WGU C165 Physics Assessment
Integrated Physical Science
A car is moving forward and its brakes are being applied. Which of the following is true?
A. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is forward.
B.
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WGU C165 Physics Assessment
Integrated Physical Science
A car is moving forward and its brakes are being applied. Which of the following is true?
A. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is forward.
B. The car's velocity is backward, and its acceleration is forward.
C. The car's velocity is backward, and its acceleration is backward.
D. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is backward. ✔✔D. The car's velocity is
forward, and its acceleration is backward.
A car moves forward along a horizontal road in a straight line at constant speed. The net force on
the car is _______. ✔✔zero
You are pushing a file cabinet across a floor in a straight line at a constant speed. Which of the
following can you correctly conclude about the forces acting on the file cabinet?
A, If you were to exert twice as much force on the file cabinet, it would slide across the floor at
twice its original speed.
B. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is greater than the force that friction is exerting
on it.
C. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is greater than the force of friction with the
cabinet's weight.
D. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is equal and opposite to the force that friction
is exerting on it. ✔✔D. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is equal and opposite to
the force that friction is exerting on it.
Inertia is an object's _______________________________________. ✔✔tendency to remain
stationary or continue moving in the same way.
The mass of an object measures _____________________________. ✔✔the amount of matter in
an object.
Which of the following is used to increase friction?
A. spraying a lubricant onto a squeaky wheel
B. scattering sand on icy roads
C. waxing floors ✔✔B. scattering sand on icy roads
The force that slows down a person falling is called __________________. ✔✔air resistance
If the distance between two objects increases, the force of gravity between them
_________________. ✔✔decreases
A car decreases its speed from 40 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour. Its linear momentum
_____________________. ✔✔is half as much
In physics, work is
______________________________________________________________________________
_. ✔✔the energy transferred from one object to another via a force acting through a distance.
Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Potential energy is the energy of speed and kinetic energy is the energy stored in an object.
B. Potential energy is the energy of mass and kinetic energy is the energy of gravity.
C. Kinetic energy is the energy an object as a result of its motion, and potential energy is the energy
of position or deformation. ✔✔C. Kinetic energy is the energy of an object as a result of its motion,
and potential energy is the energy of position or deformation.
A truck increases its speed. What happens to its kinetic energy?
A. not enough information
B. it decreases
C. it increases ✔✔C. it increases
In which of the following situations is the object's potential energy changing?
A. a child sledding down a hill
B. a jug of milk standing on the top shelf in a refrigerator
C. a man biking at 20 miles per hour on a straight road
D. a person rowing a canoe on a lake ✔✔A. a child sledding down a hill
The figure below shows a pendulum. Assume that there are no frictional losses. The ball is
displaced to point A and released. As the ball moves, it passes, in order through points B, C, D,
and E, and then again through points D, C, B, and so on. Answer the following questions.
The ball has the greatest potential energy a point ____.
The ball has the greatest kinetic energy at point _____.
The ball has the greatest total mechanical energy at point ____. ✔✔A
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