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Chapter 13 Test Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of work being done?

a)

A book sitting on a shelf

b)

A person sleeping

c)

A rock pulled down by gravity falling from a cliff

d)

A planet pulled inward by gravity orbiting around a star

2.

How can you do more work while carrying a box?

a)

Dropping the box

b)

Lifting the box

c)

Walking farther

d)

Increasing the weight of the box

3.

A planet that has which substance would be the best place to send a probe to look for signs of life?

a)

Liquid water

b)

Liquid oxygen

c)

Gaseous methane

d)

Gaseous carbon dioxide

4.

Actions such as standing or walking do not provide the same work in space as they do on Earth. As a result, astronauts must exercise several hours each day on special machines. Which condition in space is responsible for this difference?

a)

Radiation

b)

Microgravity

c)

Near vacuum

d)

Extreme temperatures

5.

Which inner planet has no solid or liquid water?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

6.

What conditions on Earth make it able to support life?

a)

Water exists in all three states.

b)

The atmosphere is mainly nitrogen and oxygen.

c)

The average surface temperature is neither extremely hot nor cold.

d)

All of the other answer choices

7.

A man pushes against a box. In which of the following situations is the work done by the man on the box equal to zero?

a)

The man and the box do not move

b)

The man stays still and the box moves in the diretion of the force.

c)

The man and the box both move in the direction of the force.

d)

The man is pushed backward and the box moves forward.

8.

Lauren picks up a book from the floor to place in a bookcase. In which situation will she perform the most work?

a)

Lifting the book from the floor to shelf 1.

b)

Lifting the book from the floor to shelf 2.

c)

Lifting the book from the floor to shelf 3.

d)

Lifting the book from the floor to shelf 4.

9.

Which type of planet or moon beyond the habitable zone would be most likely to support life?

a)

An ice-covered planet with high interior temperatures

b)

An ice-covered planet with cool interior temperatures

c)

A dry planet with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and oxygen

d)

A dry planet with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water vapor

10.

Why do astronauts in space stations exercise on equipment that relies on pistons and vacuum cylinders to provide resistance instead of using traditional weights?

a)

The effectiveness of traditional weights varies with the spacecraft's orbit.

b)

Traditional weights depend on gravity for resistance during exercise.

c)

Traditional weights take up too much room in a spacecraft.

d)

Traditional weights add too much weight to a spacecraft.

11.

The closest star to Earth is?

a)

Orion's Belt

b)

North Star

c)

Big Dipper

d)

Sun

12.

What is microgravity?

a)

Weightlessness

b)

150,000,000 Kilograms

c)

Extreme amounts of gravity

d)

Heavy push or pull

13.

Which planet is a gaseous planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Neptune

d)

Mars

14.

Which planet is the smallest out of the planets listed?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

15.

What is an object that makes up our solar system?

a)

Sun

b)

Dwarf Planets

c)

Comets

d)

All the Above

16.

Which of these planets is NOT a terrestrial planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Saturn

d)

Mercury

17.

Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Saturn

b)

Sun

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

18.

Which planet is most like Earth?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Uranus

19.

Which planet can man survive in his natural state?

a)

Venus

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

20.

Which planet is known as the ringed planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Pluto

21.

What is an astronomical unit compared to?

a)

Distance between the Earth and the moon

b)

Distance between Earth and the sun

c)

Distance it takes for Earth to orbit the sun

d)

Distance it takes for Earth to rotate on it's axis

22.

When a force is used to overcome a resistance and move an object some distance is an example of?

a)

Force

b)

Friction

c)

Work

d)

Motion

23.

Which conditions in space is a space suit designed to deal with?

a)

Vacuum Conditions

b)

Extreme Temperatures

c)

Radiation

d)

All the Above

24.

What are the straight lines on the face of Mars called?

a)

Rivers

b)

Streams

c)

Canals

d)

Rills

25.

Pluto is an example of?

a)

Planet

b)

Star

c)

Dwarf Planet

d)

Meteor

26.

What is empty of all matter?

a)

Force

b)

Acceleration

c)

Machine

d)

Vacuum

27.

Technology that is developed for use in a space program but has uses on Earth is called a space spinoff.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

You do work on an object when it moves in the same direction in which the force is applied.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

a)

True

b)

False