Problem 1RCQ: What connection did Newton make between a falling apple and the Moon? Problem 2RCQ: What does it mean to say that something moving in a curve path has a tangential velocity? Problem 3RCQ: In what sense does the Moon fall? Problem 4RCQ: State Newtons law of gravitation in words. Then state the law in one equation. Problem 5RCQ: How does the force of gravity between two bodies change when the distance between them is doubled? Problem 6RCQ: How does the brightness of light on a surface change when a point source of light is twice as far... Problem 7RCQ: At what distance from Earth is the gravitational force on an object zero? Problem 8RCQ: What is the magnitude of gravitational force between two 1-kg bodies that are 1m apart? Problem 9RCQ: What is the magnitude of the gravitational force between Earth and a 1kg body? Problem 10RCQ: Would the springs inside a bathroom scale be more compressed or less compressed if you weighed... Problem 11RCQ: Answer the preceding questions for the case of an elevator moving upward and then downward at... Problem 12RCQ: When is your weight equal to mg? Problem 13RCQ: When is your weight greater than mg? Problem 14RCQ: When is your weight zero? Problem 15RCQ: When you whirl a can at the end of a string in a circular path, what is the direction of the force... Problem 16RCQ: How can weight be simulated in a space habitat? Problem 17RCQ: What exactly is a projectile? Problem 18RCQ: How much speed does a freely falling object gain during each second of fall? Problem 19RCQ: With no gravity, a horizontally moving projectile follows a straight-line path. With gravity, how... Problem 20RCQ: A ball is batted upward at an angle. What happens to the vertical component of its velocity as it... Problem 21RCQ: A projectile is launched at an angle of 75 above the horizontal and strikes the ground downrange.... Problem 22RCQ: A projectile is launched vertically at 30 m/s. If air drag can be neglected, at what speed will it... Problem 23RCQ: What is the effect of air drag on the height and range of batted baseballs? Problem 24RCQ: Why will a projectile that moves horizontally at 8 km/s follow a curve that matches the curvature of... Problem 25RCQ: Why is it important that the projectile in the preceding question be above Earths atmosphere? Problem 26RCQ: Is it correct to say that the planets of the solar system are simply pujcutiles falling mutual the... Problem 27RCQ: Why does the force of gravity on a satellite moving in a circular orbit remain constant? Why does... Problem 28RCQ: Why does the speed of a satellite moving in a circular orbit remain constant, whereas speed varies... Problem 29TIS: In what location are the sense organs in humans that allow them to sense gravity? Problem 30TIS: Speculate on how the vestibular system might be involved in "space sickness"the feeling of nausea... Problem 31TIS Problem 32TIS: Why does spreading feet apart help a surfer stay on the board? Problem 33TIS: Where is the center of gravity of a donut? Problem 34TIS Problem 35TIS: Why cant you stand with your heels and back to a wall and then bend over to touch your toes and... Problem 36TIS: What is the minimum speed for orbiting Earth in a close orbit? What is the maximum speed? What... Problem 37TIS: How was Pioneer10 able to escape the solar system with an initial speed less than escape speed? Problem 38TIS: How does the escape speed from planet Jupiter compare with the escape speed from the Sun? Problem 39TIS: A space vehicle can outrun Earths gravity, but can it get entirely beyond Earths gravity? Problem 45PC: Using the formula for gravity, show that the force of gravity on a 1-kg mass at Earths surface is... Problem 46PC: Calculate the force of gravity on the same 1-kg mass if it were 6.4106m above Earths surface that... Problem 47PC: Calculate the force of gravity between Earth mass=6.01024kg and the Moon mass=7.41022kg. The average... Problem 48PC: Calculate the force of gravity between Earth and the Sun... Problem 49TC: The planet and its moon gravitationally attract each other. Rank the forces of attraction between... Problem 50TC: Rank the average gravitational forces from greatest to least between a the Sun and Mars, b the Sun... Problem 51TC: Consider the light of multiple candle flames, each of the same brightness. Rank, from brightest to... Problem 52TC: A ball is thrown upward at the velocities and angles shown in A to D. From greatest to least, rank... Problem 53TC Problem 54TC: The positions of a satellite in elliptical orbit are indicated by A through D. Rank these quantities... Problem 55TS: If you stood atop a super-tall ladder three times as far from Earths center as at Earths surface,... Problem 56TS: Find the change in the force of gravity between two planets when the masses of both planets are... Problem 57TS: Find the change in the force of gravity between two planets when their masses remain the same but... Problem 58TS: Find the change in the force of gravity between two planets when the distance between them is... Problem 59TS: Find the change in the force of gravity between two planets when the masses of the planets dont... Problem 60TS: By what factor would your weight change if Earths diameter were doubled and its mass were doubled? Problem 61TS: Find the change in the force of gravity between two objects when both masses are doubled and the... Problem 62TS: Consider a bright point light source located 1 m from a square opening with an area of 1 m2. Light... Problem 63TS: Calculate the force of gravity between Mars mass 6.41023kg and the Sun mass 2.01030kg. The average... Problem 64TS: Students in a lab roll a steel ball off the edge of a table and measure its speed to be 4.0m/s. They... Problem 65TE: Which is gravitationally attracted to Earth: an apple, the Moon, or both? Problem 66TE: How can the