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Space Enthusiasts Quiz #1

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth's rotation causes ______?

a)

Moon Phases

b)

Day and Night

c)

Rainfall and Evaporation

d)

Seasons

2.

The Earth and Moon's position from one another creates many things like the time of low tide, high tide, and what else?

a)

The Moon's phases

b)

The start of a new season

c)

The Sun's heat to decrease

d)

Plants to grow faster

3.

Which of the following does the Earth's axis NOT pass through?

a)

The North Pole

b)

The South Pole

c)

The Equator

d)

The Earth's center

4.

Gravity is the responsible force for the orbiting motion of the planets around the Sun?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What two things are necessary for seasons to occur on Earth?

a)

Earth's revolution around the Sun and Earth's tilted axis.

b)

The pull of gravity between Earth and the Moon.

c)

The distance between the Earth and the Sun.

d)

Earth's rotations and tilted axis.

6.

Why does the Moon have many more impact craters than Earth?

a)

The Moon blocks all the asteroids from hitting the Earth

b)

The Moon has gravity.

c)

The Moon is larger than the Earth.

d)

The Moon has no significant atmosphere so the asteroids don't get burned up.

7.

Earth and Moon have similar characteristics. One example would be:

a)

Atmosphere containing oxygen.

b)

Flowing water in oceans and rivers.

c)

Fossils and fossil fuels under the surface.

d)

Rocky surface covered in landforms.

8.

The Earth's axis is on a tilt is at what degree?

a)

23.9

b)

23.4

c)

23.1

d)

23.5

9.

Earth rotates on its axis. How long does this rotation take?

a)

24 hours

b)

7 days

c)

365 days

d)

48 hours

10.

Tides are caused by

a)

The uneven heating of Earth's surface.

b)

Deep-ocean currents.

c)

The effect of wind on both hemispheres.

d)

The gravitational pull of the Moon on the Earth's oceans.

11.

A revolution around the sun takes how many days?

a)

14 days

b)

365 days

c)

368 days

d)

360 days

12.

Which of the following explains the day/night cycle?

a)

The Sun travels around Earth every day.

b)

The Earth travels around the Sun every year.

c)

The Earth spins once on its axis every day.

d)

The Sun stops giving off light at night.

13.

The sun is not a star, but a planet.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Weather is....

a)

the average temperature of an area over several years.

b)

recorded yearly.

c)

changes quickly and is recorded daily.

d)

cannot be predicted.

15.

There is no wind or moving water on the moon. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Sun rises in the _____ and sets in the _____.

a)

North/South

b)

South/North

c)

East/West

d)

West/East

17.

Which order is correct of the planets starting at the Sun?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Mercury, Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus

c)

Earth, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter

d)

Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

18.

What are the shapes of p orbitals ?

a)

cloverleaf

b)

spherical

c)

dumbbell

19.

Which orbitals cannot exist

a)

3p

b)

4d

c)

3f

d)

6s

20.
An electron occupies the lowest energy orbital that can receive it.
a)
Hund’s rule
b)
Pauli exclusion principle
c)
Bohr model of the atom
d)
Aufbau principle
21.
Which of the waves shown below has the higher frequency?
a)
wave A
b)
Wave B
22.
True or False: Electrons are considered stable at their ground state.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
23.
For an electron to change from ground state to an excited state it must...
a)
Absorb energy
b)
Release energy
24.
How many electrons does Si contain? (click to see image)
a)
14
b)
28
c)
2
d)
4
25.

The wavelength is defined as:

a)

the distance traveled by a progressive wave in a second

b)

the distance traveled between corresponding points on adjacent waves in a period

c)

the distance traveled by a progressive wave in a half period

26.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal 
d)
transverse wave 
27.
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.
28.

Which is needed to determine the amount of gravitational force between two objects?

a)

distance and mass

b)

weight and time

c)

area and weight

29.
A baseball and bat are on the ground.   What is true?
a)
They attract each other with equal gravitational force.
b)
There is no gravitational force between them.
c)
The baseball will float because it's lighter.
d)
The bat will pull the baseball closer to itself.
30.

How is the gravitational force between to objects related to their mass

a)

They are directly proportional

b)

They are inversely proportional

c)

They do not affect each other

d)

They are equal

31.

A ________ is basically the idealized version of a radiating object.

a)

frequency

b)

light ray

c)

black hole

d)

blackbody

32.

Energy could only fit in discreet packets called _____.

a)

particles

b)

blackbodies

c)

protons

d)

quanta

33.

Light is both a(n) _____ and a wave.

a)

energy

b)

particle

c)

effect

d)

principle

34.

What term describes how in some circumstances light can behave like a particle and other circumstances it can behave like a wave?

a)

particle-wave schima

b)

Planck's particle dual behavior

c)

wave-particle duality

d)

particle-wave behavior principle

35.

Mass energy relation is

a)

E=mc2

b)

E=T+V

c)

E=T-V

d)

M=Ec2

36.
The speed of light (c) =
a)
3 x 108 miles/hour
b)
3 x 108 meters/second
c)
3 x 108 kilometers/hour
d)
none of these
37.
The special theory of relativity was derived by:
a)
Galileo
b)
Newton
c)
Einstein
d)
Sitter
38.
The speed of light is constant in all frames of reference.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
When you approach a light source, the light from that source has a speed 
a)
greater than c. 
b)
less than c. 
c)
equal to c.
40.

