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Hello again all. This is my 6th posting requesting some assistance for some new physics problem. It is getting a bit easier to understand but I would like some review and comments on the following problems. My answers are marked with an astericks. You do not have to necessarily provide me the answers. Please tell me which ones are correct and for those that are not some direction as to where to focus. Thanks for your time and comments.
1. What is the rotational speed of the minute hand on a clock?
a. 0.000278 rev/s*
b. 0.00175 rev/s
c. 0.0167 rev/s
d. 0.105 rev/s
2. A child with a mass of 25 kg is riding on a merry-go-round. If the child has a speed of 3 m/s and is located 2 m from the center of the merry-go-round, what is the child's angular momentum?
a. 50 kg·m2/s
b. 75 kg·m2/s*
c. 150 kg·m2/s
d. 300 kg·m2/s
3. Newton's first law for rotational motion states that an object will maintain its state of rotational motion unless acted on by an unbalanced (or net):
a. force
b. velocity
c. inertia*
d. torque
4. A child with a mass of 20 kg sits at a distance of 2.0 m from the pivot point of a seesaw. Where should a 16-kg child sit to balance the seesaw?
a. 1.6 m*
b. 2.0 m
c. 2.5 m
d. 3.2 m
5. A solid sphere and a solid cylinder are made of the same material. If they have the same mass and radius, which one has the larger rotational inertia about its center?
a. the sphere
b. the cylinder
c. both the same
d. There is not enough information to say*
6. A fully-loaded trailer truck is less stable than a race car because the truck:
a. is more massive
b. has a higher center of mass*
c. has bigger wheels
d. weighs more
7. If you face a wall with your toes against the baseboard, you find that you cannot stand up on your toes because:
a. you cannot generate the necessary torque
b. your rotational inertia is too large
c. your center of mass is too high
d. your center of mass cannot move forward over your toes*
8. An astronaut "floating" in Skylab has an initial rotational motion but no initial translational motion relative to Skylab. She continues to rotate because she:
a. experiences no net force*
b. experiences a net force that acts through her center of mass
c. is weightless
d. experiences a torque due to the force of gravity
9. A spinning gyroscope points directly at the North Star when it is located at the North Pole. If it is transported to the South Pole without exerting any torques on it, which way will it point?
a. up
b. down*
c. horizontally
10. Assume that Gerry sits on a freely rotating stool holding a bicycle wheel with its axle vertical so that it rotates in a clockwise direction when viewed from above. If Gerry turns the wheel over, he will:
a. not rotate because the system of wheel and Gerry is closed or isolated
b. not rotate because the two torques cancel
c. rotate clockwise because angular momentum is conserved*
d. rotate counterclockwise because angular momentum is conserved
1. What is the rotational speed of the minute hand on a clock?
a. 0.000278 rev/s*
b. 0.00175 rev/s
c. 0.0167 rev/s
d. 0.105 rev/s
2. A child with a mass of 25 kg is riding on a merry-go-round. If the child has a speed of 3 m/s and is located 2 m from the center of the merry-go-round, what is the child's angular momentum?
a. 50 kg·m2/s
b. 75 kg·m2/s*
c. 150 kg·m2/s
d. 300 kg·m2/s
3. Newton's first law for rotational motion states that an object will maintain its state of rotational motion unless acted on by an unbalanced (or net):
a. force
b. velocity
c. inertia*
d. torque
4. A child with a mass of 20 kg sits at a distance of 2.0 m from the pivot point of a seesaw. Where should a 16-kg child sit to balance the seesaw?
a. 1.6 m*
b. 2.0 m
c. 2.5 m
d. 3.2 m
5. A solid sphere and a solid cylinder are made of the same material. If they have the same mass and radius, which one has the larger rotational inertia about its center?
a. the sphere
b. the cylinder
c. both the same
d. There is not enough information to say*
6. A fully-loaded trailer truck is less stable than a race car because the truck:
a. is more massive
b. has a higher center of mass*
c. has bigger wheels
d. weighs more
7. If you face a wall with your toes against the baseboard, you find that you cannot stand up on your toes because:
a. you cannot generate the necessary torque
b. your rotational inertia is too large
c. your center of mass is too high
d. your center of mass cannot move forward over your toes*
8. An astronaut "floating" in Skylab has an initial rotational motion but no initial translational motion relative to Skylab. She continues to rotate because she:
a. experiences no net force*
b. experiences a net force that acts through her center of mass
c. is weightless
d. experiences a torque due to the force of gravity
9. A spinning gyroscope points directly at the North Star when it is located at the North Pole. If it is transported to the South Pole without exerting any torques on it, which way will it point?
a. up
b. down*
c. horizontally
10. Assume that Gerry sits on a freely rotating stool holding a bicycle wheel with its axle vertical so that it rotates in a clockwise direction when viewed from above. If Gerry turns the wheel over, he will:
a. not rotate because the system of wheel and Gerry is closed or isolated
b. not rotate because the two torques cancel
c. rotate clockwise because angular momentum is conserved*
d. rotate counterclockwise because angular momentum is conserved