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WorksheetsPhysics Semester Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the unit for current?
a)
Amps
b)
Volts
c)
Ohms
d)
Newtons
2.
Ohms law is between --
a)
force, mass and acceleration
b)
voltage, current and resistance
c)
energy, mass and velocity
d)
mass, gravity and height
3.
How do you find the total resistance of objects in series
a)
add them
b)
subtract them
c)
multiply them
d)
divide them
4.
What is shared in a parallel circuit?
a)
voltage
b)
current
c)
resistance
d)
power
5.
A closed circuit....
a)
has a switch open and does not work
b)
is turned off
c)
has no openings and should work
d)
has a short circuit
6.
Electricity is most closely related to which force
a)
weak nuclear
b)
star wars
c)
magnetism
d)
fusion
7.
Which way do the field lines of an electric field point?
a)
to the positive charge
b)
to the negative charge
8.
Period is the inverse of...
a)
wavelength
b)
speed of a wave
c)
frequency
d)
resistance
9.
Who travels faster with tangential speed
a)
outside
b)
inside
10.
Which has the fastest tangential speed?
a)
outside
b)
inside
11.
Which type of radioactive decay emits a helium nucleus ( 42He)
a)
alpha
b)
beta
c)
gamma
12.
Which type of radioactive decay is the most penetrating (dangerous)
a)
alpha
b)
beta
c)
gamma
13.
Light can behave as both a wave and a ___
a)
period
b)
force
c)
particla
d)
Helium nucleur
14.
What makes an atom unstable
a)
photons
b)
heavy nuclei
c)
strong nuclear forces
15.
What happens to materials as they are heated --
a)
they blow up
b)
they expand
c)
they contract
16.
Water has a very high...
a)
amount of photons
b)
density
c)
specifc heat
d)
freezing point
17.
What type of heat transfer comes from the sun
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
18.
What color object absorbs the most heat (the fastest) due to radiation
a)
red
b)
white
c)
blue
d)
black
19.
What is the lowest possible temperature found in nature?
a)
O Celsius
b)
O Kelvin
c)
0 Fahrenheit
d)
32 O Fahrenheit
20.
Heat is always transferred from _________ to _______ temperatures?
a)
low to high
b)
high to low
c)
right to left
21.
What types of waves are light
a)
transverse
b)
longitudinal
c)
compressional
22.
What is the source of all wave motion?
a)
the sun
b)
electromagnetism
c)
vibrations
23.
Sound waves require a _________
a)
electromagnetic frequency
b)
photon
c)
medium
24.
What part of a wave relates to the amount of energy?
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
25.
What happens when an airplane (or anything) travels faster than the speed of sound?
a)
the doppler effect
b)
a sonic boom
c)
alpha radiation
26.
Which type of wave can NOT travel in a vacuum?
a)
light
b)
radio
c)
UV
d)
sound
27.
When you match an object's natural frequency what can occur?
a)
the doppler effect
b)
resonance
c)
the bernoulli effect
d)
buoyant force
28.
Which of the following is a frequency that the average person could not hear?
a)
10 Hz
b)
40 Hz
c)
500 Hz
d)
1500 Hz
29.
The color of light that we see on an object is actually the color that is
a)
diffracted
b)
refracted
c)
reflected
d)
absorbed
30.
Which state of matter is not a fluid?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
steam
31.
When the velocity increases then the pressure...
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
32.
Buoyant force says that the force is equal to the ____________ of water displaced
a)
gravity
b)
area
c)
volume
33.
What type of nuclear reaction occurs on the sun?
a)
fission
b)
fusion
34.
What type of nuclear reactions occur in nuclear reactors
a)
fission
b)
fusion
35.
What is the velocity of a wave with a frequency of 5Hz and a wavelength of 20m
a)
4 m/s
b)
100 m/s
c)
15 m/s
36.
What is the unit for resistance?
a)
amps
b)
Netwons
c)
ohms
d)
voltge
37.
Gravitational force is a(n) ....
a)
direct relationship
b)
inverse-square
c)
the strongest force
38.
What is the strongest force ...
a)
gravity
b)
weak nuclear
c)
strong nuclear
d)
electromagnetism
39.
What is the frequency of a wave with a period of 10?
a)
10Hz
b)
5Hz
c)
.1Hz
d)
.2 Hz
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