What is your position in your own reference frame?

a)

x=ctx=ct

b)

x=vtx=vt

c)

x=0x=0

d)

x=cvtx=\frac{cv}{t}

41.
Metals are good conductors of electricity because
a)
they contain free electrons
b)
the atoms are lightly packed 
c)
they have high melting point
d)
all of the above
42.
Planets do not twinkle because
a)
they emit light of a constant intensity
b)
Their distance from the earth does not change the  time
c)
They are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light
d)
They are nearer to earth and hemce we recieve a greater amount of light and, therefore minor variations in the intensity are not noticeable
43.
Pa (Pascal) is the unit for
a)
Thrust
b)
Pressure
c)
Frequency
d)
Conductivity
44.
Light from the sun reaches us in nearly
a)
2 minutes
b)
4 minutes
c)
8 minutes
d)
16 minutes
45.
Light year is a unit of
a)
Time
b)
Distance
c)
Light
d)
Intensity of light
46.
When exposed to lower air pressure, the boiling point of water
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
c)
Remains the same
d)
All of the above
47.
Which of these is a unit of work?
a)
Watt
b)
Meter
c)
Joule
d)
Newton
48.
The orbits of the planets around the sun are 
a)
Circular
b)
Horizontal
c)
Elliptical
d)
Diagonal
49.

What is the unit for mass?

a)

kg

b)

N

c)

ms-2

d)

W

50.

What is the S.I. unit for time?

a)

century

b)

s

c)

N

d)

J

51.

What is the S.I. unit for distance?

a)

J

b)

m

c)

W

d)

s

52.

Seconds are the S.I. units for ...

a)

distance

b)

velocity

c)

speed

d)

time

53.

What is the unit for speed?

a)

N

b)

ms-1

c)

ms-2

d)

seconds

54.

What is the unit for acceleration?

a)

ms-2

b)

ms-1

c)

Nm

d)

Nm-1

55.

What is the unit for force?

a)

Watt

b)

Newton

c)

kilogram

d)

Henry

56.

What is the unit for weight?

a)

kilogram

b)

Newton

c)

torque

d)

kilograms per second.

57.

What is the unit for kinetic energy, Ek?

a)

Watt

b)

Joule

c)

Volt

d)

Newton

58.

Joule is the unit for...

a)

Work

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Elastic Potential Energy

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

59.

What is the unit for power, P?

a)

Watt

b)

Volt

c)

Ampere

d)

Joule

60.

What is the unit for momentum, ρ?

a)

Moments

b)

kg ms-1

c)

kg ms-2

d)

inertia

61.

Which of the following is an example of displacement?

a)

A Turtle crawls 5m North

b)

Jane runs 30 m

c)

Kyle walk 1 km

d)

A mouse moves 3 cm

62.

On a round trip to Baguio, a car travelled a distance of 45 km while going to Baguio and the entire trip took 5 hrs. What is the average speed of the car for the round trip?

a)

15 km/h

b)

35km/h

c)

30 km/h

d)

18 km/h

63.

It is usually described as total path length.

a)

Distance

b)

Displacement

c)

Velocity

d)

Speed

64.

What is the importance of physics in transportation?

a)

Cars, buses and train help utilize to provide a smooth and steady motion

b)

It works to any mechanical force of motion

c)

Physics help the transportation to complete its movement

d)

All of the given choices are correct

65.

It is defined as the change in velocity per unit time.

a)

Displacement

b)

Speed

c)

Acceleration

d)

Velocity

66.

On the earth’s surface at sea level, the exact magnitude of acceleration due to gravity is __________________________.

a)

9.8 m/s2

b)

3.4 m/s2

c)

5.9 m/s2

d)

9.0 m/s2

67.

Which of the following is not an application of a projectile motion?

a)

Catapult

b)

Basketball

c)

Fireworks

d)

motion of car in a straight line

68.

Neutron stars with extremely strong magnetic fields that shoot out jets of particles are known as ___

a)

uber-neutron stars

b)

magnetars

c)

magnavoxs

d)

magnetos

69.
The two main types of objects created by supernovae are ___
a)
neutron stars and pulsars
b)
magnetars and black holes
c)
pulsars and magnetars
d)
neutron stars and black holes
70.

Which of the following is a distinguishing property of a neutron star?

a)

Spinning Rapidly

b)

Strong Magnetic Field

c)

High Density

d)

All of the above

71.

What conditions must exist for a black hole to form?

a)

When the core remnants of a supernova are greater than 3 solar masses.

b)

When core remnants of a supernova are less than 3 solar masses.

c)

When core remnants of a supernova are greater than 8 solar masses.

72.

What is a black hole?

a)

An object with such a strong gravitational pull nothing can escape it.

b)

A wormhole that leads to another galaxy.

c)

The end of the universe.

d)

A rip in time

73.

What types of blackholes exist?

a)

Stellar

b)

Intermediate

c)

Supermassive

d)

Miniature

e)

All of these

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