PHYSICS 1403 Quiz 12, April 18, 2008
This should be TRIVAL, if you were in class this week /or if you’ve read Ch. 8 & even part of Ch. 10!
Please write NEATLY & LARGE ENOUGH for me to read! Thanks.
(Use back if necessary. Please tell me you’ve done so!)
Name: ______
1. (10 points) Monday, April 14, near the end of our discussion of Ch. 8 on rotational motion, I did a few demonstrations. (If you were in class then, you likely will be able to answer this. If you “cut” class, as several of you have habitually done this semester, you probably won’t be able to answer it!)
a. (5 points) Briefly (in a couple of sentences), describe ONE of these demonstrations.
b. (5 points) Briefly, tell me the Physical Principle that I was trying to illustrate by performing the demonstration you have described in part a.
2.
a. (2 points) The main topic discussed in Ch. 10 is ______.
b. (4 points) In the physics of fluids, rather than talk about mass, as we do in particle mechanics, it’s usually more convenient to talk about the ______of the fluid. The SI (metric) unit of this quantity is ______.
c. (4 points) In the physics of fluids, rather than talk about forces, as we do in particle mechanics, it’s usually more convenient to talk about the ______in the fluid. The SI (metric) unit of this quantity is ______.
PHYSICS 1403 Quiz 12, April 18, 2008
This should be TRIVAL, if you were in class this week &/or if you’ve read Ch. 8 & even part of Ch. 10!
Please write NEATLY & LARGE ENOUGH for me to read! Thanks.
(Use back if necessary. Please tell me you’ve done so!)
Name: ______
1. (10 points) Monday, April 14, near the end of our discussion of Ch. 8 on rotational motion, I did a
few demonstrations. (If you were in class then, you likely will be able to answer this. If you “cut” class, as
several of you have habitually done this semester, you probably won’t be able to answer it!)
a. (5 points) Briefly (in a couple of sentences), describe ONE of these demonstrations.
b. (5 points) Briefly, tell me the Physical Principle that I was trying to illustrate by performing the demonstration you have described in part a.
2.
a. (2 points) The main topic discussed in Ch. 10 is ______.
b. (4 points) In the physics of fluids, rather than talk about mass, as we do in particle mechanics, it’s
usually more convenient to talk about the ______of the fluid. The SI (metric)
unit of this quantity is ______.
c. (4 points) In the physics of fluids, rather than talk about forces, as we do in particle mechanics, it’s usually more convenient to talk about the ______in the fluid. The SI (metric) unit of this quantity is ______.