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Florida Physics

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

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Class
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1.

What information is required to calculate the speed of an object?

a)

distance and velocity

b)

time and distance

c)

acceleration and direction

d)

time and motion

2.

Velocity is the measure of

a)

time and distance

b)

space and time

c)

speed at a given moment time

d)

speed in a certain direction

3.

You are on a vacation to Florida. If you divided the total distance you drove by the total time it took you to get there, what would you have calculated?

a)

velocity

b)

acceleration

c)

average speed

d)

instantaneous speed

4.

A change in position relative to a reference point is called:

a)

direction

b)

velocity

c)

motion

d)

acceleration

5.

Which is not true about a reference point?

a)

it must be a stationary (not moving) object

b)

if it is not mentioned it is earth

c)

it is used to determine if an object is in motion

d)

a moving car is a reference point

6.

The formula for speed is

a)

time/distance

b)

distance/time

c)

distance x time

d)

time x distance

7.

Inertia is describe as

a)

object resisting force

b)

object resisting a change in motion

c)

object resisting change in speed

d)

object resisting change in velocity

8.

The greater the mass of an object the... _________ the acceleration

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

9.

You are in a bus waiting to go back from a field trip. The buses are parked one right next to another. You can't decide if you are the bus in motion or the bus next to you. A reference point that can help would be..

a)

the bus

b)

students walking to another bus

c)

lines in the parking lot of where to park

d)

traffic control people

10.

When an object has a net force of 0 N, it is an example of what kind of force?

a)

unbalanced

b)

push

c)

balance

d)

pull

11.

If a car is rolling down a ramp, the force between the tires and the ramp is an example of:

a)

static

b)

rolling

c)

sliding

d)

fluid

12.

Motion occurs when an

a)

the velocity of an object changes

b)

the speed of an object changes

c)

the distance from object to another changes

13.

Which of the following is NOT an example of unbalanced forces?

a)

a car turning

b)

a car traveling constantly at 60mph

c)

a car breaking to a stop

d)

a car accelerating down a hill

14.

When a cannon fires a cannonball we observe Newton's third law. Which force is the reaction force?

a)

cannon moving forward

b)

cannon moving backwards

c)

cannonball moving forward

d)

cannonball moving backwars

15.

What happens when two forces act in the same direction?

a)

they cancel each other out

b)

the stronger one allows the object to move

c)

they are added together

d)

they are averaged out

16.

What energy type is present in this picture?

a)

kinetic

b)

gravitational

c)

elastic

d)

nuclear

17.

What type of energy conversion is present when the arrow is released from the bow?

a)

Kinetic Energy to Gravitational Energy

b)

Elastic Energy to Gravitational Energy

c)

Elastic Energy to Kinetic Energy

d)

Kinetic Energy to Elastic Energy

18.

Which of the following is an example of potential energy?

a)

gravitational

b)

thermal

c)

elastic

d)

kinetic

19.

What are the factors that influence Kinetic Energy (KE)?

a)

speed and mass

b)

deformation and rigidity

c)

temperature and mass

d)

height and mass

20.

What are the factors that influence Elastic Energy (EE)?

a)

speed and mass

b)

deformation and rigidity

c)

temperature and mass

d)

height and mass

21.

What are the factors that influence Gravitational Energy (GE)?

a)

speed and mass

b)

deformation and rigidity

c)

temperature and mass

d)

height and mass

22.

A pendulum starts out with this type of energy

a)

thermal

b)

kinetic

c)

elastic

d)

gravitational

23.

A pendulum's KE (kinetic energy) is greatest when...

a)

it is at its highest elevation

b)

at its fastest speed

24.

A pendulum contains this energy CONVERSION...

a)

GE to KE to GE

(gravitational to kinetic to gravitational)

b)

KE to GE to TE (kinetic to gravitational to thermal)

c)

GE to TE to EE (gravitational to thermal to elastic)

d)

KE to GE to EE (kinetic to gravitional to elastic)

25.

Energy conversion is also known as...

a)

Energy transfer

b)

Energy transformation

c)

Energy conservation

26.

Energy transfer is when...

a)

Energy is transferred to the same object

b)

Energy is transferred to a new object or system

c)

Energy is converted from one type to another

d)

Energy is lost

27.

