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WorksheetsPhy Sci Midterm Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the unit for speed?
a)
Meter
b)
Newton
c)
Meter/second
d)
Kilogram
2.
What is the unit for mass?
a)
Gram or Kilogram
b)
Meter
c)
Liter
d)
Newton
3.
What is the unit for volume?
a)
Kilogram
b)
Meter
c)
Liter
d)
Newton
4.
What is the unit for distance?
a)
Kilogram
b)
Meter
c)
Liter
d)
Newton
5.
The total length covered during a journey is the definition for what?
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
d)
Distance
6.
The straight line from the ending point to the starting point is the definition for what?
a)
Displacement
b)
Velocity
c)
Speed
d)
Acceleration
7.
On a Friday evening, you drive 25 miles straight west to a football game. After the game you drive 20 miles east back the way you came to visit a friend. What is your displacement?
a)
5 Miles North
b)
5 Miles South
c)
5 Miles West
d)
5 Miles East
8.
On a Saturday afternoon, you drive 30 miles directly east to visit grandma. You then drive 20 miles back the way you came to stop at a friend’s house. What is your total distance traveled?
a)
10 miles
b)
20 miles
c)
50 miles
d)
600 miles
9.
A change in distance over time with direction is the definition for what?
a)
Acceleration
b)
Speed
c)
Velocity
d)
Momentum
10.
A change in velocity over a change in time is the definition for what?
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Force
d)
Acceleration
11.
When an whirligig is falling to the floor, what are the forces acting on it?
a)
Static friction and gravity
b)
Gravity and the normal force
c)
Air resistance and gravity
d)
Up and down
12.
When a tennis ball is falling to the floor, are the forces acting on it balanced or unbalanced?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
13.
What is the rate of acceleration of a 2,000-kilogram truck if a force of 4,200 N is used to make it start moving forward?
a)
2,200 Newtons
b)
6,400 Kilograms
c)
2.1 m/s2
d)
8,400,000 Seconds
14.
Name the law, "an object at rest will remain at rest or an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force".
a)
Newton's 1st
b)
Newton's 2nd
c)
Newton's 3rd
d)
Newton's Universal
15.
Name the law, "Force is equal to mass time acceleration or F = ma".
a)
Newton's 1st
b)
Newton's 2nd
c)
Newton's 3rd
d)
Newtons's Universal
16.
Name the law, "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".
a)
Newton's 1st
b)
Newton's 2nd
c)
Newton's 3rd
d)
Newton's Universal
17.
What is the force called that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching?
a)
Abnormal
b)
Normal
c)
Gravity
d)
Friction
18.
Calculate the momentum of an 11 kg wagon rolling down a hill at 12 m/s.
a)
23 kgm/s
b)
1 kgm/s
c)
132 kgm/s
d)
1.10 kgm/s
19.
What is the total distance traveled divided by the total time of travel?
a)
Acceleration
b)
Displacement
c)
Average Speed
d)
Velocity
20.
The gravitational force between two objects increases as mass...
a)
decreases or distance decreases
b)
decreases or distance increases
c)
increases or distance decreases
d)
increases or distance increases
21.
When an unbalanced force acts on an object...
a)
the object's motion does not change
b)
the object accelerates
c)
the weight of the object decreases
d)
the inertia of the object increases
22.
What kind of friction occurs as you swim through water?
a)
fluid
b)
rolling
c)
sliding
d)
static
23.
The property of matter that resists changes in motion (laziness) is called...
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
inertia
d)
weight
24.
Your weight equals your
a)
mass
b)
mass divided the net force acting on you
c)
mass times the acceleration due to gravity
d)
mass times your speed
25.
What is the product of an object's mass times its velocity?
a)
Inertia
b)
Acceleration
c)
Force
d)
Momentum
26.
.1 meter is equal to 1 what?
a)
Decimeter
b)
Kilometer
c)
Centimeter
d)
Millimeter
27.
.001 meter equal to 1 what?
a)
Millimeter
b)
Kilometer
c)
Dekameter
d)
Hectometer
28.
10 meters is equal to 1 what?
a)
Decimeter
b)
Centimeter
c)
Hectometer
d)
Dekameter
29.
100 meters is equal to 1 what?
a)
Kilometer
b)
Decimeter
c)
Centimeter
d)
Hectometer
30.
.01 meter is equal to 1 what?
a)
Decimeter
b)
Centimeter
c)
Kilometer
d)
Hectometer
31.
What is the unit for force?
a)
Joule
b)
Newton
c)
Pascal
d)
Watt
32.
Rolling a marble off of a desk is an example of ...
a)
Balanced Forces
b)
Linear motion
c)
Projectile Motion
d)
Friction
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