REVIEW QUESTION
FOR THE UPCOMIN
FINAL EXAM
1. What forms when light waves
bounce off a mirrored surface?
a. image
b. particle
c. photon
d. shadow
1. What forms when light waves
bounce off a mirrored surface?
2. In the geocentric model (the Earth
at the center of the universe), which
motion would occur?
a. the Earth rotate on its axis
b. the Earth would revolve around the Sun
c. the Moon would revolve around the Sun
d. the Sun would revolve around the Earth
3. How is the bending of light waves as
they pass from one medium to another
medium with different refractive indices
known?
a. diffraction
b. refraction
c. reflection
d. transmission
4. We cannot see a new moon in our
sky because _________.
a. a new moon is quite near the Sun in the sky
b. it is obscured by the Earth's shadow
c. it is above the horizon during the daytime
d. no sunlight is illuminating the Moon
5. Lunar eclipses can occur only
during a _________.
a. first quarter moon
b. full moon
c. new moon
d. third quarter moon
6. He observed the emergence of colors of
light through a prism, and stated that the
difference in refraction was due to the
differences in the mass of the colors of
light.
a. Aristotle
b. Galileo Galilei
c. Isaac Newton
d. None of these
7. A piece of charcoal appears black
when viewed in sunlight because it
________light
a. absorbs
b. disperse
c. reflects
d. transmits
8. Which of the following describes
the position of the North Star if you
go nearer the equator?
a. closer to the horizon
b. it disappears completely
c. farther away from the horizon
d. the North Star is fixed wherever you are
on the Earth
9. What is the common unbalanced
force acting on an object in motion?
a. inertia
b. acceleration
c. friction
d. speed
9. What is the common unbalanced
force acting on an object in motion?
a. inertia – the tendency of an object to resist change
b. acceleration – the act or process of moving
c. friction – force that resist motion between two bodies in contact
d. speed
9. What is the common unbalanced
force acting on an object in motion?
a. inertia
b. acceleration
c. friction
d. speed
10. A steel cabinet, a plastic cabinet and a
wooden cabinet, each with the same size, is
being pushed with a force of 500N which of
the three objects will have the least
acceleration?
a. the steel cabinet
b. the plastic cabinet
c. the wooden cabinet
d. they will have the same acceleration
11. When a balloon held between the
hands is pressed, its shape changes.
This happens because:
a. balanced forces act on the balloon
b. unbalanced forces act on the balloon
c. frictional forces act on the balloon
d. gravitational force acts on the balloon
12. A bus is moving at a constant
speed in a straight path. Which of the
following does NOT describe the
forces acting on it?
a. the forces acting on it must all be balance
b. the forces acting on it must be unbalance
c. constant forces are acting on it
d. the resultant force is zero
13. The inertia of an object is related
to its
a. mass and speed
b. mass and force
c. mass only
d. speed only
14. Which of the following is an
example of a violent motion?
a. air moving upward e. pulled bag
b. laptop pushed along the table f. water falling
c. vase dropped from the window g. smoke rises
d. kicked soccer ball h. pushed trolley
15. Which of the following is an
example of a natural motion?
a. air moving upward e. pulled bag
b. laptop pushed along the table f. water falling
c. vase dropped from the window g. smoke rises
d. kicked soccer ball h. pushed trolley
16. Who discovered that when you
dropped two objects it will fall in the
same time with the absence of air
resistance?
a. Aristotle
b. Galileo Galilei
c. Isaac Newton
d. None of these
17. Johannes Kepler is best known
for the:
a. Invention of the first telescope
b. Principle of stellar parallax
c. Laws of planetary motion
d. Sun-centered Universe
18. What are the 3 planetary laws of
Kepler?
Law 1: Law of Ellipses
Law 2: Equal Areas
Law 3: Law of Periods
19. As one of his three axioms of
planetary motion, ______demonstrated
that the planets move in elliptical orbits
around the sun.
a. Galileo Galilei
b. Johannes Kepler
c. Nicolaus Copernicus
d. Tycho Brahe
20. In simple language, Kepler’s third
law means that
Law 3: Law of Periods
a. slowly moving planets are close to the Sun.
b. the Sun is at the center of planetary orbits.
c. planets close to the Sun have shorter periods
than those farther away.
d. a planet moves more rapidly when near the
Sun than when farther away.
21. Who was the first who studied
and was
21. Who explained thewho
the first concept of and
studied
explained therefraction?
concept of refraction?
RENE DESCARTES
22. A Danish astronomer and nobleman
who made accurate observations of the
movement of celestial bodies.
a. Galileo Galilei
b. Johannes Kepler
c. Rene Descartes
d. Tycho Brahe
23. What do you call a group of stars
that appear to form a pattern or
picture in the night sky?
CONSTELLATION
24. He is considered as the greatest
of the early Greek astronomers.
HIPPARCHUS
25. He listed several arguments for a
spherical Earth which includes: the
positions of the North Star, the shape
of the moon and the sun, and the
disappearance of the ships when they
sail over the horizon.
ARISTOTLE
26. An apple is left free in air. Which
of the following is true statement that
best describes what is happening?
a. the apple is pulled towards Earth by air resistance.
b. the apple is pushed towards Earth by air resistance
c. the apple is pulled towards Earth by the force of
gravity
d. the apple is pushed towards Earth by the force of
gravity
27. A football, a tennis ball and a golf ball
fall down in the absence of air resistance.
Which of the following is true about their
acceleration?
27. A football, a tennis ball and a golf ball
fall down in the absence of air resistance.
Which of the following is true about their
acceleration?
a. they all fall with the same constant
acceleration
b. the acceleration of the football is greater than
those of the other two
c. the acceleration of the golf ball is greater than
those of the other two
d. the acceleration of the tennis ball is greater
than those of the other two
28. A feather and an iron bar are
released from the same height in a
room without any air resistance. If
you are an Aristotle follower, which
will fall fast first?
a. iron bar
b. feather
c. both at the same time
d. they will not fall
29. What do you call a phenomenon
observed by Anaxagoras where he
determined the shape of the Earth?
a. solar eclipse
b. lunar eclipse
c. total eclipse
d. moon eclipse
30. In which type of model are the
Sun, other stars, and the Moon in
orbit around the Earth?
a. heliocentric model
b. tetrahedral model
c. concentric model
d. geocentric model
