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NGSS Semester 1 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This pie chart best fits which listed situation?

a)

An object is falling and is very close to the ground

b)

An object is being thrown upward and is close to its highest point

c)

A toy car is slowly rolling across a level floor

d)

A ball is being launched upward by a slingshot

2.

Which form of energy does the little boy use in order to get the pogo stick working?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Chemical

d)

Deformation

3.

Sound is a...

a)

Longitudinal wave that needs a medium

b)

Longitudinal wave that can travel in a vacuum

c)

Transverse wave that can travel through a vacuum

d)

Transverse wave that needs a medium

4.

The speed of a water wave is 24 m/s. Its frequency is 8 Hz. What is the wavelength?

a)

3 m

b)

0.333 m

c)

192 m

d)

3 Hz

5.

A swing makes twelve full back-and-forth motions in 20 seconds. What is the time period for the swing?

a)

1.67 s

b)

0.6 s

c)

0.4 s

d)

240 s

6.

The pitch of a flute is lower than the pitch of a violin. This means...

a)

The violin has a lower amplitude than the flute.

b)

The flute has a greater amplitude than the violin.

c)

The flute has a lower frequency than the violin.

d)

The flute plays a greater frequency than the violin.

7.

A car's stereo is louder than another car's horn. This means...

a)

The stereo has a lower amplitude than the other car’s horn.

b)

The other car’s horn has a lower amplitude than the stereo.

c)

The stereo has a greater pitch than the other car’s horn.

d)

The other car’s horn has a lower pitch than the stereo.

8.

A 2 cm tall crest meets a 13 cm deep trough in the same medium. What will be the resulting amplitude when they meet?

a)

15 cm deep

b)

6.5 cm tall

c)

11 cm deep

d)

11 cm tall

9.

A tuba (220 Hz), a drum (450 Hz), and a trombone (180 Hz) play the given notes in the same room. Which travels fastest?

a)

The trombone’s low note

b)

The tuba’s medium note

c)

The drum’s high note

d)

They all travel at the same speed

10.

The speed of a wave depends only on the...

a)

Frequency

b)

Wavelength

c)

Medium it’s traveling through

d)

Time period

11.

Which of the following is an example of wave diffraction?

a)

A wave passing around the edge of a barrier

b)

A wave changing speeds as it changes mediums

c)

A wave bouncing off a boundary

d)

A wave meeting another wave and becoming smaller

12.

What is the frequency of a sound wave traveling in room temperature air if its wavelength is 0.33 m?

a)

1000 Hz

b)

109 Hz

c)

9.9·107 Hz

d)

9.1·108 mHz

13.

You are standing 400 m from a wall. You clap and hear the echo 2.34 seconds later. What's the speed of sound?

a)

342 m/s

b)

936 m/s

c)

85.47 m/s

d)

1872 m/s

14.

What is it called when an object that's emitting sound travels faster than the speed of sound?

a)

Sonic boom

b)

Mach velocity limit

c)

Resonance chambering

d)

Amplitude induction

15.

Which of the listed types of light has the greatest frequency?

a)

Infrared

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Microwaves

d)

Visible

16.

Which of these types of light has the longest wavelength?

a)

Radio waves

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Gamma rays

d)

Visible

17.

Which color of visible light has the greatest energy?

a)

Red

b)

Violet

c)

Orange

d)

Green

18.

Which of the following is a typical use for radio waves?

a)

The Chandra X-ray observatory’s images of the universe

b)

Sending signals between cell phone towers

c)

Creating vitamin D in the body

d)

Transmission signals from wi-if routers to computers

19.

The distance from one bright band in the picture to the next is 0.3 m. This is...

a)

One wavelength

b)

One rarefaction

c)

One Hertz

d)

One crest length

20.

What do the brighter regions in the picture of a sound wave represent?

a)

Compressions

b)

Rarefactions

c)

Crests

d)

Troughs

21.

If the frequency of a light wave doubles, its wavelength will...

a)

Also double

b)

Be cut in half

c)

Stay the same

d)

Increase four times

22.

When light goes from one medium into another and changes speed and path, this is called...

a)

Interference

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Cohesion

23.

Which of the following can be done by waves AND particles?

a)

Reflection

b)

Interference

c)

Photoelectric effect

d)

Polarization

24.

A jet is moving at about 900 m/s. The jet is traveling at about...

a)

Mach 0.333

b)

Mach 1

c)

Mach 3

d)

Mach 9

25.

Light behaves most like...

a)

A wave

b)

A particle

c)

Both a wave and a particle

d)

Neither a wave nor a particle

26.

Which of the following experiments showed that light has a particle-like nature?

a)

Photoelectric effect

b)

Interference

c)

Polarization

d)

Diffraction

27.

In which medium does the light travel more slowly?

a)

Medium 1

b)

Medium 2

c)

The speeds will be the same

d)

You cannot tell from the picture

28.

Throw a flashlight toward your friend. Your friend wouldn't easily notice, but the light becomes...

a)

Redshifted since it’s moving toward your friend

b)

Blueshifted since it’s moving toward your friend

c)

Temporarily faster than the speed

29.

What do we call a device that changes kinetic energy into electrical energy?

a)

Generator

b)

Compass

c)

Electromagnet

d)

Motor

30.

Magnetic field lines...

a)

Always go from south magnetic poles to north magnetic poles

b)

Always show the direction an electron would travel

c)

Always go from north magnetic poles to south magnetic poles

d)

Always show the direction of electron current in a magnet

31.

The red part of a compass will always...

a)

point toward the south geographic pole of the Earth

b)

be called a south magnetic pole

c)

point toward a south magnetic pole

d)

point toward a north magnetic pole

32.

The main job of a battery in a circuit is to...

a)

provide all of the electrons

b)

supply energy to move electrons

c)

provide heat to make electrons move

d)

provide the resistance the circuit needs to function

33.

A solenoid is a coil of wire. If you wanted current to flow in the solenoid, you could...

a)

rub the solenoid with rabbit fur

b)

shine ultraviolet light toward the center of the solenoid

c)

move a magnet in and out of the solenoid

d)

beam an ultrasonic laser at the solenoid

34.

Which of the following IS NOT a method of charging?

a)

Friction

b)

Contact

c)

Induction

d)

Grounding

35.

If you electrically ground something, you allow...

a)

Electrons to flow freely into or out of the object

b)

All of its electrons to move into you

c)

The object to take all of your electrons

d)

The object to become neutral When it’s near a charged object

36.

A positively charged object repels a second object. The second object must be...

a)

Neutral only

b)

Positively charged only

c)

Negatively charged only

d)

Positively charged or neutral

37.

Put your hand into a box of packing styrofoam peanuts and some may stick to your hand and arm. They became charged by...

a)

Contact

b)

Friction

c)

Induction

d)

Polarization

38.

Bring a negatively charged rod close to an electroscope and the metal leaves spread apart. This is because electrons...

a)

Move into both leaves and the like charges repel

b)

Move to the top, leaving both leaves positive so they spread apart

c)

Move into only one leaf, making both leaves oppositely charged

d)

Jump into the negative rod making the electroscope neutral

39.

Looking at these electric field lines, you can tell...

a)

That all three charges are negative

b)

That all three charges are positive

c)

That the lower center charge is the only negative charge

d)

That the lower center charge is the only positive charge

40.

The electric field between two charged plates is 4500 N/C. A 0.05 C charge will feel how much force between the plates?

a)

90,000 N

b)

0.0000111 N

c)

11.25 N

d)

225 N