This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > Physics Basics > Physics – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physics Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A moving car has kinetic energy. If the car moves faster, it will have ..... kinetic energy. A) Less. B) The same. C) No. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More. 2. Your neighbor is riding her bike around the block. When she slows down and turns a corner, what changes about her? A) Her velocity. B) Her balance. C) Her speed only. D) Her friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her velocity. 3. Energy is lost during this type of collision A) Elastic. B) Inelastic. C) Energy is lost in both types of collisions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inelastic. 4. If a student uses 10 Newtons of Force to push a chair 5 meters, how much is work is being done? A) 20 Newtons. B) 2 Joules. C) .5 Joules. D) 50 Joules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 Joules. 5. An object placed 3 m from a plane mirror is shifted by 0.4 m away from the mirror. What is the new distance between the object and its image? A) 6.4 m. B) 6 m. C) 6.8 m. D) 5.2 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6.8 m. 6. ..... is the rubbing force that acts against motion between two touching surfaces. A) Normal Force. B) Momentum. C) Friction. D) Acceleration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friction. 7. A rollercoaster travels at a speed of 32.0 m/s. Convert the rollercoaster's speed into km/h. A) 3.20 x 104 km/h. B) 1.15 x 105 km/h. C) 115 km/h. D) 8.89 km/h. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 115 km/h. 8. If the wavelength of a wave increases, the period will ..... A) Decrease. B) Increase as well. C) Remain unchanged. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase as well. 9. Coal is sometimes burnt in order to drive steam engines. Which of the following is the sequence of energy changes involved in the activity? A) Chemical to heat to kinetic. B) Chemical to kinetic to heat. C) Kinetic to electrical to chemical. D) Chemical to kinetic to electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical to heat to kinetic. 10. What is the SI Unit for Density? A) G / m3. B) Kg / m3. C) Kg / m2. D) G / cm3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kg / m3. 11. The units used to measure heat energy (Q) are A) Joules. B) OC. C) Temperature. D) Kelvin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joules. 12. While Abdul is nervous about his practice exam, he walks around the classroom:26 m [S], then 6 m [N] to deal with his stress. If Abdul paces for a total of 9.0 s, his average velocity is A) 2.2 m/s S. B) 1.6 m/s S. C) 0.63 m/s N. D) 0.45 m/s N. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.2 m/s S. 13. Important physics concepts include a. motion. b. forces. c. energy. d. all of the above A) Motion. B) Forces. C) Energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Which statement is true of a positively charged object? A) Positively charged objects do not contain any electrons. B) Positively charged objects do not contain neutrons or electrons. C) There is a lack of electrons on a positively charged object. D) The protons and the electrons are both positively charged on such objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is a lack of electrons on a positively charged object. 15. Matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape is a A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Plasma. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid. 16. Solve and round accordingly. "800.0 + 62.050-700" A) 162.050. B) 200. C) 162.05. D) 162.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 200. 17. Which quantity is a vector quantity? A) Mass. B) Momentum. C) Pressure. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Momentum. 18. Power of the lens is-40, its focal length is A) -25m. B) -0.25m. C) -40m. D) 4m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -0.25m. 19. What is the function of a diode? A) Stores electric charge. B) Acts as a current amplifier. C) Acts as an automatic switch. D) Allows the current to pass in one direction only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allows the current to pass in one direction only. 20. A plane traveling north at 150 m/s is flying toward a runway. A cross-wind of 30 m/s begins to blow from the east. The pilot realizes he is being blown off course. At what angle must he head in order to travel directly north? A) 29 degrees east of south. B) 19 degrees east of north. C) 19 degrees west of north. D) 29 degrees east of north. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19 degrees east of north. 21. Which energy is being described? Masses that have work done on them to lift them up in a gravitational field A) Kinetic energy. B) GPE. C) Elastic / strain energy. D) Thermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPE. 22. The unit of power of lens is A) Diopter. B) M-1. C) Metre. D) Centimetre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diopter. 23. Why does light refract? A) Slows down. B) Gets hot. C) Gains energy. D) Speeds up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slows down. 24. Physics is concerned with which of the following matters? A) Applying physics principles. B) Describing the physical world. C) Making predictions about a broad range of phenomena. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. It is the exchange particle for the electromagnetic force: A) Gluon. B) Gamma photon. C) Z boson. D) Graviton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gamma photon. 26. The mass defect in a nuclear reactions is 2 x 1020 kg. What is the energy released in Joule? A) 6.0 x 10-10. B) 1.8 x 10-3. C) 6.0 x 10-3. D) 1.8 x 10-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.8 x 10-3. 27. The volume of a liquid is usually measured in A) Litres. B) Ampere. C) Kilogram. D) Metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litres. 28. Identify at least two areas of physics involved in the following:Building a louder stereo system in your car A) Vibrations and wave phenomena, electromagnetism. B) Mechanics, vibrations and wave phenomena. C) Optics, thermodynamics. D) Thermodynamics, mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrations and wave phenomena, electromagnetism. 29. You walk 10 meters to math class in 20 seconds. Your average speed is A) 5 m/s. B) 2 m/s. C) 200 m/s. D) 0.5 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.5 m/s. 30. ..... is the rate at which work is done, or energy is transferred A) Potential energy. B) Kinetic energy. C) Power. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power. 31. Calculate the following, and express the answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures:21.4+15+17.17+4.003 A) 5.7573 x 101. B) 5.757 x 101. C) 5.75 x 101. D) 5.8 x 101. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5.8 x 101. 32. The amount of energy required to raise the temperature 1$^ \circ$C for every kilogram is called .....? A) Thermal Energy. B) Temperature. C) Specific Heat. D) Kinetic Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Specific Heat. 33. Terminal velocity is: A) The maximum speed an object can go. B) The maximum velocity an object can fall. C) The maximum velocity an object can fall, given its shape. D) 3.0 x 108 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The maximum velocity an object can fall, given its shape. 34. A CONVERGENT LENS OF POWER 8D IS COMBINED WITH A DIVERGENT LENS OF POWER-10D . CALCULATE THE FOCAL LENGTH OF THE COMBINATION . A) -0.5. B) 2. C) -1.5. D) -2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -0.5. 35. Calculate the amount of heat added to 15 kg gold to change phase from solid to liquid. (The heat of fusion for gold is 64500 J/kg) A) 967, 500 Joules. B) 976, 500 Joules. C) 967, 500 calories. D) 976, 500 calories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 967, 500 Joules. 36. A skateboarder with a mass of 75.0 kg at the top of a 4.50 m ramp will have how much kinetic energy at the moment before they reach the bottom of the ramp? (g=9.81m/s2) A) 3.31 KJ. B) 3.31 J. C) 3310.875 J. D) 3.31x103 KJ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3.31 KJ. 37. Physics variable for 56 J A) W. B) KE. C) PE. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. If FM is being transmitted at the frequency of 113.5 Mega Hertz. What is the frequency of the radio waves in Hz? A) 1.14x 108. B) 1.14 x 106. C) 1.14 x 107. D) 1.14 x 105. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.14x 108. 39. What does a change in amplitude in a mechanical wave also change/create? A) Speed. B) Constructive Interference. C) Destructive Interference. D) Frequency. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None of the above. 40. The photoelectric effect only occurs if the light shining on the metal is: A) Coherent. B) Above a minimum intensity. C) Above a minimum frequency. D) Above a minimum wavelength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Above a minimum frequency. 41. G of water. specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g$^ \circ$C . temperature changes from 25$^ \circ$ C to 20$^ \circ$ C, how much heat energy (Q) moves from the water to the surroundings? A) 4.18 J. B) 83 J. C) 209 J. D) 418 J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 418 J. 42. Which one of these is in scientific notation? A) 8.986. B) 8.987000. C) 8.98 x 106. D) 80.987 x 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8.98 x 106. 43. The number of times a wave passes a given point in a certain amount of time. A) Wavelength. B) Speed. C) Frequency. D) Hertz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frequency. 44. WHEN A 40V BATTERY IS CONNECTED ACROSS AN UNKNOWN RESISTOR THERE IS A CURRENT OF 100mA IN THE CIRCUIT . FIND THE VALUE OF THE RESISTANCE OF THE RESISTOR: A) 800 ohm. B) 500 ohm. C) 400 ohm. D) 0.8 ohm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 400 ohm. 45. Which of the following quantities is considered a vector? A) Displacement. B) Mass. C) Temperature. D) Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Displacement. 46. Which energy transformation below matches? A book falling? A) Chemical to sound and heat. B) Kinetic to sound and heat. C) Electrical to sound and heat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kinetic to sound and heat. 47. Which Branch of Physics is most important when studying the results of a car crash? A) Electromagnetism. B) Relativity. C) Waves & Wave mechanics. D) Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mechanics. 48. What two dimensions, in addition to mass, are commonly used by physicists to derive additional measurements? A) Length and width. B) Area and mass. C) Length and time. D) Velocity and time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Length and time. 49. Equation for pressure A) Force / area. B) Force-area. C) Force x area. D) Area / force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Force / area. 50. Light of a single wavelength is incident on a metal. Electrons are released. The intensity of the light is then increased.Which of the following changes occur? A) Rate of electron emission:decrease.Energy of electrons:increase. B) Rate of electron emission:increase.Energy of electrons:no change. C) Rate of electron emission:increase.Energy of electrons:increase. D) Rate of electron emission:decrease.Energy of electrons:no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rate of electron emission:increase.Energy of electrons:no change. 51. What is the specific latent heat of fusion? A) The amount of energy needed to melt 1 kg of a substance. B) The amount of energy needed to boil 1 kg of a substance. C) The amount of energy needed to condense 1 kg of a substance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The amount of energy needed to melt 1 kg of a substance. 52. Accelerations are produced by A) Forces. B) Velocities. C) Accelerations. D) Masses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forces. 53. According to Newton's second law of motion, what is the relationship between acceleration and mass? Acceleration: A) Is inversely proportional to mass. B) Is always divided by mass. C) Is directly proportional to mass. D) Does not depend on mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is inversely proportional to mass. 54. Which SI base unit would you use to measure your height? A) Dm. B) M. C) Cm. D) Km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M. 55. Equation for gravitational potential energy A) Weight x gravitational force x height. B) Mass + gravitational force x height. C) Mass x gravitational force x height. D) Mass x gravitational force / height. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass x gravitational force x height. 56. The symbol for specific latent heat is A) Q. B) L. C) M. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) L. 57. When a car driver travelling at a speed of 10 m/s applies brakes and brings the car to rest in 20 s, then the retardation will be: A) + 2 m/s2. B) -2 m/s2. C) -0.5 m/s2. D) + 0.5 m/s2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) + 0.5 m/s2. 58. If a man's face is 25 cm in front of concave shaving mirror producing erect image 1.5 times the size of face, focal length of the mirror would be A) 75 cm. B) 15 cm. C) 60 cm. D) 25 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75 cm. 59. Image formed by plane mirror is A) Real and erect. B) Real and inverted. C) Virtual and erect. D) Virtual and inverted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virtual and erect. 60. Metals are good thermal conductors because: A) Metals contain free electrons. B) They contain particles. C) Metals are more dense. D) Metals conduct electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metals contain free electrons. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPhysics QuizzesScience QuizzesPhysics Quiz 1Physics Quiz 2Physics Quiz 3Physics Quiz 4Physics Quiz 5Physics Quiz 7Physics Quiz 8Physics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books