2. Please select a Team.
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3. Electromagnetic energy invisible to the human eye is:
ultraviolet light.
blue light.
yellow light.
red light.

4. The amount of time required for one cycle to occur is called the:
frequency.
period.
amplitude.
harmonic.

5. Which circuit below will produce a brighter light bulb? A. B.

6. The measure of how effective a machine is in using energy to do work is called:
mechanical advantage.
work output.
efficiency.
transformation.

7. The higher the frequency the higher the energy of the wave.
True
False

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9. What is a requirement of doing work?
Energy
Weight
Speed
Mass

10. Which of the following sounds has the shortest wavelength?
A female soprano singer at 2,000 hertz
A bass guitar at 150 hertz
The rumble of thunder at 75 hertz
A male voice at 500 hertz

11. An object at rest has: inertia but no momentum.
neither inertia nor momentum.
momentum but no inertia.
both inertia and momentum.

12. smaller greater the same
A heavy truck and a small car rolling down a hill at the same speed are forced to stop in the same amount of time. Compared to the force that stops the car, the force needed to stop the truck is
smaller
greater
the same

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14. The action that would require NO work to be done is:
pedaling a 100-newton bicycle up a small hill.
lifting a balloon filled with air from the floor to a desktop.
pushing a 25-kilogram box of books across the floor.
holding a 100-pound object over your head.

15. The property of matter that resists changes in motion is:
acceleration.
force.
speed.
inertia.

16. The only electromagnetic wave type that we can see?
visible light
gamma
microwaves
infrared

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18. An extended spring stores:
potential energy.
radiant energy.
chemical energy.
kinetic energy.

19. The unit for measuring the frequency of an oscillating system is the:
hertz.
meter/second.
hertz/second.
meter.

20. Potential energy is energy due to the:
temperature of an object.
motion of an object.
height of an object.
speed of an object.

21. Energy is measured in:
kg•m/s2
joules.
newtons.
kg/m2

22. If the net force on a moving object is zero:
the object will not change direction or speed.
the object will slow down and stop.
the object will change direction.
the object will change speed.

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24. Which wave of the electromagnetic spectrum carries the most energy?
X-ray
Gamma
Radio
ultraviolet

25. Not enough information is given.
When a ball is thrown into the air, the potential energy gained must come from its kinetic energy. As the ball gains potential energy, its speed will:
increase.
decrease.
remain the same.
Not enough information is given.

26. The electromagnetic spectrum can be expressed in terms of energy, frequency, and wavelength.
True
False

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28. What should the voltmeter read (approximately)?
1.5 volts
3 volts
3.375 volts
4.5 volts

29. A violin string vibrates at a fundamental frequency of 200 Hz
A violin string vibrates at a fundamental frequency of 200 Hz. The frequency of the third harmonic for this string is:
300 hertz.
400 hertz.
500 hertz.
600 hertz.

30. A circuit with a switch turned to the OFF position or a circuit with any break is called:
a resistor circuit.
a short circuit.
a closed circuit.
an open circuit.

31. The positively charged particle in an atom is:
a proton.
a neutron.
an electron.
an electron cloud..

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33. The longest waves of this type create warmth which you can feel on your skin.
X-ray
infrared
gamma
radio

34. Electrical current will pass easily through:
a conductor.
an absorber.
an insulator.
a semiconductor.

35. A net force must be applied to an object to do all of the following EXCEPT:
maintain constant speed.
slow down.
turn.
stop moving.

36. A longitudinal wave travels:
perpendicular to the direction of oscillations.
perpendicular to a latitude wave.
only along the Earth's longitudinal lines.
in the same direction as the oscillations.

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38. Newton’s first law of motion is also known as:
the law of inertia.
the law of force pairs.
the law of universal gravitation.
the law of unbalanced forces.

39. You stand on a skateboard and push off the ground with one of your feet. The reason that the skateboard moves forward is that the force you apply to the skateboard:
is larger than the force applied by you to the skateboard
equals the force applied by the ground to the skateboard.
is larger than the force applied by the ground to the skateboard.
equals the force applied to you by the skateboard.

40. A marble rolls along the track below with no friction
A marble rolls along the track below with no friction. The sequence of positions on the track listed in order from the lowest kinetic energy to the highest kinetic energy is:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6
1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2
6, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1

41. A ball is rolling down a level sidewalk
A ball is rolling down a level sidewalk. As it roll, it slows down and stops. Why?
Frictional force acts on the ball to stop it.
Continued motion requires a force.
The net force on a moving ball is always zero.
The force that started it moving was taken away.

42. The tread on the bottom of your sneakers is designed to:
decrease the friction between your foot and the ground.
change the direction of the friction between your foot and the ground.
not affect the friction between your foot and the ground.
increase the friction between your foot and the ground.

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44. A unit used to measure the period of a cycle is the:
second.
hertz.
meter.
newton-second.

45. A force that resists motion is called:
weight.
friction.
equilibrium.

46. A converging lens changes the direction of light through the process of:
reflection.
refraction.
reaction.
subtraction.

47. law of gravitational force.
“Every action force creates a reaction force that is equal in strength and opposite in direction.” This statement summarizes Newton’s:
1st law of motion.
2nd law of motion.
3rd law of motion.
law of gravitational force.

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