Worksheets1st Semester Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A person walks 4 meters to the west and 20 meters to the East. What is the person's displacement?
a)
4 meters West
b)
20 meters East
c)
24 meters West
d)
16 meters East
2.
A negative velocity describes:
a)
Decreasing speed
b)
Increasing speed
c)
Traveling away from the origin
d)
Traveling towards the origin
3.
According to this diagram:
a)
A is stationary and B is moving towards the origin
b)
A is traveling slower than B
c)
A is traveling faster than B
d)
A and B have constant negative velocities
4.
Which of the following statements is true about displacement?
a)
Displacement is scalar because it has magnitude but not direction
b)
Displacement is a vector because it has magnitude and direction
c)
Displacement is sometimes a vector and sometimes scalar
d)
Displacement is neither vector or scalar
5.
Quantities that have magnitude and direction are called:
a)
Scalars
b)
Vectors
c)
Irrational
d)
None of these
6.
Velocity is to speed as displacement if to:
a)
Distance
b)
Acceleration
c)
Time
d)
Momentum
7.
The slope of a position vs. time graph is the ______ of an object.
a)
velocity
b)
momentum
c)
displacement
d)
acceleration
8.
If Renatta Oyle's car is moving away from the origin, then:
a)
"V" is positive and "a" is postive
b)
"V" is positive and "a" is negative
c)
"V" is negative and "a" is negative
d)
"V" is negative and "a" is positive
9.
A ball is horizontally projected into the air. Acceleration in the x direction is:
a)
-9.8 m/s2
b)
0 m/s2
c)
At maximum
d)
9.8 m/s2
10.
On the moon, Bullet 1 is shot horizontally and Bullet 2 is dropped from the same height.
a)
Bullet 1 hits the ground first
b)
Bullet 2 hits the ground first
c)
Both hit the ground at the same time
d)
Neither hit the ground due to Zero gravity
11.
The person who is credited with the Three Laws of Motion is:
a)
Hooke
b)
Kepler
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
12.
The person who is credited with the Law of Falling Bodies is:
a)
Hooke
b)
Kepler
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
13.
Which is true about WEIGHT?
a)
Weight is scalar because it has magnitude and direction
b)
Weight is vector because it has magnitude and direction
c)
Weight is sometimes vector and sometimes scalar
d)
Weight is neither scalar nor vector
14.
When I push a wall, the wall pushes back. This is a result of:
a)
Anger Management issues
b)
Newton's First Law
c)
Newton's Second Law
d)
Newton's Third Law
15.
Compared to its weight and mass on Earth, an object on the moon will:
a)
Have more mass and weigh less
b)
Have more mass and weigh more
c)
Have the same mass and weigh more
d)
Have the same mass and weigh less
16.
Which scenario does not include a normal force?
a)
A statue sitting on the ground
b)
A skydiver falling with an umbrella
c)
A car getting pushed to the side of the road
d)
A student sleeping on a desk
17.
Skid marks were measured for two cars and the marks of one car were found to be twice as long as the others.
a)
They must've been going the same speed.
b)
The car with the longer skid marks was going twice as fast
c)
The car with the shorter skid marks hit a wall
d)
The car with the shorter skid marks was going twice as fast
18.
An object will accelerate when:
a)
forces are balanced
b)
forces are unbalanced
c)
Any force acts upon it
d)
No forces act upon it
19.
The energy of an object due to its motion.
a)
ELPE
b)
GPE
c)
KE
d)
DE
20.
The energy of an object due to its position.
a)
ELPE
b)
GPE
c)
KE
d)
DE
21.
How can the amount of power be increased without changing the amount of work done?
a)
increase the time
b)
increase the friction
c)
decrease the weight
d)
decrease the time
22.
If mass is doubled, what is the effect on GPE?
a)
it would be 1/2 as much
b)
it would be 1/4 as much
c)
it would be twice as much
d)
it would be 4 times as much
23.
A box slides across the room and comes to a stop. All of the KE has changed into:
a)
GPE
b)
ELPE
c)
DE
d)
There is still KE.
24.
An impulse causes:
a)
a change in the object's mass
b)
a change in the object's inertia
c)
a change in the object's weight
d)
a change in the object's momentum
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