True or false: conservative forces

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A conservative force does path-independent work.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Its work depends only on the end points.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Its work around any closed path is zero.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A conservative force does more work on a longer route.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A potential energy function can be defined for a conservative force.

Explanation