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WorksheetsArmstrong Interim Challenge
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What form of energy is stored in the bonds between molecules of matter?
a)
chemical energy
b)
heat energy
c)
kinetic energy
d)
mechanical energy
2.
All of the different forms of energy move making them kinetic energy
a)
True
b)
False
3.
All of the different forms of energy can be stored energies.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Lightning during a thunderstorm is an example of what form of energy?
a)
Radiant (potential) energy
b)
Radiant (kinetic) energy
c)
Electrical (potential) energy
d)
Electrical (kinetic) energy
5.
Which of the followings are examples of thermal energy?
a)
a violin string plucked, talking, ringing telephone
b)
boiling water, steam, heat from a flashlight
c)
candle flame, light bulb light
d)
energy from the sun (fusion, energy from a nuclear power plant (fission)
6.
The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?
a)
thermal to light
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
7.
Wind turbines and windmills convert what energy to another?
a)
Kinetic to electric
b)
Gravitational potential to electric
c)
Mechanical to potential
d)
Thermal to sound
8.
Energy caused by the movement in the particles of matter. It is a form of kinetic energy.
a)
Nuclear energy
b)
Sound energy
c)
Light energy
d)
Thermal energy
9.
Which energy conversion is taking place when you put gasoline in a car?
a)
thermal -> electrical
b)
mechanical -> electrical
c)
chemical -> mechanical
d)
mechanical -> electromagnetic
10.
Which items would have this energy transformation: chemical energy -> mechanical energy?
a)
person running
b)
candle burning
c)
windmill turning
d)
playing a violin
11.
Which items would have this energy transformation: chemical energy -> electrical, light and thermal energy?
a)
turning on a flashlight
b)
nuclear power plant
c)
digesting an apple
d)
tanning bed
12.
The diagram below shows a hot air balloon rising. Propane gas tanks are seen at the bottom of the balloon. What energy transformations occur when propane gas is used to lift the balloon?
a)
Mechanical to light to chemical
b)
Chemical to mechanical to thermal
c)
Thermal to chemical to light
d)
Chemical to thermal to mechanical
13.
Electrical -> Mechanical -> Sound
a)
A triple beam balance measuring an object’s mass
b)
A pencil sharpener plugged into a wall outlet
c)
A projector displaying a diagram on the screen
d)
A working flashlight used to light up a dark corner
14.
When the astronauts of Apollo 11 landed on the moon, they planted a flag that has a mass of 2.5 kg. How much GPE did the flag have when it was 8 m of the surface of the moon? Gravity there is 1.622 m/s2.
a)
20 J
b)
12.33 J
c)
32.44 J
d)
5.19 J
15.
A what point does the water have the most gravitational potential?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
There is no gravitational potential
16.
Where does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy and least potential energy?
a)
1
b)
7
c)
12
d)
31
17.
Where would thermal energy be the greatest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
18.
CHALLENGE PROBLEM: An explosion of gas from a Hawaiian volcano blows a rock into the sky. the rock has 2000 J of kinetic energy. What was its mass if the rock had a velocity of 20 m/s?
a)
200 kg
b)
20,000 kg
c)
10 kg
d)
200 kg
19.
CHALLENGE PROBLEM: A 120 kg skier is going 50 m/s at the bottom of the hill. What is the height of the hill?
a)
150,000 m
b)
2.55 m
c)
127.5 m
d)
12,250 m
20.
This type of graph is called a:
a)
Phase diagram
b)
Heating curve
c)
State of matter
d)
Temperature chart
21.
What line segment represents only the solid state?
a)
A-B
b)
B-C
c)
C-D
d)
D-E
22.
What state(s) of matter are present at D-E?
a)
Solid-liquid
b)
Liquid
c)
Liquid-gas
d)
Gas-Solid
23.
Which segment represents the heat of fusion?
a)
A-B
b)
B-C
c)
C-D
d)
D-E
24.
Between which points is the substance changing state?
a)
A-B only.
b)
A-B, C-D, E-F
c)
B-C only.
d)
B-C, D-E
25.
What state of matter is X?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
supercritical fluid
26.
What state of matter is Y?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
supercritical fluid
27.
What is the normal boiling point of this substance?
a)
150 °C
b)
100 °C
c)
-50 °C
d)
0 °C
28.
What is point A?
a)
triple point
b)
critical point
c)
equilibrium point
d)
normal melting point
29.
What is point B?
a)
triple point
b)
critical point
c)
equilibrium point
d)
normal melting point
30.
What change occurs from C to D?
a)
condensation
b)
vaporization
c)
melting
d)
sublimation
31.
What change occurs from E to C?
a)
sublimation
b)
freezing
c)
melting
d)
boiling
32.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
33.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
34.
which material does sound travel the fastest?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gases
35.
As a longitudinal wave moves forward, the particles move:
a)
perpendicular to the wave's motion
b)
parallel to the wave's motion
c)
stand in one place
d)
move completely down the spring
36.
What are properties of electromagnetic waves?
a)
carry energy
b)
can move through space
c)
can move through matter
d)
include x-rays
37.
Which are properties of a mechanical wave?
a)
can be longitudinal or transverse
b)
can move through space
c)
must have matter to move
d)
carries energy
38.
