This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > Physics Basics > Physics – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physics Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is an idealised body that is able to absorb all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it ..... is an idealized body that is able to absorb all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it ..... A) White body White body. B) Radiator bodyJasad transmitter. C) Planck's bodyJasad Planck. D) Black body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black body. 2. In the steps of the scientific method, what is the next step after formulating and objectively testing hypotheses? A) Interpreting results. B) Stating conclusions. C) Conducting experiments. D) Making observations and collecting data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpreting results. 3. What kind(s) of objects have inertia? A) All objects with mass. B) Only objects at rest. C) Only objects in motion. D) Only objects whose motion is being changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All objects with mass. 4. WHO IS ACHARYA KANADA A) AN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER. B) CANADIAN PHILOSOPHER. C) AN ANCIENT INDIAN PHILOSOPHER. D) AN ANCIENT CANADIAN PHILOSOPHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AN ANCIENT INDIAN PHILOSOPHER. 5. A computer monitor combines the ..... to create any color in the rainbow A) Waves. B) Additive primary colors. C) Subtractive primary colors. D) Photovoltaic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Additive primary colors. 6. A motorboat, which has a speed of 5 meters per second in still water, is headed east as it crosses a river flowing south at 3.3 meters per second. What is the magnitude of the boat's resultant velocity with respect to the starting point? A) 5.0 m/s. B) 6.0 m/s. C) 8.3 m/s. D) 3.3 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6.0 m/s. 7. What materials would be good insulators for a handle on a pan or pot that would be used on the stove? A) Wood or metal. B) Metal or rubber. C) Wood or rubber. D) Copper or steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wood or rubber. 8. Branches of physics that studies the production and properties of sound A) Mechanics. B) Quantum Physics. C) Acoustics. D) Optics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acoustics. 9. Photoelectrons will be ejected from a material surface if? A) The work function is less than the photon energy. B) The intensity of light is high enough. C) The threshold frequency is greater than the photon frequency. D) The wavelength of photon is maximum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The work function is less than the photon energy. 10. A converging lens has a focal length of 30 cm. A 5 cm tall candle is placed at a distance of 10 cm in front of the lens. Determine the image distance. A) -15 cm. B) -30 cm. C) 6 cm. D) -45 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -15 cm. 11. Sammy studied kinetic and potential energy by observing apples on a tree during a field investigation. What type of energy do the apples on the tree have? A) Gravitational potential energy. B) Mechanical energy. C) Elastic potential energy. D) Sound energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravitational potential energy. 12. The area of irregular shaped object can be calculated using a A) Formula. B) Filter paper. C) Graph paper. D) Tissue paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graph paper. 13. Friction is which type of force? A) Contact force. B) Circular force. C) Fundamental force. D) Action-at-a-distance force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contact force. 14. Which term describes when light bounces off of a smooth surface? A) Refraction. B) Transmission. C) Reflection. D) Absorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflection. 15. The idea stating that matter is made up of small particles that are in constant motion is A) The kinetic theory of matter. B) Charles's law. C) Boyle's law. D) Archimedes' principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The kinetic theory of matter. 16. ..... Law says that a current produced by an induced emf moves in a direction so that its magnetic field opposes the original change in flux A) Lenz'. B) Faraday's. C) Ampere's. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lenz'. 17. A pendulum takes two seconds to make a complete swing . what could one swing be called A) Period. B) Time taken. C) Time. D) Change in time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 18. Convex lens focus a real, point sized image at focus, the object is placed A) At focus. B) Between F and 2F. C) At infinity. D) At 2F. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At infinity. 19. AN ELECTRIC FUSE IS BASED ON A) THE HEATING EFFECT OF THE CURRENT. B) THE MAGNETIC EFFECT OF THE CURRENT. C) THE CHEMICAL EFFECT OF THE CURRENT. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE HEATING EFFECT OF THE CURRENT. 