A person, place or thing used to describe the position of another person, place or thing. Ex. “Sariah is standing behind the table.”

a)

Reference Point

b)

Gravity

c)

Friction

d)

Velocity

28.

A measure of the amount of distance an object moves in a given amount of time.                Average Speed = Distance / Time

a)

Acceleration

b)

Speed

c)

motion

d)

distance

29.

The rate at which velocity Changes

a)

Inertia

b)

Gravity

c)

Mass

d)

Acceleration

30.

Speed of an object in a particular direction

a)

acceleration

b)

velocity

c)

physics

d)

newtons laws

31.

The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion.

Ex. A seat belt is used to stop your inertia. If you are moving forward and the car stops, you will continue to go forward until the seat belt stops you.

a)

Inertia

b)

Weight

c)

Air Resistance

d)

Motion

32.

A measure of the pull of gravity on a specific mass.

a)

weight

b)

mass

c)

friction

d)

gravity

33.

A contact force that resists motion between two objects

a)

friction

b)

gravity

c)

motion

d)

weight

34.

A force of attraction between objects due to their masses

a)

Air Resistance

b)

Friction

c)

gravity

d)

weight

35.

Friction between a moving object and the air around the object

a)

air resistance

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

weight

36.

If a ping pong ball and a basketball were both dropped at the same time from the roof of our school, which would hit the ground with a greater force?

a)

Ping Pong

b)

They would hit the ground at the same time

c)

Basketball

37.

Removing air to create a vacuum, like in space, increases / decreases the amount of air resistance acting on a moving object.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

38.

Danaya is moving heavy furniture by sliding it across the floor. She puts a blanket underneath the furniture. Why did this help her?

a)

The blanket protects the side of the furniture from bumping against the wall.

b)

The friction is smaller between the blanket and the floor than between the furniture and the floor.

c)

The friction is larger between the blanket and the floor than between the furniture and the floor.

d)

The blanket reduces the gravitational force between the furniture and the floor.

39.

Which pair of objects has the largest gravitational force?

a)

Marble and car  

b)

Marble and baseball

c)

car and bowling ball

d)

There is no gravitational force between them

40.

A change in an object’s position over time.

a)

Acceleration

b)

Reference Point

c)

Motion

d)

friction

41.

The energy of motion

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential Energy

42.

What is stored energy?

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

43.

A scientific law stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

The Law of Potential Energy

b)

The Law of Kinetic Energy

c)

The Law of Conservation of Energy

44.

As speed increases, kinetic energy

a)

increases

b)

decreases

45.

Speed with a direction of motion is

a)

velocity

b)

speed

c)

acceleration

46.

The roller coaster car pictured here has

a)

100% Potential Energy

0% Kinetic Energy

b)

75% Potential Energy

25% Kinetic Energy

c)

50% Potential Energy

50% Kinetic Energy

d)

0% Potential Energy

100% Kinetic Energy

47.

The _____ of a moving object is the rate of change of position with respect to time.

a)

speed

b)

time

c)

distance

d)

weight

48.

Kinetic energy is ___ proportional to the mass of an object.

a)

directly

b)

indirectly

49.

What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

a)

A car driving down a hill.

b)

A person running down a hill. 

c)

A ball rolling down a hill. 

50.

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

a)

a car parked on a steep hill 

b)

a tennis ball rolling across the court

c)

a picture hanging on the wall 

d)

a piece of coal before it's burned

51.

What two factors affect an object's kinetic energy?

a)

area and volume

b)

mass and weight

c)

weight and height

d)

mass and speed

52.

Where would this tossed baseball have the least amount of kinetic energy?

a)

point W

b)

point X

c)

point Y

d)

point Z

53.

Where would this tossed baseball have the greatest amount of kinetic energy?

a)

point W

b)

point X

c)

point Y

d)

point Z

54.

What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

55.

What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

56.

The picture is an example of _____ .

a)

gravitational

b)

potential

c)

kinetic

d)

friction

57.

If Jeb drove his F-250 (with duallys and mud tires) 2000 meters east down a gravel road in 50 seconds, what is his velocity?

a)

20 m/s east

b)

40 m/s east

c)

100 m/s east

d)

200 m/s east