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Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

In Newton's law of universal gravitation, what is the mathematical relationship of the force to the distance?

a)

Force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

b)

Fixed x,y, and z axes with a zero point on the floor

c)

The net force acting on each is zero

d)

The net force on the object

2.

A student knows the following facts about an object. Which will help most in being able to use Newton's laws to predict its motion?

a)

24 kg m/s

b)

Only in an inertial reference frame

c)

5 m/s^2

d)

The forces that act on the object

3.

Which describes a frame of reference most likely to be used in high school physics lab motion experiments?

a)

That has only magnitude

b)

Fixed x,y, and z axes with a zero point on the floor

c)

Change the velocity’s direction

d)

Component vectors

4.

Only in an inertial reference frame

a)

Atomic Spectroscopy

b)

Where are Newton's laws of motion valid?

c)

The energy gap between energy levels of electrons

d)

The net force acting on each is zero

5.

Where are Newton's laws of motion valid?

a)

Force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

b)

Only in an inertial reference frame

c)

That has only magnitude

d)

The energy gap between energy levels of electrons

6.

What must an object at rest and an object moving at constant velocity have in common?

a)

Sine and cosine

b)

The net force on the object

c)

5 m/s^2

d)

The net force acting on each is zero

7.

A force of 40 N accelerates a given mass by 20 m/s2. If the mass is doubled and the force is halved, what will be the new acceleration?

a)

It changes the object's momentum

b)

The initial and final velocities

c)

5 m/s^2

d)

Component vectors

8.

A boy shoves a 2.0-kg brick on the ground with his foot. He applies a constant force of 10.0 N. Meanwhile, friction with the ground opposes the motion with 2.0 N. How will the brick move?

a)

Nuclear fission reactions

b)

Einstein

c)

It will accelerate at 4.0m/s^2

d)

Quarks

9.

Given an object's mass and observing its acceleration, what can be found in a direct application of Newton's second law of motion?

a)

The net force on the object

b)

My favorite thing that I learned about in Physics this semester were forces and Newton’s Laws.

c)

Many of the particles are ionized

d)

The energy gap between energy levels of electrons

10.

Which kind of mathematical calculations are most useful in determining the components of a vector in two perpendicular directions when only the angle of the resultant vector is known?

a)

Only in an inertial reference frame

b)

each is zero

c)

Sine and cosine

d)

The forces that act on the object

11.

A force that is always perpendicular to the velocity of an object will ________.

a)

Both promote beta decay.

b)

Change the velocity’s direction

c)

between energy

d)

Matter

12.

Which term most correctly completes this sentence? "A vector can be resolved into two or more ________ that point in different directions

a)

Nuclear fission reactions

b)

Quarks

c)

Component vectors

d)

Both promote beta decay.

13.

In physics, a scalar quantity is a quantity ________.

a)

It must be acted on by an external net force

b)

That has only magnitude

c)

Many of the particles are ionized

d)

Atomic Spectroscopy

14.

The law of conservation of momentum can be demonstrated by colliding objects and measuring their individual masses and what?

a)

The initial and final velocities

b)

Many of the particles are ionized

c)

That has only magnitude

d)

It changes the object's momentum

15.

What is the magnitude of the momentum of a 11 kg object moving at 2.2 m/s?

a)

24 kg m/s

b)

5 m/s^2

c)

24 kg m/s

d)

It will accelerate at 4.0m/s^2

16.

What can be said for certain about the effect of an external net force on an object?

a)

That has only magnitude

b)

It changes the object's momentum

c)

Change the velocity’s direction

d)

Component vectors

17.

What must be true if an object with constant mass changes it's momentum?

a)

Only in an inertial reference frame

b)

Fixed x,y, and z axes with a zero point on the floor

c)

The net force on the object

d)

It must be acted on by an external net force

18.

Name the technique that allows atoms to be identified by the light they absorb or emit.

a)

Many of the particles are ionized

b)

Atomic Spectroscopy

c)

Change the velocity’s direction

d)

t changes the object's momentum

19.

What is a key feature of particles in a plasma state?

a)

It will accelerate at 4.0m/s^2

b)

The net force on the object

c)

Many of the particles are ionized

d)

5 m/s^2

20.

The energy of a photon emitted or absorbed by an atom matches what?

a)

It changes the object's momentum

b)

The initial and final velocities

c)

The energy gap between energy levels of electrons

d)

The forces that act on the object

21.

What can be broken down into tiny fundamental subatomic particles?

a)

Many of the particles are ionized

b)

Atomic Spectroscopy

c)

Sine and cosine

d)

Matter

22.

Which of the following statements is false about strong and weak nuclear forces?

a)

Only in an inertial reference frame

b)

Both promote beta decay.

c)

Nuclear fission reactions

d)

Force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

23.

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Nuclear power plants use ________.

a)

The initial and final velocities

b)

Component vectors

c)

Nuclear fission reactions

d)

The net force on the object

24.

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________ discovered the relationship between energy and mass in the 1900s.

a)

Both promote beta decay.

b)

Quarks

c)

Matter

d)

Einstein

25.

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Subatomic particles known as ____ combine to form hadrons.

a)

The energy gap between energy levels of electrons

b)

Quarks

c)

Atomic Spectroscopy

d)

Many of the particles are ionized

26.

What was your favorite thing that you learned about in Physics this semester?

a)

Force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

b)

he net force on the object

c)

Fixed x,y, and z axes with a zero point on the floor

d)

My favorite thing that I learned about in Physics this semester were forces and Newton’s Laws