Gravity

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Gravity

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An object of mass is dropped from a tower. The object's drag force is given by where is a positive constant. What will the objects terminal velocity be?

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An object of mass is dropped from a tower. The object's drag force is given by where is a positive constant. What will the objects terminal velocity be?

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A space woman finds herself in an unkown planet with gravity . If her weight on Earth is 500N, what is her weight on the unkown planet?

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A space woman finds herself in an unkown planet with gravity . If her weight on Earth is 500N, what is her weight on the unkown planet?

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What is the gravitational force of the sun on a book on the earth's surface if the sun's mass is and the earth-sun distance is ?

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What is the gravitational force of the sun on a book on the earth's surface if the sun's mass is and the earth-sun distance is ?

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The mass and radius of a planet’s moon are and respectively.

With what minimum speed would a bullet have to be fired horizontally near the surface of this moon in order for it to never hit the ground?

(Note: You can treat the moon as a smooth sphere, and assume there’s no atmosphere.)

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The force on an object due to gravity on the moon is one-sixth of that found on Earth. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon?

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The mass and radius of a planet’s moon are and respectively.

With what minimum speed would a bullet have to be fired horizontally near the surface of this moon in order for it to never hit the ground?

(Note: You can treat the moon as a smooth sphere, and assume there’s no atmosphere.)

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The force on an object due to gravity on the moon is one-sixth of that found on Earth. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon?

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