Dynamics
A magician pulls a tablecloth out from a fully set dining table, leaving the dishes and glasses intact. This trick is best explained by...
magic.
Newton's Third Law.
Newton's First Law.
Newton's Second Law.
What happens when you increase the resistance of a resistor in a parallel circuit while keeping the remaining resistors exactly the same?
The current flow only in the newly added resistor decreases.
The current through all the resistors decreases.
The total current decreases while maintaining equal potential drops across all resistors.
There is no effect on the total current flow because it is independent of individual resistor resistance.
What impact would doubling diameter uniform cylindrical table leg have overall stability four-legged table assuming legs unchanged material distribution?
Extending leg diameters enhances stability reducing likelihood toppling under off-center loads thanks increased base area contact floor.
Although wider provide support, effects counteracted potential increase bending moments lead failure.
It negligible effect because primary factor determining tabletop weight distribution not structure underneath.
Increasing makes less stable since raises center gravity making easier tip over.
When two objects collide in an isolated system and stick together, which quantity remains constant before and after collision?
The velocity of each individual object.
The kinetic energy of each individual object.
The total momentum of both objects combined.
The total mass of both objects combined.
What describes an object experiencing balanced forces?
The object spontaneously changes direction while maintaining its speed.
The object moves in a circular path without any further force acting on it.
The object remains at rest or moves with constant velocity.
The object starts accelerating randomly even without additional force applied.
In a vacuum chamber demonstration where a hovercraft glides over a flat surface, what change demonstrates effectiveness neutralizing added weight to preserve Newton's First Law?
Inflate cushion more, providing higher lift irrespective of weight increase.
Increase air flow rate beneath hovercraft proportional to added weight.
Reduce internal friction in parts of the hovercraft despite additional loading condition.
None, because weight addition directly violates Newtonian predictability here.
If a book is resting on a horizontal table with no horizontal forces acting on it, what can we say about the net force acting on the book?
The net force is zero since the book is at rest and not accelerating.
There is a net force upward provided by the table’s surface.
The net force is downward due to gravity only.
A net force exists but it's counterbalanced by static friction.

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A ball rolling across a level surface eventually stops due to which force?
Frictional force
Gravitational force
Normal force
Applied force
According to Newton's First Law, what would happen to a ball rolling on a perfectly horizontal and frictionless surface?
The ball would gradually begin to roll faster.
The ball would slowly come to a stop on its own.
The ball would continue rolling indefinitely at the same speed and direction.
The ball would change direction periodically without any influence.
Assuming identical planets with equal mass, where would you experience half as much gravity as originally felt on one planet after moving away from its center?
Directly on the surface of the second planet
At twice the distance from its center
At a distance equal to times farther from its center
At four times the distance from its center