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Forces, Motion & Waves Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Your location is your ______________________.

a)

position

b)

distance

c)

time

d)

speed

2.

The way you are moving from your original position is _______________.

a)

time

b)

distance

c)

direction

d)

speed

3.

The starting point from a motion is __________________________.

a)

reference point

b)

distance

c)

time

d)

direction

4.

Speed is graphed on a ________________________.

a)

distance/ time graph

b)

pie

c)

time/ distance graph

d)

distance

5.

The formula for speed is ________________.

a)

speed x velocity

b)

distance x time

c)

distance / time

d)

time / distance

6.

The force of a pull from Earth that determines our weight is __________________________.

a)

gravity

b)

acceleration

c)

weight

d)

inertia

7.

The force that works against a moving object to slow or stop the movement is _____________.

a)

inertia

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

weight

8.

This is a push or a pull.

a)

weight

b)

mass

c)

floor

d)

force

9.

With this combination of forces, the object is either not in motion or has no change in motion.

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

10.

With this combination of forces, the object changes motion.

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

11.

This is the tendency of an object to stay in motion or at rest until acted on by an outside object.

a)

acceleration

b)

inertia

c)

direction

d)

roll

12.

The size or quantity of the force is __________________.

a)

direction

b)

speed

c)

magnitude

d)

force

13.

Which is an example of velocity?

a)

I traveled down the hall

b)

I walked 5 miles east in 2 hours

c)

I ran the race in 5 minutes

d)

I skipped sideways

14.

Gas, liquid, or solid that a wave travels through is __________________________.

a)

medium

b)

wave

c)

fan

d)

rolling

15.

What type of wave requires a medium?

a)

transverse

b)

electromagnetic

c)

longitudinal

d)

mechanical

16.

What type of wave does not require a medium?

a)

transverse

b)

electromagnetic

c)

longitudinal

d)

mechanical

17.

Wave a shows a _______________________ wave.

a)

transverse

b)

longitudinal

18.

Wave b shows a _________________ wave.

a)

transverse

b)

longitudinal

19.

This is a wave from an earthquake:

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

seismic wave

d)

seismograph

20.

Parts A & B of the wave are called _____________________.

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

amplitude

d)

distance

21.

Part J is the __________________ of the transverse wave.

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

resting position

22.

What is another name for a longitudinal wave?

a)

compressional

b)

rarefaction

c)

transverse

d)

seismic wave

23.

What is a part of a longitudinal wave that is spread out?

a)

compression

b)

rarefaction

c)

amplitude

24.

What part of a longitudinal wave is close together?

a)

compression

b)

rarefaction

c)

wavelength

25.

The height of the wave from its resting position is called its ______________________.

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

direction

d)

transverse

26.

What is the distance on a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough?

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

frequency

d)

speed

27.

The process of light waves bending due to changing of its medium is called what?

a)

refraction

b)

diffraction

c)

scattering

d)

color

28.

The process of waves bending around an object is called what?

a)

diffraction

b)

refraction

c)

diffusion

d)

rarefaction

29.

What is a material called that allows no light to travel through?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

30.

What is a material called that allows some light to travel through?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

31.

What is a material called that allows all light to travel through?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

32.

When light bounces back its called ________________.

a)

refecting

b)

refracting

c)

angle

d)

diffusing

33.

When light waves pass through something, they are considered to be ________________.

a)

reflecting

b)

transmitting

c)

missing

d)

here

34.

When light waves are taken into an object, they are considered to be ____________.

a)

reflected

b)

absorbed

c)

refracted

d)

transmitted

35.

What is the transparent, outermost part of the eye called?

a)

lens

b)

pupil

c)

cornea

d)

retina

36.

What is the back of the eye allowing you to see color, transmits to optic nerve?

a)

nerve

b)

retina containing cheese and rods

c)

retina containing rods and cones

d)

retina containing pupil and lens

37.

What is the part of the eye that contacts the brain?

a)

retina

b)

pupil

c)

lens

d)

optic nerve

38.

What is the chart showing the continuum of radio to gamma waves?

a)

Electromagnetic spectrum

b)

Fossil index

c)

Geologic Time Scale

d)

rainbows