Final Exam in Physical Science

This event/phenomenon became the basis of ancient calendars.

• Lunar eclipse

• Phases of the moon

• Solar eclipse

• supernova

A Danish astronomer and nobleman who made accurate observations of the movement of celestial bodies

• Anaxagoras

• Erastosthenes

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

The following are laws of planetary motion EXCEPT

• Law of equal Area

• Law of Equivalent exchange

• Law of ellipses

• Law of Harmonies

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

• Earth

• fire

• Air

• Water

Who claimed that heavy and light objects fall at the same time without Air resistance?

• Aristotle

• Galileo

• Plato

• Alexander the great

What are the two classes of motion according to Aristotle?

• natural motion and dynamic motion

• Natural motion and sliding motion

• Natural motion and violent Motion

• Natural motion and weak motion

Galileo proved that all falling objects fall with the same_______________

• energy

• acceleration

• velocity

• speed

At what position of the inclined plane did Galileo find the greatest acceleration of the rolling ball?

• when the plane is inclined at 30°

• when the plane is inclined at 45°

• when the plane is inclined at 60°

• when the plane is inclined at 90°

According to Galileo's experiments, what affects the speed of a falling object?

• Its mass

• Its shape

• Air resistance

• Temperature

What property of matter tends to resist a change in an object’s state of motion?

• Force

• volume

• mass

• inertia