1st Semester Physics Final Review

A person’s body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• None of them

Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• None of them

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• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

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Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
A deer running 15 meters per second due west

• Scalar
• Vector

The state that exists when the only force acting on an object is gravity is called

• free fall

• inertia

• acceleration

• momentum

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Which one falls faster in vacuum? An elephant or a leaf?

• Elephant

• Leaf

• They are the same

• Nothing can be said

What is the value for g (acceleration due to gravity)?

• 9.8 m/s²
• 9.7 m/s²
• 9.6 m/s²
• 9.5 m/s²

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What is the formula to calculate speed?

• Speed = time/distance
• Speed = distance/time
• Speed = distance x time
• Speed = time x distance

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Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude 

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A vector is a quantity that has both _______ and _________.

Select all that apply.

• direction

• amplitude

• acceleration

• magnitude

• velocity

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