This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > Physics Basics > Physics – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physics Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Listening to your favorite radio station involves which area of physics? A) Optics. B) Thermodynamics. C) Vibrations and wave phenomena. D) Relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vibrations and wave phenomena. 2. The name of the device we use to measure force is called: A) Newton-scale. B) Newtonmeter. C) Einstein Gauge. D) Force measurer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newtonmeter. 3. If an object is placed 21 cm from a converging lens, the image formed is slightly smaller than the object. If the object is placed at a distance of 19 cm from the lens, the image formed is slightly larger than the object. The approximate focal length of the lens is: A) 5 cm. B) 20 cm. C) 18 cm. D) 10 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 cm. 4. Photons of energy 2.1 eV cause a photoelectric currenton the surface of caesium, which has a workfunction of 1.9 eV. How many times should the energyof the photon be increased in order to double themaximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons? A) 1.09. B) 3.28. C) 4.36. D) 2.18. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.09. 5. What area of physics deals with the behavior ofsubatomic particles? A) Electrodynamics. B) Quantum mechanics. C) Thermodynamics. D) Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantum mechanics. 6. Which Branch of Physics is most important when studying how musical instruments work? A) Electromagnetism. B) Mechanics. C) Relativity. D) Waves & Wave mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waves & Wave mechanics. 7. The equation for PE (gravitational potential energy) is: A) 1/2mgh. B) Mgh2. C) 1/2mv2. D) Mgh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mgh. 8. Hooke's law states that the extension of a spring is proportional to ..... A) Length of the spring. B) Spring constant. C) Elastic potential energy. D) Force applied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Force applied. 9. An object is removed from the ground and placed on a shelf. Which of its properties would you expect to change? A) Mass. B) Potential Energy. C) Kinetic Energy. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potential Energy. 10. Calee runs at a uniform speed of 9.89 m/s over a distance of 1.4 km. With correct significant digits, how long did it take Calee to run this distance? A) 1.4 x 102 s. B) 1.4 x 10-1 s. C) 0.143 s. D) 143 s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.4 x 102 s. 11. How far can a person run in 15 minutes if he or she runs at an average speed of 16 km/hr (in miles per hour)? (NOTE = 1 mile =1, 609 m) A) 2.5 miles. B) 16 miles. C) 10 miles. D) 4 miles/hr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.5 miles. 12. If we double the speed of an object, what happens to the kinetic energy? A) Doubles. B) Quadruples. C) Is halved. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quadruples. 13. The meter is the unit of which physics concept? A) Velocity. B) Time. C) Acceleration. D) Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance. 14. Newton's third law states:for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Explain why, then, a cannon does not go as far as backward as a cannonball goes forward. A) The cannonball has less mass, and mass and acceleration are inversely proportional. B) The cannon has less mass, and mass and acceleration are inversely proportional. C) The cannonball has less mass, and mass and acceleration are directly proportional. D) Newton's third law does not always apply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cannonball has less mass, and mass and acceleration are inversely proportional. 15. What is the temperature in Celsius of a material that is 288.0K? A) 2C. B) 15C. C) 88C. D) 73C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15C. 16. Miguel is lifting a 120 kg mass from the floor to a height of 2.50 m during gym class. If the mass is dropped, how fast is it moving when it hits the ground? A) 9.81 m/s. B) 300 m/s. C) 7.00 m/s. D) 48 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7.00 m/s. 17. A cork floats a distance of 17.5 miles downriver after a period of 3 hours and 30 minutes. What was its average speed? A) 9 mph. B) 5 mph. C) 10 mph. D) 7 mph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 mph. 18. What is missing from the following equation? Change in thermal energy = specific heat capacity x mass x .....? A) Power. B) Pressure. C) Temperature. D) Change in temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change in temperature. 