PHYS 165 MODULE 10 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ a good hypothesis is both. Answer: plausible and testable
◉ you drop a ball the drop it again from a higher height and time it
again. you drop the same ball every trial. What are the DV, IV and
control. Answer: DV- time of fall
IV- height of drop
Control- mass of ball
◉ bias. Answer: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or
group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be
unfair.
◉ as mass increases, acceleration decreases. What is the
relationship between mass and acceleration?. Answer: inverse
proportion
◉ as force increases, acceleration increases. What is the relationship
between force and acceleration?. Answer: direct proportion
, ◉ model. Answer: a representation of something that is too hard to
display directly
◉ theory. Answer: an explanation for patterns in nature that is
supported by scientific evidence and verified many times buy
various groups of researchers
◉ law. Answer: a generalized rule used to explain observations of
the natural world
◉ what can be represented by an equation?. Answer: models,
theories and laws
◉ T/F: in general, a law is much more complex and dynamic than a
theory. Answer: false
◉ what can usually be a mental image of an observation of nature?.
Answer: a model
◉ what is several descriptions of related observations that give rise
to a bigger picture of patterns in nature?. Answer: a theory
◉ physics as it developed from the renaissance to the end of the
19th century is. Answer: classical physics
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ a good hypothesis is both. Answer: plausible and testable
◉ you drop a ball the drop it again from a higher height and time it
again. you drop the same ball every trial. What are the DV, IV and
control. Answer: DV- time of fall
IV- height of drop
Control- mass of ball
◉ bias. Answer: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or
group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be
unfair.
◉ as mass increases, acceleration decreases. What is the
relationship between mass and acceleration?. Answer: inverse
proportion
◉ as force increases, acceleration increases. What is the relationship
between force and acceleration?. Answer: direct proportion
, ◉ model. Answer: a representation of something that is too hard to
display directly
◉ theory. Answer: an explanation for patterns in nature that is
supported by scientific evidence and verified many times buy
various groups of researchers
◉ law. Answer: a generalized rule used to explain observations of
the natural world
◉ what can be represented by an equation?. Answer: models,
theories and laws
◉ T/F: in general, a law is much more complex and dynamic than a
theory. Answer: false
◉ what can usually be a mental image of an observation of nature?.
Answer: a model
◉ what is several descriptions of related observations that give rise
to a bigger picture of patterns in nature?. Answer: a theory
◉ physics as it developed from the renaissance to the end of the
19th century is. Answer: classical physics
