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Isaac Newton & What is Physics Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Isaac Newton?

a)

An English teacher, philosopher, and biologist.

b)

An English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author.

c)

A French chemist, astronomer, and researcher.

d)

A theoretical physicist who worked with Albert Einstein and discovered e=mc2

2.

Physics answers which question?

a)

Where

b)

When

c)

Why

d)

How

3.

What does physics look at?

a)

Looks at how things happen, the reason things happen, and explains it.

b)

Looks at how chemistry and biology and math work.

c)

Looks at how things connect in the universe using chemistry

d)

Looks at how things happen using all the sciences.

4.

What is the ultimate goal of physics?

a)

To understand molecules.

b)

To understand math.

c)

To understand the universe around us.

d)

To understand how the sciences work.

5.

What does physics argue?

a)

There must be fundamental rules to help us understand how math works.

b)

There must be fundamental rules to help us answer the why and what questions of the universe.

c)

There must be fundamental rules that govern how physics works to answer the what.

d)

There must be fundamental rules that govern everything around us.

6.

What physicist's do in simple terms?

a)

It is science

b)

It is applied mathematics

c)

Physicist's solve complex problems using physics.

d)

It is applied biology

7.

Math class teaches

a)

1) Math teaches calculations

2)Doesn't happen in real life

b)

1) What equations are

2) How to solve Equations

NOT linked to physics

c)

1) What the tools are

2) How to use them

NOT what to do with them.

d)

1) Math tools

2) How to apply math skills to math.

8.

What did Isaac Newton invent to help cats?

a)

A cat flap

b)

A cat tree

c)

Laser cat toy

d)

Cat food

9.

What University did Isaac Newton attend?

a)

Harvard University

b)

Thompson Rivers University

c)

Cambridge University

d)

Oxford University

10.

What story do people use to say how Newton discovered gravity?

a)

He bounced a ball

b)

He dropped a glass

c)

An apple hit him on the head

d)

He read it in a book

11.

Newton discovered light contains ....

a)

waves

b)

neutrons

c)

colours

d)

electrons

12.

What tool did Newton use to discover that light contains colours?

a)

A Crystal

b)

A Prism

c)

A Diamond

d)

A Triangle

13.

What is another invention of Isaac Newton

a)

Physics

b)

Math

c)

A wristwatch

d)

A telescope

14.

How did Newton determine if money was counterfeit?

a)

He weighed it.

b)

He watched for thieves.

c)

He used math to calculate if it was made of gold.

d)

He put it in water.

15.

What do you know? What do you wonder? What do you Know?

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