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Semester 1 Finals Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the unit of measurement for force?
a)
AMP
b)
Seconds
c)
Newtons
d)
Miles
2.

Find the velocity of a plane that traveled 3000 miles west in 5 hours. V= d/t

a)

65 mph west

b)

6 mph west

c)

600 mph west

d)

6000 mph west

3.
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
4.

Which is a unit for momentum?

a)

m/sec

b)

kg/sec

c)

kg/m

d)

kg m/sec

5.

Which is a unit for mass?

a)

m/sec

b)

kg/sec

c)

kg

d)

kg m/sec

6.
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
7.

Determine the momentum of 1000-kg car moving southward at 20 m/s.

P= m * v

a)

20000 N

b)

20000 Joules

c)

20000 Kg * m/s

d)

10000 kg * m/s

8.

A 50 kg ball rolls down the street at 5 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the ball. P= m * v

a)

55 kg*m/s

b)

100 kg*m/s

c)

250 kg*m/s

d)

500 kg*m/s

9.

Whenever an object is moving, there is always this force opposing the motion:

a)

inertia

b)

momentum

c)

friction

d)

applied force

10.

Which diagram best shows person pushing a couch (accelerating) across the floor?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.
Name the missing force...
a)
frictional force
b)
weight force
c)
thrust
d)
buoyant force
12.
Are forces balanced or unbalanced when a car is moving at a constant speed in a straight line?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
13.
Are the forces acting on the rope balanced or unbalanced?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
14.
If you increase the total voltage in a circuit how will it affect the light bulb? 
a)
The light bulb will stay the same
b)
It will burn out
c)
The bulb will get brighter
d)
It will get dimmer
15.
How is a parallel circuit different from a series? 
a)
It has multiple paths for the current to follow and the voltage stays the same in all lights
b)
It has many branches that get weaker farther from the battery
c)
They are two circuits running side by side
d)
They are the same thing
16.
What happens when you add a second bulb to a series circuit?
a)
The first bulb gets brighter
b)
The second bulb will be as bright as the first because they both get full power
c)
The circuit will no longer work
d)
Both bulbs will be half as bright because the voltage is divided by two now
17.
This picture is an example of what kind of circuit?
a)
Series
b)
Complete
c)
Parallel
d)
Broken
18.
This picture is an example of what kind of circuit?
a)
Series
b)
Complete
c)
Broken
d)
Parallel
19.

What will the bulbs look like when this circuit is turned on?

a)

They will be equally bright, and as bright as one bulb in series

b)

The one in the middle will be brighter than the one on top

c)

The one on top on will be brighter than the middle one

d)

This circuit does not work

20.

The lights in a parallel circuit are ____________, compared to a series circuit.

a)

Dim

b)

Equally bright

c)

Bright

d)

laser beams

21.
Tiny particles surrounding atoms that have a negative charge are called...
a)
protons
b)
neutrons
c)
electrons
d)
circuits
22.

What do the lines around this magnet represent?

a)

North pole

b)

South pole

c)

Magnetic declination

d)

The magnetic field

23.

How does increasing the number of coils effect an electromagnet?

a)

It makes it weaker

b)

It makes it stronger

c)

It doesn't change anything

d)

It switches the poles

24.

Looking at the picture, how are the poles on these bar magnets most likely facing?

a)

South/ North, South/ North

b)

North/ South, South/ North

25.

How is wavelength measured?

a)

From trough to crest (B to D)

b)

From the center line to the crest (B to C)

c)

From the crest of one wave to the crest of the next (B to F)

d)

From one end of the wave to the far end of the wave (A to H)

26.
If you increase frequency what happens to the wavelength?
a)
Wavelength increases
b)
Wavelength decreases
c)
Wavelength remains the same
27.

Which of these electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelength on the EM spectrum?

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Visible red light

c)

Microwaves

d)

x-rays

28.
Which of these waves has the longest wavelength?
a)
Orange
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
Green
29.

The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is referring to what...?

a)

A range of electrical magnets

b)

A variety of light waves that vary in length and frequency

c)

How rainbows are made!

d)

Energy waves that are percieved as sounds

30.

Which EM wave has the highest frequency and shortest wavelength?

a)

x-rays

b)

Visible light

c)

Gamma waves

d)

Radio Waves

31.

Knowing these are light waves, which would be blue light?

a)

The high frequency wave

b)

The low frequency wave

c)

Neither are blue light

32.

How do you measure amplitude?

a)

From the bottom of a wave to the top of a wave

b)

From the middle of a wave to the top of a wave

c)

From the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave

d)

From the beginning to the end of the wave

33.

Increasing the amplitude of a wave increases the waves _____________.

a)

Length

b)

Speed

c)

Energy

34.

