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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Walk the Planck
Determine the amount of mass that you must place on a plank to allow you to walk to the end of the plank without cause it to rotate off the ship. An accompanying video explains the problem: https://youtu.be/1dFQL45hlkc
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Pressure From Fluid Layers
Students must determine the fluid pressure caused by a column of three immiscible fluids.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Determining Density of Fluid
Students must determine the density of a fluid based on the fluid levels in a u-tube.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Pascal's Principle Problem
Students must determine the force required to hold a syringe in place when a second force is trying to get it to move.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Buoyancy Problem
Students must figure out the number of people that can go on a raft without having the raft go fully under the fluid.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Percent Floating Challenge
Students must figure out how much of a ball will be under a fluid when it is in equilibrium with its environment.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy From Elastic Graph
Students must find how much energy has been added to a spring by looking at the Force vs. Spring Length graph.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Finding Speed From Work Graph
Students must determine the speed of a hockey puck based on a graph of force vs. displacement.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done by Force With No Friction
Students must determine the work done by a horizontal force when there is no friction acting on the box. Students must then find the speed of the box after this work has been added to the box.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done by Force With Friction
Students must determine the work done by a horizontal force when there is a frictional force acting on the box. Students must then find the speed of the box.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Maximum Height of Projectile From Energy
Students must predict the maximum height reached by a projectile based on energy conservation.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy on Incline Level 1
Students must predict the distance a cart will move up an incline based on energy conservation.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy on Incline Level 2
Students must predict the distance a box will move up an incline based on energy conservation. There will be friction present and some of the original KE will turn into heat.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Billy on Hill (Level 1)
Students must predict the distance traveled by a person on a sled. The person will start with potential energy due to gravity and it will turn into KE without loss. They will then lose their energy on a level surface at the bottom of a...
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done by Force on Angle With No Friction
Students must determine the work done by a force on an angle when there is no friction present between the box and the table. Students must also find the final speed of the box after this work has been added to the box.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done by Force (Force on Angle)
Students must determine the amount of work that is done by tension and the amount of work done by friction. Then students must find the work that turned into KE.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Power of Motor for Billy on Hill (Level 1)
Students must determine the power that is being exerted by a motor to pull a person up a frictionless incline.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems:kinetic Energy of Object Traveling in a Circle
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a ball moving in a circular path.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Kinetic Energy of a Curling Stone
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a curling stone based on the time it takes to move between two markings on the ice.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy on a Vertical Toss
Students must predict the maximum height reached by an object based on energy conservation.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Spring Constant From Momentum Conservation
Students will need to determine the spring constant of a spring that gave two dynamics cars their momenta.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy and Momentum Conservation Level 1
Students will be told the total energy added to the two carts by the spring and then they must use this along with momentum conservation to find the speed of each car as they move away from each other.
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Physics Aviary: Energy and Momentum Conservation Level 2 (Elastic Collision)
Students will be given only the starting speeds of the two objects and that they will have an elastic collision. From this they must figure out the velocities of both cars after the collision.
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Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Billy on Hill (Level 2)
Students must predict the distance traveled by a person on a sled. The person will start with potential energy due to gravity and then lose some energy on a hill. They will then lose the remaining energy on a level surface. You have to...