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Physical Science Semester 1 Final Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which object has the greatest kinetic energy?

a)

A car driving down a hill.

b)

A person running down a hill.

c)

A ball rolling down a hill.

2.

6. Where would this tossed baseball have the least amount of kinetic energy?

a)

Point W

b)

Point X

c)

Point Y

d)

Point Z

3.

Which of the following conversions is illustrated with a solar powered car?

a)

mechanical to chemical

b)

light to mechanical

c)

chemical to mechanical

d)

light to electrical

4.

Which of the following shows the best examples of the energy conversion in a battery powered flashlight?

a)

Chemical >>> Electrical >>> Radiant

b)

Electrical >>> Mechanical >>> Chemical

c)

Mechanical >>> Radiant >>> Electrical

d)

Radiant >>> Electrical >>> Chemical

5.

8. A television converts electricity into

a)

sound

b)

light

c)

heat

d)

chemicals

6.

Lilly's cat has a mass of 5 kg. He is running North at a speed of 3 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the cat as he runs?


KE= 1/2mv2

a)

8.5 J

b)

7.5 J

c)

45 J

d)

22.5 J

7.

Calculate the potential energy of a car with a 2,500 kg mass that is on a hill 100 meters above sea level.


PE=mgh

a)

250,000 J

b)

2,451,663 J

c)

2,450,000 J

d)

248 J

8.

If the specific heat of water is 4,186 J/kg∙°C, how much heat is required to increase the temperature of 1.2 kg of water from 23 °C to 39 °C?

a)

-80,371.2 J

b)

80,371.2 J

c)

44,938.6 J

d)

112,575.9 K

9.

Which will heat up faster?

a)

copper

b)

granite

c)

Iron

d)

basalt

10.

Specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g°C. Specific heat of wood is 1.760 J/g°C What material needs more heat energy to raise the temperature?

a)

Water

b)

Wood

c)

Both wood and water

11.

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

Waves that require a medium are called

a)

mechanical waves

b)

transverse waves

c)

light waves

d)

gamma rays

13.

When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

a)

The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.

b)

The wavelength increases.

c)

The wavelength decreases.

d)

More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

14.

Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

F

15.

Which of the following can sound travel through?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

a vacuum

16.

A wave that can travel through matter and empty space (vacuum) is a:

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

longitudinal wave

c)

transverse wave

17.

1. Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Visible Light

c)

Radio Waves

d)

Infrared rays

18.

How are electromagnetic waves different from other waves?

a)

They have very short wavelengths

b)

They can travel through a vacuum

c)

They transmit energy instead of matter

d)

They can change direction by reflection

19.

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light

a)

always travels in a straight line.

b)

bends when it passes through water.

c)

makes the water in the glass evaporate.

d)

reflects the pencil on the water's surface.

20.

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Diffraction

c)

Refraction

d)

Resonance

21.

Use the diagram to answer this question. Who is experiencing a higher pitched sound?

a)

Observer A

b)

Observer B

c)

There's no difference

22.

This is a picture of a simple electromagnet. How can the electromagnet be made stronger?

a)

Add more coils of wire to the nail.

b)

Use a smaller battery.

c)

Reverse the poles of the magnet.

d)

Remove all the coils and the nail.

23.

What will happen if one light bulb is removed from this circuit?

a)

The other bulbs will go out.

b)

The other bulbs will stay on

c)

The other bulbs will get dimmer.

d)

The battery will become stronger.

24.

When you remove a bulb from a three bulb circuit, and the other two bulbs go off, then the bulbs must have been connected in __________.

a)

parallel

b)

series

c)

open

d)

closed

25.

A light bulb with 200 ohms of resistance is connected across a 100-V power supply. What current will flow through this bulb?

a)

0.90 A

b)

0.36 A

c)

0.60 A

d)

0.5 A

26.

Which of the following correctly states relationship between voltage, resistance, and current in a circuit?

a)

Current is directly related to both voltage and resistance.

b)

Current is inversely related to both voltage and resistance.

c)

Current is directly related to voltage but inversely related to resistance.

d)

Current is directly related to voltage but is not affected by resistance.

27.

Generators are devices that convert _____ energy into _____ energy.

a)

chemical; mechanical

b)

mechanical; electrical

c)

electrical; mechanical

d)

potential; kinetic

28.

Check the correct examples of velocity

a)

6 km/h

b)

55 km/h westward

c)

70 m/s left

d)

45 feet up

e)

60 mph

29.

Caiden is running down the field at first going 15m/s then after 20 sec is going 30m/s. What is his acceleration?

a)

0.75m/s2 south

b)

0.75 mph

c)

22 m/s

d)

2 mph

30.

What does this graph represent?

a)

constant speed

b)

deacceleration

c)

acceleration

d)

not moving

31.

It took 500 Newtons of force to push a car four meters. How much work was done?

W= f x d

a)

2000 J

b)

125 J

c)

0.008 J

d)

500 J

32.

Calculate the Net Force.

a)

60 N Left

b)

40 N Right

c)

0 N

d)

60 N Right

33.

How much force is needed to accelerate a 25kg bowling ball at 2m/s2.

a)

50 N

b)

5 N

c)

12.5 N

d)

100 N

34.

Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?

a)

a boy runs across a football field

b)

a mother pushes a stroller up a ramp into a building

c)

a banker counts money

d)

a girl eats a sandwich

35.

If you needed to use a lever to move a heavy object, where is the best place to place the load?

a)

next to where the force is applied

b)

at the opposite end of the fulcrum

c)

directly under the fulcrum

d)

near the fulcrum.