Common Entrance Physics Year 8

The mass of a smartphone (mobile phone) is nearest to

• 2g

• 20g

• 200g

• 2000g

A note with a pitch lower than middle C has a smaller

• amplitude

• frequency

• speed

• wavelength

The planet in our solar system next closest to the Sun after Earth is

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

• Pluto

A wave which cannot travel between the Sun and the Earth is

• infra red

• visible light

• ultra violet

• sound

We can see the Moon at night because

• it emits light

• it reflects light from the Sun

• light from our eyes reaches the Moon and reflects back to our eye

• astronauts on the Apollo missions left a reflector on the Moon

A metal block is resting on a table. It is turned so that a face with half the area now rests on the table. The pressure of the block on the table is now

• four times as much

• the same

• half as much

• twice as much

Write down the relationship between speed, distance and time.

State whether it is day or night at point X on the Earth.

• Day

• Night

Explain how the diagram shows that it is day time

• Because its not facing the sun

• because it is facing the Sun

• because it is

• Because the earth is tilted

State the season at point X.

• Winter

• summer

• autumn

• spring