Momentum
When a simplified model of a closed system fails to account for quantum effects at extremely low temperatures, what is the most likely reason for the deviation from expected behavior?
Thermal expansion coefficients become negative, contradicting the model's assumptions.
Air resistance becomes more significant even though it's a closed system.
Relativistic speeds are reached, requiring Einstein's theory of relativity.
Quantum tunneling alters particle behavior in ways not accounted for by classical mechanics.
What happens to the net force acting on a closed system that exchanges no matter with its surroundings when it is pushed?
It decreases gradually until it reaches zero.
It remains constant if there are no other changes.
It becomes zero immediately.
It increases over time.
In space, a smaller satellite orbits around a larger planet; how does increasing only the satellite’s speed affect its orbit given that all other factors remain constant?
The satellite will crash into the planet because its speed will cause it to lose altitude more rapidly than gravity can pull it back up.
The orbit becomes more elliptical with the major axis aligned along the direction the motion was increased, thanks to an imparted angular momentum shift caused solely by the added velocity component orthogonal to the radial line joining the center of the large body and the small one.
The satellite moves into a higher orbit around the planet due to increased kinetic energy overcoming some gravitational pull from the planet at that instant in time before eventually settling into a new balance point where centripetal acceleration needed matches gravity provided at that altitude.
The orbit radius stays exactly the same because any changes in speed are immediately negated by an equal change in direction maintained via inertia alone.
A child of mass is sitting on a circular platform of mass which is rotating counterclockwise without friction. Which of the following actions could the child do to increase the angular momentum of the child-platform system?
None of these options will increase the angular momentum of the system
Walk in a concentric circle, in a clockwise direction
Move towards the edge of the platform
Move towards the center of the platform
When a sealed syringe is plunged rapidly with its nozzle blocked, which concept most accurately explains the increase in temperature of the air inside?
Adiabatic compression
Radiation absorption
Isothermal expansion
Heat conduction
Which type of interaction best exemplifies a system that conserves mechanical energy?
A pendulum swinging in a vacuum with no air resistance or friction at its pivot point.
A spacecraft using thrusters to maneuver in space far from any gravitating body.
Two billiard balls colliding elastically on an ideal frictionless table surface.
An apple falling freely towards Earth without experiencing air drag but including gravitational interaction with Earth.
When two clay balls collide and stick together, what happens to their total kinetic energy assuming no external forces act on them?
Total kinetic energy oscillates post-collision within the combined mass without loss or gain overall.
Total kinetic energy decreases because it is transformed into internal energy during deformation.
Total kinetic energy increases as potential energy converts into kinetic during impact.
Total kinetic energy remains constant since no external work is done on the system.

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A student opens a window in the classroom. Which type of system does the classroom represent after the window is opened?
An isolated system
A cyclic system
An open system
A closed system
In a closed system where two objects collide elastically, what conservation law primarily determines that their combined kinetic energy remains constant before and after impact?
The Conservation of Linear Momentum.
The Conservation of Mechanical Energy.
Hooke’s Law for elastic potential energy in springs.
The Conservation of Charge.
What does an open system in physics allow for that a closed system does not?
Exchange of thermal energy only with surrounding systems.
Perfect isolation from environmental influences.
Exchange of matter with its surroundings.
Conservation of energy within the system boundaries.