PHYSICAL SCIENCE_2ND QUARTER REMEDIAL TEST

According to Aristotle, which of the following objects shows a projectile motion?

• A leaf falling from a tree.

• A coin tossed in the air.

• The rain falling from the sky.

• A fired cannon ball.

According to Aristotle, which of the following elements would a rock go back to if thrown upward?

• Air

• Earth

• Water

• Fire

Which would fall with greater acceleration in a vacuum—a leaf or a stone?

• The leaf

• The stone

• They would accelerate at the same rate.

• It is difficult to determine without more information.

Aristotle explained that the object moves depending on the natural motion of the dominant element of that object. Which among the following element-motion pairs is correctly matched?

• earth – circular

• fire – fal

• water - fall

• celestial - retrograde

Which is the type of friction that occurs when air pushes against a moving object causing it to decelerate?

• surface area

• air resistance

• velocity

• gravity

The Law of Inertia applies to ____

• objects at rest

• moving objects

• non-moving and moving

• all moving objects

Who is the English physicist and mathematician who formulated the three laws of motion?

• Galileo Galilei

• Aristotle

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

Friction is a force that always acts as:

• perpendicular to an object's motion.

• opposite to an object's motion.

• in the same direction as an object's motion.

• trajectory in different areas.

Which of the following is an example of natural motion according to Aristotle?

• A smoke rises

• A pulled bag

• A kicked soccer ball

• A push trolley

Who claimed that heavy and light objects drop in the same way?

• Aristotle

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy