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WorksheetsPhysics I Fall Semester Check-Point
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 4hrs 58mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of acceleration is shown here?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
varies
2.
What kind of acceleration is shown here?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
varies
3.
What kind of acceleration is shown here?
a)
none
b)
positive
c)
negative
d)
varies
4.
What is the velocity?
a)
not moving
b)
increasing
c)
positive
d)
negative
5.
What is the velocity?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
decreasing
d)
increasing
6.
What is the velocity?
a)
0 m/s
b)
positive m/s
c)
negative m/s
d)
decreasing
7.
Is the speed constant or non-constant?
a)
constant
b)
non-constant
8.
Is the speed constant or non-constant?
a)
constant
b)
non-constant
9.
Is the speed constant or non-constant?
a)
constant
b)
non-constant
10.
Is the speed constant or non-constant?
a)
constant
b)
non-constant
11.
Which section of the graph shows decreasing velocity?
a)
CD
b)
DE
c)
EF
d)
GH
12.
Which section of the graph shows increasing velocity?
a)
AB
b)
BC
c)
DE
d)
EF
13.
Which section of the graph shows constant velocity?
a)
AB
b)
BC
c)
EF
d)
GH
14.
Which section of the graph shows acceleration?
a)
AB
b)
BC
c)
EF
d)
FG
15.
Which section of the graph shows deceleration?
a)
AB
b)
BC
c)
EF
d)
GH
16.
The speedometer on your car tells you
a)
average velocity
b)
instantaneous velocity
c)
average speed
d)
instantaneous speed
17.
In which of the following graphs (click the image) are both runners moving at the same speed (note that graph c is the bottom right graph, and graph d is the bottom left graph)?
a)
Graph A
b)
Graph B
c)
Graph C
d)
Graph D
18.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
19.
A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?
a)
750 seconds
b)
35 seconds
c)
0.3 seconds
d)
3.3 seconds
20.
The picture of the position vs. time graph shows an object that is...
a)
accelerating/speeding up
b)
moving at a constant speed
c)
not moving
d)
accelerating/slowing down.
21.
Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in
a)
time it takes for one place to move to another place.
b)
velocity of an object.
c)
distance divided by the time interval
d)
velocity divided by the time interval
22.
Why does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?
a)
Its direction changes
b)
It doesn't
c)
It slows down
d)
Its speeds up
23.
Acceleration only takes place when things speed up.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
In each of the following cases, determine where the car has no acceleration ?
a)
A car shortly after a stoplight turns green.
b)
A car approaching a red light
c)
A car with the cruise control set at 80 km/h
d)
A car turning a curve at a constant speed
25.
Determine the motion of the car.
a)
at rest
b)
moving at constant speed
c)
speeding up
d)
slowing down
26.
Determine the motion of the car.
a)
at rest
b)
constant velocity
c)
speeding up
d)
slowing down
27.
Which graph shows the object standing still?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
28.
Which graph demonstrates the greatest positive speed?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
29.
Which graph represents zero acceleration (constant velocity)?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
30.
Which graph represents the greatest acceleration?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
31.
What law is best described by inertia?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
law of conservation of mass
32.
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
law of motion
33.
Equal and Opposite
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
speed
34.
A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
35.
A person not paying attention while skateboarding hits a rock. The skateboard stops...they don't.
a)
The Law of Inertia (1st law)
b)
The Law of Acceleration (2nd law)
c)
The Law of Conservation of Momentum
d)
Action Reaction Law (3rd law)
36.
What Unit do we Measure Force in?
a)
Newtons
b)
Joules
c)
Force
d)
Kilograms
37.
With unbalanced forces, the object will move in the direction that the _______ force is being applied.
a)
larger
b)
smaller
c)
equal
d)
less
38.
What is Newton's First Law
a)
F=ma
b)
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
c)
An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion.
d)
Friction
39.
A person is pushed forward into their seatbelt when a car stops
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
2 and 3
d)
3rd
40.
Which type of force(s) will cause a change in an object's motion?
a)
gravity
b)
zero net force
c)
balanced forces
d)
unbalanced forces
41.
A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s2. what was the force
a)
25 Newtons
b)
20 Newtons
c)
200 Newtons
d)
10 Newtons
42.
Name the missing force....
a)
weight force
b)
normal force
c)
frictional force
d)
tension force
43.
Name the missing force...
a)
frictional force
b)
weight force
c)
thrust
d)
buoyant force
44.
Name the missing force...
a)
normal force
b)
applied force
c)
frictional force
d)
tension force
45.
Name the missing force...
a)
applied force
b)
weight force
c)
tension force
d)
drag
46.
Whenever an object is moving, there is always this force opposing the motion:
a)
inertia
b)
momentum
c)
friction
d)
applied force
47.
This object would be moving (pick all that are correct):
a)
up
b)
down
c)
left
d)
right
48.
Which of the following is true about this free-body diagram?
a)
the forces are are balanced
b)
the object is free-falling
c)
the object is moving upward
d)
the forces are unbalanced
49.
A box is moving to the left up a ramp. Which way is the force of friction pointing?
a)
down the ramp to the right
b)
up the ramp to the left
c)
there is no friction
d)
straight up
50.
Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.
a)
similar
b)
opposite
c)
parallel
d)
west
51.
What type of friction is not moving?
a)
static
b)
sliding
c)
fluid
d)
rolling
52.
How can friction be reduced?
a)
reduce the force acting between the 2 surfaces
b)
reduce the roughness of the 2 surfaces coming in contact
c)
use wax, grease or oil
d)
all of the above are ways of reducing friction
53.
A type of friction that occurs when air pushes against a moving object causing it to decelerate.
a)
surface area
b)
air resistance
c)
velocity
d)
gravity
54.
Which of the following is an example of friction that is helpful?
a)
Brakes used on a bike
b)
Tires from a car on the road
c)
Tread on the bottom of your shoes
d)
All are examples that are helpful
55.
Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
A deer running 15 meters per second due west
A deer running 15 meters per second due west
a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
56.
What is the net force?
100 N 230 N
<------ --------->
100 N 230 N
<------ --------->
a)
30 N to the right
b)
230 N to the right
c)
130 N to the right
d)
This is a balanced force
57.
Unit of speed?
a)
seconds
b)
metres
c)
seconds per metre
d)
metres per second
58.
m/s2 is a unit of
a)
speed
b)
velocity
c)
acceleration
d)
time
59.
Which of the following questions relates to time?
a)
How far is it
b)
How fast does it go
c)
How long does it take
d)
How quickly does the speed change
60.
Which of the following units best represents an acceleration?
a)
50 m
b)
50 s
c)
50 m/s
d)
50 m/s/s
61.
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?
a)
Einstein
b)
Galileo
c)
Darwin
d)
Newton
62.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
weight and mass
b)
distance and weight
c)
mass and matter
d)
mass and distance
63.
As distance between objects increases the pull of gravity...
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
Stays the same
64.
The amount of matter in an object.
a)
force
b)
mass
c)
weight
d)
pressure
65.
A person would weigh less on the moon than on the Earth because...
a)
the moon has less mass, and therefore less gravity
b)
the moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
c)
the moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
d)
the moon has more mass, and therefor more gravity
66.
__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Weight
d)
Gravity
67.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
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