Physics Bowl

...An object moves at constant velocity 12.5 m/s for 5 s. What is the displacement?

...A 12.5 kg block hangs on a rope accelerating upward at 3 m/s². What is the tension? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A force of 50 N is applied at 45° above horizontal over 12.5 m. How much work is done?

...A fluid (ρ = 1000 kg/m³) flows through a pipe, speeding up from 4 m/s to 7 m/s. By Bernoulli's equation, what is the pressure drop?

...A 18 V battery with internal resistance 4 Ω drives current through an external 4 Ω resistor. What is the current?

...A gas absorbs 500 J of heat and does 175 J of work on its surroundings. What is the change in internal energy?

...What is the weight of a 45 kg object on Earth? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A ball is launched at 20 m/s at 52.5° above horizontal. What is the maximum height? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A spring (k = 300 N/m) is compressed 0.13 m. What is the stored elastic PE?

...A force of 30 N is applied at 60° to a lever arm of length 1.25 m. What is the torque?

...Resistors 8 Ω and 8 Ω are in parallel; that combination is in series with 8 Ω. What is the total resistance?

...A car horn emits 500 Hz and moves toward a stationary listener at 40 m/s. What frequency is heard? (v_sound = 343 m/s)

...A car accelerates from 10 m/s to 35 m/s in 10 s. What is the acceleration?

...A 1.75 kg ball traveling at 12.5 m/s bounces off a wall and returns at 12.5 m/s. What is the magnitude of change in momentum?

...A 5 kg object at 8 m/s collides and sticks to a stationary 5 kg object. What is the final velocity?

...A car rounds a curve of radius 15 m at 15 m/s. What is the centripetal acceleration?

...A satellite orbits at 13.5×10⁶ m from Earth's center. What is its orbital speed? (GM_E = 3.99×10¹⁴ m³/s²)

...How much heat does 0.6 kg of aluminum absorb when heated by 125°C? (c_Al = 900 J/kg·°C)

...An object starts at 20 m/s and accelerates at 4 m/s² for 4 s. What distance does it travel?

...Two objects of mass 1250 kg and 1250 kg are 12.5 m apart. What is the gravitational force between them? (G = 6.67×10⁻¹¹ N·m²/kg²)

...Using energy conservation, what is the speed of a mass dropped from 22.5 m just before landing?

...A 1.1 kg mass oscillates on a spring (k = 60 N/m). What is the frequency?

...A 17 V battery connects to 5 Ω and 5 Ω in series. What is the voltage across the 5 Ω resistor?

...A charge 5 μC moves at 300 m/s perpendicular to B = 0.3 T. What is the magnetic force on it?

...A car travels 250 m at constant speed in 12.5 s. What is its speed?

...A force of 60 N acts for 1.75 s. What impulse is delivered?

...An engine does 600 J of work in 12.5 s. What is the power?

...A sound wave travels at 300 m/s with frequency 500 Hz. What is the wavelength?

...2 mol of ideal gas at 350 K occupies 60 L. What is the pressure? (R = 8.314 J/mol·K)

...A ball rolls off a table 35 m high with horizontal speed 12.5 m/s. How far from the base does it land?

...In an Atwood machine, masses 5.5 kg and 4.5 kg hang over a frictionless pulley. What is the acceleration?

...A wheel spins at 180 rpm. What is its angular velocity in rad/s?

...What is the buoyant force on an object of volume 28 L fully submerged in water? (ρ_water = 1000 kg/m³)

...What is the electric field 0.3 m from a 5 nC point charge? (k = 8.99×10⁹ N·m²/C²)

...How much heat is required to raise 1.25 kg of water by 50°C? (c = 4186 J/kg·°C)

...An object is dropped from rest. What is its speed after 3.5 s? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A block slides down a 35° frictionless incline. What is the acceleration? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A 6 kg ball is released from height 9 m. Using energy conservation, what is its KE just before impact?

...What is the period of a simple pendulum of length 1.75 m? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A 4 kg mass at 8 m/s collides elastically with a stationary 4 kg mass. What is the final velocity of the 4 kg mass?

...An ideal gas at 275 K and 2 atm is compressed to 3.5 atm at constant volume. What is the new temperature?

...A car's speed increases from 0 to 25 m/s in 6 s. What is the average acceleration?

...A projectile is launched at 25 m/s at 45° above horizontal. What is the range? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A 60 kg person stands in an elevator accelerating downward at 3 m/s². What does the scale read?

...What is the gauge pressure at depth 8.5 m in water? (ρ = 1000 kg/m³, g = 9.8 m/s²)

...A source emits 350 Hz. An observer moves toward the source at 25 m/s. What frequency is heard? (v_sound = 343 m/s)

...Two charges 5 μC and 5 μC are 3 m apart. What is the electrostatic force? (k = 8.99×10⁹ N·m²/C²)

...A 12 Ω resistor carries 3 A. What power is dissipated?

...A car moves at constant velocity 15 m/s for 8 s. What is the displacement?

...A ball is launched horizontally at 12.5 m/s from a cliff of height 50 m. What is its vertical speed on impact?

...A 12.5 kg block slides on a surface (μₖ = 0.3). What is the friction force?

...A 1.75 kg mass moves in a horizontal circle of radius 3 m at 8 m/s. What is the centripetal force?

...What is the kinetic energy of a 6 kg object moving at 12 m/s?

...A force of 35 N acts perpendicular to an arm of length 1.25 m. What is the torque?

...What is the equivalent resistance of 8 Ω and 8 Ω connected in parallel?

...An object starts with velocity 20 m/s and accelerates uniformly at 4 m/s² for 5.5 s. What is its final velocity?

...A stone is dropped from rest at height 42.5 m. How far does it fall in the first 2 s? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

...What net force is required to accelerate a 8.5 kg object at 5 m/s²?

...A 11 kg object is lifted 8.5 m at constant velocity. How much work is done against gravity?

...What is the momentum of a 5.5 kg object moving at 12 m/s?

...A 2.25 kg mass on a spring (k = 60 N/m). What is the period?

...A 16.5 V battery drives current through a 7.5 Ω resistor. What is the current?