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Physical Science 8th grade

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Numbers in Science, especially physics should also include...

a)

direction

b)

unit

c)

variable

2.

Which scientist invented the telescope used to see stars today?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

James Maxwell

3.

Weight is...

a)

The change in position of an object over time

b)

The total amount of force on an object

c)

A push or pull on an object

d)

The effect of gravitational force on the mass of an object

4.

Motion is...

a)

The change in position of an object over time

b)

The total amount of force on an object

c)

A push or pull on an object

d)

The effect of gravitational force on the mass of an object

5.

Force is...

a)

The change in position of an object over time

b)

The total amount of force on an object

c)

A push or pull on an object

d)

The effect of gravitational force on the mass of an object

6.

Gravity is...

a)

A branch of science that deals with matter, energy, motion and force

b)

Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses

c)

A force that opposes motion

d)

tendency of an object to resist change in motion

7.

Physics is...

a)

A branch of science that deals with matter, energy, motion and force

b)

Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses

c)

A force that opposes motion

d)

Tendency of an object to resist change in motion

8.

Inertia is...

a)

A branch of science that deals with matter, energy, motion and force

b)

Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses

c)

A force that opposes motion

d)

Tendency of an object to resist change in motion

9.

What is a push or pull on an object

a)

Motion

b)

Force

c)

Gravity

d)

Friction

10.

What pull a ball back to earth?

a)

Gas

b)

Friction

c)

Gravity

d)

Molecule

11.

The rougher the surface, the faster an object will travel over the surface.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

12.

It is easier to ride a bicycle down a hill than to ride up a hill because______ helps the bicycle move down the hill

a)

Gravity

b)

Rotation

c)

Friction

13.

Peanut ran 50 meters in 10 seconds. What was Peanut's average speed?

a)

2m/s

b)

5m/s

c)

5 Km/s

d)

5m/s North

14.

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

a)

Mass and Time

b)

Mass and Distance

c)

Temperature and Mass

d)

Distance and Time

15.

Which of the following is the unit for calculating acceleration?

a)

Km/s

b)

m/hr

c)

m/s2

d)

m2/s

16.

If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force. What will happen?

a)

The boy in Blue will win

b)

The boy in Red will win

c)

They will not move at all

d)

Both will fall

17.

Why is it hard for person B to move down the hill?

a)

Person B has more friction than person A

b)

Person B has the same friction than person A

c)

Person B has less friction than person A

d)

Person B is out of shape

18.

When a skydiver is falling through the air, what is the name of the force acting upward?

a)

Gravity

b)

Air resistance

c)

The moon

d)

Upward force

19.

Which of these is an effect of force? (tick the correct answers)

a)

It can start a motion

b)

It can change the direction of motion

c)

It can stop motion

d)

it can change the shape of an object

e)

It can change the speed of a moving object

20.

What force holds the planets in motion around the sun?

a)

Magnetic force

b)

Electric force

c)

Gravitational force

d)

Air resistance

21.

The measure of the AVERAGE kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

a)

heat

b)

temperature

c)

thermal energy

d)

kinetic energy

22.

Work= _____x_____

a)

Time x Distance

b)

Force x Distance

c)

Power x distance

d)

All of the above

23.

Sound waves are unable to travel through ________.

a)

air

b)

vacuum

c)

water

d)

wall

24.

What is anything that takes up space and has weight?

a)

water

b)

matter

c)

mass

d)

volume

25.

What is not a state of matter?

a)

jelly

b)

solid

c)

liquid

d)

gas

26.

Physics allows you to study and calculate things that cannot be perceived by plain sight, such as soundwaves.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

how are work and energy related ?

a)

energy and work are kinds of motion

b)

energy and work are needed to do anything that needs movement

c)

energy and work produce heat

d)

energy is the ability to do work, so you need energy for work

28.

Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in

a)

time it takes for one place to move to another place.

b)

velocity of an object.

c)

distance divided by the time

d)

velocity divided by the time

29.
From point O to Point A the velocity is
a)
Increasing
b)
Decreasing 
c)
Constant
30.
From point A to Point B the velocity is
a)
Increasing
b)
Decreasing 
c)
Constant
31.
A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?
a)
750 seconds
b)
35 seconds
c)
0.3 seconds
d)
3.3 seconds
32.

A horse follows a dangling carrot for 20 m, if it took her 50 seconds to reach it, what was her average velocity?

a)

1,000 m/s

b)

2.5 m/s

c)

0.4 m/s

d)

20 m/s