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Physical Science M3-M6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He then postulated that instead of a circular path, planets follow an oval or an ellipse orbit.

a)

Galileo

b)

Aristotle

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Kepler

2.

Kepler's third law says that:

a)

A. slowly moving planets are close to the Sun.

b)

B. the Sun is at the center of planetary orbits.

c)

C. planets close to the Sun have shorter periods than those farther away.

d)

D. a planet moves more rapidly when near the Sun than when farther away

3.

He believed that the projectile motion of an object is parallel to theground until it is the object's time to fall back into the ground

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galileo

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Newton

4.

Vertical motion does not affect the horizontal motion of a projectile.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

The gravity of earth's surface is 9.8m/s²

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

_____ is defined as a push or a pull

a)

Friction

b)

Acceleration

c)

Force

d)

Newton

7.

Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist motion.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

8.

Which of the following is an example of natural motion according to Aristotle?

a)

A kicked soccer ball.

b)

A Falling rock

c)

A pulled bag.

d)

A pushed trolley.

9.

Aristotle had the idea that heavier object fall faster than lighter objects

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

An unbalanced force is a force in which the net force is greater than zero.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

The force of the table pushing the flower vase

upward also called the

a)

gravitational force

b)

normal force

c)

applied force

d)

Frictional force

12.

Which has a greater inertia?

a)

Wooden Box

b)

Styrofoam box

13.

The “rate of fall” of an object is better measured in terms of

_______ acceleration.

a)

Downward

b)

upward

c)

no

d)

constant

14.

He was able to determine the position of

777 fixed stars accurately.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Brahe

c)

Copernicus

d)

Galileo

15.

It is defined as the ability of an object to change its position with a giventime.

a)

inertia

b)

reference

c)

free fall

d)

motion