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WorksheetsPhysics Semester Exam Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the curved path that an object follows when thrown or launched near the surface of the Earth?
a)
Terminal Velocity
b)
Projectile Motion
c)
Free Fall
d)
Gravity
2.
Peanut ran 50 meters in 10 seconds. What was Peanut's average speed?
a)
2 m/s
b)
5 km/h
c)
5 m/s
d)
5 m/s North
3.
When an object has a net force of 0 N, it is an example of what kind of force?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
c)
Acceleration
d)
Gravity
4.
A force is a ____________________
a)
push or pull
b)
motion
c)
speed
d)
net force
5.
If you traveled to Jupiter, what would change?
a)
Your weight and mass
b)
your weight
c)
your mass
d)
your height
6.
Which of the options below is an example of velocity?
a)
20 m/s
b)
200 km/h
c)
20 m/s East
d)
20 East
7.
Define Inertia
a)
The amount of matter in an object
b)
Pull of gravity on an object
c)
A push or a pull
d)
An objects tendency to resist change in motion
8.
As mass increases inertia increases
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Define an unbalanced force
a)
2 forces that cancel each other out
b)
Net force = motion
c)
A push or a pull
10.
Does a balanced force create motion?
a)
Yes
b)
No
11.
What is the formula for Time?
a)
T = V/D
b)
T = D/V
c)
T = VxD
12.
What is the formula for acceleration?
a)
(V2 - V1) ÷ T
b)
(V1 - V2) ÷ T
c)
(V2 - V1) × T
d)
(V1 - V2) × T
13.
A decrease in velocity is called
a)
A decrease
b)
Novelocity
c)
Deceleration
14.
An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
a)
Newton's Third Law
b)
Newton's Second Law
c)
Newton's First Law
15.
Newton's First Law is also called the Law of ___
a)
Inertia
b)
Motion
c)
Acceleration
16.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
a)
Newton's Third Law
b)
Newton's Second Law
c)
Newton's First Law
17.
What is the net force?
a)
5000 N right
b)
4000 N right
c)
40 N left
d)
4000 N left
36.
The rate at which distance is covered is called speed.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
A unit of velocity is the meter.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The rate at which velocity changes with time is called acceleration.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
A ball is thrown into the air. At the highest point, the ball has zero velocity and zero acceleration.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Speed is
a)
A measure of how fast something is moving
b)
always measured in terms of a unit of distance divided by a unit of time
c)
the distance covered per unit time
d)
all of the above
23.
Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in
a)
time it takes to move from one place to another place.
b)
velocity of an object
c)
distance divided by the time interval
d)
velocity divided by the time interval
24.
Suppose you are in a car that is going around a curve. The speedometer reads a constant 30 miles per hour. Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
You and the car are accelerating.
b)
Your acceleration is constantly changing.
c)
Your velocity is constant.
d)
Your speed is constant.
25.
A car starts from rest and after 7 seconds it is moving at 42 m/s. What is the ’s average acceleration?
a)
0.17
b)
1.67
c)
6
d)
7
26.
As an object falls freely in a vacuum, its
a)
velocity increases
b)
acceleration increases
c)
both a and b
d)
none of the above
27.
An object accelerates at 2 m/s^2. Assuming the object starts from rest, how much time does it need to accelerate to a speed of 16 m/s?
a)
4 s
b)
8 s
c)
16 s
d)
1/16 s
28.
A Boeing 747 lands with a velocity of 180 ms-1 and decelerates at 6 ms-2 coming to a halt in 30 seconds. Calculate the distance it took for the aircraft to come to a halt
a)
2.7 m
b)
27 m
c)
2700 cm
d)
2.7 km
29.
An object dropped from the top of a cliff takes 2.85 s to hit the water in the lake below:What is the cliff's height above the water?
a)
3.98 m
b)
398 m
c)
39.8 m
d)
3.98 km
30.
A car, going 27.8 m/s brakes, coming to a halt in after traveling 50 m. What was its acceleration?
a)
- 3.0 m/s/s
b)
0.55 m/s/s
c)
- 7.7 m/s/s
d)
- 4.2 m/s
31.
A baseball it thrown into the air and is speeding up on its way down. The direction of the acceleration is
a)
Upwards
b)
Downwards
c)
No Acceleration
d)
N/A
32.
In order to accelerate you must
a)
Drive
b)
Slow down
c)
Speed up
d)
Change velocity
33.
What distance can a car travel if it is going 30 miles/hour and travels for 167 seconds?
a)
1.4 miles
b)
38000 miles
c)
4 miles
d)
1.9 miles
34.
Which line shows acceleration
a)
a
b)
b and d
c)
c
d)
none of the above
35.
What is the displacement from 2 to 10 seconds?
a)
64 km
b)
100 m
c)
64m
d)
32 m
36.
The rate at which distance is covered is called speed.
a)
True
b)
False
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