II. Graphing Flash Cards - Dynamics and Energy

1. The graph below represents the relationship between the forces applied to an object and the corresponding accelerations produced.

What is the inertial mass of the object?
 

 

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2. The graph below represents the relationship between gravitational force and mass for objects near the surface of Earth.

The slope of the graph represents the ___

 

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3. The graph below shows the relationship between weight and mass for a series of objects oil the Moon.

 

The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is approximately

 

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4. Which graph best represents the relationship between the mass (m) of a satellite launched from Earth and the satellite's distance (r) away from Earth.
 

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Energy Review

 

5. Which graph best represents the
relationship between gravitational potential energy (PE) and
height (h) above the
ground for an object near the surface of Earth?

 

 

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6. The graph below shows elongation as a function of the applied force for two springs, A and B. Compared to the spring constant for spring A, the spring constant for spring B is

 

(1) smaller

(2) larger

 (3) the same

 

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7. The graph below shows the relationship between the work done by a student and the time of ascent as the student runs up a flight of stairs.

The slope of the graph would have units of
 

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Energy Review



8. The graph below shows the relationship between the elongation of a spring and the force applied to the spring causing it to stretch.

What is the spring constant for this spring?

 

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9. The graph below represents the relationship between the work done by a student running up a flight of stairs and the time of ascent.

What does the slope of this graph represent?

(1) impulse (3) speed
(2) momentum (4) power

 

 

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10.
Which graph best

represents the elastic

potential energy stored

in a spring (PE s ) as a

function of its elongation,
x?

 

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Energy Review

11. Which graph best represents the relationship between the kinetic energy of a moving object and its velocity?  

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12. The graph below represents the relationship between the force applied to a spring and the compression (displacement) of the spring.

What is the spring constant for this spring?

(1) 1.0 N/m (3) 0.20 N/m
(2) 2.5 N/m (4) 0.40 N/m

 

 

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13. Which graph best represents the relationship between the gravitational potential energy of a freely falling object and the object's height above the ground near the surface of Earth?

 

 

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