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A type of power that doesn't require a generator.
Wind Power
Hydropower
Nuclear Power
Solar Power
2
Which will have the farthest range?
70°
25°
44°
10°
3
What does the slope of this graph represent?
Displacement
Speed
Acceleration
Velocity
4
Who was the first to suggest a heliocentric model of the earth?
Copernicus
Da Vinci
Aristotle
Galileo
5
What is the value for the acceleration due to gravity?
10 m/s
10 m/s2
-10 m/s
-10 m/s2
6
What is measurement?
the action of measuring something
Capturing physical quantitates
quantifying a prop. and assessing its mag. by attaching a #.
7
Which is a scalar quantity?
The duration of the flight
The displacement of the flight
The acceleration of a plane as it lands
The average velocity of the plane
8
According to Copernicus...
Earth is not at rest and moves around the sun
All objects want to be in a state of rest
The principle of inertia
All objects fall at the same rate regardless of weight
9
Who was the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth?
Galileo
Aristotle
Eristosthenes
Copernicus
10
The branch of physics that looks at "how" things move.
Dynamics
Optics
Kinematics
Momentum
11
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Observations
Conduct an Experiment
Make a Hypothesis
Draw Conclusions
12
If an object at rest falls down, how far down will it travel after 3.0 seconds?
30 m
20 m
62 m
45 m
13
If a projectile is launched at 21.6 m/s at an angle of 35 deg, what is its vertical velocity?
15 m/s
22 m/s
12 m/s
18 m/s
14
Vertical and horizontal velocity are _____________ of each other.
Independent
Dependent
Opposite
Equal
15
What finding the resultant of a vector, the process is called:
Resolutioning
Combining/Adding
Resolving
Subtracting
16
What does the slope of this graph represent?
Acceleration
Displacement
Speed
Velocity
17
The velocity of a ball at its highest point (thrown straight up) that's in the air for 10 sec.
0 m/s
5 m/s
4 m/s
3 m/s
18
Which will have the greatest maximum height?
10°
70°
39°
45°
19
Based on the principle of inertia, which is true?
The more mass an object has, the more inertia it has
If an object is moving then it will be stopped
The more weight an object has, the more inertia it has
If an object is still then it will start moving
20
Who came up with the laws of motion?
Galileo
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Da Vinci
21
What was the displacement from 12 s to 14 s?
2 m
8 m
-6 m
-8 m
22
What is the process by which atoms split?
Continuation
Fusion
Fission
Fisation
23
Explanation (combination of facts, laws and models) that explains a large-scale phenomenon.
Law
Fact
Theory
Hypothesis
24
A student throws a pencil at a Vo of 30 m/s. When will the pencil reach its highest point?
5.3 s
3.5 s
6s
3,000 ms
25
The study of matter and energy and their interactions.
Engineering
Physics
Biology
Chemistry
26
A bullet is shot at 36 m/s at 47 deg., what is it's speed at the top of its trajectory?
16 m/s
24 m/s
25 m/s
0 m/s
27
Which will land first, a dropped bullet or a shot bullet?
Both will land at the same time
Dropped
Shot
28
Numerical data is called:
Quantitative Data
Useless Data
Qualitative Data
29
Which shows increasing velocity and decreasing acceleration?
B
A
C
30
What's the range of a cannonball launched horizontally from a 60 m cliff at 5.0 m/s?
15 m
16 m
17 m
18 m
31
What is the correct measurement for this volume?
40 mL
40.4 mL
43.0 mL
43 mL
32
A car drives 125.0 km East then 65.0 km North. What it's displacement?
165 km SE
165 km NE
141 km NE
141 km SE
33
If an object has a mass of 36.7 kg on earth, what is its weight?
36.7 lbs.
3.67 N
367 N
367 kg
34
If a projectile is fired at 15 m/s at 40.0 deg., how long will it take to hit the ground?
2.1 s
2.3 s
1.6 s
1.9 s
35
Which of these is NOT a vector quantity?
Acceleration
Velocity
Displacement
Speed
36
34.5 m + 89.001 m + 24 m =
147.5 m
150 m
147 m
148 m
37
Free body diagrams are used to visualize an object's:
Inertia
External Forces
Mass
Projectile
38
Mass is most closely related to:
Gravity
Displacement
Weight
Inertia
39
What is a force on a FBD that opposes the motion of an object?
Ffriction
Fapplied
Fgravity
Fnormal
40
A running man slows down from 9.0 m/s to rest in 3.5 seconds. What is his acceleration?
-2.5 m/s2
-3.5 m/s2
-2.6 m/s2
-5.8 m/s2
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What is the path travelled by a projectile?
Displacement
Parallel Line
Parabola
Circular Trajectory
42
Which of these units represents a larger amount?
mL
hL
dL
L
43
What is true about mass?
It's extrinsic
It's scalar
It's a force
It's measured in Newtons
44
An object in motion…
will continue to move when stopped by a net external force
Will stop eventually
will stay in motion until stopped by a net external force
Will stay in motion
45
Which has three sig figs?
0.0300
30030
3.300
3.0
46
What are the three main base quantities?
Velocity, Temperature, Length
Mass, Height, Time
Mass, Length, Time
Length, Time, Weight
47
The branch of physics that look at
why
things move.
Dynamics
Optics
Kinematics
Momentum
48
A student calculates a mass as 247 g when in reality it's 252 g. Find his % error.
1.9%
1.98%
2.02%
2%
49
Which is a vector quantity?
Mass
Displacement
Velocity
Speed
50
An object is speeding up, the sign of velocity is ____ and the sign of acceleration is ___.
-, -
+, +
-, +
+, -
51
Which is faster, 810 km/yr or 33 mm/s?
810 km/y
They are the same
33 mm/s
Neither one
52
2.50 cm x 8.900 cm x 4.566 cm =
101.6 cm3
102 cm
101.5 cm3
102 cm3
53
What question is answered with displacement?
How fast and how far?
In what direction and how fast?
How far and in what direction?
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What is the first step of the scientific method?
Write a Hypothesis
Make Observations/Identify the Problem
Ask Ms. Nicholson for Help
Conduct a Controlled Experiment
