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Priliminary physics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Electric current may be expressed in which one of the followingunits?

a)

coulombs/volt

b)

joules/coulomb

c)

coulombs/second

d)

ohms/second

2.

The alloy of steel that is used for making automobile parts such as axle, ball bearing, etc. is

a)

Nickel steel

b)

Chromium steel

c)

Tungsten steel

d)

Stainless steel

3.

For the hydrogen atom, which series describes electron transitions tothe N=1 orbit, the lowest energy electron orbit? Is it the

a)

Lyman series

b)

Balmer series

c)

Paschen series

d)

Pfund series

4.

Natural radioactivity was discovered by

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Ernest Rutherfor

c)

Henri Becquerel

d)

Enrico Ferm

5.

Which one of these space probes was launched by nasa on Aug. 5, 2011 to explore & unlock the secrets of the gaseous giant-jupiter

a)

Cassini

b)

Galileo

c)

Voyager 1

d)

Juno

6.

Father of atom bomb

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Alfred de Nobel

c)

Robert J oppenheimer

d)

Edward teller

7.

A Newton is equal to which of the following?

a)

kilogram-meter per second

b)

meter per second squared

c)

ilogram-meter per second squared

d)

kilogram per meter-second

8.

Work is equal to which of the following?

a)

the cross product of force and displacement.

b)

the product of force times time

c)

force divided by time

d)

the dot product of force and displacement

9.

Which of the following scientists is responsible for the law which states that two objects may NOT occupy the same space at the same time

a)

Heisenberg

b)

Bohr

c)

Pauli

d)

Teller

10.

he constant potential difference across a 2 ohm resistor is 20 volts.How many watts of power are dissipated by this resistor?

a)

200 WATTS

b)

20WATTS

c)

400WATTS

d)

40WATTS

11.

Iron is what type of magnetic material?

a)

Paramagnetic

b)

Diamagnetic

c)

Ferromagnetic

d)

Non-magnetic

12.

When a physical property such as charge exists in discrete "packets"rather than in continuous amounts, the property is said to be:

a)

discontinuous

b)

abrupt

c)

quantized

d)

noncontinuous

13.

The collision between a photon and a free electron was firstexplained by which of the following scientists?

(a)  

14.

Besides solid, liquid, and gas, what is the fourth form of matter?

(a)  

15.

What is 25,000 miles per hour on earth, and 5,300 miles per hour onthe Moon?

(a)