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GCSE - what do you already know?

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Equation for Weight?

a)

Weight = Mass x Gravitational Field Strength

b)

Weight = Mass / Gravitational Field Strength

c)

Weight = Gravitational Field Strength / Mass

2.

What is the Equation for Work Done?

a)

Work Done = Force x Distance

b)

Work Done = Force / Distance

c)

Work Done = Distance / Force

3.

What is the Equation for Force applied to a Spring?

a)

Force applied to a Spring = Spring Constant x Extension

b)

Force applied to a Spring = Spring Constant / Extension

c)

Force applied to a Spring = Extension / Spring Constant

4.

What is the Equation for a Moment of a Force?

a)

Moment of a Force = Force x Distance

b)

Moment of a Force = Force / Distance

c)

Moment of a Force = Distance / Force

5.

What is the Equation for Pressure?

a)

Pressure = Force x Area of Surface

b)

Pressure = Force / Area of Surface

c)

Pressure = Area of Surface / Force

6.

What is the Equation for Acceleration?

a)

Acceleration = Change in Velocity x Time

b)

Acceleration = Change in Velocity / Time

c)

Acceleration = Time / Change in Velocity

7.

What is the Equation for Resultant Force?

a)

Resultant Force = Mass x Acceleration

b)

Resultant Force = Mass / Acceleration

c)

Resultant Force = Acceleration / Mass

8.

What is the Equation for Momentum?

a)

Momentum = Mass x Velocity

b)

Momentum = Mass / Velocity

c)

Momentum = Velocity / Mass

9.

What is the Equation for Kinetic Energy?

a)

Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass x Speed²

b)

Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass² x Speed

c)

Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass² / Speed

10.

What are Equations for Gravitational Potential Energy?

a)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Mass x Gravitational Field Strength x Height

b)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Weight x Height

c)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Mass x Gravitational Field Strength / Height

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Weight / Height

11.

Which are the Equations for Power?

a)

Power = Energy Transferred / Time

b)

Power = Work Done / Time

c)

Power = Energy Transferred x Time

d)

Power = Work Done x Time

12.

What is the Equation for Wave Speed?

a)

Wave Speed = Wave Length x Frequency

b)

Wave Speed = Wave Length / Frequency

c)

Wave Speed = Frequency / Wave Length

13.

What is the Equation for Charge Flow?

a)

Charge Flow = Current x Time

b)

Charge Flow = Current / Time

c)

Charge Flow = Time / Current

14.

What is another Equation for Power?

a)

Power = Potential Difference x Current

b)

Power = Potential Difference / Current

c)

Power = Current / Potential Difference

15.

What is another Equation for Power?

a)

Power = Current² x Resistance

b)

Power = Resistance² x Current

c)

Power = Resistance² / Current

16.

What are the Equations for Energy Transferred?

a)

Energy Transferred = Power x Time

b)

Energy Transferred = Power / Time

c)

Energy Transferred = Charge Flow x Potential Difference

d)

Energy Transferred = Charge Flow / Potential Difference

17.

What is the equation that links gravitational field strength, mass and weight?

a)

weight = mass x gravitational field strength

b)

weight = mass ÷ gravitational field strength

c)

weight = gravitational field strength ÷ mass

18.

What is the equation that links distance, force and work done?

a)

work done = force x distance

b)

work done = force ÷ distance

c)

work done = distance ÷ force

19.

What is the equation that links extension, force applied to a spring and spring constant?

a)

force applied to a spring = spring constant x extension

b)

force applied to a spring = spring constant ÷ extension

c)

force applied to a spring = extension ÷ spring constant

20.

What is the equation that links distance, time and velocity?

a)

velocity = time x distance

b)

velocity = distance ÷ time

c)

velocity = time ÷ distance

21.

What is the equation that links acceleration, change in velocity and time?

a)

acceleration = change in velocity x time

b)

acceleration = change in velocity ÷ time

c)

acceleration = time ÷ change in velocity

22.

What is the equation that links acceleration, mass, and resultant force?

a)

resultant force = mass x acceleration

b)

resultant force = mass ÷ acceleration

c)

resultant force = acceleration ÷ mass

23.

What is the equation that links mass, momentum, and velocity?

a)

momentum = mass x velocity

b)

momentum = mass ÷ velocity

c)

momentum = velocity ÷ mass

24.

What is the momentum of a toy car of mass 500 g, travelling at a velocity of 30 m/s?

a)

0.15 kgm/s

b)

15 kgm/s

c)

15 000 kgm/s

d)

15 000 000 kgm/s

25.

