This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Physics Basics > Physics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physics Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g$^ \circ$ C. Specific heat of wood is 1.760 J/g$^ \circ$ C What material needs more heat energy to raise the temperature? A) Water. B) Wood. C) Both are same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 2. The first of scientific method A) Question. B) Hypothesis. C) Experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question. 3. It is the science that studies matter and its motion. A) Physics. B) Chemistry. C) Biology. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physics. 4. Which one is a Neutral 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: B) Blue. Completes the circuit and carries away current. 5. What does a micrometer have A) Revolving barrel with a thread. B) A extra sliding scale. C) None of these. D) Revolving barrel with an extra scale on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolving barrel with an extra scale on it. 6. The temperature of a 6.0 g sample of glass changed from 20.0$^ \circ$C to 45.0$^ \circ$C when it absorbed 550 J of heat. What is the specific heat of this glass? A) 0.27 J/g $^ \circ$C. B) 3.7 J/g $^ \circ$C. C) 130 J/g $^ \circ$C. D) 12 J/g $^ \circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.7 J/g $^ \circ$C. 7. Branch of Physics that deals with the structure of the atomic nucleus, and with nuclear reactions and their application. A) Plasma Physics. B) Atomic and Nuclear Physics. C) Thermodynamics. D) Relativity Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atomic and Nuclear Physics. 8. In the following set of numbers, which one is an anomaly? 12.5, 13, 12.8, 12.66, 15.4 A) 15.4. B) 12.5. C) 12.8. D) 12.66. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15.4. 9. Alpha particles is a helium nucleus consists of A) 2 protons and 2 neutrons. B) 4 protons and 2 neutrons. C) 2 protons and 4 neutrons. D) 2 protons and 4 electrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 protons and 2 neutrons. 10. It is a branch of Physics that studies the nature and behavior of light. A) Optics. B) Nuclear Physics. C) Thermodynamics. D) Quantum Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optics. 11. During an energy transfer process, 1000 J of heat are removed from a gas while 100 J of work is done by the gas. What is the change in internal energy of the gas? A) +1100 J. B) +900 J. C) -900 J. D) -1100 J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -1100 J. 12. From the same height (and at the same time), one ball is dropped and another ball is fired horizontally. Which one will hit the ground first? A) The "dropped" ball. B) The "fired" ball. C) They both hit at the same time. D) It depends on how hard the ball was fired. E) It depends on the initial height. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They both hit at the same time. 13. Why do are protons in particle accelerated to close to the speed of light in particle accelerators? A) To conserve momentum. B) To create mini black holes. C) So extra energy is available to create new mass. D) Because time slows down close to the speed of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So extra energy is available to create new mass. 14. What is a vacuum? A) A space with only air in it. B) A space with NO matter at all present. C) A machine you use to do your chores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A space with NO matter at all present. 15. What is 0oC in Kelvin? A) 110 K. B) 100 K. C) 273 K. D) 210 K. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 273 K. 16. The transfer of energy through the movement of cold and hot matter A) Radiation. B) Convection. C) Conduction. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 17. Gravitational Potential Energy depends on ..... and ..... of the object. A) Mass and Velocity. B) Velocity and Height. C) Mass only. D) Height and Mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Height and Mass. 18. Which one of these isn't a temperature scale? A) Fahrenheit. B) Celsius. C) Kelvin. D) Monty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monty. 19. Which material is the best conductor of heat? A) Glass. B) Styrofoam. C) Metal. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metal. 20. Which of these lists the EM waves from Highest to lowest frequency? A) Radio-Micro-Gamma-Visible light-UV-Xrays-Infrared-Xrays. B) Radio-Micro-Infrared-Visible light-UV-X-Gamma waves. C) Gamma-Xray-UV-Visible light-Infrared-Micro-radio. D) None of above. 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