Understanding Conservation of Energy

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Understanding Conservation of Energy

Questions
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1

Starting from rest, a skateboarder travels down a 25o incline that's 22m long. Using conservation of energy, calculate the skateboarder's speed when he reaches the bottom. Ignore friction.

2

A bowling ball is dropped from above the ground. What will its velocity be when it is above the ground?

3

A 0.8kg ball is dropped from rest from a cliff that is 150m high. Use conservation of energy to find the vertical velocity of the ball right before it hits the bottom of the cliff.

4

A solid metal object with mass of is dropped from rest at the surface of a lake that is deep. The water exerts a drag force on the object as it sinks. If the total work done by the drag force is -, what is the speed of the object when it hits the sand at the bottom of the lake?

5

If a roller coaster car is traveling at when it is above the ground, how fast is it going when above the ground?

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