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Revision Year 10 Topics: The Basics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is meant by steam point?

a)

temperature where liquid boils at one atmospheric pressure

b)

temperature where liquid freezes at one atmospheric pressure

c)

temperature at which pure water boils at one atmospheric pressure

d)

temperature at which pure water freezes at one atmospheric pressure

2.

What is meant by sensitivity in a thermometer?

a)

A measure of how hot or cold a substance is

b)

the ability to detect and measure a small change in temperature

c)

the time required for thermometric substance to reach the temperature of the surrounding

d)

the even expansion of the liquid with equal increase in temperature

3.

What is meant by heat capacity?

a)

Amount of thermal energy required to change state of a unit mass without change in temperature

b)

Amount of thermal energy required to change the state of a substance without a change in temperature

c)

Amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass by 1°C

d)

Amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1°C

4.

Specific heat capacity can be found by using

a)

thermal energy / (mass X change in temperature)

b)

Mass / (thermal energy X change in temperature)

c)

(Mass X Change in temperature) / thermal energy

d)

(thermal energy X change in temperature) / mass

5.

What is meant by specific latent heat?

a)

amount of thermal energy required to change the state of a substance without a change in temperature

b)

amount of thermal energy required to change state of a unit mass without change in temperature

c)

amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1°C

d)

amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass by 1°C

6.

Specific latent heat is given by

a)

mass / thermal energy

b)

thermal energy / mass

c)

thermal energy / (mass X change in temperature)

d)

(mass X change in temperature) / thermal energy

7.

What is meant by frequency of a wave?

a)

Time taken to produce one complete wave

b)

Maximum displacement of a particle

c)

Shortest distance between two points in phase

d)

Number of complete waves in 1 second

8.

What is meant by 'virtual image'?

a)

The light rays converge/come from the image

b)

The light rays do not converge/come from the image

c)

The image can be captured on screen

d)

The image cannot be captured on screen

9.

What is meant by 'critical angle'?

a)

An angle of refraction of 90°

b)

An angle of incidence at which the angle of refraction is 90°

c)

An angle of incidence of 90°

d)

An angle of refraction at which the angle of incidence is 90°

10.

Refractive index is given by

a)

 sin isin r\frac{\sin\ i}{\sin\ r}  

b)

 sin rsin i\frac{\sin\ r}{\sin\ i}  

c)

 1sin c\frac{1}{\sin\ c}  

d)

 sin csin r\frac{\sin\ c}{\sin\ r}  

11.

 Magnification = object heightimage heightMagnification\ =\ \frac{object\ height}{image\ height}  
TRUE OR FALSE

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

In increasing wavelength, the order of electromagnetic spectrum is

a)

Radio waves, Microwave, Infrared, Visible light, Ultraviolet, X-rays, Gamma rays

b)

Gamma rays, X-rays, Ultraviolet, Visible light, Infrared, Microwave, Radio waves

c)

Radio waves, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-rays, Microwave, Visible light, Gamma rays

d)

Gamma rays, X-rays, Infrared, Visible light, Ultraviolet, Microwave, Radio waves

13.

What is the speed of light?

a)

3 ×103 ms3\ \times10^3\ \frac{m}{s}

b)

3 ×103 kmh3\ \times10^3\ \frac{km}{h}

c)

3 ×108 ms 3\ \times10^8\ \frac{m}{s}\

d)

3 ×108 kmh3\ \times10^8\ \frac{km}{h}

14.

In sound, what is meant by 'compression'?

a)

A region where particles are close together or where there is higher pressure

b)

A region where particles are far apart or where there is lower pressure

c)

A region where particles are close together or where there is lower pressure

d)

A region where particles are far apart or where there is higher pressure

15.

What is meant by ultrasound?

a)

Sound above 20 000 Hz or above human audible range

b)

Sound above 20 Hz or above human audible range

c)

Sound below 20 000 Hz or above human audible range

d)

Sound below 20 Hz or above human audible range

16.

A student rubs his hair against a balloon, leaving his hair positively charged. What happens in this situation?

a)

electrons move from the hair to balloon

b)

electrons move from balloon to hair

c)

positive charges move from hair to balloon

d)

positive charges move from balloon to hair

17.

What is meant by electric current?

a)

Energy to move a unit charge across a component

b)

Energy to move a unit charge around a complete circuit

c)

Ratio of potential difference of a conductor to current flowing through it

d)

Rate of flow of electric charges

18.

What does Ohm's Law state?

a)

current is inversely proportional to voltage, provided that temperature is constant

b)

current is directly proportional to voltage, provided that temperature is constant

c)

voltage is inversely proportional to resistance, provided that temperature is constant

d)

voltage is directly proportional to resistance, provided that temperature is constant

19.

 R = resistivity ×lengthcrosssectional areaR\ =\ \frac{resistivity\ \times length}{cross-\sec tional\ area}  


TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

In a parallel circuit, the potential difference across identical resistors in parallel is different

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE