PRE-FINAL EXAM IN ENGLISH 10

While not directly stated, it may be inferred from the article that _____.

• heavy objects sometimes fall faster than light ones

• common sense is not always the best guide

• Galileo’s theories were unpopular throughout Europe

• air resistance cannot be measured

The article as a whole tells us about _____.

• how apples fall

• the life of Galileo

• some of Galileo’s experiment

• pendulums

The word “he” in the third paragraph, first sentence, refers to what word?

• experimented

• Galileo

• notion

• pendulum

It is the force of gravity that causes a ball to roll down a slope.

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• Does not say

Which sentence is not true according to the selection?

• Galileo experimented with pendulums.

• The weight of an object does not affect the speed of its fall.

• Gravity is the force that attracts objects to the earth.

• The speed of a falling object is affected by its weight.

Which sentence is true according to the selection?

• The speed of a falling object is affected by its weight.

• Gravity depends on the weight of an object.

• Galileo is a mathematician and a doctor.

• The weight of an object does not affect the speed of its fall.

Force in opposition is _____.

• contradictions

• experiments

• dynamics

• resistance

What word in the third paragraph, first sentence, means about the same as idea?

• notion

• false

• experimented

• suspect

A physicist studies _____.

• vacuums

• matter and motions

• notions

• physical force

According to the selection, without this a heavy object and a light one released from the same height will reach the ground at the same instant.

• air

• friction

• plank

• motion