1. Bruiser McDonohough started life as a professional boxer. Unfortunately he was not very successful, and after being struck repeatedly in the face and forehead by his more skilled opponents he began to suffer brain damage. Would you expect that the brain damage occurred at the front or at the back of his brain? Explain.
2. While standing on the subway train you feel a force as the train speeds up. Does this force act towards the front or towards the back of the train? How about when the train slows down? Explain.
3. A stone falling from the roof of a single story building to the surface of the earth;
Which answer(s) are correct?
4. A book is at rest on a table top. Which of the following force(s) is(are) acting on the book?
5. Two people, a large man and a teeny tiny boy, are pulling as hard
as they can on two ropes attached to a crate as illustrated in the diagram
to the right. Which of the indicated paths (A-E) would most likely
correspond to the path of the crate as they pull it along? (You may assume
that the man is much stronger than the teeny tiny boy).
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