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WorksheetsPhysical Science Trimester Exam
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If the following liquids are poured into a graduated cylinder, which liquid would be the TOP layer?
a)
Water (1 g/mL)
b)
Mercury (13.5 g/mL)
c)
Syrup (1.37 g/mL)
d)
Honey (1.42 g/mL)
2.
When will an object sink in water?
a)
When the density I less than 1 g/mL
b)
When the density is more than 1 g/mL
c)
When the density is equal to 1 g/mL
d)
When the density is changing
3.
What is a substance that is made up of only 1 type of atom?
a)
Compound
b)
Element
c)
Mixture
d)
Solution
4.
Gold has a higher density than iron. Which of the following must be true?
a)
Gold's atoms are farther apart than iron's atoms.
b)
Gold's atoms are closer together than iron's atoms.
c)
Gold's atoms are moving faster than iron's atoms.
d)
Gold's atoms are moving slower than iron's atoms.
5.
Which of the following is a mixture in which one substance is dissolve in a liquid?
a)
Colloid
b)
Element
c)
Solution
d)
Suspension
6.
What type of mixture separates into layers over time?
a)
Colloid
b)
Homogeneous Mixture
c)
Solution
d)
Suspension
7.
What did J.J. Thomson discover about the atom?
a)
Electron
b)
Neutron
c)
Proton
d)
Nucleus
8.
Which scientist developed the concept of energy levels?
a)
Bohr
b)
Dalton
c)
Rutherford
d)
Thomson
9.
Which scientist discovered the nucleus?
a)
Bohr
b)
Dalton
c)
Rutherford
d)
Thomson
10.
What is the charge of an electron?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral
11.
What is the charge of a proton?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral
12.
What is the charge of a neutron?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral
13.
What is in the nucleus of an atom?
a)
Protons and Electrons
b)
Protons and Neutrons
c)
Only Protons
d)
Neutrons and Electrons
14.
Although all oxygen atoms have 8 protons, one oxygen atom has 7 neutrons while another has 8 neutrons. What do we call these two oxygen atoms?
a)
Ions
b)
Isotopes
c)
Neutral Atoms
d)
Metals
15.
What do you call an atom that has a charge, due to more or less electrons?
a)
Ions
b)
Isotopes
c)
Neutral Atoms
d)
Metals
16.
How many protons are in the following ion?
a)
-1
b)
9
c)
10
d)
19
17.
How many electrons are in the following ion?
a)
26
b)
28
c)
30
d)
59
18.
How many neutrons are in the following ion?
a)
18
b)
19
c)
20
d)
39
19.
What do you call the horizontal rows in the periodic table?
a)
Columns
b)
Groups/Families
c)
Periods
d)
Trends
20.
What do you call the vertical columns in the periodic table?
a)
Groups/Families
b)
Periods
c)
Rows
d)
Trends
21.
Which type of element is in-between a metal and a nonmetal?
a)
Group
b)
Family
c)
Metalloid
d)
Period
22.
Which type of element is a good conductor of electricity and heat?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
23.
Which of the following would be malleable?
a)
Carbon
b)
Fluorine
c)
Lithium
d)
Phosphorus
24.
In which family is silver a member?
a)
Alkali Metals
b)
Alkaline Earth Metals
c)
Noble Gases
d)
Transition Metals
25.
In which family is chlorine a member?
a)
Alkali Metals
b)
Halogens
c)
Noble Gases
d)
Nitrogen Family
26.
In which family is Lithium a member?
a)
Alkali Metals
b)
Halogens
c)
Noble Gases
d)
Oxygen Family
27.
What are the electrons in the outermost energy level called?
a)
Halogens
b)
Metals
c)
Oxidation Number
d)
Valence Electrons
28.
Which family is a very reactive nonmetal group?
a)
Alkali Metals
b)
Alkaline Earth Metals
c)
Halogens
d)
Noble Gases
29.
Which family does not react with other elements?
a)
Alkali Metals
b)
Alkaline Earth Metals
c)
Halogens
d)
Noble Gases
30.
What is a force?
a)
How fast an object is traveling
b)
A push or pull
c)
The time rate of change of velocity
d)
The amount of space an object takes up
31.
A fish swims in its fishbowl. What type of friction is this?
a)
Sliding Friction
b)
Rolling Friction
c)
Fluid Friction
d)
Static Friction
32.
What do you call forces that are opposite in direction and equal?
a)
Balanced Forces
b)
Unbalanced Forces
c)
Net Forces
d)
Weight
33.
A bat exerts a force on a baseball, and the ball exerts an equal but opposite force on the bat. Which law of motion is this?
a)
Newton's 1st Law of Motion
b)
Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
c)
Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
34.
To get the last bit of shampoo out you shake the bottle. The bottle stops moving, but the ketchup continues moving towards the nozzle. Which law of motion is this?
a)
Newton's 1st Law of Motion
b)
Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
c)
Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
35.
What do you call the property that states that an object moving wants to keep moving and an object at rest wants to stay at rest?
a)
Inertia
b)
Momentum
c)
Force
d)
Acceleration
36.
Which force states that all objects with mass attract to one another?
a)
Gravity
b)
Inertia
c)
Projectile Motion
d)
Friction
37.
What do you call the amount of matter that an object has?
a)
Weight
b)
Force
c)
Mass
d)
Volume
38.
What happens when you bring two magnets with opposite poles near each other?
a)
They attract each other
b)
They repel each other
c)
They cancel each other out
d)
They cause a net force of zero
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