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Honors Physics Review

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 5hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Which has more momentum: a car stopped at a red light or a bike moving at 15 mph?
a)
car
b)
bike
c)
they are equal
d)
cannot determine using the info provided
3.
The equation to calculate momentum is
a)
p=mv
b)
p=1/2mv2
c)
p=mgh
d)
p=mg
4.
A 2.5 kg ball moving at 5 m/s collides with a 2.5 kg stationary ball in a perfectly elastic collision.  What is the velocity of the second ball after the collision? 
a)
5 m/s
b)
2.5 m/s
c)
10 m/s
d)
7.5 m/s
5.
A 9300 kg railroad car traveling at a velocity of 5 m/s strikes a second boxcar that weighs 5000 kg at rest. At what speed will the second boxcar move?
a)
18.6 m/s
b)
9.3 m/s
c)
7.5 m/s
d)
1.86 m/s
6.
In any collision (crash) the ______ is ALWAYS constant
a)
Total Momentum
b)
total speed
c)
total Velocity
d)
Energy
7.
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
8.
What is the unit for velocity?
a)
m/sec
b)
kg/sec
c)
kg/m
d)
kg m/sec
9.
If Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed (velocity) of the football?
a)
0.06 m/s
b)
16.7 m/s
c)
150 m/s
d)
53 m/s
10.
If Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 m/s for 500 seconds, how far does he ride?
a)
10,000 m
b)
25 m
c)
0.04 m
d)
250 m
11.
Tina's calculations of a tarantula found that the spider was able to cover 20 cm in 5 seconds. What was the average speed of the spider?
a)
4 m/min
b)
4 m/s
c)
4 cm/min
d)
4 cm/s
12.
A cattle train left Miami at noon, traveling 45 km/hr. At what time will the train have traveled 195 km?
a)
4:33 pm
b)
3:23 pm
c)
2:57 pm
d)
8:15 pm
13.
Polar bears are extremely good swimmers.  If a polar bear is swimming with an average of 2.6 m/s, how far will it have traveled after 120 seconds?
a)
46.2 m
b)
120 m
c)
312 m
d)
456.3 m
14.
An object moves from a position of -10 m to -5 m. Velocity will be:
a)
positive
b)
negative
15.
What is the speed of a car that traveled 32 m in 2 seconds?
a)
64 m/s
b)
34 m/s
c)
16 m/s
d)
0.0625 m/s
16.
10 miles per hour is an example of an object's what?
a)
Velocity
b)
Speed
c)
Acceleration
d)
Inertia
17.
If you are test-driving a Bugatti Veyron and you go from 0 km/s to 124 km/s in 3.7 seconds, what was your acceleration?
a)
33.5 m/s2
b)
0.03 m/s2
c)
-33.5 m/s2
d)
-0.03 m/s2
18.
A sports car can go from 0 to 60 mph in 14 seconds. What is the acceleration?
a)
4.29 m/s2
b)
-4.29 m/s2
c)
2.33 m/s2
d)
-2.33 m/s2
19.
A car starts from rest at a stop light and reaches 20 m/s in 3.5 s. Determine the acceleration of the car.
a)
2.2m/s2
b)
7.0m/s2
c)
5.7m/s2
d)
70m/s2
20.
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 
21.
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  
22.
Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 
a)
True
b)
False
23.
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
24.
x - 2 = 2x + 1
a)
x = 3
b)
x = 6
c)
x = -3
d)
x = 5
25.
Find the product. 3/7 X 3/4 =
a)
9/24
b)
9/28
c)
6/32
d)
1/28
26.
George has 1/3 pan of brownies. He eats 1/4 of them. What fraction did George eat?
a)
1/7
b)
1/4
c)
1/3
d)
1/12
27.
Patty wants to run 1/6 of a mile every day for 4 days. Keisha wants to run 3/4 of a mile every day for 5 days.
 
