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WorksheetsOur Year So Far: Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A cadet pulls a 100-gram block across his desk, then pulls the same block across carpet and sandpaper. What is he most likely testing?
a)
How blocks of different mass react to force.
b)
How different surfaces affect the amount of force needed to move a block.
c)
How a block affects a desk.
d)
How pulling affects the mass of the block
2.
A ball is rolling northeast. A cadet applies a force from the south to the ball. What direction does the ball move?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
3.
Which answer best explains the relationship between work and position?
a)
There is always work being done if an object has a position.
b)
Work is only being done is an object is changing position.
c)
Gravity does work and prevents a change in position.
d)
If there is mass work is being done.
4.
Cadets drop a marble into a bowl of flour from different heights. They measure the depth of the crater made, why would they have different sized craters?
a)
The different sizes of marble
b)
The material of the marble changes
c)
The mass of the marble changes
d)
The force of the marble changes
5.
In an experiment how many independent variables do you want to have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
none
d)
doesn't matter
6.
A cadet is testing stretching force of a rubber band. He takes 4 different sizes of rubber bands and 4 different masses and measures how far the masses stretch the rubber bands. What is wrong with this experiment?
a)
All the masses and rubber bands are different
b)
the masses need to be heavy enough to break the rubber bands
c)
4 of each is not enough
d)
the rubber bands should also be different sizes
7.
how could you measure the force a spring uses to launch different masses?
a)
a graduated cylinder to measure the volume
b)
a stopwatch to time how fast it launches
c)
a meterstick to measure how far each mass travels
d)
a net to catch the masses
8.
A bucket is on the end of a rope over a pulley. What do you do to lift the bucket?
a)
Tie the other end of the rope to the bucket
b)
tie a knot in the rope so it jams the pulley
c)
pull on the end of the rope
d)
let go of the rope
9.
What is the Independent variable in the following experiment? Dropping a marble into flour from different heights and then measuring the craters.
a)
the drop height
b)
the marble mass
c)
the marble size
d)
the crater size
10.
A push is a force going ________. A pull is a force going ________.
a)
away / towards you
b)
towards / away
c)
up / down
d)
back / forth
11.
_____________ is the energy of motion.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Electrical
d)
Chemical
12.
____________ is the ability to do work.
a)
Energy
b)
Gravity
c)
Potential
d)
Friction
13.
______________ is stored energy.
a)
Kinetic
b)
Sound
c)
Potential
d)
Light
14.
The ______________ an object is, the more gravitational potential energy it has.
a)
lower
b)
higher
c)
lighter
d)
smaller
15.
Energy can switch from potential to kinetic.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which choice below IS an example of potential energy?
a)
Car rolling
b)
battery
c)
child running
d)
wind
17.
A tank of gasoline is an example of kinetic energy.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
_____________ is a force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth
a)
Energy
b)
Gravity
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
19.
When a car is at the bottom of a hill it has ______________ potential energy.
a)
more
b)
the same
c)
less
20.
When you are sitting at the top of a water slide you have ___________ potential energy.
a)
more
b)
less
c)
the same
21.
If you are jumping on a trampoline, you are showing ____________ energy.
a)
potential
b)
kinetic
c)
electrical
d)
light
22.
Something that takes up space and has mass.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
mass
d)
density
23.
A state of matter that has a definite volume and shape.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
matter
24.
A measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit of volume.
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
volume
d)
matter
25.
The amount of space something takes up
a)
density
b)
volume
c)
mass
d)
matter
26.
Shape is a ____ that helps identify an object.
a)
physical property
b)
chemical property
c)
mass
d)
matter
27.
A watermelon has more matter than a grape, so it has more
a)
mass
b)
eat
c)
solid
d)
greater
28.
You can measure ______ with grams.
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
conductivity
d)
melting point
29.
The ability of a metal to allow heat or electricity to pass through it.
a)
conductivity
b)
insulator
c)
mass
d)
density
30.
What are the three states of matter?
a)
solid, volume, mass
b)
density, volume, mass
c)
solid, liquid, gas
d)
density, gas, volume
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