What is the unit of work?

a)

Newton

b)

Joule

c)

Watt

d)

meter

26.

What is the resultant force in this diagram?

a)

17 N, right

b)

17 N, left

c)

23 N, right

d)

12 N, up

27.

What equation links distance, speed and time?

a)

speed = time ÷ distance

b)

speed = distance ÷ time

c)

speed = distance x time

d)

speed = time x distance

28.
Which of the following is a unit for acceleration?
a)
km/s
b)
m/s2
c)
mi/hr
d)
ft
29.

Which of these can be measured in meters per second (m/s)

a)

Distance

b)

Time

c)

Speed

d)

Acceleration

30.

Calculate the average speed (in m/s) if a cheetah runs 180 metres in 10 seconds.

a)

198 m/s

b)

170 m/s

c)

12 m/s

d)

18 m/s

31.
Of the following, which is a vector?
a)
Mass
b)
Time
c)
Speed
d)
Velocity
32.

Acceleration is defined as the "change in..."

a)

the time it takes to move from one place to another.

b)

velocity of an object.

c)

distance, divided by the time taken.

d)

velocity, divided by the time taken.

33.
A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?
a)
0 m/s
b)
40 m/s2
c)
-40 m/s2
d)
40 m/s
34.
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
35.

A dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor. It slides to a stop in 15 seconds. What is the acceleration?

a)

-7.5 m/s

b)

-7.5 m/s2

c)

-0.5 m/s2

d)

0.5 m/s

36.

A spring has a spring constant of 5 N/cm. What is its extension when loaded with 15 N?

a)

3 cm

b)

5 cm

c)

3 m

d)

5 m

37.

What is a typical value for walking speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

5 m/s

c)

3 m/s

d)

1.5 m/s

38.

What is a typical value for the speed of a car?

a)

1.5 m/s

b)

15 - 30 m/s

c)

150 m/s

d)

330 m/s

39.

What is a typical value for the speed of a cyclist?

a)

3 m/s

b)

6 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

50 m/s

40.

What is a typical value for the speed of a plane?

a)

50 m/s

b)

250 m/s

c)

2500 m/s

d)

25000 m/s

41.

What is a typical value for the speed of a train?

a)

5 m/s

b)

35 m/s

c)

50 m/s

d)

95 m/s

42.

What is a typical value for running speed?

a)

3 m/s

b)

15 m/s

c)

30 m/s

d)

55 m/s

43.

What is a typical value for the speed of a boat?

a)

1.5 m/s

b)

3 m/s

c)

6 m/s

d)

10 m/s

44.

A resultant force of 500N causes a body to accelerate at 20m/s2. What is the mass of the body ?

a)

2.5kg

b)

25kg

c)

1000kg

d)

10000kg

45.
What is an object or group of objects?
a)
systematic
b)
system
c)
suspect
d)
suspicious 
46.
What is an energy transfer?
a)
Dancing 
b)
Movement of energy
c)
Movement of energy from one store to another
d)
something moving
47.
What is an object or group of objects?
a)
systematic
b)
system
c)
suspect
d)
suspicious 
48.
What is an energy transfer?
a)
Dancing 
b)
Movement of energy
c)
Movement of energy from one store to another
d)
something moving
49.
What is a store of energy in an object due to chemical reactions in it?
a)
gravitational store of energy 
b)
chemical store of energy
c)
gravitational potential energy
d)
chemicals
50.
What is an example of a chemical store of energy
a)
nothing
b)
food only
c)
batteries only
d)
batteries and food
51.
What is a kinetic store of energy?
a)
something moving
b)
energy stored in a moving object
c)
elastic potential energy
d)
an stationary object
52.
A store of energy in an object due to it's position in a gravitational field is...
a)
Gravitational Potential Energy Sort
b)
Potential Gravitational Energy Store
c)
Gravity Potential Energy Store
d)
Gravitational Potential Energy Store
53.
This is the type of energy stored in a stretched elastic band
a)
Elastic potential energy
b)
Elastic potential energy store
c)
Potential energy store
d)
Elastic
54.
A thermal store of energy is......
a)
the energy store of any cold object
b)
the energy store of any object 
c)
the energy store of any hot object
d)
any object
55.
A store of energy in the nuclei of atoms in an object is.....
a)
Nucler store of energy
b)
Nuclaer store of energy
c)
Nuclear sort of energy 
d)
Nuclear store of energy
56.
What is the name of the law for "energy can not be created or destroyed. In a closed system there is no net change to the amount of energy in the system"
a)
conservation of energy
b)
conserving energy
c)
energy of conservation
57.
Energy can not be created or destroyed!
a)
True
b)
False
58.
Heating is....
a)
the movement of energy from a colder object to a hotter object
b)
the movement of energy from a hotter object to a colder object
59.

