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Fall Final Exam Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
speed or acceleration 
c)
potential or kinetic energy
d)
balanced or unbalanced force
2.
When objects remain in the same place, it is called...
a)
gravity
b)
friction
c)
balanced force
d)
unbalanced force
3.
Force is measured in....
a)
Galileos 
b)
Newtons
c)
Di Vincis
d)
Einsteins 
4.
What is a force that works AGAINST MOTION?
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Gravity
d)
Friction
5.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force.  What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
6.

An automobile you are riding in suddenly stops, why does your body continue to go forward?

a)

An object in motion stays in motion.

b)

Gravity pulls your body towards the earth.

c)

Friction makes your body slow down.

7.

If a magician pulls a table cloth from under a table of dishes, what should happen based on Newton's 1st law?

a)

The dishes will stay in place on the table.

b)

The dishes will fall to the ground.

c)

The dishes will accelerate and then slow down.

8.
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 
9.
A force of 90N is applied to each cart below, which one will accelerate the fastest?
a)
Cart 1
b)
Cart 2
c)
Cart 3 
d)
Cart 4
10.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
11.
What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?
a)
Mass & distance
b)
Mass & weight
c)
Gravity & inertia
d)
Inertia & mass
12.

If the net force is equal to zero, the forces acting on the object are

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

13.
What is the net force?
a)
5000 N right
b)
4000 N right
c)
40 N left
d)
4000 N left
14.
What type of force is shown in the picture?
a)
The Cat force
b)
Star Wars Force
c)
Unbalanced force
d)
Balanced  force
15.
Who wins the tug of war with what net force?
a)
The person on the left with 20 N
b)
The person on the left with 80 N
c)
The people on the right with 20 N
d)
The people on the right with 100 N
16.
Kinetic energy is when....
a)
energy is stored up in an object
b)
energy is released and the object moves
17.
How does friction help us move from place to place?
a)
Friction does not help us.
b)
Friction keeps us from slipping and sliding.
c)
Friction only helps cats.
d)
Friction makes us slip and fall.
18.

what does a magnet do?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Friction

19.

Gravity _________ everything downwards.

a)

pushes

b)

pulls

c)

heavy

20.
Write 0.00000707 in scientific notation.
a)
7.07 x 10-6
b)
7.07 x 106
c)
707 x 108
d)
707 x 10-8
21.
Write 7.8 x 10-3  in standard form.
a)
0.0078
b)
7,800
c)
78
d)
0.078
22.
How many cm's is in a meter?
a)
1000
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1
23.
5 1/2 hours = _______ minutes
a)
300
b)
55
c)
330
d)
305
24.
The equation to calculate momentum is
a)
p=mv
b)
p=1/2mv2
c)
p=mgh
d)
p=mg
25.
The momentum of an object depends upon the object's ___________&_____________.  
a)
size and shape
b)
mass and speed
c)
mass and veloctiy
d)
mass and energy
26.
Momentum is a ____________________ quantity
a)
science
b)
scalar
c)
vector
d)
energy
27.
When the speed of an object is doubled, its momentum
a)
remains unchanged in accord with the conservation of momentum.
b)
doubles
c)
quadruples
d)
decreases
28.
What is the unit for momentum?
a)
m/sec
b)
kg/sec
c)
kg/m
d)
kg m/sec
29.
What is the unit for velocity?
a)
m/sec
b)
kg/sec
c)
kg/m
d)
kg m/sec
30.
What is the unit for mass?
a)
m/sec
b)
kg/sec
c)
kg
d)
kg m/sec
31.

What is energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

The ability to do work.

32.

What is potential energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

non renewable energy

33.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

potential energy

c)

stored energy

d)

renewable energy

34.

Which is NOT a non-renewable energy source?

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

wind

d)

gas

35.

What does it mean to process or refine an energy resource?

a)

to transport

b)

to clean

c)

to sell

d)

to extract

36.

What is given off from energy?

a)

water

b)

heat

c)

smoke

d)

ash

37.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
38.
What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
39.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
40.
At which point is kinetic energy greatest? 
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
41.
Which of the following is NOT true about Potential Energy?
a)
An object's position affects its potential energy
b)
Potential energy is Stored energy
c)
Potential energy only occurs when an object is in motion
d)
All objects have potential energy
42.
What kind of energy is in flowerpot sitting on a windowsill?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
43.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
44.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
45.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast 
46.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
47.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles
48.
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Compressions and rarefactions
b)
Crests and troughs
c)
Compressions and crests
d)
Rarefactions and troughs
49.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
50.
Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing