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Basic Concept of Physics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the unit to measure force?

a)

Kilogram

b)

Meter

c)

Joule

d)

Newton

2.

What force holds the planet in motion around the sun?

a)

Magnetic

b)

Gravitational

c)

Electrical

d)

Air Resistant

3.

If both forces are going in the same direction you should …. those force

a)

Add

b)

Substract

c)

Divide

d)

Multiply

4.

What is the definition for the word amplitude?

a)

The number of complete waves that pass per second

b)

The distance from the equilibrium position of a peak plus the same distance from a trough

c)

The distance from the equilibrium position of a peak plus the same distance from a trough

d)

The maximum distance from the equilibrium position of any point on a wave

5.

What is the formula for finding the wavelength of a wave?

a)

b)

c)

d)

6.

What is a frequency?  

a)

The number of wave crests passing a point in one second

b)

The height of the waves times each second

c)

The number of waves in total

d)

The speed of waves over time

7.

Name two quantities that are vectors

a)

Force and speed

b)

Mass and weight

c)

Force and acceleration

d)

Speed and acceleration

8.

Acceleration is defined as the change in …. 

a)

Time it takes for one place to move to another place

b)

Distance divided by the time interval

c)

Velocity of an object

d)

Velocity devided by the time interval

9.

Pressure measured in what units

a)

Newton

b)

Joule

c)

Watt

d)

Pascal

10.

In nature, heat always flows from a ….

a)

Cold object to a warm object

b)

Warm object to a cold object

c)

Small object to a large object

d)

Large object to a small object

11.

If the resultant force on an object is zero, then an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move at a constant speed as long as there is no external force acting on it

a)

Newton’s 1st Law

b)

Newton’s 2nd Law

c)

Newton’s 3rd Law

d)

Newton’s Law of Gravity

12.

When an object exerts force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal force but opposite direction to the first object

a)

Newton’s 1st Law

b)

Newton’s 2nd Law

c)

Newton’s 3rd Law

d)

Newton’s Law of Gravity

13.

The acceleration of an object caused by a force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force and inversely proportional to its mass

a)

Newton’s 1st Law

b)

Newton’s 2nd Law

c)

Newton’s 3rd Law

d)

Newton’s Law of Gravity

14.

Two objects attract each other in a force comparable to the masses of the two objects and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects.

a)

Newton’s 1st Law

b)

Newton’s 2nd Law

c)

Newton’s 3rd Law

d)

Newton’s Law of Gravity

15.

The magnitude of the repulsive force or attraction of an object having an electric charge is proportional to the magnitude of the electric charge of both objects and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects    

a)

Hooke’s Law

b)

Kepler’s Law

c)

Faraday’s Law

d)

Coulomb’s Law

16.

If an object is dipped in a liquid, it will receive a force called buoyancy (upward force) as much as the weight of the liquid it moves

a)

Pascal’s Law

b)

Archimedes’s Law

c)

Bernoulli’s Law

d)

Boyle’s Law

17.

The unit of density is ….

a)

b)

c)

d)

18.

What is the correct equation linking force, mass and acceleration?

a)

m=F.a

b)

a=F/m

c)

a=F.m

d)

F=m/a

19.

How do you calculate pressure?

a)

Force(N)/Area(m^2)

b)

Area(m^2)/Force(N)

c)

Force(kg)/Area(m)

d)

Area(m)/Force(kg)

20.

What is the unit for acceleration?

a)

b)

c)

d)