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