Physics Practice Questions - Review Test #1
Try your skill.....test your knowledge.
Number your paper 1 - 15. All the following questions are multiple choice. Write your answer next to each number on your paper.
The answers to the questions are at the bottom of the quiz.
1. Which statement best describes the motion shown in the graph?
| A. Speed increases at a constant rate and then decreases. |
| B. Speed decreases at a constant rate and then increases. |
| C. Speed increases at a constant rate and then stays the same. |
| D. Speed decreases at a constant rate and then stops. |
2. If a car travels 20 miles in 20 minutes you can calculate its-
| A. velocity. |
| B. average speed. |
| C. direction. |
| D. change in speed. |
3. The distance-verses-time graph fro an object traveling at a constant speed is a
| A. curved line. |
| B. horizontal line. |
| C. vertical line. |
| D. diagonal line. |
4. You are in an elevator moving upward from the second floor to the ninth floor. From the reference point of the elevator, you are
| A. going up. |
| B. going down. |
| C. not moving. |
| D. changing velocity. |
5. A family drives across the state to visit relatives. They drive for one hour at 60 km/h and one hour at 90 km/h What is their average speed?
| A. 30 km/h |
| B. 60 km/h |
| C. 75 km/h |
| D. 150 km/h |
6. Which force is responsible for the formation of the planets?
| A. gravity. |
| B. friction. |
| C. elastic. |
| D. acceleration. |
7. Which requires the MOST force to lift?
| A. a jar full of cotton balls. |
| B. a jar full of plastic foam chips. |
| C. a jar full of pennies. |
| D. a jar full of sawdust. |
8. Which result occurs when balanced forces act on on object?
| A. The object's state of motion does not change. |
| B. The object changes direction. |
| C. The object slows down. |
| D. The object speeds up. |
9. The Milky Way galaxy is a(n)-
| A. spiral galaxy. |
| B. elliptical galaxy. |
| C. irregular galaxy. |
| D. barred spiral galaxy. |
10. Which is the BEST unit for measuring distances between stars?
| A. meters |
| B. miles |
| C. years |
| D. light-years |
11. What is a light-year used to measure?
| A. speed |
| B. magnitude |
| C. time |
| D. distance |
12. Which BEST describes the Sun?
| A. a star in a distant galaxy. |
| B. one of many stars in the Milky Way galaxy. |
| C. a huge glowing planet at the center of the Solar System. |
| D. a white dwarf |
Answers:
|
# |
Answer |
|
1 |
C |
|
2 |
B |
|
3 |
D |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
C |
|
6 |
A |
|
7 |
C |
|
8 |
A |
|
9 |
A |
|
10 |
D |
|
11 |
D |
|
12 |
B |