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YEAR 10 PHYSICS QUIZ
Round 1: Forces
Question One:
What is a force?
Question Two:
Which of the following forces is a contact force?
a) Gravity force
b) Magnetic force
c) Support force
d) Electrostatic force
Question Three:
What is the name of the unit for force
and what is the unit symbol?
Question Four:
Draw and label the forces
acting on a aeroplane that
is coming in to land
Question Five:
a) Describe the motion of an aeroplane that is coming
in to land
b) Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
Question Six
If Chewbacca has a
mass of 250 kg
a) What is the
definition of mass?
b) What is his weight
on earth?
c) What is his mass in
outer space?
Question Seven
a) Name the force that acts between 2 surfaces that
rub against each other?
b) In which direction does this force act?
Question 8
What piece of
equipment do
we use to
measure force?
ANSWERS
Round 1: Forces
Question One:
What is a force?
A push or a pull (or a twist)
Question Two:
Which of the following forces is a contact force?
a) Gravity force
b) Magnetic force
c) Support
c) Supportforce
force
d) Electrostatic force
Question Three:
What is the name of the unit for force
and what is the unit symbol?
newton
N
Question Four:
Lift
Draw and label the forces
acting on a aeroplane that
Thrust
Drag force
is coming in to land
Weight force/force
of gravity
Question Five:
a) Describe the motion of an aeroplane that is coming in
to land
b) Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
a)Slowing down (decelerating) and falling down/getting
lower
b) unbalanced
Question Six
If Chewbacca has a mass of 250
kg
a) What is the definition of mass?
The amount of matter in an
object/Chewbacca
a) What is his weight on earth?
250 x 10 = 2500 N
a) What is his mass in outer
space?
Still 250 kg
Question Seven
a) Name the force that
acts between 2 surfaces
that rub against each
other? FRICTION
b) In which direction
does this force act? In
the opposite direction to
the direction of motion
Question 8
What piece of
equipment do we
use to measure
force?
Spring balance or
forcemeter
YEAR 10 PHYSICS QUIZ
Round 2: Motion
Question One:
What are the SI units and
unit symbols for:
a) Distance
b) Speed
c) Time
Question Two:
If a horse gallops
2000 m in 50s,
calculate the speed of
the horse. Use v=d/t
Showing working
steps
Question Three:
Name the type of energy
moving objects have?
Question Four:
What type of energy
do objects have that
are up high?
Question Five:
Describe Dan’s motion:
a) In the first hour of the
trek
b) Between 2.5 and 3.5
hours
ANSWERS
Round 2: Motion
Question One:
What are the SI units and
unit symbols for:
a) Distance metres m
b) Speed metres per
second ms-1
a) Time seconds s
Question Two:
If a horse gallops
2000 m in 50s,
calculate the speed of
the horse. Use v=d/t
v=d/t
v= 2000/50
v= 40 ms-1
Question Three:
Name the type of energy
moving objects have?
Kinetic energy
Question Four:
What type of energy
do objects have that
are up high?
Gravitational
potential energy
Question Five:
Describe Dan’s motion:
a) In the first hour of the
trek
Travelling at a fast
constant speed
b) Between 2.5 and 3.5
hours
Stopped/stationary
YEAR 10 PHYSICS QUIZ
Round 3: Electricity
Question One:
Name the following symbols?
Question Two:
Draw a circuit containing a battery, 2 lamps in
series and an ammeter?
Question Three:
Draw a circuit showing 2 lamps
in parallel with a voltmeter wired
to show the voltage of one
lamp?
Question Four:
Describe the pattern for current in a series circuit?
Question Five:
Predict the current in the
main part of the circuit.
Question Six
What is the
definition for a
conductor?
Question Seven
Choose the insulator from the list below:
a) Aluminium can
b) Graphite (in pencils)
c) Silver earring
d) Wood
Question 8
What happens to the
lamps in a series
circuit if one lamp
breaks/blows?
ANSWERS
Round 3: Electricity
Question One:
Name the following symbols?
Switch
Ammeter
Voltmeter
Question Two:
Draw a circuit containing a battery, 2 lamps in
series and an ammeter?
Question Three:
Draw a circuit showing
2 lamps in parallel
with a voltmeter wired
to show the voltage of
one lamp?
V
Question Four:
Describe the pattern for current in a series circuit?
The current is the same everywhere in the circuit
Question Five:
Predict the current in the
main part of the circuit.
6A
Question Six
What is the
definition for a
conductor?
A substance that
allows electricity to
pass through it
Question Seven
Choose the insulator from the list below:
a) Aluminium can
b) Graphite (in pencils)
c) Silver earring
d) Wood
Question 8
What happens to the
lamps in a series
circuit if one lamp
breaks/blows?
They all go out