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Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What unit do scientists use to measure power?

a)

Watt

b)

Joule

c)

Kelvin

d)

Newton

2.

Which type of energy doesn’t require a medium?

a)

EMR

b)

Thermal

c)

All

d)

Chemical

3.

woman lifts a 6.63kg plant 2 meters. How much work does she do?

a)

130.08J

b)

32.50 J

c)

13.26 J

d)

3.32 J

4.

The law of conservation of energy applies to:

a)

Energy transfers but not energy transformations

b)

Energy transformations but not energy transfers

c)

Both energy transfers and energy transformations

d)

d. Neither energy transfers nor energy transformations

5.

Sound energy is considered a type of:

a)

EMR

b)

Thermal energy

c)

c. Potential energy

d)

. Mechanical energy

6.

What type of energy is represented by the food we eat?

a)

a. Thermal

b)

al b. EMR

c)

Chemical

d)

Nuclear

7.

When energy changes from one form to another form, the total amount of energy in the system

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Same

d)

Varies

8.

What determines an object’s kinetic energy?

a)

Mass and force

b)

Mass and distance

c)

d. Speed and mass

d)

c. Speed and force

9.

An object is lifted 10m above ground and is unmoving. What statement is true?

a)

The object has mechanical energy

b)

The object does not have mechanical energy

c)

The object has some potential energy but no mechanical energy

d)

The object has some kinetic energy but no mechanical energy

10.

What is the kinetic energy of a 40kg person running at 3m/sec?

a)

60

b)

180

c)

120

d)

360

11.

When two surfaces slide past each other, what energy transformation occurs?

a)

Mechanical to EMR

b)

Thermal to Mechanical

c)

Mechanical to Chemical

d)

Mechanical to Thermal

12.

Gravitational potential energy is influenced by

a)

Mass and height above ground

b)

Weight and height above ground

c)

Weight and speed

d)

Mass and speed

13.

What is gravity?

a)

A force that pulls objects towards each other as a result of their masses.

b)

A force that pushes or pulls an object as a result of its velocity.

c)

A force that pushes or pulls objects towards each other as a result of their charge

d)

d. A force that resists a change in motion as a result of its mass.

14.

Acceleration includes: (Circle all that apply)

a)

objects speeding up

b)

objects slowing down.

c)

objects changing direction.

d)

none

15.

When brakes are applied to a moving car, the car decelerates but you do not. What causes your body to continue moving?

a)

Friction

b)

Inertia

c)

Velocity

d)

Net force

16.

6. Which is not an example of a noncontact force?

a)

Friction

b)

Magnetic

c)

Electric

d)

Gravity

17.

. Newton’s first law of motion states that:

a)

an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by a nonzero net force

b)

if one object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts a force of equal strength in the opposite direction on the first object

c)

the rate of change of momentum of an object is proportional to the applied unbalanced force in the direction of the force.

d)

the rate at which velocity changes is influenced by speed and direction.

18.

When is there static friction between your desk and the floor?

a)

When the chair stands still

b)

When the chair falls to the floor

c)

When you lift the chair

d)

When you slide your chair under your desk

19.

Bella puts an iron block in a bucket of water. The block sinks. Which of the following forces is acting on the block?

I. the force of the liquid pushing up on the block

II. the force of gravity pulling down on the block

III. the force of the liquid pulling down on the block

a)

I and II

b)

II and III

c)

I

d)

I, II, III

20.

If two forces have the same direction you must _____ to find the net force

a)

subtract

b)

add

c)

divide

d)

multiply

21.

What happens to the gravitational force between two objects as the bodies become farther apart from each other?

a)

The gravitational force stays the same

b)

b. The gravitational force begins to repel the objects

c)

the gravitational force decreases

d)

. the gravitational force increases

22.

. If a car is travelling on the highway at a constant velocity, the force that pushes the car forward must be_______.

a)

greater than the weight of the car

b)

equal to the force of friction exerted upon the car.

c)

equal to the weight of the car

d)

greater than the force of friction exerted upon the car

23.

. Jennifer stands on one side of the filing cabinet and pushes with a force of 60 N. If Nathan wants to help Jennifer demonstrate balanced forces, what does he need to do?

a)

stand on the same side of the cabinet and push with a force of 60 N in the same direction as Jennifer

b)

Stand on the opposite side of the cabinet and push with a force of 60 N toward Jennifer

c)

Stand on the opposite side of the cabinet and push with a force of 120 N toward Jennifer.

d)

Cause the cabinet to move

24.

Friction is a force that acts in a direction the _______ of the motion.

a)

Opposite

b)

b. same

c)

c. different

25.

What is the speed of a bobsled whose distance-time graph indicates that it traveled 100 m in 25 seconds?

a)

4 m/s

b)

250 m/s

c)

0.25 mph

d)

100m/s

26.

26.When a bus starts suddenly, the passengers are pushed back. This is an example of which of the following?

a)

a. Newton’s first law

b)

b. Newton’s second law

c)

. Newton’s third law

d)

None

27.

What is the mass of an object that requires a force of 90 N to accelerate at a rate of 2.6 m/s2

a)

. 44.6 kg

b)

. 34.6 kg

c)

54.6 kg

d)

. 89.6 kg

28.

. A train that is accelerating at 5 m/s2 down the tracks and crashes into a car. If the train weighs 20,000 kg, how much force does the car experience?

a)

a. 200,000 N

b)

b. 300, 000 N

c)

100, 000 N

d)

400,000 N

29.

What is Newton’s third law?

a)

. law of gravity

b)

law of force and acceleration

c)

b. law of inertia

d)

d. law of action-reaction

30.

If three force are pulling on an object with 4 Newtons to the right, and one Newton up, and 4 Newtons to the left. What is the net force?

a)

1N

b)

5N

c)

8N

d)

9N

31.

As a ball falls to the ground, its gravitational potential energy increases as its kinetic energy increases.

a)

False

b)

True

32.

32. Chemical energy from food converting into mechanical energy is an example of an energy transfer.

a)

False

b)

True

33.

. If one object loses energy, another object must always gain energy.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

If the speed of an object is continuously changing with time, then its speed at a particular instant is called instantaneous speed.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

. If the line on a distance-versus-time graph and a speed-versus-time graph are both straight with the same slope, they are showing the same motion.

a)

False

b)

True