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Unit 2 Physical Science

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 2hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fluid?

a)

A solid substance that retains its shape

b)

A substance that can flow and take the shape of its container

c)

A gas that cannot change shape

d)

A liquid that is always frozen

2.

What happens to pressure as depth increases in a fluid?

a)

Pressure decreases

b)

Pressure remains the same

c)

Pressure increases

d)

Pressure fluctuates

3.

What does Pascal's Principle state about pressure in a fluid?

a)

Pressure decreases equally everywhere in a closed container.

b)

Pressure remains constant in a closed container.

c)

Pressure increases equally everywhere in a closed container.

d)

Pressure only increases at the point of application.

4.

What is buoyancy?

a)

The downward force exerted by a fluid on an object

b)

The upward force exerted by a fluid on an object

c)

The sideways force exerted by a fluid on an object

d)

The rotational force exerted by a fluid on an object

5.

Why do some objects float while others sink?

a)

Because of the object's color

b)

Because of the object's temperature

c)

Because of the buoyant force

d)

Because of the object's shape

6.

What does Archimedes' Principle state about the buoyant force on an object?

a)

It is greater than the weight of the fluid displaced.

b)

It is less than the weight of the fluid displaced.

c)

It equals the weight of the fluid displaced.

d)

It has no relation to the weight of the fluid displaced.

7.

What does Archimedes' Principle help to explain?

a)

Why airplanes fly

b)

Why ships float and how hot air balloons work

c)

Why cars move

d)

Why plants grow

8.

How can Archimedes' Principle be used to find the volume of an irregularly shaped object?

a)

By measuring its height

b)

By weighing it

c)

By submerging it in water and measuring the displaced fluid

d)

By calculating its surface area

9.

What happens to objects that are less dense than the fluid they are in?

a)

They sink

b)

They float

c)

They dissolve

d)

They evaporate

10.

What happens to objects that are more dense than the fluid they are in?

a)

They float

b)

They sink

c)

They become gaseous

d)

They remain suspended

11.

What do plants use to transport water?

a)

Buoyancy

b)

Lift

c)

Drag

d)

Capillary action

12.

What is temperature defined by?

a)

The color of an object

b)

The average kinetic energy of particles

c)

The size of an object

d)

The weight of an object

13.

What happens to kinetic energy when the temperature increases?

a)

It decreases

b)

It stays the same

c)

It increases

d)

It disappears

14.

What is the relationship between temperature and particle movement?

a)

Higher temperature means less movement

b)

Higher temperature means more movement

c)

Lower temperature means more movement

d)

Temperature does not affect movement

15.

At absolute zero, what is true about the particles in a material?

a)

They move rapidly

b)

They have maximum kinetic energy

c)

They are not moving

d)

They are expanding

16.

Which of the following is NOT a method of heat transfer?

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Reflection

17.

What is the transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves called?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

Reflection

18.

Which of the following is an example of radiation?

a)

Heat from a stove

b)

Sunlight warming your face

c)

Boiling water

d)

Touching a hot pan

19.

What is conduction?

a)

The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact between materials.

b)

The transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves.

c)

The transfer of thermal energy through fluid movement.

d)

The transfer of thermal energy through sound waves.

20.

What causes conduction to occur?

a)

Collisions between particles.

b)

Movement of fluids.

c)

Emission of light.

d)

Sound waves.

21.

In conduction, what happens when particles with different kinetic energies collide?

a)

Particles with higher kinetic energy transfer energy to particles with lower kinetic energy.

b)

Particles with lower kinetic energy transfer energy to particles with higher kinetic energy.

c)

Particles stop moving.

d)

Particles emit light.

22.

What is convection?

a)

The transfer of thermal energy through the movement of fluids

b)

The transfer of thermal energy through solid materials

c)

The transfer of thermal energy through radiation

d)

The transfer of thermal energy through sound waves

23.

Why does convection occur?

a)

Due to differences in color

b)

Due to differences in density caused by thermal expansion and contraction

c)

Due to differences in weight

d)

Due to differences in shape

24.

What makes water molecules stick to other things?

a)

Their density

b)

Their polarity

c)

Their color

d)

Their size

25.

What property of water allows it to form droplets?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

26.

Which of the following substances is likely to be hydrophilic?

a)

Wax

b)

Oil

c)

Sugar

d)

Plastic

27.

What is a common characteristic of hydrophobic substances?

a)

They dissolve in water.

b)

They attract water molecules.

c)

They repel water or don't mix with it.

d)

They have polar areas.

28.

What type of substances have charges that attract water molecules?

a)

Hydrophobic

b)

Non-polar

c)

Hydrophilic

d)

Neutral

29.

Match the following properties of water.

a)

Cohesion

1.

Water molecules stick to each other.

b)

Adhesion

2.

Molecules stick to another substance.

c)

Density

3.

solid ice floats on liquid water.

d)

Polarity

4.

Hydrogen is + and oxygen is -

e)

universal solvent

5.

Water dissolves a lot of substances.

30.

Which of the following is a mixture rather than a pure substance?

a)

Air

b)

Gold

c)

Oxygen

d)

Iron

31.

What is a mixture?

a)

A chemical reaction between two or more substances

b)

A single substance that is chemically bonded

c)

Two or more substances that are physically blended but are not chemically bonded together

d)

A natural compound found in the environment

32.

What is a heterogeneous mixture?

a)

A mixture with a uniform composition

b)

A mixture in which substances are not evenly mixed and have visually distinguishable components

c)

A mixture in which substances are chemically bonded together

d)

A pure substance with no impurities

33.

What is a homogeneous mixture?

a)

A mixture in which substances are unevenly mixed

b)

A mixture in which substances are chemically bonded together

c)

A mixture in which two or more substances are evenly mixed on the atomic level and appear uniform throughout

d)

A mixture that changes its state of matter

34.

What is a solution in terms of mixtures?

a)

A heterogeneous mixture

b)

A chemical reaction

c)

A pure substance

d)

A homogeneous mixture

35.

What characteristic do homogeneous mixtures have?

a)

They have a variable composition throughout.

b)

They are made of only one type of atom.

c)

They appear uniform throughout.

d)

They are composed of elements only.

36.

What is the term used to describe a substance that is dissolved in a solution?

a)

Solvent

b)

Solute

c)

Solution

d)

Precipitate

37.

What do you call the substance that does the dissolving in a solution?

a)

Solvent

b)

Solute

c)

Mixture

d)

Reactant

38.

What is the result called when a solute is dissolved in a solvent?

a)

Mixture

b)

Precipitate

c)

Solution

d)

Suspension

39.
Is burning wood a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
40.
Is a a rusting bicycle a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemcial
b)
physical
41.
Is glass breaking a chemical or phyiscal change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
42.
Salt dissolves in water
a)
physical Change
b)
chemical change
43.
what is the definition of physical change?
a)
any change that results in the formation of new chemical substances. 
b)
rusting
c)
changes affecting the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition.
d)
any property that is measurable, whose value describes a state of a physical system