Moon fall toward Earth without getting closer to Earth? Problem 67TE: What would be the path of the Moon if somehow all gravitational force on the Moon vanished to zero? Problem 68TE: Is the force of gravity stronger on a piece of iron than it is un a piece of wood if both have the... Problem 69TE: Is the force of gravity on a piece of paper stronger when it is crumpled? Defend your answer. Problem 70TE: What are the magnitude and direction of the gravitational force that acts on a professor who weighs... Problem 71TE: In what way does the constant G change a proportion to an equation? Problem 72TE: Is gravitational force acting on a person who falls off a cliff? Is it acting on an astronaut inside... Problem 73TE: How would the force change between a planet and its moon if the moon were boosted to twice its... Problem 74TE: Phil works on the 15th floor of an office building, and his wife Jean works on the 30th floor, twice... Problem 75TE: Since 2013, Curiosity has been roving over the surface of Mars. Does the weight of Curiosity vary... Problem 76TE: Earth is not exactly a sphere but, rather, bulges outward at the equator. Strictly speaking, how... Problem 77TE: When Phil hangs from a single strand of rope, tension in the rope is 650N. When he stands motionless... Problem 78TE: If you were in a freely falling elevator and you dropped a pencil, it would hover in front of you... Problem 79TE: If Earth somehow expanded to a larger radius, with no change in mass, how would your weight be... Problem 80TE: What two forces act on you while you are in a moving elevator? When are these forces of equal... Problem 81TE: In what way does habitation in space alter the traditional definition of weight as the force of... Problem 82TE: Why is no work done by the centripetal force acting on a circularly moving object and the force of... Problem 83TE: What path would you follow if you fell off the edge of a rotating merry-go-round? What force... Problem 84TE: Chuck Stone releases a ball near the top of a track and measures the balls speed as it rolls... Problem 85TE: A heavy crate accidentally falls from a high-flying airplane just as it flies directly above Mikes... Problem 86TE: How does the vertical component of motion for a ball kicked off a high cliff compare with the motion... Problem 87TE: In the absence of air drag, why doesnt the horizontal component of the balls motion change while the... Problem 88TE: At what point in its trajectory does a batted baseball have minimum speed? If air drag can be... Problem 89TE: Each of two golfers hits a ball at the same speed, one at 60 and other at 30 above the horizontal.... Problem 90TE: How does air drag on a batted baseball affect the height of trajectory and its range? Problem 91TE: Are the planets of the solar system simply projectiles falling around the sun? Problem 92TE: If you have ever watched the launching of an Earth satellite, you may have noticed that the rocket... Problem 93TE: A satellite can orbit at 5km above the Moon but not at 5km above the Earth. Why? Problem 94TE: Earths surface curves. It drops 5meters vertically for every 8km tangent Figure 534 Hence an 8km/s... Problem 95TE: What is the shape of the orbit when the velocity of a satellite is everywhere perpendicular to the... Problem 96TE Problem 97TE: If a flight mechanic drops a box of tools from a high-flying jumbo jet, the box crashes to Earth. If... Problem 98TE: How could an astronaut in a space vehicle drop an object vertically to Earth? Problem 99TE: If you stopped an Earth satellite dead in its tracks-that is, if you reduced its tangential velocity... Problem 100TE: At what point in Earths elliptical path about the Sun is the acceleration of Earth toward the Sun a... Problem 101TE: Earth is farthest away from the Sun in July and closest in January. In which of these two months is... Problem 102TDI: A friend says that astronauts inside the International Space Station ISS are weightless because they... Problem 103TDI: To begin your wingsuit flight, you step off the edge of a high cliff. Why are you then momentarily... Problem 104TDI: Earth and the Moon are attracted to each other by gravitational force. Does the more massive Earth... Problem 105TDI: Why do passengers in high altitude jet planes feel the sensation of weight but passengers in an... Problem 106TDI: Since the Moon is gravitationally attracted to Earth, why doesnt it simply crash into Earth? Problem 107TDI: Newton knew that if a cannonball were fired from a tall mountain, gravity would change its speed all... Problem 108TDI: A park ranger shoots a monkey hanging from a branch of a tree with a tranquilizing dart. The ranger... Problem 1RAT: The Moon falls toward Earth in the sense that it falls a with an acceleration of 10m/s2, as do... Problem 2RAT: The force of gravity between two planets depends on their a planetary compositions. b planetary... Problem 3RAT: Inhabitants of the International Space Station are weightless because a very little if any... Problem 4RAT: A spacecraft on its way from Earth to the Moon is pulled equally by Earth and the Moon when it is a... Problem 5RAT: If you tossed a baseball horizontally and with no gravity, in one second it would continue in a... Problem 6RAT: When no air resistance acts on a projectile, its horizontal acceleration is a g. b at right angles... Problem 7RAT: Without air resistance, a ball tossed at an angle of 40 with the horizontal goes as far downrange as... Problem 8RAT: When you toss a projectile sideways, it curves as it falls. It will become an Earth satellite if the... Problem 9RAT: A satellite in elliptical orbit about Earth travels fastest when it a moves close to Earth. b moves... Problem 10RAT: A satellite in Earths orbit is mainly above Earths a atmosphere. b gravitational field. c both of... format_list_bulleted