Font size
WorksheetsBatch 2026 - 1Q - Physics 1 - Graded Recitation
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins
Franzen successfully hit the baseball with a total force of 150N. If she was able to hit the ball with her arm coming from her left, how much force did the baseball receive?
150N
500N
100N
75N
A crate is dragged across an ice-covered lake. The box accelerates at 0.08 m/s2 and is pulled by a 47 N force. What is the mass of the box?
184.47 kg
290.32 kg
489.30 kg
587.50 kg
A speed boat in the water experiences an acceleration of 0.524 m/s2. The boat's mass is 842 kg. What is the force that the boat's engines are putting out?
245.03 N
441.21 N
539.78 N
659.28 N
What is centripetal force...
force that make the body move in straight with direction of acceleration
force that make the body move in circular path with direction always towards the center of curvature
force that make the body keep moving and keep stationary
Relationship between radius of circle and centripetal force
radius increase, force increase
radius increase, force decrease
If m1 and m2 have the same radius R, and r = 8R, then what happens to the gravitational force between them if the masses are kept constant, but they are brought closer so that they touch?
reduced by 1/4
reduced by 1/16
4 times greater
16 times greater
Two objects, one with a mass of m and one with a mass of 4m are attracted to each other by a gravitational force. If the force on 4m is F, what is the force of mass m in terms of F?
16F
4F
F
1/4 F
The planet Saturn has about 100 times the mass of the Earth and is about 10 times farther from the sun than the Earth is. Compared to the acceleration of the Earth caused by the sun's gravitational pull, how great is the acceleration of Saturn due to the sun's gravitation?
100 times greater
10 times greater
the same
1/10 as great
1/100 as great
According to Newton's Law of Gravitation, what happens to the gravitational force between two objects if the mass of one object is doubled and the distance between them remains the same?
It doubles
It halves
It quadruples
It remains the same
The more massive an object is, the more the object will be attracted to earth.
True
False
Astronauts on the space station are weightless.
True
False
The higher the object is elevated, the lesser the gravitational potential energy.
True
False
The force of gravity on you is greatest when you are standing _____.
far above Earth's surface
on Earth's surface
just above Earth's surface
below Earth’s surface
What is another term for a vector that has the same effect as a given vector?
Resultant
Equilibrant
Force
Direction
What term refers to the measurement of consistency and conformity to an accepted value?
Accuracy
Precision
Percent Error
Percent Difference
What type of motion is characterized by any line on a body remaining parallel to the body itself?
Rotational
Translational
Elliptical
Circular
How can you resolve two vector components acting at an angle graphically?
Using the polygon method
Using the parallelogram method
Using the component method
Using the right triangle method
What does the slope of a distance-time graph represent?
Velocity
Speed
Acceleration
Displacement
Which branch of physics deals with the motion of bodies without considering the causes of motion?
Statics
Kinetics
Kinematics
Dynamics
What could be happening to car A if it passes car B?
accelerating
accelerating at a greater rate than car B
moving faster than car B and accelerating more than car B
moving faster than car B, but not necessarily accelerating
Which of the following statements is NOT true about a free-falling object?
An object in a state of free fall falls with a constant speed of -10 m/s
An object in a state of free fall falls with an acceleration of -9.8 m/s²
An object in a state of free fall falls under the sole influence of gravity
An object in a state of free fall falls with downward acceleration which has a constant magnitude
At t=0, an object is traveling to the right along the +x axis at a speed of 10.0 m/s with an acceleration of -2.0 m/s². Which statement is true?
The object will slow down, eventually coming to a complete stop
The object cannot have a negative acceleration and be moving to the right
The object will continue to move to the right, slowing down but never coming to a complete stop
The object will slow down, momentarily stopping, then pick up speed moving to the left
When you throw a ball off a building and then throw a second ball when the first has fallen 4m, what happens to their speeds?
Both increase at the same rate
The speed of the first ball increases faster than the speed of the second
The speed of the second ball increases faster than the speed of the first
Both speeds stay constant
When a ball is dropped from the top of a tall building and a second ball is thrown upward from the ground level, what can be said about the magnitudes of their accelerations when they pass each other?
The acceleration of the dropped ball is greater
The acceleration of the ball thrown upward is greater
The accelerations are in opposite directions
The acceleration of both balls is the same
What is the purpose of significant figures in measurements?
To confuse scientists
To increase measurement accuracy
To indicate the precision of a measurement
To round numbers for simplicity
Measurement is the process of estimating and determining the magnitude of the quantity relative to a unit of measurement.
True or false?
True
False
Which does not belong?
Kilograms : mass
Meters : length
Inches : distance
Seconds : time
What is a fundamental quantity?
They are quantities that came from other quantities.
They are quantities that allow for the formation of other quantities.
They are quantities that serve as guides for other systems of measurement.
