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Mechanics and Gravitation

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  1. Which unit is the SI unit of force?
  2. Which statement is Newton's first law?
  3. A car accelerates uniformly from rest to in . What is its acceleration?
  4. An object falls from rest from a height of (use , no air resistance). How long does the fall take?
  5. What is the kinetic energy of a body moving at ?
  6. A car of mass drives at . What is its momentum?
  7. By what factor does the gravitational force between two masses change when the distance between them is doubled?
  8. A body moves on a circle of radius at a constant speed of . What is its centripetal acceleration?
  9. A ball is thrown at an angle of with speed (, no air resistance). How far does it travel horizontally on level ground?
  10. A ball is dropped from a height of (). What is its speed just before it hits the ground?
  11. A cart moving at hits a stationary cart and the two stick together. What is their common speed afterwards?
  12. A spring with spring constant is stretched by . What force does it exert?
  13. A pressure force of acts evenly on an area of . What is the pressure?
  14. A force of pulls a cart over , at an angle of to the direction of motion. How much work does it do?
  15. A roller coaster car starts at rest at a height of and rolls without friction. What is its speed at a height of ()?
  16. What is the period of a pendulum of length (use )?

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