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Physical Science S1 2019

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call one repetition of an experiment?

a)

Distance

b)

Trial

c)

Force

d)

Newton's Second Law

2.

What is a push or a pull that acts on an object?

a)

Distance

b)

Trial

c)

Force

d)

Newton's Second Law

3.

What is the ratio of the distance an object moves to the amount of time?

a)

Speed

b)

Time

c)

Force

d)

Motion

4.

What is the amount of matter in an object?

a)

Acceleration

b)

Speed

c)

Element

d)

Mass

5.

What is the measurable period of an action, process or condition?

a)

Time

b)

Matter

c)

Newton's Second Law

d)

Acceleration

6.

What is the length of the path between two points?

a)

Distance

b)

Time

c)

Matter

d)

Newton's Second Law

7.

What is the rate at which velocity changes?

a)

Time

b)

Matter

c)

Newton's Second Law

d)

Acceleration

8.

What is the net force acting on an object is equal to the object's mass multiplied by its acceleration?

a)

Time

b)

Matter

c)

Newton's Second Law

d)

Acceleration

9.

What is the speed of an object with a given direction?

a)

Force

b)

Time

c)

Velocity

d)

Matter

10.

What combination of characteristics will make the best balloon race car?

a)

Heavy frame, smooth wheels, big straw

b)

Light frame, wheels that slide, small straw

c)

Light frame, smooth wheels, big straw

d)

Heavy frame, wheels that slide, small straw

11.

A mechanical wave must have matter to transport its energy from one place to another, this material is referred to as a _________________ ?

a)

Medium

b)

Large

c)

XXL

d)

Diffraction grating

12.

This picture best shows what about waves?

a)

X-rays move faster than gamma rays

b)

Radio waves carry the most energy of the waves shown

c)

The visible light spectrum has greater amplitude than UV rays

d)

Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength and highest frequency

13.

What type of wave is pictured in the diagram “A”?

a)

Convection or radiation

b)

Compression or longitudinal

c)

Transverse

d)

Expansion and contraction

14.

In the wave diagram “B” above, what type of wave is shown?

a)

Convection or radiation

b)

Compression or longitudinal

c)

Transverse

d)

Expansion and contraction

15.

Since sound travels fastest in material where molecules are densely packed, in which medium will sound travel the fastest?

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

Steel

d)

Pudding

16.

You may shatter a glass with your voice if you do what?

a)

Match the resonant frequency of the glass with your voice

b)

Are really loud

c)

Change the frequency of your voice repeatedly to get the glass walls moving

d)

Do nothing, its a myth. You can't break glass with your voice.

17.

The pencil in the beaker of water appears to be broken because of why?

a)

It is a broken pencil

b)

Light is refracted because water molecules change the path

c)

Water has a higher specific heat than air

d)

The top of the pencil is reflected into the water below

18.

Mechanical waves generally _______ in a solid medium.

a)

Slow down in a solid medium

b)

Keep increasing over time

c)

Move the medium to the endpoint of the waves destination

d)

Leave the material in the medium in the same place after the wave process

19.

Which type of mechanical wave needs a source of energy to produce it?

a)

Sound wave

b)

Transverse Waves

c)

Longitudinal waves

d)

All mechanical waves need a source of energy

20.

A disturbance sends ripples across the water in a bathtub. These are examples of what type of waves?

a)

Compression waves

b)

Surface waves

c)

Longitudinal waves

d)

Rarefraction

21.

What is the frequency of the wave shown in figure 17-1?

a)

1 hertz

b)

2 hertz

c)

5 m/s

d)

0.5 seconds

22.

The length of time it takes for one complete wavelength to pass a fixed point.

a)

One crest to pass a fixed point

b)

One period

c)

Two troughs to pass a fixed point

d)

A disturbance to start a wave

23.

To determine the speed of a wave, you would use which of these formulas?

a)

Speed = wavelength x amplitude

b)

Speed = frequency x amplitude

c)

Speed = frequency x wavelength

d)

Speed = wavelength x period

24.

A wave has a wavelength of 100 meters and a frequency of 5 hertz. What is its speed? V=fƛ

a)

100 Hertz

b)

500 m/s

c)

20 m/s

d)

250 meters

25.

If you have two tuning forks, which one has a lower pitch or tone?

a)

The source with the highest frequency

b)

The source with the lowest frequency

c)

Frequency doesn't affect pitch

d)

The source with the highest amplitude

26.