They are universal units that have the same value across all systems of measurement.
The unit candela measures what physical quantity?
Vibrance
Brilliance
Luminosity
Saturation
Approximately how many centimeters are in an inch?
2.54
2.55
2.56
2.53
Convert the following:
90 miles per hour to kilometers per hour
145
147
149
151
Following the progression of the powers of ten, which shows the correct order of prefixes for the SI units?
Micro, Milli, Centi, Deci, Yotta
Deka, Hector, Kilo, Mega, Yocto
Centi, Milli, Yotta, Zetta, Atto
Mega, Giga, Tera, Peta, Exa
How many trailing zeroes does 1 megagram have?
4
5
6
7
Express the following into their equivalent symbol.
2.56×1024
Yotta
Zeta
Exa
Peta
Express the following into their equivalent symbol.
2.3×10−18
Atto
Zepto
Yocto
Femto
Which of these has 3 significant figures?
1.234
6.941
0.118
12.82
Which of these has the most number of significant figures?
12 + 24
36.3 + 62
47.2 + 64.6
10 + 48.7
What are scalar quantities?
They are quantities have both a magnitude and direction.
They are quantities that have magnitude, but no direction.
They are quantities that have direction, but no magtitude.
They are quantities without magnitude or direction.
The rate of change of the displacement of an object is called velocity.
True or false?
True
False
An airplane flies due north at 150 kph with respect to the air. There is a wind blowing at 75 kph to the East relative to the ground.
What is the plane's speed with respect to the ground?
225 kph
250 kph
167 kph
168 kph
A particle's motion is described by the equation t = 3t2+5t+2 .
What is the particle's velocity at t = 4s?
60 m/s
70 m/s
80 m/s
90 m/s
If a pitcher pitches a baseball at a constant 5.5 sm2 , how much air time will it need in order to reach a velocity of 28 m/s?
5.07 s
5.08 s
5.09 s
6.00 s
What is meant by instantaneous acceleration?
The acceleration of a particle at any given point in time.
The acceleration of a particle over a period of time.
The acceleration of a particle at the end of its journey.
The acceleration of the particle at rest.
Which operation is used to find the total effect of multiple vector quantities?
Scalar Multiplication
Vector addition
Cross product
Scalar Addition
It refers to the smallest value that can be read directly from measuring scale, particularly the Vernier scale.
The Vernier Scale
Likert Sccale
Least Count
The Mean Scale
is a process of assigning a quantity to describe a property of an object by
comparing it with a standard. This standard requires it to be used by different people from
different places and getting the same result. It should be universal and does not change
with time.
(a)
Standard unit of t ime (abbreviated as s) is defined as the time required for
9 192 631 770 cycles of this microwave radiation.
(a)
In the past, the standard unit of electric current, (abbreviated as A), was
defined based on the force between two current-carrying conductors. It assumes that there
are two long parallel wires 1 m apart carrying the same current, and the magnetic force per
unit length on each wire is 2 ✕ 10
−7 N/m.
(a)
What is the acceleration from t=1s to t=3s?
0m/s2
3m/s2
-3m/s2
1m/s2
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Mass is a measure of amount of matter and weight is a measure of gravitational attraction?
Weight is a measure of amount of matter and mass is a measure of gravitational attraction?
There is no difference.
What is the horizontal (along the x-direction) acceleration of a projectile?
9.8 m/s2
0 m/s2
In uniform circular motion, the magnitude of the _______________________ of an object is constant but the __________ is continually changing.
speed, acceleration
acceleration, speed
speed, direction
acceleration, velocity
Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass and requires more force to accelerate.
Law of Inertia
Law of Acceleration
Law of Interaction
When the initial launching angle is greater, the _______ the range will be.
shorter
longer
A coin tossed vertically upward and it reaches the highest point in 7.0s. at the highest point, the velocity is _______.
9.8 m/s
0
9.8 m/s2
98 m/s2
What is the shape of the path of any projectile?
Hyperbolic
Linear
Parabolic
Logarithmic
A cannonball is fired at a 45.0° angle and an initial velocity of 625 m/s. Assume no air resistance. How long until the cannonball hits the ground?
75.4 s
45.2 s
62.3 s
90.2 s
A projectile is launched with a horizontal velocity of 20 m/s and an initial vertical velocity of 20 m/s. Which graph correctly shows the vertical position of the projectile over time?
A hockey puck slides off the edge of a table with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. The height of the table above the ground is 2.0 m. What is the vertical acceleration of the puck just before it touches the ground?
-19.6 m/s^2
-20 m/s^2
-9.8 m/s^2
-4.9 m/s^2
A cannonball is launched horizontally from the top of a 78.4-meter high cliff. How much time will it take for the ball to reach the ground?
1 s
2 s
3 s
4 s
