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Sample Honors Final Exam (48 total questions)
Speed = Distance
Time
Momentum = Mass X Velocity
Acceleration = Final Velocity – Original Velocity
Time
Force = Mass X Acceleration
Weight = Mass x Gravity
Acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/sec/sec
1. What do you make observations with:
a. Experiments
c. The senses
b. Proportions
d. Mathematical calculations
2. All movement is compared with a
a. frame of reference
c. picture
b. car
d. window of reference
3. What is the factor that changes in an experiment:
a. Control
c. Variable
b. Hypothesis
d. Check factor
4. A unit of mass is a:
a. Joule
b. Gram
c. Newton
d. Watt
5. The amount of water needed to fill the kiddie pool could be measured in
a. Kilograms
c. meters
b. Liters
d. Square meters
6. Which is the correct order to show units from largest to smallest:
a. Milliliter, liter, kiloliter
c. Kiloliter, liter, milliliter
b. Liter, milliliter, kiloliter
d. Liter, kiloliter, milliliter
7. What is the proper metric unit for expressing speed?
a. m/s
c. m2 /s
2
b. m/s
d. kg m/s
8. If you had to find the volume of a round object, which is the best way to do so:
a. L X W X H
c. Water displacement
b. Find something similar
d. Look it up
9. If an object has a density of 5.5 g/mL and you cut the object in half, what happens to the density?
a. It is cut in half
c. It doubles
b. New calculations have to be made d. It remains the same
10. What is the density of an object that has a mass of 8g and a volume of 4 mL?
a. 4 g/mL
c. 8 g/mL
b. 2 g/mL
d. 1 g/mL
11. Why does ice float in water?
a. It is made of different molecules than water c. It has the same density of water
b. It is less dense than water
d. It has more mass than water
12. When a pencil falls off your desk it has what type of energy?
a. Potential to kinetic
c. Chemical to kinetic
b. Kinetic to potential
d. Potential to chemical
13. Stored energy is known as:
a. Mechanical energy
b. Nuclear energy
c. Kinetic Energy
d. Potential Energy
14. The average speed of a runner in a 400 meter race is 8.0 meters per second.
How long did it take the runner to complete the race?
a. 80 sec
c. 40 sec
b. 50 sec
d. 32 sec
15. A body at rest will stay at rest or a body in motion will stay in motion due to:
a. Forces
c. inertia
b. Gravity
d. Velocity
16. When a ceiling fan in a room brings the cool air from the floor up the ceiling, this is called:
a. Conduction
c. Radiation
b. Convection
d. Insulation
17. On the moon, a rock and a bowling ball are dropped, what does the astronaut observe?
a. The rock falls faster than the bowling ball
b. The bowling ball falls faster then the rock
c. The bowling ball and rock fall at the same rate
d. The bowling ball and rock do not fall
18. A runner is sprinting at a velocity of 5 m/s and comes to a stop in 10 seconds. What is the
runners acceleration?
a. 2 m/s/s
b. -2 m/s
c. 0.5 m/s/s
d. -0.5 m/s/s
19. Gravity is the
a. density of an object
b. force of attraction between objects
c. mass of an object
d. force of repulsion between objects
20. The size of the gravitational force between two objects depends on their
a. frictional forces
c. color and texture
b. masses and distance between them
d. speed and direction
21. Inertia varies depending on __________________.
a. volume
b. velocity
c. mass
d. motion
22. A merry-go-round horse moves at a constant speed but at a changing
a. velocity
b. inertia
c. mass
d. momentum
23. The kinetic energy of an object increases as its _____________ increases
a. gravitational energy
c. potential energy
b. specific heat
d. velocity
24. According to Newton’s Second Law of Motion, force depends on
a. mass and direction
c. friction and gravity
b. inertia
d. mass and acceleration
25. Two objects of different masses are dropped from an airplane.
Which of the following statements is true?
a. The object with more mass has a greater acceleration
b. The object with less mass has a greater acceleration
c. The object with less mass will have more inertia
d. The objects will have equal acceleration rates
26. A shark pushes its fins backwards to move forward in the water.
Which concept is being described?
a. Newton’s First law
b. Inertia
c. F= m X a
d. Newton’s Third Law
27. Two students are playing tug-of-war, neither of them is moving.
What type of force is being described?