Mechanical waves usually travels fastest as the temperature of the medium:
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
39.
If the wavelength of a wave increased, what would happen to the frequency?
a)
decrease
b)
increase
c)
stay the same
40.
Which wave represents Low Volume, Low Pitch
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
41.
Which waves have the most energy?
a)
B and C
b)
D and E
c)
B and D
d)
C and E
42.
Which waves have the highest intensity?
a)
B and C
b)
D and E
c)
B and D
d)
C and E
43.
Which would could represent a bright, red light?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
44.
Which would could represent a high intensity, gamma ray?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
45.
Which would could represent a high intensity, gamma ray?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
46.
The Doppler effect where waves come together in front of a moving sound is called...
a)
Blueshift
b)
Redshift
c)
Doppler shift
d)
Phase shift
47.
All of the following are affected by the amplitude of a wave except...
a)
Volume
b)
Brightness
c)
Color
d)
Intensity
48.
All of the following are affected by the frequency of a wave except...
a)
Color
b)
Energy
c)
Pitch
d)
Intensity
49.
If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...
a)
Moving towards the Earth
b)
Moving away from the Earth
c)
This is a trick question that cannot be answered
d)
It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.
50.
Use the image to identify the motion of the object relative to Earth. Compare the absorption spectra of the star to what the star would look like if it were not moving at all relative to Earth.
a)
It is not moving
b)
It is moving away from Earth (Redshift)
c)
It is moving towards Earth (Blueshift)
d)
It is moving towards Earth (Redshift)
51.
When the car moves AWAY from you, its horn seems...
a)
Low pitched
b)
High pitched
c)
Normal
52.
When an ambulance move TOWARD you it sounds ________ pitched.
a)
high
b)
low
c)
normal
53.
The Doppler effect is seen when a wave-making source moves toward an observer.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
What can you tell about this object's motion?
a)
Moving to the North (up).
b)
Moving to the South (down).
c)
Moving to the West (left).
d)
Moving to the East (right).
55.
What can you tell about the motion of this object?
a)
Moving left.
b)
Moving right quickly.
c)
Standing still.
d)
Moving up slowly.
56.
An observer passes a 500 Hz sound source and moves away with a speed of 30 ms-1.
The frequency heard by the moving observer is
a)
456 Hz
b)
544 Hz
c)
460 Hz
d)
548 Hz
57.
Sound moves in a _________.
a)
Transverse wave
b)
Longitudinal wave
58.
________ is the degree of loudness of a sound.
a)
Pitch
b)
Volume
59.
________ is the highness or lowness of a sound.
a)
Volume
b)
Pitch
60.
A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy
a)
high, low
b)
high, high
c)
low, high
d)
low, low
61.
A rainbow forms when white light separates into different colors during?
a)
Absorption
b)
Scattering
c)
Refraction
d)
Transmission
62.
A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light-
a)
always travels in a straight line
b)
bends when it passes through water
c)
makes the water in the glass evaporate
d)
reflects the pencil on the water's surface
63.
Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.
a)
glass
b)
medium
c)
area
d)
boundary
64.
a)
Diffraction
b)
Interference
c)
Refraction
d)
Reflection
e)
Absorption
65.
a)
Constructive Interference
b)
Destructive Interference
c)
Reflection
d)
Refraction
66.
The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave
a)
A. diffraction
b)
B. resonance
c)
C. reflection
d)
D. interference
67.
a)
absorption
b)
diffraction
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
e)
transmission
68.
a)
absorption
b)
diffraction
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
e)
interference
69.
The orca uses this behavior of waves to locate food.
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
e)
Interference
70.
Which wave behavior do noise cancelling headphones use?
a)
diffraction
b)
refraction
c)
constructive interference
d)
destructive interference
71.
What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?
a)
Constructive interference
b)
Destructive interference
c)
Increasing frequency
d)
Increasing period
72.
______________ occurs when two or more waves combine to produce a wave with a smaller amplitude/energy.
a)
Destructive interference
b)
Constructive Interference
c)
Diffraction
d)
Refraction
73.
Light has the lowest velocity in which medium?
flint glass n=1.70
barium glass n=1.60
crown glass n=1.523
water n=1.33
diamond n=2.45
flint glass n=1.70
barium glass n=1.60
crown glass n=1.523
water n=1.33
diamond n=2.45
a)
diamond
b)
water
c)
flint glass
d)
barium glass
74.
How many waves are in this wave chain?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
75.
Sound travels more quickly
a)
in dense mediums
b)
in mediums that have a high elasticity
c)
at low temperatures
d)
at low altitudes
76.
If a mechanical wave is traveling through medium A and into medium B and it speeds up. Which statement is true?
a)
Medium A is a solid and B is a gas
b)
Medium A is a liquid and B is a solid
c)
Medium A is a gas and B is a vacuum
d)
Medium A is a vacuum and B is a liquid
77.
If a mechanical wave is traveling through medium A and into medium B and it slows down. Which statement is true?
a)
Medium A is a solid and B is a gas
b)
Medium A is a liquid and B is a solid
c)
Medium A is a solid and B is a vacuum
d)
Medium A is a vacuum and B is a liquid
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