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NCFE Physical Science Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The graph below shows the movement of an object at several points in time. What is the average speed of the object?

a)

.5 meters/minute

b)

2 meters/minute

c)

25 meters/minute

d)

50 meters/minute

2.

The graph below shows the distance a student walks down a hall over time. During which time interval were they moving the fastest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

A person starts driving and travels 3 km east to the store. The person then turns around and travels 1 km west to another store. Finally, the person travels 2 km west, back home. What distance have they traveled?

a)

0 km

b)

3 km

c)

5 km

d)

6 km

4.

A technician wants to predict the velocity of a car that is traveling at a constant rate. Which graph will help the technician with this prediction?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

An airplane went from 120 m/s to 180 m/s in 4.0 seconds. What was its acceleration?

a)

15 m/s2

b)

30 m/s2

c)

45 m/s2

d)

60 m/s2

6.

A driver starts her car and steps on the gas. A few minutes later she suddenly slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a box in the road. As the car comes to a stop her body lurches forward in the seat until it is restrained by the seatbelt. What law best explains why the driver's body lurches forward when the brakes are suddenly applied?

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

d)

The law of gravity

7.

Four students push a block of wood with the forces shown in the diagram. Assume friction is neglible. The block slides horizontally. What is the net force acting on the block of wood?

a)

3N to the left

b)

8 N to the left

c)

11 N to the right

d)

25 N to the right

8.

A car travels from A to B at a constant rate of 100 km/hr. Which of the following changes?

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

frame of reference

d)

speed and velocity

9.

During a science demonstration, a teacher pushed cubes of different masses with different amounts of force. Which diagram shows the cube that will move most rapidly?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

A high diver steps off a diving platform that is 10 meters above the water. If no air resistance is present, during the fall there will be a decrease in the diver's

a)

gravitational potential energy (GPE)

b)

kinetic energy (KE)

c)

total mechanical energy

d)

momentum

11.

At a weightlifting competition,two competitors lifted the same weight to the same height. The second competitor accomplished the lift 2 seconds faster than the first competitor. This demonstrates that the second competitor had more:

a)

energy than the first

b)

inertia than the first

c)

power than the first

d)

work than the first

12.

A roller coaster car moves on a roller coaster track through positions W, X, Y, and Z. At what position will the roller coaster car most likeley have the greatest kinetic energy (KE)

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

13.

In which example would the amount of work be equal to 0?

a)

holding a 1000N rock over your head

b)

filing papers in a filing cabinet

c)

carrying a bag of groceries upstairs

d)

writing a book report

14.

Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

a car not moving

b)

a rock resting on a ledge

c)

water falling from a fountain sculpture

d)

a person sitting in a chair

15.

A 2.5 Kg brick falls to the ground from a high roof. What is the approximate kinetic energy of the brick just before it hits the ground if the object falls at a rate of 9.8 m/s2?

a)

120 J

b)

75 J

c)

38 J

d)

12 J

16.

A 5 kg mass is lifted from the ground to a height of 10 m. The gravitational potential energy (GPE) of the mass is approximately

a)

.5 J

b)

50 J

c)

250 J

d)

500 J

17.

A man ran on a treadmill for 1800 seconds. At the end of his run his work/energy output was 240,000 J. What is the amount of power he generated?

a)

667 W

b)

133 W

c)

66 W

d)

7 W

18.

A bowling ball with a mass of 8 kg rolls down a bowling lane at 2.0 m/s. What is the momentum of the bowling ball?

a)

4.0 kg x m/s

b)

6.0 kg x m/s

c)

10.0 kg x m/s

d)

16.0 kg x m/s

19.

A 600 g baseball, a 57 g tennis ball, a 46 g golf ball and a 2.7 g table tennis ball are all moving at the same velocity. Which ball has the greatest momentum?

a)

golf ball

b)

basketball

c)

tennis ball

d)

table tennis ball

20.

Toy car X (TCX) collides with toy car Y (TCY) on a racetrack. How does the momentum of each toy car change after the collision?

a)

TCX's momentum increases and TCY's momentum decreases

b)

TCX's momentum decreases, and TCY's momentum increases

c)

TCX's momentum is unchanged, and TCY's momentum increases

d)

TCX's momentum is unchanged, and TCY's momentum decreases