What is the Equation for Kinetic Energy?

a)

Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass x Speed²

b)

Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass² x Speed

c)

Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass² / Speed

60.

What are Equations for Gravitational Potential Energy?

a)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Mass x Gravitational Field Strength x Height

b)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Weight x Height

c)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Mass x Gravitational Field Strength / Height

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy = Weight / Height

61.

The formula for calculating kinetic energy (Ek) is...

a)

2 x speed x mass2

b)

1/2 x speed x mass2

c)

2 x mass x speed

d)

1/2 x mass x velocity2

62.

The units for kinetic energy are...

a)

Joules, J

b)

degrees celsius, oC

c)

kilograms, kg

d)

metres per second m/s

63.
In the equation for kinetic energy, 'm' stands for...
a)
metres
b)
miles
c)
mass
d)
millimetres
64.

What is the formula for elastic potential energy?

a)

Ee=1/2ke2

b)

Ep=1/2ke2

c)

Ee=2ke2

d)

Ep=2ke2

65.

Is Nuclear energy, as a source of electricity, renewable or non-renewable?

a)

Non-renewable

b)

Renewable

66.

What is the specific heat capacity of a material?

a)

The energy required to heat 1kg of an object by 1°C

b)

The energy required to heat a set mass of the material by a set temperature

c)

100

d)

4200

67.

Which of these has the longest wavelength?

a)

microwave

b)

ultraviolet

c)

visible light

d)

infrared

68.

What is the wave equation?

a)

wave speed = frequency / wavelength

b)

wave speed = frequency x wavelength

c)

wave speed = wavelength / frequency

d)

none of the above

69.

A good/perfect reflector, such as a mirror, would be described as being s_______, s_____ and f____. Write down any one of these words in the space below.

(a)  

70.

A wave where the particles oscillate perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer is called a ___________ wave.

a)

sound

b)

high frequency

c)

transverse

d)

right angled

71.

A wave where the particles oscillate parallel to the direction of energy transfer is called a ___________ wave.

a)

parallel

b)

perpendicular

c)

transverse

d)

longitudinal

72.

According to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence is equal to the....

a)

size of the mirror

b)

shape of the light source

c)

angle of refraction

d)

angle of reflection

73.

Which of these words describes the point of maximum displacement from the equilibrium position of a wave?

a)

wavelength

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

focal point

74.

What is the speed of light?

a)

3 × 108 3\ \times\ 10^8\ m/s

b)

undefined m/h

c)

undefined km/s

d)

undefined km/h

75.

If light passes from air to glass and the refractive index of the glass is 2.0, what happens to the speed of the light in the glass?

a)

it doubles

b)

it halves

c)

it triples

d)

it quaduples

76.

A frequency of 50 MHz is the same as _________?

a)

50 Hz

b)

50, 000 Hz

c)

50, 000, 000 Hz

d)

50, 000, 000, 000 Hz

77.

Do you know what a ray diagram for a lens is and how to draw it properly (i.e. with a focal point, rays of light, etc)?

a)

Yes, I do.

b)

Not sure, I think I do.

c)

No, I have no idea what a diagram is never mind a ray diagram

d)

No, I do not.

78.

What does monochromatic light mean?

a)

one colour

b)

one speed

c)

one direction

d)

one plane

79.

What is the human range of hearing?

a)

20 - 50 Hz

b)

20 - 50,000 Hz

c)

20 - 20,000 Hz

d)

50 - 50,000 Hz

80.

What do we call sound waves below 20 Hz?

a)

ultrasound

b)

infrasound

c)

loud sounds

d)

quiet sounds

81.

What do we call sound waves above 20,000 Hz?

a)

ultrasound

b)

infrasound

c)

loud sounds

d)

quiet sounds

82.

Which of these is closest to the speed of sound in air?

a)

30 m/s

b)

300 m/s

c)

3, 000 m/s

d)

30, 000 m/s

83.

Which of these is not a type of electromagnetic wave?

a)

infrared

b)

ultrasound

c)

visible

d)

gamma

84.

The speed of light is (a)   than the speed of sound (multiple words accepted, as long as it's correct).

85.

Which of these values tell us how much a light wave will change direction when it enters a new medium?

a)

refraction index

b)

refraction number

c)

refractive index

d)

refractive number

86.

Which of these has the highest frequency?

a)

radio

b)

gamma

c)

infrasound

d)

ultrasound at 50, 000 Hz

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