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Honors Physics Test 1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two through forces and motion.

a)

Physical Science

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Physics

2.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
3.

How close a measurement is to physical reality is called

a)

Accuracy

b)

Precision

c)

Significant

d)

Estimate

4.

How well we know a measurement or observation is called

a)

Precision

b)

Confidence

c)

Accuracy

d)

Knowingness

5.
This bullseye demonstrates...
a)
High Accuracy & High Precision
b)
High Accuracy & Low Precision
c)
Low Accuracy & High Precision
d)
Low Accuracy & Low Precision
6.

This bullseye shows

a)

High Accuracy & High Precision

b)

High Accuracy & Low Precision

c)

Low Accuracy & High Precision

d)

Low Accuracy & Low Precision

7.

What are some of the advantages of measured data being depicted in a graph?

a)

organized way to display data, and using it to identify relationships or trends

b)

useful for identifying mathematic relationships such as correlation or proportionality

c)

equations being useful for describing relationships between variables, or for use in predicting results

d)

I hate data, graphs, tables, equations, all of it

8.
You know 1000 mg = 1 g.  Convert 2.5 grams into milligrams.
a)
25 mg
b)
25,000 mg
c)
250 mg
d)
2500 mg
9.
A bicycle has a speed of 6 m/s. What is its speed in km/h?  (1 km=1000 m)
a)
21.6 km/h
b)
16.67 km/h
c)
2.16 km/h
d)
1.67 km/h
10.
How many minutes are in a year?
a)
I can't count that high.
b)
525,600min
c)
52,560min
d)
31,536,000min
11.

Which of these is quantitative data?

a)

The amount of petals that a flower blooms.

b)

The different shades of red that petals have.

c)

How rough a piece of wood is.

d)

How attractive someone finds someone else.

12.

How does the scientific method usually begin?

a)

observations

b)

hypothesis

c)

experiment

d)

data analysis

13.

Experiments must be....

a)

repeatable.

b)

simple.

c)

complex.

d)

performed only once.

14.

A scientist noticed that the number of goats in the mountains are declining. This was a(n)

a)

observation

b)

hypothesis

c)

experiment

d)

inference

15.

This is the variable that the experimenter manipulates.

a)

independent

b)

dependent

c)

codependent

d)

interdependent

16.

An astronomer wants to see how the clarity of a telescope's lens is affected by the environment that the telescope is viewed from. Which of these is the dependent variable?

a)

the astronomer

b)

the clarity of a telescope's lens

c)

environment

d)

the lens of the telescope

17.
Peanut ran 50 meters in 10 seconds.  What was Peanut's average speed?
a)
2 m/s
b)
5 km/h
c)
5 m/s
d)
5 m/s North
18.

A bee flies at a constant rate of 5 m/s until it notices a flower. It then comes to rest in 5 seconds. Find the acceleration of the bee.

a)

-5 m/s

b)

-1 m/s

c)

1 m/s

d)

5 m/s

19.

Suppose a rollerblade racer finished a 40 meter race in 10 seconds. What is the average speed of the rollerblade racer?

a)

8 m/s

b)

4 m/s

c)

6 m/s

d)

10 m/s

20.
Which graph represents zero acceleration (constant velocity)?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
21.
How much time would it take for an object to fall 4.7 meters?
a)
0.959 s
b)
4.79 s
c)
0.979 s
22.
A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds.  What's the acceleration?
a)
24 m/s2
b)
18 m/s2
c)
16 m/s2
d)
16 m/s
23.

A car goes from rest to 30 m/s. If it takes the car 40 seconds to reach that speed then what is the car's rate of acceleration?

a)

1.33 m/s2

b)

0.75 m/s2

c)

10 m/s2

d)

0 m/s2

24.

Who discovered many concepts of physics, including the laws of motion?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Miss Radic

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Isaac Newton

25.

A physics students wants to know how the time it takes for a toy car to roll 40 centimeters. Which of the following is a best practice?

a)

reduce the weight of the car after each trial by removing parts from the car

b)

do several trials and average the times.

c)

take the tires off of the car

d)

change the slope of the table after each trial

26.
If a boomerang is thrown 20 m in a straight line and returns exactly to the spot it was thrown what is its displacement?
a)
20m
b)
40m
c)
0m
d)
-20m
27.
You know that 12 inches = 1 foot.  Convert 60 inches to feet.
a)
720 feet
b)
5 feet
c)
5 inches
d)
72 feet
28.
How many gallons are in a pool that holds 758,000 Liters?
(1 gallon = 3.79 Liters)
a)
200
b)
20,000
c)
200,000
d)
2,000,000
29.
A 12-ounce bottle of shampoo lasts Enrique 16 weeks. How long would you expect an 18-ounce bottle of the same brand to last him?
a)
24 Weeks
b)
24-ounce bottle
c)
10.6 Weeks
d)
10.6-ounce bottle
30.
Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The second part is a power of base 10.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of ____.
a)
50
b)
5
c)
100
d)
10
32.
ANY number raised to a power of 0 will be....
a)
10
b)
itself
c)
1
d)
0
33.
Write in standard form: 
8 x 104
a)
8,000
b)
80,000
c)
.00008
34.
How would you write 4.3756 x 104 in standard form?
a)
437,560,000
b)
0.00043756
c)
43,756
d)
4,3756
35.

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

a)

50 x 10-5

b)

5 x 10-4

c)

5 x 103

d)

.5 x 103

36.
How would you write -5.6 x 10-3 in standard form?
a)
0.0056
b)
-5,600
c)
0.00056
d)
-0.0056
37.

Convert to scientific notation:

520,000,000

a)

52 x 107

b)

5.2 x 10-7

c)

5.2 x 108

d)

0.52 x 109

38.
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
a)
Make observation
b)
Form a theory
c)
Collect data
d)
Form a hypothesis
39.
A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
40.
If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable?
a)
True
b)
How fast you get to school
c)
Riding a bike or walking
d)
False
41.
If I read this question carefully, then I will answer it correctly. What is the independent variable?
a)
I hope so
b)
Yes
c)
Reading or not reading carefully
d)
Likelihood of a correct answer
42.

Performing a test or experiment allows you to test your ___________.

a)

draw conclusions

b)

hypothesis

c)

senses

d)

battery

43.
What type of graph is this?
a)
Line Graph
b)
Pictograph
c)
Bar Graph
d)
Histogram
44.
What number should be in E1 (based on the formula)?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
d)
9
45.
What is the name of this cell?
a)
B10
b)
5B
c)
B5
d)
you cannot know the name from this picture
46.
All formulas in Google sheets begin with the following symbol:
a)
+
b)
-
c)
=
d)
%
47.

If I want to add a Chart, one way is to select the ____________ tab.

a)

Home

b)

Insert

c)

Page

d)

Data

48.

Sine is a measure of the

a)

"Horizontalness" of an angle

b)

"Verticalness" of an angle

c)

Acuity of an angle

d)

Length of the unit circle

49.

All that is required to calculate a projectile's initial velocity in the Y dimension is its over-all initial velocity.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Say What!???

d)

If you say so...

50.

Honors Physics at Neumann/Goretti

a)

is great!!!

b)

absolutely sux!!!

c)

is better than I thought...

d)

isn't bad for a science course.

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