Who will run the greater distance?
a)
Patty
b)
Keisha
c)
Tie
28.
Solve for X
a)
40.32
b)
6.72
c)
20.16
d)
3.42
29.
a)
48
b)
120
c)
2.5
d)
15
30.
Solve for x
a)
3/2
b)
2/3
c)
3
d)
2
31.
Fill in the blank:
______ seconds = 1 minute
a)
24
b)
30
c)
60
d)
7
32.
Fill in the blank: 
3 weeks = ___ days
a)
7
b)
12
c)
14
d)
21
33.
Fill in the blank: 
35 days = ___ weeks
a)
3
b)
5
c)
7
d)
1
34.
Fill in the blank: 
3 hours = ___ minutes
a)
120
b)
60
c)
180
d)
360
35.
Fill in the blank: 
120 seconds = ___ minutes
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
7
36.
1000 m = ___________ km
a)
100
b)
10
c)
1
d)
0.1
37.
240 cm = ___________ m
a)
2400
b)
24
c)
2.4
d)
0.24
38.
0.57 mL = ___________ L
a)
5.7
b)
0.057
c)
0.0057
d)
0.00057
39.
0.932 g = ___________ mg
a)
9.32
b)
93.2
c)
932
d)
9,320
40.
 56 L = ___________ mL
a)
560
b)
5,600
c)
56,000
d)
560,000
41.
32.9 km = ___________ cm
a)
32,900
b)
329,000
c)
3,290,000
d)
32,900,000
42.

Which of the following is NOT a unit of momentum?

a)

kg*m/s

b)

N*s

c)

kg*mph

d)

kg*m/s2

43.
A 50 kg ball rolls down the street at 5 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the ball. 
a)
55 kg*m/s
b)
100 kg*m/s
c)
250 kg*m/s
d)
500 kg*m/s
44.
Which has more momentum: a car stopped at a red light or a bike moving at 15 mph?
a)
car
b)
bike
c)
they are equal
d)
cannot determine using the info provided
45.

Which object has more momentum?

a)

Baseball in the pitchers hand

b)

baseball, lost, in a messy room

c)

baseball in flight

d)

baseball in a catchers mitt

46.

Which of the following has the MOST momentum?

a)

rolling ping-pong ball

b)

rolling bowling ball

c)

rolling soccer ball

d)

rolling basketball

47.

If an object has a velocity of 15 m/s and a momentum of 30 m/s, what is its mass?

a)

450 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

4,500 m/s

d)

.5 m/s

48.
An object with a mass of 2000 kg at rest has what momentum?
a)
2000 kg m/sec
b)
0 kg m/sec
c)
2000 kg
d)
2000 m/sec
49.
Which of the following has the largest momentum?
a)
A large truck parked in a parking lot
b)
A tightrope walker crossing Niagara Falls
c)
A pickup truck traveling down the highway
d)
A dog running down the street
50.
Two objects, A and B, have the same size and shape, but A is twice as heavy as B. When they are dropped simultaneously from a tower, they reach the ground at the same time, but A has a higher 
a)
acceleration
b)
momentum.
c)
speed.
d)
all answers are correct
51.
What is this graph representing?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration (speeding up)
c)
Deceleration (slowing down)
d)
No motion
52.
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
a)
Mass and time
b)
Temperature and mass
c)
Mass and distance
d)
Distance and time
53.
How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?
a)
0 s
b)
10 s
c)
15 s
d)
20 s
54.
At 60 seconds, how far had this object traveled? 
a)
0 m
b)
10 m
c)
20 m
d)
40 m
55.
If you run around the football field (which is 2 miles) 3 times, what is your distance?
a)
0 miles
b)
3 miles
c)
6 miles
d)
9 miles
56.
What does this graph represent?
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Not moving
57.
A description of the speed and direction of an object's motion
a)
Velocity
b)
Speed
c)
Acceleration
d)
Vector
58.

Jose wandered 4 km at 2 km/hr. How long did Jose wander?

a)

2 hours

b)

8 hours

c)

0.5 hours

d)

2 km

59.
65 miles per hour North is an example of an objects what?
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Average Speed
d)
Constant Speed
60.
Ms. Bush drives 50 miles. What does Ms. Bush need to figure out her speed?
a)
The type of car she drives
b)
Her heart rate as she drives
c)
The time she has driven
d)
The direction she was going
61.

Fonzie flies through the air 24 meters on water skis wearing a leather jacket with swimming trunks over the shark. It takes him 2 seconds to make the jump. How fast was Fonzie flying through the air on water skis in a leather jacket and swimming trunks?

a)

8 m/sec

b)

12 m/sec

c)

22 m/sec

d)

26 m/sec

62.

