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Final Exam for Physical Science

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the origin, evolution and fate of the universe?

a)

Cosmetology

b)

Cosmic

c)

Cosmology

d)

Cytology

2.

What refers to the daily motion of stars and other celestial bodies around the Earth?

a)

Celestial Motion

b)

Centennial Bodies

c)

Ecclesiastical Bodies

d)

Endocrine bodies

3.

What do you call the motion of an object with a constant acceleration?

a)

Constant Motion

b)

Motion

c)

Uniform Motion

d)

Uniformly Accelerated Motion

4.

An unfortunate bug splatters against the windshield of a moving car. Compared to the force of the car on the bug, the force of the bug on the car is _____________.

a)

Larger

b)

Smaller

c)

The same

d)

Twice larger

5.

Forces always occur _____________.

a)

as singular quantities

b)

by themselves

c)

in pairs

d)

in triplets

6.

How many years for a full precession to occur?

a)

25,772 months

b)

25,772 years

c)

25,727 years

d)

25,277 years

7.

The following are the three Laws of Planetary Motion EXCEPT:

a)

Law of ellipse

b)

Law of equal areas

c)

Law of harmony

d)

Law of Unequal areas

8.

What is the mathematical relationship between distance and orbital period?

a)

directly proportional

b)

indirectly proportional

c)

inversely proportional

d)

no relationship

9.

If impulse is present, definitely there is a change in ________________________.

a)

force

b)

mass

c)

momentum

d)

velocity

10.

A planet moves __________ when it is closest to the sun and _________ when it is farthest from the sun.

a)

Fastest - Fastest

b)

Fastest - Slowest

c)

Fastest - Stops

d)

Slowest - Slowest

11.

Who thought that the basic element of matter was water?

a)

Anaximenes

b)

Empedocles

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Thales

12.

A planet orbited 10 times in 20 seconds. Calculate its orbital period .

a)

1.25 seconds/revolution

b)

1.30 seconds/revolution

c)

1.50 seconds/revolution

d)

2.00 seconds/revolution

13.

The following are Aristotle’s view of matter EXCEPT:

a)

air is just above fire

b)

earth is at the center of the cosmos

c)

water is just above the element earth

d)

fire is at the periphery of the terrestrial realm

14.

What is referred as the inertia in motion?

a)

acceleration

b)

mass

c)

momentum

d)

velocity

15.

Which of the following is an example of acceleration?

a)

5 m/s

b)

5m/s^2

c)

5 km/h

d)

5 m/min

16.

The law of inertia applies to _______________.

a)

both moving and nonmoving objects

b)

moving objects

c)

objects that are not moving

d)

upward moving objects

17.

Which among the following is an example of velocity?

a)

50 km/h

b)

40 km/h

c)

50 mi/h

d)

40 mi/h, E

18.

Free fall is an example of _________________.

a)

acceleration

b)

buoyant force

c)

projectile motion

d)

uniform accelerated motion

19.

A ball is thrown vertically upward. What is its velocity at the top of its path?

a)

0

b)

5 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

10 m/s^2

20.

A ball is thrown vertically upward. What is its acceleration at its maximum height?

a)

0

b)

5 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

10 m/s^2

21.

A ball is thrown vertically upward. What is its acceleration after about 1 second?

a)

0

b)

5 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

10 m/s^2

22.

A ball is thrown vertically upward, with an initial velocity of 50 m/s and caught back at the same level as when it was thrown. What is the velocity of the ball at that point?

a)

50 m/s

b)

50 m/s, downward

c)

9.8 m/s

d)

9.8 m/s^2

23.

What force is exerted on the ball at the top of its path?

a)

9.8 N

b)

9.8 N

c)

Gravitational force

d)

Force exerted by the hand that threw the ball

24.

What law states that a body at rest will remain at rest and a body in motion will continue to move in a straight line with a constant speed unless an external force act on it?

a)

Law of Acceleration

b)

Law of Inertia

c)

Law of Interaction

d)

Law of Gravitation

25.

