PHYSICS TEST 2 REVIEW

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Physics Review
Amber Garcia
Quiz by Amber Garcia, updated more than 1 year ago
Amber Garcia
Created by Amber Garcia over 7 years ago
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Question 1

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Compared to the mass of a certain object on Earth, the mass of the same object on the moon is:
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  • less
  • more
  • the same

Question 2

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What two quantities does torque depend on [blank_start]......?[blank_end]
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  • Force & Lever arm

Question 3

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Whenever the net force on an object is zero, its acceleration is[blank_start]:[blank_end]
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  • 0

Question 4

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A fast car can accelerate without interacting with anything
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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What must occur for an object to accelerate? [blank_start]blank[blank_end]
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  • A netforce must act on it

Question 6

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What must occur for an object to fall over? [blank_start]blank[blank_end]
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  • The center mass must be over pivet point

Question 7

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Define momentum. [blank_start]blank[blank_end]
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  • Measure how difficult to stop moving obj

Question 8

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Age of Earth? [blank_start]blanket[blank_end]
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  • 4.6 billion years

Question 9

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Age of Universe[blank_start]?[blank_end]
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  • 13.7 billion years

Question 10

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Age of Sun[blank_start]?[blank_end]
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  • 5 billion

Question 11

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Closest galaxy and how many light years away? [blank_start]..[blank_end]
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  • LMC 160,000 LY away

Question 12

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Closest star and how many light years away[blank_start]?[blank_end]
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  • Alpha Centauri and 3.3 LY away

Question 13

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Hooke's Law [blank_start]is?[blank_end]
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  • Force is proportional to stretch F=kx

Question 14

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An object maintains its state of motion because it has
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  • weight
  • speed
  • acceleration
  • mass
  • none of the above

Question 15

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Describe briefly how Netwon's third law manifests itself for the Earth-Moon system[blank_start]...?[blank_end]
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  • If Earth has a foce so does the moon

Question 16

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Pluto was discovered by: [blank_start]___[blank_end]
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  • Clyde Tombough 1929

Question 17

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What was the name of Newton's book, published 20 years after his initial findings[blank_start]?[blank_end]
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  • Principia

Question 18

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If the mass of an object does not change, a constant net force on the object produces constant
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  • velocity
  • acceleration
  • displacement
  • velocity and acceleration

Question 19

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To move forward, WHY does a skateboarder push off against the ground instead of just pushing his body with his hand? [blank_start]------------[blank_end]
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  • Skateboarder needs a net external force

Question 20

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What was Tyco Brahe's major contribution to science?
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  • Charted planets and stars daily for twenty years
  • Wrote Principia
  • Created telescope
  • Only charted planets for twenty years

Question 21

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[blank_start]State Newton's Three Laws of Motion[blank_end]
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  • Law of Intertia,Fnet=ma, Action/reaction

Question 22

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Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion? [blank_start]...[blank_end] [blank_start]...[blank_end] [blank_start]...[blank_end]
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  • 1. planets move ellipses around the sun
  • 2. planets move faster closest to sun
  • T^2 x a^3 period/distance are proport.

Question 23

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Define Mass
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  • Measure of space
  • Measure of objects inertia

Question 24

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Define weight
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  • Measure of the effect if gravity in an objects mass
  • Measure of velocity on an objects mass

Question 25

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Facts about Isaac Newton's Life
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  • Had two siblings
  • Born on Xmas, Built a working sun dial @ 6 years old, had several breakdowns, developed calculus
  • Never went to college, born on Halloween, live with grandpa
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