An old lady rolls down a hill at 3 meters/second. The hill is 36 meters long. How many seconds does it take the old lady to reach the bottom of the hill?

a)

39 seconds

b)

12 seconds

c)

15 seconds

d)

33 seconds

63.

Velocity is speed with __________________________.

a)

a unicycle helmet

b)

direction

c)

fight

64.

If a train went past you while standing on a platform, your frame of reference might be:

a)

the background

b)

a car moving in the opposite direction

c)

a man on a pogo stick traveling at the same speed as the train in the same direction

65.

How can wind affect the velocity of an airplane?

a)

If it is blowing from the right side, it could push the plane off direction to the left

b)

if it is blowing from the front (headwind), it would slow the plane down

c)

if it is blowing from the back (tailwind) it would speed the plane up

d)

It would always result in a plane crash in the Andes Mountains, resulting in the survivors resorting to cannibalism to survive until they get rescued, thus inspiring the 1993 cinematic classic "Alive"

66.

The clown walked 27 feet in 9 seconds. what was his velocity?

a)

18 feet/sec

b)

243 feet/sec

c)

36 feet/sec

d)

3 feet/sec

67.
All of the following are examples of speed except:
a)
A student doing their homework
b)
A jaguar running through OMS at 45 miles per hour
c)
Aidan cleaning his bedroom at 20 meters/min
d)
Michelle jumping rope at 40 Km/hr
68.
How would you find the average speed of a marathon runner throughout an entire race?
a)
Ask a magic 8 ball
b)
You would take the entire distance the runner traveled and divide the distance by the total time it took the runner to complete the race.
c)
run along side them and eyeball it
d)
Ask Alexa
69.
All of the following are units of speed except:
a)
Km/hr
b)
Km
c)
Kilometer per hour
d)
Kilometer/Hour
70.
What SI unit is used to measure time?
a)
seconds
b)
amperes
c)
Kelvin
d)
mole
71.
The SI unit for measuring volume is the __?__.
a)
meter (m)
b)
liter (L)
c)
cubic meter (m3)
d)
gram (g)
72.
The SI unit for measuring mass is the
 __?__.
a)
meter (m)
b)
liter (L)
c)
cubic meter (m3)
d)
kilogram (kg)
73.

What is the unit for momentum, ρ?

a)

Moments

b)

kg ms-1

c)

kg ms-2

d)

inertia

74.

Wiggins is trying to find the density of an ice cube. First, he measures the cube and sees that its mass is 80 kilograms. Then, he measures the length of the cube and determines that each side is 2 m long. Determine how dense the ice cube that Wiggins is measuring.

a)

40 kg/m3

b)

10 kg/m3

c)

8 kg/m3

d)

640 kg/m3

e)

There is not enough information to determine the density of the ice cube.

75.

ms-1 is the unit for ...

a)

acceleration

b)

velocity

c)

momentum

d)

force

76.

What is the unit for acceleration?

a)

ms-2

b)

ms-1

c)

Nm

d)

Nm-1

77.

What is the SI unit for length

a)

M

b)

m

c)

mm

d)

cm

78.
Acceleration is
a)
increasing speed
b)
decreasing speed
c)
changing direction
d)
all of the above
79.
If a baseball and a cannonball are dropped from the same height at the same time, which ball will hit the ground first?
a)
the cannonball
b)
the baseball
c)
The balls land at the same time.
d)
the ball with the larger volume
80.

Which one of these options is NOT a derived quantity?

a)

Area

b)

Volume

c)

Density

d)

Temperature

81.

What is the SI unit of speed?

a)

m/s

b)

cm/s

c)

km/hour

d)

kg/m

82.

In 2008 Olympic Game, Usain Bolt sets world record at 10 s in Men’s 110 m Final. What is his average speed ?

a)

1100 ms

b)

11 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

0.09 m/s

83.

What is "mass"

a)

How big an object is

b)

How much stuff an object is made from

c)

How hot an object is

d)

How heavy an object is compared to its size

84.

