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Practice quiz PHYSICS Yr 10

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a charge flows through a resistor, which of the following happens to the resistor?

a)

It gets colder

b)

It gets hotter

c)

It becomes positively charged

d)

Nothing

2.

In a filament lamp, in what form is most of the energy lost?

a)

Heat

b)

Sound

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Radio waves

3.

What is centre of mass?

a)

It is the point at which the mass of an object may be thought to be concentrated

b)

The point at which an object has no mass

c)

A number of points across an object which measure the same mass

d)

None of the above

4.

How can you locate the centre of mass of an irregular object?

a)

Suspend the object from two locations and drop a plumb line from the suspension points

b)

Suspend the object from one location and drop a plumb line from the suspension point

c)

Measure to the centre of the object

d)

None of the above

5.

A freely suspended object will come to rest with its centre of mass directly below which point?

a)

Point of recession

b)

Point of suspension

c)

The centre of mass doesn't lie directly below any point

d)

None of the above

6.

Which statement is true for an object which is travelling through a fluid?

a)

The slower an object moves, the greater the frictional force that acts upon it

b)

The frictional force on an object moving through a fluid remains constant regardless of the speed at which the object moves through the fluid

c)

The faster an object moves, the greater the frictional force that acts upon it

d)

After an object reaches a certain speed, whilst travelling through a liquid, the frictional force acting upon it becomes zero

7.

What could a horizontal line on a velocity-time graph indicate?

a)

An object has reached terminal velocity

b)

An object is accelerating

c)

An object is decelerating

d)

An object has changed direction

8.

What is the formula for the size of a moment?

a)

M = F x d

b)

F = M x d

c)

M = Fd

d)

d = M x F

9.

What does an atom's atomic number represent?

a)

The number of particles within an atom in its nucleus

b)

The number of protons in an atom in its nucleus

c)

The number of neutrons in an atom in its nucleus

d)

The number of electrons in an atom in its nucleus

10.

Which of the following absorbs the most X-rays?

a)

Metal

b)

Bone

c)

Cloth

d)

Both metal and bone