How is amplitude related to sound?

a)

The speed of the wave

b)

Loudness of the wave

c)

The Frequency of a wave

d)

The medium where you find the wave

27.

How does reflection differ from diffraction?

a)

Only reflection changes the wave

b)

With reflection the wave no longer moves forward

c)

Diffraction bounces the wave back

d)

Reflection increases the wave speed

28.

As wavelength decreases, frequency does what?

a)

Stays the same

b)

Decreases

c)

Increases

d)

Doubles

29.

What type of interference happens when two waves combine and the temporarily combined wave is smaller than the original waves?

a)

There is constructive interference

b)

There is destructive interference

c)

The waves reflect

d)

The wave speed increases

30.

The formation of a standing wave requires what?

a)

Waves traveling over long distances

b)

Greatly differing frequencies

c)

Interference between waves

d)

Refraction, then diffraction of a wave

31.

What is produced when an electrical charge is in motion?

a)

Parallel circuit

b)

Magnetic Field

c)

Electron Field

d)

Power

32.

Current (Amps) multiplied by Resistance (Ohms) is equal to what?

a)

Watts

b)

Ohms

c)

Voltage

d)

Field Size

33.

What flows from Positive to Negative?

a)

Electron Flow

b)

Repel

c)

Insulator

d)

Current Flow

34.

Current is the same throughout with one path in what type of circuit?

a)

Electron Cloud

b)

Parallel Circuit

c)

Magnetic Field

d)

Series Circuit

35.

What do we call material that easily carries a current?

a)

Conductor

b)

Insulator

c)

Power

d)

At the poles

36.

How does an object gain a static charge?

a)

Attract

b)

Electrical energy converted to thermal energy

c)

An imbalance of electrons

d)

Parallel circuits

37.

Current (Amps) multiplied by Voltage (Volts) is equal to what?

a)

Field size

b)

Power

c)

Repel

d)

Parallel Circuit

38.

What flows from Negative to Positive?

a)

Power

b)

Electron flow

c)

Series circuit

d)

Conductor

39.

Same Magnetic Poles do what?

a)

Current flow

b)

Attract

c)

Repel

d)

Insulator

40.

What do we call material that does NOT carry a current?

a)

Magnetic Field

b)

Repel

c)

Insulator

d)

Conductor

41.

Voltage is the same throughout with multiple paths in what type of circuit?

a)

Parallel circuit

b)

Attract

c)

Series circuit

d)

Repel

42.

Where is the magnetic field the strongest in a magnet?

a)

In the middle

b)

An Imbalance of electrons

c)

Current flow

d)

At the poles

43.

Why does a conductor get warm as electricity flows through it?

a)

Electrical energy converted to thermal energy

b)

An imbalance of electrons

c)

Power

d)

At the poles

44.

What flows from North to South?

a)

Series circuit

b)

Magnetic flow

c)

Attract

d)

Current flow

45.

Opposite Magnetic Poles do what?

a)

Attract

b)

Conductor

c)

An imbalance of electrons

d)

Repel

46.

If you cut a magnet in half, what will you have?

a)

Two half magnets, each with only one pole

b)

One magnet and one non-magnet metal bar

c)

Two magnets, each with a north and south

d)

No magnets, you broke their domains

47.

Look at the diagram of a parallel circuit. What will happen to the other two bulbs if the middle bulb is pulled out?

a)

The other two bulbs will stay on

b)

The other two bulbs will stop working

c)

The battery will catch on fire

d)

Current stays the same and the other two are dimmer

48.

Look at the diagram of a series circuit. What will happen to the other two bulbs if the middle bulb is pulled out?

a)

The other two bulbs will stay on

b)

The other two bulbs will stop working

c)

The battery will catch on fire

d)

Voltage stays the same and the other two are brighter

49.

A student placed two horseshoe magnets near each other on a table with the SAME poles facing each other. What will happen?

a)

One side of the magnet will repel and the other side will attract

b)

The two magnets will repel and push apart

c)

The two magnets will attract and stick together

d)

The force will be cancelled between the magnets

50.

A student made a simple circuit and there was a compass sitting nearby. When the student connected the wires to the battery and powered the circuit, the compass needle moved. Why?

a)

Electricity was flowing through the wire and shocked the compass

b)

Electron force was flowing from the battery and reached out to the compass

c)

The energy flowing through the wire caused the compass to feel vibrations

d)

Magnetic field was created when electricity flowed and the compass reacted to it