What motion of a body on which the only force acting on it is the gravitational pull of the earth?

a)

Circular motion

b)

Curvilinear motion

c)

Free Fall

d)

Projectile motion

26.

As a 500 N lady sits on the floor, the floor exerts a force on her equal to______________.

a)

1000 N

b)

500 N

c)

250 N

d)

50 N

27.

Why does a teaspoon placed in a glass of water appears to be bent or broken at the surface of the water?

a)

due to gravity

b)

due to reflection

c)

due to refraction

d)

due to sunlight

28.

What is the only force acting whether the object goes up or goes down?

a)

frictional force

b)

initial force

c)

moon’s gravity

d)

the pull of earth’s gravity

29.

Which of the following models of the universe is heliocentric?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Copernicus

c)

Euxoxus

d)

Ptolemy

30.

What is the horizontal distance traveled by the projectile?

a)

force

b)

height

c)

range

d)

trajectory

31.

Who thought that light is made up of waves similar to that of water waves?

a)

Christian Huygens

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

James Maxwell

d)

Max Planck

32.

What refers to the daily motion of stars and other celestial bodies around the Earth?

a)

Celestial Motion

b)

Planetary motion

c)

Precession

d)

Retrograde Motion

33.

What is termed when the same range is obtained from two different projection angles?

a)

angle of projection

b)

complementary angle

c)

contrast angle

d)

right angle

34.

The following are examples of projectile motion EXCEPT:

a)

cannonball launching

b)

golf ball hit by golfer

c)

sepak takraw

d)

waterfall

35.

What acceleration is produced by a 4800-N force on a 1200-kg car?

a)

4.0 m/s

b)

4.0N

c)

4.0 m/s2

d)

40 m/s2

36.

A cyclist traveling at 5 m/s accelerates at 1m/s2 for 20s. Calculate how far she has traveled during this time.

a)

30.0 m

b)

300 m

c)

3 m

d)

300m/s

37.

Which of the following would not be considered as projectile?

a)

A cannonball rolling down a slope.

b)

A cannonball thrown through the air.

c)

A cannonball rolling off the edge of a table.

d)

All of the above

38.

What is that cyclic wobbling in the orientation of Earths’s axis of rotation?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Precession

c)

Orbit

d)

Retrograde Motion

39.

What is the that parabolic or curve path a projectile takes through the air?

a)

height

b)

projectile

c)

range

d)

trajectory

40.

What property of light when it leaves the prism and strikes a white screen, it separates into spectral colors?

a)

dispersion

b)

interference

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

41.

What is the universal gravitational constant?

a)

6.67x 10-11 N m2/kg2

b)

6.67x10-11 m2/kg2

c)

66.7x 10-11 N m2/kg2

d)

6.67x 10-11 N m/kg2

42.

If a crate accelerates at 2.5 m/s^2 and if the net force exerted is about 500 N, what is the mass of the crate?

a)

200 N

b)

200 kg

c)

20.0 N

d)

2.00 kg

43.

Who developed the Laws of Planetary Motion?

a)

Brahe

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Tycho

44.

What is the image formed by a plane mirror ?

a)

Real, laterally reversed

b)

Virtual, laterally reversed

c)

Real, erect

d)

Virtually , inverted

45.

Which has the heliocentric system of a universe?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Copernicus

c)

Eudoxus

d)

Ptolemy

46.

What type of mirror is used by automobile and trucks gives a wide field of view and vision?

a)

concave

b)

convex

c)

plane

d)

vanity mirror

47.

Which is an example of violent motion?

a)

a book lying at rest on the table naturally remains at rest

b)

If you let go of a book, it naturally falls down

c)

you push a book, it moves

d)

smoke naturally rises

48.

A bobsleigh of mass kg is pushed at the start with a force of 200 N. What is its initial acceleration?

a)

4 m/s

b)

40 m/s2

c)

4 m/s2

d)

40 m/s

49.

What Newton’s law states that: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?

a)

First Law

b)

Second Law

c)

Third Law

d)

Fourth Law

50.

What force causes all objects attract each other?

a)

Buoyant force

b)

gravitational force

c)

net force

d)

weight