12th Grade Physical Science Review

Who disproved Aristotle's claim that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects?

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Plato

This refers to the tendency of an object to resist motion.

• Friction

• Inertia

• Acceleration

• Mass

The apparent daily motion of the stars as a result of Earth’s rotation about its axis is called ______.

• annual motion

• diurnal motion

• retrograde motion

• precession of the equinoxes

A quantum of light energy is called a/an _________.

• index of refraction

• intensity

• photon

• wave packet

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The splitting of white light into its constituent colors is called _______.

• diffraction

• dispersion

• reflection

• refraction

The color of an opaque object is the color of the light it ____________.

• absorbs

• reflects

• scatters

• transmits

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Which of the following is NOT an electromagnetic wave?

• Infrared

• Visible Light

• Radio wave

• None of the Above

Which of the following waves has the shortest wavelength?

• radio waves

• ultraviolet rays

• gamma rays

• blue light

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Which of the following colors carries the highest energy?

• red

• blue

• violet

• green

According to Kepler, the path of a planet as it revolves around the sun is a/an __________.

• circle

• cone

• ellipse

• sphere