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1. Acceleration is the measure of the change in what?
a. density
b. motion
c. velocity
d. mass
e. speed: c. velocity
2. One half second after starting from rest, a freely falling object will have a
speed of about
a. 20 m/s
b. 10 m/s
c. 5 m/s
d. 2.5 m/s
e. None of the above: c. 5 m/s
3. The slope of a velocity vs. time graph tells you
a. position
b. maximum velocity
c. average velocity
d. acceleration
e. maximum position: d. acceleration
4. Which of the following is a private research lab?
a. Argonne National Lab
b. Keck Telescope
c. Carnegie Institution
d. United States Geological Survey: c. Carnegie Institution
5. Which of the following is Kepler's first law?
a. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
b. Plants move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus
c. The celestial spheres are unchanging and perfect
d. Gravity follows an inverse square law: b. Planets move in elliptical orbits with
the sun at one focus
6. Which of the following is NOT part of the scientific method?
a. identifying patterns
b. prediction
c. observations
d. belief: d. belief
7. In the SI unit system, mass is measured in units of
a. grams
b. kilograms
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c. pounds
d. newtons: b. kilograms
8. True or false: Velocity has a direction: True
9. In each second of a fall, the distance of a freely falling object will fall is
a. About 5m
b. About 10m
c. The same, but not 5m or 10m
d. Increasing
e. None of these: d. Increasing
10. The language of physics is
a. Latin
b. Chinese
c. English
d. Mathematics: d. Mathematics
11. In the graph, the acceleration of the object between 0 and 5 seconds is
m/s²
**Slope is 4/5**
a. 4
b. 5
c. 0.8
d. 1.25
e. 0: c. 0.8
12. If a car increases its velocity from zero to 60 km/h in 6 seconds, its
acceleration in m/s² is
a. 2.8
b. 100.2
c. 10
d. 10000
e. 360: a. 2.8
13. Which astronomer was the first to put the sun at the center of the uni-
verse?
a. Copernicus
b. Brahe
c. Ptolemy
d. Galileo: a. Copernicus
14. Which astronomer is credited with being the first to explain the complex
motion of the stars and planets?
a. Copernicus
b. Brahe
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c. Ptolemy
d. Galileo: c. Ptolemy
15. An educated guess is a
a. Theory
b. Law
c. Hypothesis
d. Fact: c. Hypothesis
16. If a car accelerates from rest at 10 meters per second per second, its speed
(in m/s) 3 seconds later will be about
a. 3.3
b. 0.3
c. 30
d. 90: c. 30
17. In the SI unit system, time is measured in units of
a. seconds
b. meters
c. hours
d. days: a. seconds
18. If an object falling freely were somehow equipped with an odometer to
measure the distance it travels, then the amount of distance it travels each
succeeding second would be
a. constat
b. less and less each second
c. greater than the second before
d. doubled
e. halved: c. greater than the second before
19. The SI units of acceleration are
a. m
b. m/s
c. m/s²
d. s/m: c. m/s²
20. If a car moving at 100 km/hr to the right with mass 1000 kg hit another 2000
kg car moving left at 50 km/hr which direction, would the two cars move after
the collision?
a. Yes, to the left
b. Yes, to the right
c. No: C. No
21. You throw a ball straight up into the air, what is the lowest speed that ball
will have (in m/s)?
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1. Acceleration is the measure of the change in what?
a. density
b. motion
c. velocity
d. mass
e. speed: c. velocity
2. One half second after starting from rest, a freely falling object will have a
speed of about
a. 20 m/s
b. 10 m/s
c. 5 m/s
d. 2.5 m/s
e. None of the above: c. 5 m/s
3. The slope of a velocity vs. time graph tells you
a. position
b. maximum velocity
c. average velocity
d. acceleration
e. maximum position: d. acceleration
4. Which of the following is a private research lab?
a. Argonne National Lab
b. Keck Telescope
c. Carnegie Institution
d. United States Geological Survey: c. Carnegie Institution
5. Which of the following is Kepler's first law?
a. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
b. Plants move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus
c. The celestial spheres are unchanging and perfect
d. Gravity follows an inverse square law: b. Planets move in elliptical orbits with
the sun at one focus
6. Which of the following is NOT part of the scientific method?
a. identifying patterns
b. prediction
c. observations
d. belief: d. belief
7. In the SI unit system, mass is measured in units of
a. grams
b. kilograms
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c. pounds
d. newtons: b. kilograms
8. True or false: Velocity has a direction: True
9. In each second of a fall, the distance of a freely falling object will fall is
a. About 5m
b. About 10m
c. The same, but not 5m or 10m
d. Increasing
e. None of these: d. Increasing
10. The language of physics is
a. Latin
b. Chinese
c. English
d. Mathematics: d. Mathematics
11. In the graph, the acceleration of the object between 0 and 5 seconds is
m/s²
**Slope is 4/5**
a. 4
b. 5
c. 0.8
d. 1.25
e. 0: c. 0.8
12. If a car increases its velocity from zero to 60 km/h in 6 seconds, its
acceleration in m/s² is
a. 2.8
b. 100.2
c. 10
d. 10000
e. 360: a. 2.8
13. Which astronomer was the first to put the sun at the center of the uni-
verse?
a. Copernicus
b. Brahe
c. Ptolemy
d. Galileo: a. Copernicus
14. Which astronomer is credited with being the first to explain the complex
motion of the stars and planets?
a. Copernicus
b. Brahe
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c. Ptolemy
d. Galileo: c. Ptolemy
15. An educated guess is a
a. Theory
b. Law
c. Hypothesis
d. Fact: c. Hypothesis
16. If a car accelerates from rest at 10 meters per second per second, its speed
(in m/s) 3 seconds later will be about
a. 3.3
b. 0.3
c. 30
d. 90: c. 30
17. In the SI unit system, time is measured in units of
a. seconds
b. meters
c. hours
d. days: a. seconds
18. If an object falling freely were somehow equipped with an odometer to
measure the distance it travels, then the amount of distance it travels each
succeeding second would be
a. constat
b. less and less each second
c. greater than the second before
d. doubled
e. halved: c. greater than the second before
19. The SI units of acceleration are
a. m
b. m/s
c. m/s²
d. s/m: c. m/s²
20. If a car moving at 100 km/hr to the right with mass 1000 kg hit another 2000
kg car moving left at 50 km/hr which direction, would the two cars move after
the collision?
a. Yes, to the left
b. Yes, to the right
c. No: C. No
21. You throw a ball straight up into the air, what is the lowest speed that ball
will have (in m/s)?
