WorksheetsPhysics Final Exam Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
This is the complete loop that allows electric current to flow.
Conductor
Circuit
Insulator
Resistor
In this type of circuit, all components are connected in a single path.
Parallel circuit
Series circuit
Mixed circuit
Open circuit
In this type of circuit, components are connected in multiple paths.
Series circuit
Open circuit
Parallel circuit
Short circuit
This occurs when a low-resistance pathway bypasses part of a circuit.
Broken circuit
Short circuit
Series circuit
Parallel circuit
This happens to a circuit when a wire or component is disconnected.
Closed circuit
Broken circuit
Short circuit
Parallel circuit
These two fields are interrelated and create electromagnetic waves.
Electric and gravitational fields
Magnetic and gravitational fields
Electric and magnetic fields
Magnetic and thermal fields
This device converts mechanical energy into electrical energy using magnetic fields.
Generator
Motor
Transformer
Capacitor
This large-scale system uses electric and magnetic fields to generate and distribute electricity.
Power plant
Electric grid
Battery system
Circuit breaker
Describe how electric and magnetic fields are perpendicular in an electromagnetic wave.
They are parallel to each other.
They oscillate at right angles to each other.
They remain stationary in relation to each other.
They move in opposite directions.
These particles flow through a wire to transfer energy.
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
Photons
These three factors determine how much energy is transferred in a wire.
Diameter, length, and material
Frequency, amplitude, and wavelength
Time, speed, and resistance
Explain what happens at the atomic level when energy is transferred through a wire.
Electrons move and repel each other, transferring energy.
Protons vibrate, releasing heat.
Neutrons flow freely, creating energy.
Atoms split, releasing stored energy.
When the grid is impacted by weather, the energy supplied may not meet this.
Resistance
Voltage
Energy demand
Current
Explain what happens when energy demand exceeds energy supply.
Power outages occur.
The grid stores the excess demand.
Energy is pulled from the atmosphere.
The energy supply automatically increases.
Describe how extreme weather affects the infrastructure of the electric grid.
It makes the grid more efficient.
It causes physical damage and increased energy demand.
It reduces energy transfer rates.
It has no impact on the grid.
This is the distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs in a wave.
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
Wave speed
This property of a wave determines how many waves pass a point per second.
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
Period
These are the highest and lowest points of a transverse wave.
Peaks and valleys
Amplitude and trough
Crest and trough
Wavefront and amplitude
Describe how increasing the frequency affects the wavelength if the speed stays constant.
Wavelength increases.
Wavelength decreases.
Wavelength remains the same.
Wavelength becomes zero.
This form of electromagnetic radiation is visible to the human eye.
Infrared
Visible light
Ultraviolet
Gamma rays
This is the type of electromagnetic radiation with the highest energy.
Microwaves
Gamma rays
Ultraviolet rays
X-rays
This determines where a form of radiation falls on the spectrum.
Speed
Energy
Wavelength and frequency
Amplitude
Rank the following by smallest to largest wavelength: microwaves, gamma rays, visible light.
Gamma rays < visible light < microwaves
Microwaves < gamma rays < visible light
Visible light < gamma rays < microwaves
Microwaves < visible light < gamma rays
Explain how frequency and wavelength are related across the spectrum.
They are directly proportional (one increases, the other increases)
They are inversely proportional (one increases, the other decreases).
They are independent of each other.
They have no consistent relationship.
This type of electromagnetic radiation is most concerning due to its ability to ionize atoms.
Infrared
X-rays
Radio waves
Microwaves
Prolonged exposure to this radiation from the Sun can lead to skin damage.
Visible light
Infrared
Ultraviolet
Gamma rays
Explain why gamma rays are more dangerous than radio waves.
Gamma rays are slower than radio waves.
Gamma rays have lower energy than radio waves.
Gamma rays have much higher energy and can ionize atoms.
Gamma rays cannot pass through the human body.
This increases the braking force required to stop a moving vehicle.
Increased speed
Decreased friction
Decreased mass
Increased stopping time
Braking force needed to stop does NOT depend on this property.
Speed
Mass
Road conditions (rain/snow)
Length of car
Explain how mass and speed influence stopping distance.
Greater mass and speed decrease stopping distance.
Greater mass and speed increase stopping distance.
Mass has no impact on stopping distance.
Stopping distance is unrelated to speed or mass.
Describe how friction contributes to braking force.
Friction increases the stopping distance.
Friction opposes motion and helps stop the vehicle.
Friction is unrelated to braking force.
Friction makes it harder to stop the vehicle.
Momentum is the product of this pair of physical quantities.
Force and velocity
Mass and velocity
Mass and acceleration
Force and acceleration
If objects with identical mass collide, what can we say about their change in motion?
Both objects will come to rest after the collision.
The objects will move together at a slower speed after the collision.
The change in motion of each object depends only on their initial velocities.
The objects will experience equal and opposite changes in motion.
If objects with different mass collide, what can we say about their change in motion?
The more massive object will experience a larger change in motion.
The less massive object will experience a larger change in motion.
Both objects will experience the same change in motion regardless of mass.
The change in motion for each object depends only on their velocities, not their masses.
This safety feature reduces impact force by increasing the collision time.
Airbags
Tires
Seat belts
Brakes
Compare the forces two objects exert on each other during a collision.
The larger object exerts a greater force.
The smaller object exerts a greater force.
Both objects exert forces of equal magnitude in opposite directions.
The forces depend on the relative speeds of the objects.
The force of gravity between two objects depends on these two quantities.
Mass and speed
Mass and distance
Speed and distance
Acceleration and velocity
As the distance between two objects increases, the gravitational force does this.
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Doubles
Compare the gravitational force on Earth to that on the Moon for the same object.
The force is the same on both Earth and the Moon.
The force is greater on the Moon.
The force is greater on Earth.
There is no gravitational force on the Moon.
Describe how mass and distance influence gravitational force in space.
Greater mass and smaller distance increase the force.
Greater mass and smaller distance decrease the force.
Greater mass and distance increase the force.
Mass and distance have no effect on the force.
Kepler's First Law describes this shape of an asteroid's orbit.
Circular
Elliptical
Parabolic
Hyperbolic
This law explains the relationship between a planet's orbital period and distance from the Sun.
Kepler's First Law
Kepler's Second Law
Kepler's Third Law
Universal Law of Gravitation
According to Kepler’s Second Law, objects that orbit the Sun move faster when they are at this point in their orbit.
Closest to the Sun
Furthest from the Sun
They always move at a constant speed.
Equidistant from the Sun
Describe the relationship between orbital speed and distance from the central object.
Speed increases with distance.
Speed decreases with distance.
Speed remains constant regardless of distance.
Speed is independent of distance.
This process occurs when a solid turns directly into a gas in the atmosphere.
Condensation
Vaporization
Sublimation
Deposition
The amount of vaporization depends on these properties of an object.
Mass and material
Color and shape
Mass and shape
Material and color
Explain how the speed of an object impacts its interaction with the atmosphere.
Higher speed increases drag and heat.
Higher speed decreases drag.
Speed has no effect on atmospheric interaction.
Speed only affects gravitational pull.
