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Final review #2

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the unit of frequency?

a)

Hertz

b)

Meter

c)

Second

d)

Newton

2.

Which of the following is required for a mechanical wave to travel?

a)

Medium

b)

Vacuum

c)

Light

d)

Sound

3.

A wave has a wavelength of 5 m and a frequency of 40 Hz. What is its speed?

a)

200 m/s

b)

8 m/s

c)

45 m/s

d)

100 m/s

4.

A wave travels at 6.0×10^5 m/s with a frequency of 2.0×10^22 Hz. What is the wavelength?

a)

3.0×10^-17 m

b)

3.0×10^17 m

c)

1.2×10^17 m

d)

1.2×10^-17 m

5.

A wave has a frequency of 1.5×10^8 Hz and a wavelength of 3.0×10^-23 m. What is the wave speed?

a)

4.5 m/s

b)

4.5×10^-15 m/s

c)

4.5×10^15 m/s

d)

4.5×10^23 m/s

6.

A wave travels at 300 m/s with a wavelength of 3 m. What is the frequency?

a)

100 Hz

b)

90 Hz

c)

300 Hz

d)

600 Hz

7.

Which wave property is directly related to energy?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Speed

8.

What happens to wavelength as frequency increases?

a)

Decreases

b)

Increases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Doubles

9.

In a longitudinal wave, the stretched-out area is called:

a)

Rarefaction

b)

Compression

c)

Crest

d)

Trough

10.

Which wave has the most energy?

a)

Gamma rays

b)

Radio waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Infrared

11.

Which wave has the least energy?

a)

Radio waves

b)

Gamma rays

c)

X-rays

d)

Ultraviolet

12.

What is true about all electromagnetic waves?

a)

They travel at the speed of light

b)

They require a medium

c)

They are longitudinal

d)

They have the same frequency

13.

Which EM wave has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Gamma rays

b)

Radio waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Infrared

14.

Which color of visible light has the longest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Green

d)

Violet

15.

Which color of visible light has the highest frequency?

a)

Violet

b)

Red

c)

Green

d)

Yellow

16.

As EM wave frequency increases, its energy:

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Doubles

17.

Which EM wave is used in X-ray imaging?

a)

X-rays

b)

Gamma rays

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

Infrared

18.

Which EM wave is used for radios and TVs?

a)

Radio waves

b)

Microwaves

c)

Infrared

d)

Ultraviolet

19.

Which wave type is not electromagnetic?

a)

Sound waves

b)

Radio waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Infrared

20.

When two equal and opposite forces act on the same object, they are:

a)

Balanced

b)

Unbalanced

c)

Net force

d)

Friction

21.

What is the net force if a block experiences 12 N right and 8 N left?

a)

4 N right

b)

4 N left

c)

20 N right

d)

20 N left

22.

What happens when forces are unbalanced?

a)

The object accelerates

b)

The object remains at rest

c)

The object moves at constant speed

d)

The object decelerates

23.

A child pushes a wagon harder and it moves faster. This demonstrates:

a)

Newton's Second Law

b)

Newton's First Law

c)

Newton's Third Law

d)

Law of Conservation of Energy

24.

What force law explains that lighter objects accelerate more if the same force is applied?

a)

Newton's Second Law

b)

Newton's First Law

c)

Newton's Third Law

d)

Law of Universal Gravitation

25.

Which graph best shows Newton’s Second Law (F vs. a)?

a)

Linear graph

b)

Parabolic graph

c)

Exponential graph

d)

Logarithmic graph

26.

What does a steeper slope on a velocity-time graph represent?

a)

Greater acceleration

b)

Greater speed

c)

Greater distance

d)

Greater time

27.

List scalar quantities?

a)

Speed, Distance, Mass

b)

Velocity, Force, Acceleration

c)

Displacement, Momentum, Energy

d)

Weight, Pressure, Power

28.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

Energy of motion

b)

Stored energy

c)

Energy of position

d)

Thermal energy

29.

What is potential energy?

a)

Stored energy

b)

Energy of motion

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Electrical energy

30.

The equation for kinetic energy is:

a)

KE = 1/2 mv^2

b)

PE = mgh

c)

E = mc^2

d)

F = ma

31.

The equation for potential energy is:

a)

PE = mgh

b)

KE = 1/2 mv^2

c)

E = mc^2

d)

F = ma

32.

What is the mechanical energy of a system?

a)

Sum of kinetic and potential energy

b)

Sum of thermal and electrical energy

c)

Sum of chemical and nuclear energy

d)

Sum of sound and light energy

33.

A 65 kg box is 10 m high. What is its potential energy?

a)

6500 J

b)

650 J

c)

65000 J

d)

65 J

34.

A 15 kg object at 6 m/s – what is its KE?

a)

270 J

b)

90 J

c)

540 J

d)

180 J

35.

A 0.5 kg rock at 5 m height – what is PE?

a)

25 J

b)

2.5 J

c)

50 J

d)

5 J

36.

As KE increases, PE:

a)

Decreases

b)

Increases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Doubles

37.

When water is heated from 15°C to 25°C, its KE:

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Doubles

38.

When your hand touches an ice cube, heat:

a)

Transfers to the ice cube

b)

Transfers to the hand

c)

Stays the same

d)

Doubles

39.

What limits the transfer of heat?

a)

Insulation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Radiation

40.

How is heat transferred by conduction?

a)

Through direct contact

b)

Through fluid movement

c)

Through electromagnetic waves

d)

Through sound waves

41.

What is the product of mass and velocity?

a)

Momentum

b)

Force

c)

Energy

d)

Power

42.

A 0.2 kg object moving at 30 m/s has what momentum?

a)

6 kg·m/s

b)

60 kg·m/s

c)

0.6 kg·m/s

d)

600 kg·m/s

43.

What property explains why a coin drops into a cup when the card is pulled?

a)

Inertia

b)

Momentum

c)

Friction

d)

Gravity

44.

Two students on a frictionless surface push off each other. Who accelerates more?

a)

The lighter student

b)

The heavier student

c)

Both accelerate equally

d)

Neither accelerates

45.

If an object has 120,000 kg·m/s of momentum and a velocity of 12 m/s, what is its mass?

a)

10,000 kg

b)

1,000 kg

c)

100 kg

d)

12,000 kg

46.

What is the unit for momentum?

a)

kg·m/s

b)

N

c)

J

d)

W

47.

The sum of kinetic and potential energy is called:

a)

Mechanical energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Nuclear energy

48.

List some vector quantities. (magnitude + direction)

a)

Velocity, Force, Acceleration

b)

Speed, Distance, Mass

c)

Energy, Power, Pressure

d)

Temperature, Time, Length