19. A small cart is rolling at constant velocity on a flat track. It fires a ball straight up into the air as it moves. After it is fired, what happens to the ball? A) It depends on how fast the cart is moving. B) It falls behind the cart. C) It falls in front of the cart. D) It falls right back into the cart. E) It remains at rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It falls right back into the cart. 20. Infrared rays are important for A) Warming the Earth. B) Providing visible light for plants. C) Taking X-rays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warming the Earth. 21. What quantity does the following equation calculate:density x gravitational field strength x depth A) Energy of water at a given depth. B) Water pressure at a given depth. C) Force of water at a given depth. D) Velocity of water at a given depth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water pressure at a given depth. 22. The force that acts in the opposite direction of motion when two surfaces come in contact. A) Force. B) Static. C) Friction. D) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friction. 23. Which Branch of Physics is most important when studying the motion of everyday objects like a car or bowling ball? A) Thermodynamics. B) Mechanics. C) Electromagnetism. D) Optics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanics. 24. It is the exchange particle for the strong nuclear force: A) Z boson. B) Gluon. C) Graviton. D) Gamma photon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gluon. 25. A pot of 2400g of water at a temperature of 25$^ \circ$C is heated on a stove until the water boils (100$^ \circ$C). The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/(g$^ \circ$C).Determine the heat energy needed to heat the water in the pot to boiling. A) 133.76J. B) 1, 003, 200J. C) 752, 400J. D) 43, 062.2J. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 752, 400J. 26. A current of 2 Amps, at a p.d. of 12V flows for 60 seconds. How much energy is transferred? A) 1440 W. B) 1440 J. C) 4410J. D) 4410W. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1440 J. 27. Which variables affect kinetic energy? A) Pressure and volume. B) Velocity and mass. C) Weight and height. D) Temperature and weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Velocity and mass. 28. Convert 5720 cm to km A) 57.2 km. B) 5.72 km. C) 0.572 km. D) 0.0572 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.0572 km. 29. The unit of weight is the A) Newton. B) Kilogram. C) Gram. D) Pound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newton. 30. A projectile is launched from the ground at an angle of 30o. At what point in its trajectory does this projectile have the least speed? A) Just after it is launched. B) At the highest point in its flight. C) Just before it hits the ground. D) Halfway between the ground and the highest point. E) Speed is always constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the highest point in its flight. 31. What does The law of reflection state? A) The angle the incident ray makes with a line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror. B) Shows how rays change direction when they strike mirrors and pass through lenses. C) The angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. 32. An increase in temperature that causes a change in the volume of a substance A) Thermal vaporization. B) Thermal fusion. C) Thermal expansion. D) Thermal equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal expansion. 33. When an object drops, what happens to the energy? A) Potential energy increases. B) Kinetic energy stays the same. C) Kinetic energy increases. D) Potential energy stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kinetic energy increases. 34. Energy that must be gained or lost for evaporation or condensation to occur A) Thermal equilibrium. B) Thermal vaporization. C) Thermal expansion. D) Thermal fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal vaporization. 35. THE PROPERTY OF PERSISTENCE OF VISION IS USED IN A) CINEMATOGRAPHY. B) COLOUR VISION. C) LONG SIGHTEDNESS. D) SHORT SIGHTEDNESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CINEMATOGRAPHY. 36. Which is an example of kinetic energy? A) A soccer ball is lying on the ground. B) A person is standing in line. C) A roller coaster is sitting at the top of a hill. D) Water is flowing over a dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water is flowing over a dam. 37. Water is a suitable cooling agent used in the cooling system of a car engine. This is because water A) Is rust-resistant. B) Has a high density. C) Can absorb a lot of heat. D) Evaporates rapidly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can absorb a lot of heat. 38. Which force is responsible for the decay of a proton to a neutron. State the boson. A) Weak, W+. B) Weak. Z0. C) Strong, g. D) Weak, W-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weak, W+. 39. Motion is of various types and the type of motion depends on how an object moves. For example, which type of motion can A) Oscillatory motion. B) Circular motion. C) Parabolic motion. D) Linear motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Linear motion. 