Fall Semester Review (Physics) #1-25

A student breaks a meter stick. Which of the following BEST describes what the student should do next?

• Look around to see if the teacher saw or not – so you can hide the broken pieces.

• Tell the teacher immediately no matter the consequences.

• Look on Amazon.com to try to find a replacement meter stick.

Eating in the laboratory _____.

• Is permitted if the food was purchased in the cafeteria

• Is permitted if the lab experiment does not involve chemicals

• Is not permitted

• Is permitted as long as the teacher does not catch you

What is physics?

• Simply stated, physics is the study of the physical world.

• Physics is the study of matter and it's interactions.

• Physics involves the study of the human physical body and its systems.

• Physics is an analytical science that solely researches methods for improving the environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which of the following problems would NOT be a focus of physics?

• identifying all the forces acting on a person walking up a hill

• calculating the instantaneous velocity of an accelerating car

• identifying all the bones in the human body

• calculating the amount of energy a person uses while riding a bicycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-3

For an experiment, students drop small rubber balls from a height of 2.0 m and record the amount of time each ball remains in the air. As part of proper lab procedure, they should repeat the experiment at least 3 times to _____

• prove that their hypothesis is correct.

• decrease potential errors in data collection.

• waste time.

• increase human errors.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

How many cm are in 5 m?

• 0.05

• 5,000

• 500

• 50

What is the approximate length of a baseball bat?

• 1 mm

• 10 cm

• 1000 cm

• 1 m

What are the basic SI units of measurement?

• meters, kilograms, hours

• meters, kilograms, seconds

• feet, pounds, seconds

• feet, kilograms, seconds

The symbols for units of length in order from largest to smallest are _____.

• km, mm, cm, and m

• km, m, cm, and mm

• mm, m, cm, and km

• mm, cm, m, and km

Which one of the following quantities is NOT a speed?

• 10 mi/hr

• 10 mi

• 35 m/s

• 20 yd/hr