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TCAP #6

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following listed is a simple machine?
a)
A car
b)
An inclined plane
c)
A bicycle
d)
A chair
2.
What is an example of a pulley?
a)
slide
b)
flag pole
c)
ax
d)
chapstick
3.
What is a screw?
a)
means attracted to a magnet
b)
an inclined plane that is wrapped around an axle
c)
stiff bar that rests on a fulcrum
d)
made of 2 inclined planes that are back to back
4.
Stairs
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
inclined plane
d)
wheel and axle
5.
What type of simple machine is this?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
gear
c)
lever
d)
inclined plane
6.
Work is a measurement of how much force is applied over a certain
a)
distance
b)
velocity
c)
shape
d)
size
7.
Units of force are
a)
netwons
b)
grams
c)
joules
d)
meters
8.
Units of work are
a)
netwons
b)
joules
c)
meters
d)
seconds
9.
A push or pull is
a)
mass
b)
force
c)
inertia
d)
gravity
10.
What is the formula for work?
a)
Force = work x distance
b)
Distance = force x work
c)
Work = force x distance
d)
Work = force x mass
11.
Fred kicks a ball with a force of 20N to George, who is 5 meters away. How much work was done to the ball?
a)
25J
b)
100J
c)
4J
d)
75J
12.
What law is best described by inertia?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
13.
Which law? 
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
14.
Which Law? 
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
15.
Which Law? 
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
16.
F = MxA
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
17.
Action/Reaction
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
18.
Object's tendency to resist change
a)
Friction
b)
Inertia
c)
Force
d)
Gravity
19.
When you step on a Lego. You push on the Lego and the Lego pushes back on you.
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
20.
What is the equation to calculate distance?
a)
distance = speed/time
b)
distance = time/speed
c)
distance = speed/distance
d)
distance = speed x time 
21.
A car travels 30 miles/hr for 3 hours, calculate the distance it will travel
a)
90 miles
b)
10 miles
c)
600 miles
d)
90 km
22.
A man runs at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he run?
a)
10 miles
b)
10 m
c)
5 m
d)
50 m
23.
Which of the following is a unit of speed?
a)
km/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
s
24.
Which of the following is a unit of time?
a)
km/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
mi
25.
Which of the following is a unit of distance ?
a)
miles/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
min
26.
What is the speed of a car that travels 400 m in 20 minutes?
a)
20 miles/hr
b)
20 m/min
c)
800 m/min
d)
200 miles/hr
27.
What is the equation to calculate speed?
a)
speed = distance/time
b)
speed = time/distance
c)
speed = time x distance 
d)
speed = speed/time 
28.
What is the equation to calculate time?
a)
time = speed/distance
b)
time = distance/speed 
c)
time = speed x distance 
d)
time = distance x speed
29.
If you travel 10 miles in 5 minutes, what is your speed?
a)
10 mi/min
b)
15 mi/min
c)
50 mi/min
d)
2 mi/min
30.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
31.
What is happening at A?
a)
Stationary
b)
Accelerating
c)
Slower steady speed; moving away from the starting position
d)
Steady speed; returning to start position
32.
What key word tells me I'm measuring distance?
a)
how fast
b)
how far
c)
how long
33.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
34.
Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Acceleration of an object happens when things ________
a)
slow down
b)
go faster
c)
change direction (turn)
d)
All of the above
36.
Which of the following represents a velocity?
a)
40 m
b)
40 m north
c)
40 m/s
d)
40 m/s north
37.
Which of the following is a unit for acceleration?
a)
km/s
b)
m/s2
c)
mi/hr
d)
ft
38.
Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 
a)
time of motion to another place. 
b)
velocity 
c)
distance 
d)
speed
39.
How much force is needed to accelerate a 3kg skateboard at 5m/s2. 
a)
8N
b)
1.6N
c)
0.6N
d)
15N
40.
An object will remain at rest unless a balanced force acts upon it.
a)
False
b)
True
41.
Look at this scenario, which law does this represent? 
a)
Law of Inertia
b)
Law of Force and Acceleration
c)
Law of Action-Reaction
42.
An 18-wheeler requires more time and distance to stop than a Mini-Cooper.
a)
Law  of Inertia
b)
Law of Force and Acceleration
c)
Law  of Action-Reaction
43.
A squid pushes water back with its tentacles to allow it to swim forward.
a)
Law of Inertia
b)
Law of Force and Acceleration
c)
Law of Action-Reaction
44.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
45.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
46.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
47.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
48.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
49.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
50.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate