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CHS Physical Science 2: Physics 2016 Final Exam Review Guide
Name ______________________________
This review guide should help to prepare you for your
Semester Final. You will be allowed one 4”x6” note card
on which to record useful information for the test (a
“cheat sheet”).
The information must be HANDWRITTEN, not typed.
MOTION – know how to read a motion graph!

How is motion defined?

What is velocity? How is it different from speed?

What does slope represent on a distance-time
Units:
Write the corresponding unit next to the measurement.
Acceleration :
Displacement:
Speed/ Velocity:
Power:
Distance/displacement
Mass:
Potential Energy
Weight:
Kinetic Energy:
Work:
Force:
Momentum/impulse:
Current:
Voltage:
graph? On a velocity-time graph?

What is friction? How can friction be reduced?
 What is the difference between balanced and
unbalanced forces?
Resistance:

What is terminal velocity?
Equations:
Write the equations for each of the following
measurements/ laws.
Acceleration =
Speed/ Velocity =
Weight =
Kinetic energy =
Potential energy
(gravitational) =
Impulse =

What is inertia?

State Newton’s first law of motion.

State Newton’s second law of motion.

State Newton’s third law of motion.
Force
(Newton’s 2nd law)
Momentum =
FORCE
Work =
Power =
 How do all objects accelerate in free fall
compared to one another when there is no air
resistance?
Resistance (Ohm’s
law) =

What is weight?
 What is momentum? State the law of
conservation of momentum:
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CHS Physical Science 2: Physics 2016 Final Exam Review Guide
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WORK, POWER, ENERGY

Define work:

Define Power

Magnetism
What are 2 ways to increase power?

What causes magnetism?

What happens to like poles?

Which pole does a compass point at?

Does a compass point into a south magnetic pole
or out of it?

Define energy:
Complete the following table:
Metric System

What are the differences between kinetic and
Basic Unit
potential energy?
Name
Abbrev.
Length
Liter
Mass


Describe how energy is converted between
potential and kinetic energy when tossing a ball

Identify the six types of simple machines:
a.
d.
b.
e.
c.
f.
ELECTRICITY




s
State the law of conservation of energy:
In the space provided solve the following problems.
Show all your work for #5-7 (use the factor-label
method). Include units.
1.
Convert 2.78 cm to dm
2.
Convert 6.79 km to dm
3.
Convert 5.98 s to ms
4.
Convert 586.23 dg to g
5.
Convert 2 miles to feet
6.
Convert 60 cm to inches
7.
Convert 150 lbs to kg
What is resistance?
What is current?
What is a series circuit?
What is a parallel circuit?
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CHS Physical Science 2: Physics 2016 Final Exam Review Guide
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EARTH SCIENCE
 Why don’t objects in our solar system fly away
into space? What celestial body plays the biggest
role in preventing this?

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

Who is this theory credited to?
 What evidence is there to support this theory
(both present and past)?

Explain the red shift of galaxies.

What is the nebular hypothesis?
 What features can be found at divergent
boundaries? How are they formed?
 Name the 3 types of plate boundaries and tell
what happens to the plates in each.
 What happens to the plates at a zone of
subduction?
A

What landforms can be found here?
B
 Where are volcanoes and earthquakes most likely
to happen?
C

What are the four layers of the earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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