WorksheetsPhysics Semester 1 Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What's the difference between scalar and vector measurements?
a)
Scalar = magnitude, vector = magnitude + direction
b)
scalar = magnitude, vector = just direction
c)
scalar = magnitude + direction, vector = magnitude
d)
scalar = direction, vector = magnitude
2.
What's the difference between distance and displacement?
a)
distance is the amount you actually traveled, displacement is a straight line from A to B
b)
displacement is the amount you actually traveled, distance is a straight line from A to B
c)
they are the same
d)
displacement is scalar, distance is vector
3.
In Physics, what does the word "origin" refer to?
a)
The final position of your displacement.
b)
The initial position of your displacement.
c)
The height of a triangle
d)
The power that a force creates
4.
What's the difference between speed and velocity?
a)
speed is displacement divided by time, velocity is distance divided by time
b)
speed is vector, velocity is scalar
c)
speed can be negative, velocity is only positive
d)
speed is distance divided by time, velocity is displacement divided by time
5.
How many meters are in 13 kilometers?
a)
130 m
b)
13,000 m
c)
130,000 m
d)
1.3 m
6.
Translate 35 cm into meters.
a)
350 m
b)
3.5 m
c)
35 m
d)
0.35 m
7.
How many liters is 100 kL?
a)
100,000 L
b)
1,000 L
c)
10 L
d)
0.100 L
8.
Julia was driving her electric car when she came to a stop sign and stopped. As she was slowing down, was her acceleration positive or negative?
a)
positive
b)
negative
9.
If you put your car in reverse and slam your foot on the accelerator, is your acceleration positive or negative?
a)
positive
b)
negative
10.
We live on a planet that's traveling almost 70,000 miles per hour around the sun. Why don't we feel the motion?
a)
It's too fast to feel
b)
It's accelerating too slowly
c)
Because it's traveling in a circle
d)
The velocity is constant
11.
What's your acceleration if you are moving 1,000,000 m/s at a constant rate?
a)
0 m/s/s
b)
1,000,000 m/s/s
c)
500,000 m/s/s
d)
9.81 m/s/s
12.
I dropped a rock off a ladder 15 m high. What's the initial velocity of the rock?
a)
15 m/s
b)
9.81 m/s
c)
0 m/s
d)
150 m/s
13.
Henry uses his hand to smash a mosquito. Which is the bigger force, the force on the hand or the force on the mosquito?
a)
The force on the hand
b)
The force on the mosquito
c)
The forces are equal and opposite
d)
They balance out to zero force
14.
Kevin hits a nail with a hammer. What is the reaction force?
a)
The hammer on the nail
b)
The nail on the hammer
c)
The hammer on his hand
d)
The nail on the wood
15.
What is Physics?
a)
The study of life
b)
The study of history
c)
The study of energy and matter and their interactions
d)
The study of velocity
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