20. The half-life of Radon-222 is 4 days. If the initial mass of radon is 20g, what is the mass decayed after 12 days? A) 2.5g. B) 5.0g. C) 15.0g. D) 17.5 g. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17.5 g. 21. What is internal energy? A) The amount of heat an object contains. B) The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the particles of a substance. C) Something we can measure easily. D) Something that does not exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the particles of a substance. 22. It is an area of Physics that studies the nature and behavior of light. A) Nuclear Physics. B) Quantum Mechanics. C) Optics. D) Thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optics. 23. What does polarizing light do? A) Causes light to travel in only one plane. B) Reduces the amount of light. C) Looks cool. D) Blocks light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Causes light to travel in only one plane. 24. What is the correct equation for calculating a time? A) Time = acceleration / change in velocity. B) Time = change in velocity x acceleration. C) Time = change in velocity / acceleration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time = change in velocity / acceleration. 25. What is the definition of "weight" ? A) The time it takes to get on a ride. B) The amount of matter in an object. C) Measure of the force of gravity on your body. D) The size of an object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measure of the force of gravity on your body. 26. Which Branch of Physics is most important when determining how much voltage is produced by a wind turbine? A) Relativity. B) Waves & Wave mechanics. C) Mechanics. D) Electromagnetism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electromagnetism. 27. Transfer of energy through the movement of heat through electromagnetic waves, does not need a medium A) Radiation. B) Convection. C) Conduction. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radiation. 28. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of a convex mirror? A) The image is diminished in size. B) The image is erect. C) The image is real. D) The image is virtual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The image is real. 29. What is the kinetic energy of a 9 kg book that has a speed of 4 m/s? A) 72 J. B) 36 J. C) 144 J. D) 18 J. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 72 J. 30. A bike rider approaches a hill at a speed of 5.5 m/s. The combined mass of the bike and rider is 87kg. Find the initial kinetic energy of the system. The rider coasts up the hill. Ignoring friction, at what height will the bike come to rest? A) 1316J, 1.5m. B) 2316J, 2.5m. C) 1457J, 3.5m. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1316J, 1.5m. 31. The specific heat capacity of a material is defined as: A) The total amount of energy a material can hold before melting. B) The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1.0 kg of the material 1.0K. C) The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1.0 kg of the material 10.0K. D) The total amount of energy a material can hold before turning to a gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1.0 kg of the material 1.0K. 32. When all 3 primary light colors are mixed which color is produced? A) Black. B) White. C) Magenta. D) Cyan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White. 33. A dentist uses a small dental mirror to help magnify teeth in your mouth. What type of mirror is this? A) A concave mirror. B) A convex mirror. C) A convex lens. D) A concave lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A concave mirror. 34. When a spring is compressed, which of these energy stores is energy transferred to? A) The spring's elastic potential energy store. B) The spring's nuclear energy store. C) The spring's magnetic energy store. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spring's elastic potential energy store. 35. Physics variable for 74 m/s A) A. B) V. C) D. D) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) V. 36. A fishing boat with a maximum speed of 3 m/s relative to the water is in a river that is flowing at 2 m/s. What is the maximum speed the boat can obtain relative to the shore? A) 5.8 m/s. B) 7 m/s. C) 25 m/s. D) 5 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 m/s. 37. The heat absorbed by melting a solid is known as A) Latent heat of vaporisation. B) Latent heat of liquid. C) Latent heat of solid. D) Latent heat of fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latent heat of fusion. 38. Total distance divided by total time A) Average acceleration. B) Average motion. C) Average speed. D) Average distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Average speed. 39. In an electron microscope, light source is replaced by the beam of very fast moving ..... A) Electron. B) Proton. C) Photon. D) Neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electron. 40. An object will not have any inertia if it is .....? ..... A) Accelerating. B) Moving in a circle. C) In space. D) Nonsense! All objects have inertia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonsense! All objects have inertia. 