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Falling Cat Questions

This document discusses falling cats and terminal velocity. It contains multiple choice questions about free body diagrams of falling cats, how terminal velocity depends on factors like cross-sectional area, and how drag forces act on objects moving through air or wind. The questions are followed by explanations of the correct answers regarding forces like gravity, drag, and how velocity and cross-sectional area impact terminal velocity.

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Falling Cat Questions

This document discusses falling cats and terminal velocity. It contains multiple choice questions about free body diagrams of falling cats, how terminal velocity depends on factors like cross-sectional area, and how drag forces act on objects moving through air or wind. The questions are followed by explanations of the correct answers regarding forces like gravity, drag, and how velocity and cross-sectional area impact terminal velocity.

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Animals

Falling Cats

Multiple-Choice Questions
Question 1 Falling Cats

Which is the correct free body diagram for a


cat immediately after falling off of a cliff?

a) b) c)
Question 1 Solution Falling Cats

Which is the correct free body diagram for a


cat immediately after falling off of a cliff?

a) b) c)

Force of Gravity is constant.


D= A v2, so D increases as v increases
Question 2 Falling Cats

Which is the correct free body diagram for a


cat that has reached terminal velocity ?

a) b) c)
Question 2 Solution Falling Cats

Which is the correct free body diagram for a


cat that has reached terminal velocity ?

a) b) c)

For v = vterm, D = Fg
Question 3 Falling Cats

An object with smaller cross sectional


area A has a larger terminal velocity than an
object with larger A.
a) always true
b) sometimes true
c) never true
Question 3 Solution Falling Cats

An object with smaller cross sectional


area A has a larger terminal velocity than an
object with larger A.
a) always true
b) sometimes true
c) never true

4mg Need to compare the ratio (m/


v term = A), not just A alone.
A (Note: It will also depend on how aerodynamic
the objects are in case there is a big difference
in their drag coefficients.)

Question 4 Falling Cats

Which of the following describes what happens


to a meteor crashing through the atmosphere
travelling faster than its terminal velocity?
a) The meteor decelerates

b) The meteor stays at constant v

c) The meteor accelerates


Question 4 Solution Falling Cats

Which of the following describes what happens


to a meteor crashing through the atmosphere
travelling faster than its terminal velocity?
a) The meteor decelerates
b) The meteor stays at constant v

c) The meteor accelerates


When v > vterm , the drag force is larger than the gravitational
force meaning the net force is opposite to the motion causing
deceleration until v = vterm. (Note: The work done by the drag force is
converted into heat, which usually causes meteorites to burn up in the
atmosphere.)
Question 5 Falling Cats

vbike vair

The magnitude of the drag on a cyclist


encountering a head wind is given by

a) D = A (vbike)2

b) D = A (vbike-vair)2

c) D = A (vbike+ vair)2
Question 5 Solution Falling Cats

vbike vair

The magnitude of the drag on a cyclist


encountering a head wind is given by

a) D = A (vbike)2 D = Av2
where v is the speed
b) D = A (vbike-vair)2 of the object relative
to the air
c) D = A (vbike+ vair) 2
Question 6 Falling Cats

vbike vair

The magnitude of the drag on a cyclist


encountering a tail wind is given by

a) D = A (vbike)2

b) D = A (vbike-vair)2

c) D = A (vbike+ vair)2
Question 6 Solution Falling Cats

vbike vair

The magnitude of the drag on a cyclist


encountering a tail wind is given by
D = Av2
a) D = A (vbike)2 where v is the speed
of the object relative
b) D = A (vbike-vair) 2
to the air. (Note: If vair > vobj,
the drag force changes direction
c) D = A (vbike+ vair )2 and the cyclist will be pushed by
the wind.)

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