What is "volume"

a)

How big an object is

b)

How much stuff an object is made from

c)

How hot an object is

d)

How heavy an object is compared to its size

85.

How can we best describe temperature on the molecular level?

a)

The average size of the molecules of a substance

b)

The resistance to motion of the molecules of a substance

c)

The average age of the molecules of a substance

d)

The average speed of the molecules of a substance

86.

Which statement below best describes the concept of Density?

a)

One liter of water is more dense than one liter of air because it has a larger mass.

b)

The sun is less dense than Jupiter because it has a larger volume.

c)

A big-rig truck is more dense than a car because it has a larger mass.

d)

An airplane must be less dense than air because it floats in the sky.

87.

If an object is described as being very buoyant, what do we know about that object?

a)

It has a large mass

b)

It has a large volume

c)

It will float

d)

It has a high temperature

88.

Which unit would be best to measure the mass of an elephant?

a)

Liters (L)

b)

Milliliters (mL)

c)

Grams (g)

d)

Kilograms (kg)

89.

Which unit would be best to measure the volume of an elephant?

a)

liters (L)

b)

milliliters (mL)

c)

grams (g)

d)

kilograms (kg)

90.

Which is a reasonable estimate of the volume of a basketball?

a)

7.5 milliliters (mL)

b)

750 milliliters (mL)

c)

7.5 liters (L)

d)

750 liters (L)

91.

Which is a reasonable estimate of the mass of a pencil?

a)

8 grams

b)

800 grams

c)

8 kilograms

d)

800 kilograms

92.

What is a reasonable estimate for the mass of a giraffe?

a)

10 grams

b)

1000 grams

c)

10 kilograms

d)

1000 kilograms

93.

The weather report says it will be 40 degrees Celsius outside today. Which of the following is a reasonable, comfortable clothing choice:

a)

Heavy jacket, thick pants, rainboots

b)

Shorts, T-shirt, flip-flops

c)

Long sleeve shirt, jeans, thick socks

d)

This is not a temperature that exists on planet Earth, don't go outside.

94.

The weather report says it will be 75 degrees Celsius outside today. Which of the following is a reasonable, comfortable clothing choice:

a)

Heavy jacket, thick pants, rainboots

b)

Shorts, T-shirt, flip-flops

c)

Long sleeve shirt, jeans, thick socks

d)

This is not a temperature that exists on planet Earth, don't go outside.

95.

I have an object less dense than water. If I throw it into some water, the object will:

a)

Sink

b)

Float

c)

File a restraining order

d)

Explode

96.

I have an object that is more dense than air. If I throw this object into the air it will:

a)

Explode!

b)

Travel up into the sky, gone forever.

c)

Fall back down to the ground. Look out!

97.

I have an object that is less dense than maple syrup. If I throw my object into a pool of syrup, the object will:

a)

Float on the syrup

b)

Sink into the syrup

c)

...explode?

d)

Hover somewhere in the middle of the syrup

98.

I have a balloon filled with ordinary air. If I increase the temperature of the balloon, I expect the balloon to:

a)

Contract, decreasing volume until the balloon is all shriveled up.

b)

Gain mass, becoming more and more dense.

c)

Lose mass, becoming less and less dense.

d)

Expand, increasing volume until the balloon EXPLOOOODDDEEESSS!!!!!!

99.

Density can be measured by dividing an object's mass (in kg) by its volume (in L). D=M/V. If a goat has a mass of 150 kg and a volume of 200 L, how will the goat behave in water (D = 1 kg/L)?

a)

Goat floats

b)

Goat won't float, needs boat

100.

If an object is very small and also very heavy, how would we describe its density?

a)

The object has a low density

b)

The object has a medium density

c)

The object has a high density

d)

I liked it better when the answers rhymed or had explosion "jokes".

101.

I have an object that is very large and very light. How could I describe its density?

a)

The object has low density

b)

The object has medium density

c)

The object has high density

d)

Mr. G doesn't need or want a giant beach ball (obviously the wrong answer)

102.

Which of the following densities makes sense for a block of wood? (note that g/mL, g/cm3, and kg/L are all identical units)

a)

0.03 g/mL

b)

0.6 g/mL

c)

5.2 g/mL

d)

27.6 g/mL