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Foundations of Physics #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the estimated width of your pinkie finger?

a)

 1×1031\times10^{-3}  m

b)

 1×1001\times10^0  m

c)

 1×1021\times10^{-2}  m

d)

 1×1011\times10^{-1}  m

2.

What is the approximate mass of a bicycle?

a)

1x103 kg

b)

2x10-2 kg

c)

1x101 kg

d)

2x100 kg

3.

Roughly how tall is the classroom door?

a)

10,000 centimeters

b)

2 x 100 meters

c)

1 x 10-1 decameters

d)

100 meters

4.

Convert 35 m to feet (1 m ~ 3 feet)

a)

~ 90 ft

b)

~ 35 ft

c)

~ 350 ft

d)

~105 ft

5.

The average HPHS scholar is in class for 380 minutes/day. How many hours per week is this?

a)

80 hrs/week

b)

44 hrs/week

c)

6.3 hrs/week

d)

31.6 hrs/week

6.

Which of these are effective strategies for estimating values? select all that apply

a)

Convert to an easier unit

b)

Write numbers in standard notation

c)

Check to see if all answers are in the same units

d)

Write numbers in scientific notation

7.

Rank the following mass measurements from smallest to largest


11.6 mg, 1021 µg, 0.0000006 kg, 0.31 mg

a)

11.6 mg, 1021 µg, .0000006 kg, 0.31 mg

b)

1021 µg, .0000006 kg, 0.31 mg, 11.6 mg

c)

.0000006 kg, 0.31 mg, 11.6 mg, 1021 µg

d)

11.6 mg, .0000006 kg, .31 mg, 1021 µg

8.

An egg is dropped from a third-story window. The distance the egg falls from the window to the ground is closest to:

a)

100 m

b)

103 m

c)

101 m

d)

106 m

9.

Using the data above, what could we assume would be the appropriate equation to graph?

a)

y=3x

b)

y=3x+3

c)

y=2x+3

d)

y=6x-3

10.

How do you calculate slope?

a)

x1-x2/y1-y2

b)

y1-y2/x2-x1

c)

y2-y1/x2-x1

d)

x1/y1

11.

What is an independent variable?

a)

all variables that are kept the same(y-axis)

b)

thing you can change in your experiment (x-axis)

c)

thing you measure in your experiment (y-axis)

d)

thing you measure in your experiment (x-axis)

12.

What is a dependent variable?

a)

things you can change in your experiment(x-axis)

b)

thing you measure in your experiment (y-axis)

c)

All aspects that are kept the same

d)

things you can change in your experiment(y-axis)

13.

Basd on the graph provided, what relationship do you see between the x and y variables for cell phone service?

a)

As x increases, y remains the same

b)

As x increases, y increases

c)

As x decreases, y increases

d)

As x decreases, y decreases

14.

Convert 10 Decameters to centimeters

a)

100,000 cm

b)

100 cm

c)

1000 cm

d)

10,000 cm

15.

A car is travelling at 25 km/hr eastward. Convert to centimeters per second. Round to the nearest 10s

a)

250 cm/s

b)

690 cm/s

c)

100 cm/s

d)

1,000 cm/s

16.

What item is roughly 1x102 meters in length

a)

width of the door frame

b)

length of the room

c)

football field

d)

pencil

17.

What item is roughly 2x10-3 meters long?

a)

car

b)

unsharpened pencil

c)

ruler

d)

bicycle

18.

Refer to the graph above. How would you describe the relationship above? Pick the most correct answer

a)

As x increases, y decreases

b)

As y increases, x increases

c)

As x increases, y increases

d)

As x decreases, y increases

19.

Convert 25 km to decimeters

a)

2.5 x 105 dm

b)

2.5 x 103 dm

c)

2.5 x 10-2 dm

d)

2.5 x 100 dm

20.

A snail crawls at an average speed of .029 km/hour. How fast does a snail crawl in centimeters per minute

a)

2900 cm/minute

b)

29 cm/minute

c)

43 cm/minute

d)

4200 cm/minute

21.

A quarter has a thickness of 1.75 mm (millimeters), how thick is this in kilometers?

a)

1.75x10-4 km

b)

1.75x10-6 km

c)

1.5x100 km

d)

1.5x10-3 km

22.

How do you calculate the y intercept?

a)

look at a graph

b)

find the slope and plug in 0 for x

c)

find the slope

23.

Why do we create graphs?

a)

To make it look interesting

b)

Allow us to predict data that isn't measured

c)

To make information easier to understand

d)

To more easily notice trends

24.

Roughly how big is the island of manhattan?

a)

2.6 x 105 km

b)

2.6 x 10-2 km

c)

2.6 x 102 km

d)

2.6 x 101 km

25.

How big is the average person?

a)

1.75 x 102 cm

b)

1 x 103 km

c)

2 x 105 m

d)

2 x 100 decimeters