a. unbalanced force
c. balanced force
b. frictional force
d. gravitational force
28. A real car moving at 10km/hr has more momentum than a toy car moving at the same speed because the
real car____________________.
a. generates less friction
c. has greater mass
b. has less mass
d. has greater velocity
29. As you get further away from the center of the earth, your weight will __________ and your mass will
________________.
a. decrease, increase
c. stay the same, decrease
b. decrease, stay the same
d. decrease, decrease
30. The force of attraction that exists between all objects in the universe is
a. friction
b. inertia
c. momentum
d. gravity
31. A feather will fall through the air more slowly than a brick because of _______.
a. inertia
b. gravity
c. air resistance
d. momentum
32. Which of the following is a force?
a. weight
b. mass
c. inertia
D. acceleration
Part 2: Applying formulas
Use an appropriate formula to solve questions 33-38.
33. If the mass of an object is 300 grams and its volume is 150 milliliters, what is its density?
a. 0.5 g/cm3
b. 5 g/cm3
c. 2.0 g/cm3
d. 0.2 g/cm3
34. In 3 hours, a car traveled 30 km. Its average speed was ____________
a. 10 km
b. 30 km/hr
c. 10 km/hr
d. 60 km/hr
35. Matt with a mass of 125 kg is running at a velocity of 10 m/s. What is his momentum?
a. 1250 kg
b. 125 kg/m/s
c. 1250 m/s/s
d. 1250 kg/m/s
36. The force of an object, with a certain mass is accelerating at a certain rate.
The rate can be determined using the equation (Force = Mass X Acceleration)
Which object would have the greatest force?
a. a 5kg object accelerating at 10m/s2 c. a 20kg object accelerating at 4m/s2
b. a 5kg object accelerating at 20m/s2 d. a 5kg object accelerating at 3m/s2
37. Destiny is walking on the moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.67 m/s/s. She has a mass of
100 kg, what is her weight?
a. 167 N
b. 1670 N
c. 167 pounds
d. 167 g
38. A 300-N force acts on a 25 kg object. What is the acceleration of the object?
a. 7500 m/s/s
b. 300 m/s/s
c. 12 m/s/s
d. 25 m/s/s
39. A ball is dropped from the roof of a building.
Points A, B, C, and D in the diagram below
represent positions of the ball as it falls.
At which position will the ball have the greatest
kinetic energy?
(1) A (3) C
(2) B (4) D
Part 3: Interpreting experimental results
Read the text below. Use information from the text to help you answer questions 40-44
Angelina and JP were asked to set up an experiment demonstrating each of Newton’s three laws of motion.
They were given two Hall’s carts (Picture below), two inclines, a stopwatch, and a variety of masses.
To demonstrate the first law of motion, JP placed different
masses in the two carts. He put one cart at the top of the first
incline, and the other cart at the top of the second incline.
Then he gave the carts an equal push down the inclines. Trevor
then recorded his result.
40. What does Newton’s first law of motion state?
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41. What would be an appropriate hypothesis for the first part of the lab demonstrating the first law of motion?
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42. Why was it necessary for Trevor to give the carts an equal push down the incline?
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43. How would increasing the amount of mass in each cart affect the momentum of the carts as they rolled
across the floor?
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44. What are 2 reasons the cart would eventually come to a stop?
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Base your answers to questions 45 and 46 on the data table below and on your knowledge of science. The
data table lists the amount of energy input, amount of heat produced by friction, and amount of energy
output for each of four machines, A, B, C, and D. Both energy and heat are measured in units called joules.
The heat produced by friction for machine D has been left blank.
45. How much heat was produced by friction in machine D?
____________ joules
46. Explain how the data table shows that machine B is the most efficient.
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The graph to the right shows a runner’s distance from
the starting line during a 30-minute race.
Distance was measured in meters (m). Time was
measured in minutes (min).
47. During which time interval was the runner
moving at the greatest average speed?
(1) 0–5 minutes (3) 15–20 minutes
(2) 10–15 minutes (4) 25–30 minutes
48. A person uses a bow to shoot an arrow at a target.
In which diagram does the bow and arrow have the
greatest amount of potential energy?