The force of attraction between Earth and any object located on its surface is generally referred to as the object’s

a) mass.
b) momentum.
c) inertia.
d) weight.


d

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A) is one third. B) is one ninth. C) triples. D) remains the same.

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The quantity is known as

a. kinetic energy. b. potential energy. c. work. d. energy. e. power.

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What is the total force on the bottom of a 2.0-m-diameter by 1.5-m-deep round wading pool due to the weight of the air and the weight of the water? (Note the pressure contribution from the atmosphere is 1.0 × 10^5 N/m2, the density of water is 1 000 kg/m3, and g = 9.8 m/s2.)

a. 5.1E+5 N b. 1.4E+6 N c. 2.1E+5 N d. 3.6E+5 N e. 2.1E+5 N

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An object is moving with constant non-zero acceleration on the +x axis. The position versus time graph of this object is

A) a horizontal straight line. B) a vertical straight line. C) a straight line making an angle with the time axis. D) a parabolic curve. E) a hyperbolic curve.

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