In light waves higher amplitude means?

a)

Louder volume

b)

Brighter light

c)

Blue light

d)

Red light

35.

Low pitched sounds have ______________ wavelengths

a)

Short

b)

Medium

c)

long

d)

No

36.

Which has the longest wavelength?

a)

X-rays

b)

gamma rays

c)

Microwaves

d)

Ultraviolet light

37.

Which wave is the shortest?

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Radio waves

c)

Infrared

d)

X-rays

38.

What moon phase is this?

a)

Waxing gibbous

b)

Waning gibbous

c)

Waxing crescent

d)

Waning crescent

39.

What phenomena is being shown in the picture?

a)

Full moon

b)

Lunar eclipse

c)

Solar eclipse

d)

Harvest moon

40.

What phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

a)

Waning gibbous

b)

Waxing gibbous

c)

Waning crescent

d)

Waxing crescent

41.

How can you tell if the moon is waxing?

a)

The light is on the right

b)

The light is on the left

c)

The sun is behind the moon

d)

When the light is moving

42.

When the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth it causes what phenomena?

a)

A lunar eclipse

b)

A new moon

c)

A solar eclipse

d)

A full moon

43.

When there are extreme high tides and low tides it is called a _________ __________

a)

High tide

b)

Spring tide

c)

Full moon tide

d)

Neap tide

44.

What kind of tide is happening?

a)

Low tide

b)

Spring tide

c)

Neap tide

d)

Weak tide

45.

Neap tides occur during which moon phase?

a)

Full moon

b)

Crescent moon

c)

Quarter moon

d)

New moon

46.

How does increasing distance effect the gravity between two objects?

a)

it increases the gravitational pull

b)

It prolongs the gravitational pull

c)

It destroys all gravitational pull

d)

It decreases the gravitational pull

47.

Objects with more mass have a ______________ gravitational pull.

a)

Weaker

b)

Equal

c)

Stronger

d)

Normal

48.

What kind of tide is shown in the picture?

a)

Spring tide

b)

Full moon tide

c)

High tide

d)

Neap tide

49.

Spring tides happen during which moon phases?

a)

The quarter moon

b)

The crescent moons

c)

The full moon and new moon

d)

The gibbous moons

50.

When the high tide is not so high and the low tide is not so low it is called a _____________ tide.

a)

Spring

b)

Neap

c)

Chill

d)

Moderate

51.

Why does the moon have a stronger gravitational pull on Earth than Mars?

a)

The moon is bigger than mars

b)

The moon is more important than mars

c)

The moon much closer than mars

d)

The moon is heavier than mars

52.
How does rubbing a balloon against your hair create static electricity?
a)
By using conduction it adds protons to the balloon
b)
By Stealing electricity from the air between your hair
c)
It creates fricton which transfers electrons from your hair to the balloon
d)
It creates induction between your hair and the ballon 
53.

Which picture is showing a lunar eclipse?

a)

Top picture

b)

Bottom picture

c)

Neither

54.

Define and explain how the celestial phenomena in the picture occurs?

a)

Solar eclipse, when the sun is blocked by the moon

b)

Partial eclipse, when the sun is partly blocked from the Earth

c)

Lunar eclipse, when the Earth blocks the sun from the moon

d)

Linear eclipse, when the Earth, sun, and moon align

55.

Why are the tides more extreme (spring tides) during the full moon and the new moon?

a)

Because the suns gravitational pull is stronger than the moon

b)

Because the gravitational pull of moon and sun are combined

c)

Because the Earth is spinning on a tilted axis, tipping the oceans that direction

d)

Because the moon is closest to the Earth at that time

56.

What causes the oceans tides?

a)

The gravitational pull of the sun and the moon

b)

Earths gravity

c)

The Earths rotation

d)

Moon phases

57.

During a Neap tide, high tides and low tides are much less extreme, why?

a)

The moon is only half full at that time

b)

There is a lunar eclipse happening

c)

The suns gravity pulls in the opposite direction of the moons gravity, and reduces the overall gravity on Earths oceans

d)

The gravitational pull of mars is counteracting the gravitational pull of the moon.

58.

Which wave has more energy?

a)

The top one

b)

The bottom one

c)

They are equal

59.

Once static electricity is generated through friction, why does the balloon stick to the cats fur?

a)

Because the electrons are flowing from the cat to the balloon

b)

Friction put electrons from the cat onto the balloon, the (+) charged cat fur is attracted to the (-) balloon

c)

Both the cat the balloon are (-) and like charges are attracted to each other

d)

The cat is really dirty and sticky so the balloon is caught on its fur

60.

Find the stopping force of a 5 kg dog running 7 miles an hour, as it stops beside it's own in 2.5 seconds.

P= m * v

F= P/t

a)

4 newtons

b)

14 newtons

c)

44 newtons

d)

12 newtons