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WorksheetsFoundations of Physics #1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is the estimated width of your pinkie finger?
1×10−3 m
1×100 m
1×10−2 m
1×10−1 m
What is the approximate mass of a bicycle?
1x103 kg
2x10-2 kg
1x101 kg
2x100 kg
Roughly how tall is the classroom door?
10,000 centimeters
2 x 100 meters
1 x 10-1 decameters
100 meters
Convert 35 m to feet (1 m ~ 3 feet)
~ 90 ft
~ 35 ft
~ 350 ft
~105 ft
The average HPHS scholar is in class for 380 minutes/day. How many hours per week is this?
80 hrs/week
44 hrs/week
6.3 hrs/week
31.6 hrs/week
Which of these are effective strategies for estimating values? select all that apply
Convert to an easier unit
Write numbers in standard notation
Check to see if all answers are in the same units
Write numbers in scientific notation
Rank the following mass measurements from smallest to largest
11.6 mg, 1021 µg, 0.0000006 kg, 0.31 mg
11.6 mg, 1021 µg, .0000006 kg, 0.31 mg
1021 µg, .0000006 kg, 0.31 mg, 11.6 mg
.0000006 kg, 0.31 mg, 11.6 mg, 1021 µg
11.6 mg, .0000006 kg, .31 mg, 1021 µg
An egg is dropped from a third-story window. The distance the egg falls from the window to the ground is closest to:
100 m
103 m
101 m
106 m
Using the data above, what could we assume would be the appropriate equation to graph?
y=3x
y=3x+3
y=2x+3
y=6x-3
How do you calculate slope?
x1-x2/y1-y2
y1-y2/x2-x1
y2-y1/x2-x1
x1/y1
What is an independent variable?
all variables that are kept the same(y-axis)
thing you can change in your experiment (x-axis)
thing you measure in your experiment (y-axis)
thing you measure in your experiment (x-axis)
What is a dependent variable?
things you can change in your experiment(x-axis)
thing you measure in your experiment (y-axis)
All aspects that are kept the same
things you can change in your experiment(y-axis)
Basd on the graph provided, what relationship do you see between the x and y variables for cell phone service?
As x increases, y remains the same
As x increases, y increases
As x decreases, y increases
As x decreases, y decreases
Convert 10 Decameters to centimeters
100,000 cm
100 cm
1000 cm
10,000 cm
A car is travelling at 25 km/hr eastward. Convert to centimeters per second. Round to the nearest 10s
250 cm/s
690 cm/s
100 cm/s
1,000 cm/s
What item is roughly 1x102 meters in length
width of the door frame
length of the room
football field
pencil
What item is roughly 2x10-3 meters long?
car
unsharpened pencil
ruler
bicycle
Refer to the graph above. How would you describe the relationship above? Pick the most correct answer
As x increases, y decreases
As y increases, x increases
As x increases, y increases
As x decreases, y increases
Convert 25 km to decimeters
2.5 x 105 dm
2.5 x 103 dm
2.5 x 10-2 dm
2.5 x 100 dm
A snail crawls at an average speed of .029 km/hour. How fast does a snail crawl in centimeters per minute
2900 cm/minute
29 cm/minute
43 cm/minute
4200 cm/minute
A quarter has a thickness of 1.75 mm (millimeters), how thick is this in kilometers?
1.75x10-4 km
1.75x10-6 km
1.5x100 km
1.5x10-3 km
How do you calculate the y intercept?
look at a graph
find the slope and plug in 0 for x
find the slope
Why do we create graphs?
To make it look interesting
Allow us to predict data that isn't measured
To make information easier to understand
To more easily notice trends
Roughly how big is the island of manhattan?
2.6 x 105 km
2.6 x 10-2 km
2.6 x 102 km
2.6 x 101 km
How big is the average person?
1.75 x 102 cm
1 x 103 km
2 x 105 m
2 x 100 decimeters