41. In an experiment, a student measures the volume of a liquid in a measuring cylinder. The student should make sure that her eye is level with the meniscus of the liquid. This will reduce A) Meniscus error. B) Random error. C) Zero error. D) Parallax error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallax error. 42. The temperature at which a liquid turns to a gas is called the ..... point. A) Boiling. B) Freezing. C) Amorphous. D) Crystalline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boiling. 43. How much work is done by a motor that lifts a train car on El Toro to the top of a 70-meter hill using a force of 15, 000 N? A) 105, 000 J. B) 214.29 J. C) 1, 050, 000 J. D) 1, 000, 000 J. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 050, 000 J. 44. "Newton suggested that objects like the soccer ball have a natural tendency to keep moving. The only reason they stop, he believed, is because an unbalanced force acts." What does tendency mean? A) A very small chance of something happening. B) A fifty-fifty chance of something happening. C) The fear of doing something or acting in a certain way. D) The way something normally behaves or acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The way something normally behaves or acts. 45. It takes 20 N of force to move a box a distance of 10 m. How much work is done on the box? A) 20.0J. B) 2 J. C) 200 N. D) 200 J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 200 J. 46. The distance between the Earth and the Sun is around 150, 000, 000 km. Express this value in scientific notation. A) 15 x 10 7 km. B) 15 x 108 km. C) 1.5 x 107 km. D) 1.5 x 108 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.5 x 108 km. 47. If a cheetah runs 180 miles in 3 hours, what is its average speed? A) 60 miles/second/second. B) 60 miles/hour. C) 60 hours. D) 60 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60 miles/hour. 48. Which of the following is not a fundamental unit? A) Newton. B) Kilogram. C) Second. D) Candela. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newton. 49. When an object is in motion, it's ..... must change. A) Acceleration. B) Position. C) Shape. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Position. 50. The color of light is determined by ..... of the light waves? A) The speed. B) The frequency. C) The medium. D) The amplitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The frequency. 51. It is a branch of physics that deals with the behavior of objects and systems in response to various forces. A) Relativity. B) Thermodynamics. C) Classical Physics. D) Mechanics. E) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mechanics. 52. Morgan walks 10 miles South. Trevor walks 10 miles North in the same amount of time. They have: A) Different velocities. B) Same motion. C) Different average speeds. D) Same velocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different velocities. 53. If an object has more mass, then it will A) Weigh more. B) Weigh the same as an object with less mass. C) Weigh less. D) Always have more volume than an object with less mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weigh more. 54. The relationship between Work and Power is A) P = W x t. B) P = W / t in only units of seconds. C) P = W / t in any units of time. D) P = t / W. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P = W / t in only units of seconds. 55. -If you wanted to measure the distance from here to Dubai City, you would use A) Centimeters. B) Millimeters. C) Kilometers. D) Meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kilometers. 56. In a transverse wave, the disturbance is ..... to the direction the wave is traveling. A) Parallel. B) Vertex. C) Perpendicular. D) Intersecting line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perpendicular. 57. If two objects labelled B and C are both at thermal equilibrium with object A, which of the following must be true? A) Objects B and C are in thermal equilibrium with each other. B) Object B has a higher temperature than object C. C) Object C has a higher temperature than object B. D) Objects B and C are not in thermal equilibrium with each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objects B and C are in thermal equilibrium with each other. 58. The units of acceleration are ..... A) M s. B) M/s2. C) M/s. D) M s2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M/s2. 59. Power is the ..... A) Conservation of momentum. B) Energy of a moving object. C) Rate of doing work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rate of doing work. 60. Which of the following lists includes only vector quantities? A) Velocity, displacement, acceleration. B) Speed, displacement, time. C) Speed, distance, time. D) Velocity, distance, acceleration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Velocity, displacement, acceleration. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPhysics QuizzesScience QuizzesPhysics Quiz 1Physics Quiz 2Physics Quiz 3Physics Quiz 4Physics Quiz 5Physics Quiz 6Physics Quiz 7Physics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books