WorksheetsScience: Matter and Energy Semester Exam
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
David is playing with a toy top. As he spins the top, it exhibits a certain type of energy. Match this description with the correct term:
gravitational potential energy
kinetic energy
potential energy
rotational kinetic energy
translational kinetic energy
Ava and Zoe are studying chemistry and they learn about atoms of the same element that have different mass numbers. What are these atoms called?
isobars
isomers
isoatoms
isotopes
Ethan and Elijah are working on a science project about nuclear reactions. They need to determine what term refers to the minimum amount of fissionable material required for a chain reaction to occur. What is this term?
mass number
critical mass
specific mass
mass coefficient
Abigail and Daniel are working on a science project. They need a material that allows current to flow through it with no resistance for their experiment. Which material should they choose?
superconductor
semiconductor
insulator
resistor
Charlotte is pushing a box across the floor. What is the relationship between the work she does on the box and the energy involved?
Energy is measured by the amount of work that it can do.
Work is the rate at which energy is changed to power.
Energy is the product of work and momentum.
Work is the product of energy and the distance over which the energy is applied.
What type of potential energy is caused by restorative forces?
nuclear potential energy
elastic potential energy
electric potential energy
magnetic potential energy
Ava is setting up a science experiment and needs to choose a material through which current does not easily flow. Which material should she choose: __________
insulator
conductor
semiconductor
electrolyte
Noah noticed that when he brought a charged balloon close to small pieces of paper, the paper pieces jumped towards the balloon without touching it. What process is responsible for this phenomenon?
insulation
induction
conduction
reduction
What is the rate of electric charge flow?
voltage
power
resistance
current
Avery is learning about atoms in her science class. She wants to know what term refers to the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. Can you help her?
Mass number
Atomic number
Isotope number
Electron number
James is standing in a large empty hall and shouts towards a wall. Why can an echo not be heard if James is less than 17 m from the wall?
The sound will be reflected away from the source.
The sound waves cancel each other.
The sounds are too close in time to be distinguished.
The sounds reflected will be too weak to hear.
Benjamin and Aiden are discussing different forces while playing with magnets and weights. Benjamin asks, "What is the weakest force among these?"
Gravitational force
Electromagnetic force
Weak nuclear force
Strong nuclear force
Ethan is working on a science project and needs to use an electrical device designed to hinder current flow. Which device should he choose?
Conductor
Insulator
Resistor
Semiconductor
Superconductor
What substances are composed of a single type of atom?
elements
molecules
compounds
mixtures
Anika stretches a rubber band and holds it. What fundamental force is responsible for the elastic potential energy stored in the rubber band?
Gravitational force
Electromagnetic force
Weak nuclear force
Strong nuclear force
Matching: Priya is organizing her jewelry box and wants to label each piece with its correct element symbol. Which element symbol matches Silver?
Ag
Au
K
Na
O
Elijah is conducting an experiment in his chemistry class and needs to identify the element with the symbol Ca. What element is it?
cadmium
calcium
californium
carbon
In a nuclear engineering class, Abigail learned about a type of nuclear reactor that produces more fuel than it consumes. What is this type of reactor called?
ionizing reactor
breeder reactor
fusion reactor
light-water reactor
Kai and Elijah each have a balloon that they have rubbed against their hair, giving the balloons a static charge. How do the balloons interact when they are brought close to each other?
no interaction
stop moving
attract
repel
David is setting up a small science experiment at home to measure the flow of electric charge. What is the SI unit of current that he should use for his measurements?
volt
kilowatt-hour
ohm
ampere