40. Velocity is both ..... and ..... A) Direction, magnitude. B) Volume, density. C) Direction, mass. D) Speed, direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speed, direction. 41. The gradient of a velocity time graph represents A) Displacement. B) Force. C) Acceleration. D) Distance travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acceleration. 42. The density of aluminum is 2.7 $gcm^3$. What is the mass of a cube of aluminium of sides 2.0 cm? A) 10.8 g. B) 21.6 g. C) 1.35 g. D) 5.4 g. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 21.6 g. 43. Boiling temperature point? A) 100. B) 35. C) 12. D) -90. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100. 44. What is Heat? (in physics) A) A miami basketball team. B) The flow of thermal energy. C) Elements at high temperature. D) Plasma radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The flow of thermal energy. 45. What scale do we use to measure temperature? A) Only Fahrenheit. B) Thermometer. C) $^ \circ$C $^ \circ$F K. D) Only Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $^ \circ$C $^ \circ$F K. 46. If someone is running-6m/s what is their speed? A) -3m/s. B) 6m/s. C) 3m/s. D) -6m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6m/s. 47. Which force is responsible for the production of strange particles? A) Weak. B) Strong. C) Gravitational. D) Electromagnetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong. 48. Which one is a Live Wire? A) Brown. Provides the alternating potential difference. B) Blue. Completes the circuit and carries away current. C) Green and Yellow. Only carries current when there is a fault. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brown. Provides the alternating potential difference. 49. Which of the following is not an SI base quantity? A) Temperature. B) Time. C) Weight. D) Length. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weight. 50. Huda jogs 3000 meters due north in 15 minutes and then jogs 4000 meters due south in 20 minutes. A) 3.3 m/s. B) 1.2 m/s. C) 0 m/s. D) 21 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0 m/s. 51. In optics an object which has higher refractive index is called A) Optically rarer. B) Optically denser. C) Optical density. D) Refractive index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optically denser. 52. What is the average speed of a cheetah that ran 55 meters in 5 minutes? A) 11 m/mi. B) 605 m/mi. C) 10 m/mi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11 m/mi. 53. Calculate volume of aluminum with mass of 5400kg and a density of 2700kg/m3 A) 0.5m2. B) 2m2. C) 2m3. D) 0.5m3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2m3. 54. Why is a spectrum of seven colours formed when sunlight passes through a prism? A) White light is a mixture of seven colours. B) Light travels at high speed. C) The different colours of light is reflected at different angles in a glass prism. D) The prism adds colour to the white sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The different colours of light is reflected at different angles in a glass prism. 55. According to the law of reflection the angle of incidence is A) Equal to the angle of relction. B) More than the angle of reflection. C) Less than the angle of reflection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equal to the angle of relction. 56. When travelling home from school on the AT train at a constant speed in a straight line, which statement is true A) The driving force of the engine is bigger than friction and air resistance combined. B) There are no forces acting on the bus. C) The driving force of the engine is equal to friction and air resistance combined. D) A resultant force is required to keep the bus moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The driving force of the engine is equal to friction and air resistance combined. 57. Acceleration is caused by a force acting on a mass. A) Newton's first law of motion. B) Newton's second law of motion. C) Newton's third law of motion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newton's second law of motion. 58. The high pressure waves reflect as high pressure at the end of a ..... A) Open pipe harmonic. B) Closed pipe harmonic. C) Open pipe resonator. D) Closed pipe resonator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closed pipe resonator. 59. Find the cut-off wavelength for the photoelectriceffect in tungsten (work function for tungsten is 4.5 eV) A) 414 nm. B) 552 nm. C) 276 nm. D) 138 nm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 276 nm. 60. Its is a branch of physics that applies the tools and techniques of physics to the study of living things in life processes. A) Biophysics. B) Atomic Physics. C) Electromagnetism. D) Thermodynamics. E) Relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biophysics. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPhysics QuizzesScience QuizzesPhysics Quiz 1Physics Quiz 2Physics Quiz 3Physics Quiz 4Physics Quiz 5Physics Quiz 6Physics Quiz 8Physics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books