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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Astronomy in most ancient civilizations was very religious and most explanations for things were related to the people's beliefs.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

also contributed to the knowledge of the Greek philosophers by postulating that the earth was spherical

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Mendelian Theory

c)

Plato

d)

Newton

3.

Proposed that the stars formed the outermost crystal sphere, followed by the planets, the sun, the moon, and the spherical earth at the center.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristarchus

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Einstein

4.

Which law of Kepler's states that a planet farther away from the sun, travels the same amount of time as when it is closer to the sun

a)

Law of harmonies

b)

Law of equal areas

c)

Law of Periods

d)

Law of Inertia

5.

Knowing how long a planet takes to orbit the sun, helps scientists determine the distance that planet is from the sun.  Is this Kepler's 1st, 2nd or 3rd Law?  

a)

1st law

b)

2nd law

c)

3rd law

d)

None of the mentioned

6.

Planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit relates to which of Kepler's laws?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

none

7.

refers to the tendency of any material to change its state of motion

a)

Inertia

b)

velocity

c)

displacement

d)

Motion

8.

When the speed of an object is doubled, its momentum

a)

remains unchanged in accord with the conservation of momentum.

b)

doubles

c)

decreases

d)

maintained

9.

A big fish swims upon and swallows a small fish at rest, After lunch. the big fish has less

a)

Velocity

b)

momentum

c)

mass

d)

acceleration

10.

How is displacement different from distance?

a)

displacement is a vector, it must have magnitude and direction

b)

displacement is a scalar, it must have magnitude and direction

c)

displacement is a vector, it must have magnitude only

d)

displacement is a scalar, it must have magnitude only

11.

What will be the acceleration of a car if it has a constant acceleration?

a)

zero

b)

increased

c)

reduced

d)

not determined

12.

When an object in uniformly accelerated motion has an acceleration in the opposite direction than the velocity, then the velocity of the object will start to ________ until it stays in rest,

a)

Decrease

b)

Increase

c)

Rest

d)

not dtermined

13.

Light is produced by one of two methods…

a)

Incandescence and Luminescence

b)

heat and energy

c)

Fuel and gas

d)

None of the mentioned

14.

shines on an object, then bounces off, or reflects, back to our eyes.

a)

light

b)

inertia

c)

gas

d)

air

15.

When a ray of light approaches a smooth polished surface and the light ray bounces back, it is called the

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

None of the mentioned