Physics:

End of Course Assessment [62268]

1. A car traveling on a straight road at 15 m/s accelerates uniformly to a speed of 21 m/s in 12
seconds. What is the car’s acceleration?
a. 36 m/s2 c. 0.5 m/s2
b. 48 m/s 2 d. 0.75 m/s2

2. When a certain force is applied to an object with a mass of 2 kg, its acceleration is 10.0 m/s2.
When the same force is applied to a different object, its acceleration is 4.0 m/s2. The mass of
second object is
a. 5 kg c. 40 kg
b. 80 kg d. 20 kg

3. If the current in a series circuit is 24 A. What is the voltage across this a 6 ohm resistor?
a. 48 V c. 144 V
b. 8 V d. 4 V

4. If a firefly collides with the windshield of a fast-moving bus, which statement is correct?
a. The firefly experiences an impact force with a larger magnitude
b. The bus experiences an impact force with a larger magnitude
c. The firefly and bus experience forces with same magnitude in opposite directions
d. The firefly and bus experience forces with same direction

5. What is the power output of a machine that produces 10 J or work over a 0.5 second period?
a. 10 W c. 20 W
b. 5 W d. 40 W

6. In order to have momentum, and object must have velocity and ____________.
a. Mass c. Inertia
b. Acceleration d. Electric Charge

7. Which of the following is NOT an example of acceleration?
a. Traveling at a constant speed c. Decreasing speed
b. Increasing speed d. Changing directions

8. The graph below represents the displacement of a particle in a medium over a period of time.



The amplitude of the wave is:
a. 4 s
b. 6 s
c. 8 cm
d. 4cm




9. In the following diagram scaled vectors represent the momentum of each of two masses, A and B,
sliding toward each other on a frictionless horizontal surface.

Which scaled vector best represents the momentum of the system after the masses collide?

A.

B.


C.

D.




10. Object 1 and Object 2 are traveling at the same speed, but the kinetic energy of Object 1 is greater
than the kinetic energy of Object 2. How does the weight of Object 1 compare to the weight of
Object 2?
a. Object 1 weighs more than Object 2.
b. Object 1 weighs less than Object 2
c. Object 1 weighs the same as Object 2
d. More information is needed to compare the weights of the objects.

11. A 3.0-ohm resistor and a 6.0-ohm resistor are connected in series in an operating electric
circuit. If the current through the 3.0-ohm resistor is 4.0 amperes, what is the voltage across the
6.0-ohm resistor?
a. 8 V c. 12 V
b. 2 V d. 24 V


12. A pair of figure skaters performs a lift in a competition. The male skater lifts the female skater
over his head. If the female skater has a weight of 500 N and is lifted 1 m, how much work does the
male skater do on the female skater?
a. 50 J c. 1500 J
b. 150 J d. 500J

13. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.19 J/g°C. How much heat would be needed to increase the
temperature of 10 g of water by 20 °C?
a. 838 J c. 200 J
b. 20 J d. 419 J

14. The diagram below shows waves A and B in the same medium.
Compared to wave A, wave B has
a. twice the amplitude and twice the
wavelength
b. the same amplitude and half the
wavelength
c. twice the amplitude and half the
wavelength
d. half the amplitude and the same
wavelength



15. An example of an elastic collision would be
a. a ball of clay sticking to the ceiling.
b. two trucks becoming tangled in an accident.
c. two train cars connecting and then continuing to move together.
d. a dodge-ball bouncing off of someone’s head.

16. What is the potential energy of a 0.1 kg bird perched on a wire that is 5 m high?
a. 0.5 J c. 5 J
b. 1.25 J d. 50 J

17. Which of the following statements BEST explains why there is no change in temperature once
thermal equilibrium between two objects in contact is reached?
a. Heat can flow between two objects in contact.
b. Heat does not flow spontaneously from a cooler object to a warmer object.
c. Heat does not flow between objects in contact at the same temperature.
d. Heat flows by conduction, convection, and radiation when the temperatures are the same.

18. The inertia of an object is directly proportional to its
a. Velocity
b. Temperature
c. Distance from staring point
d. Mass
19. Two cars, A and B, are driving down a straight road. Their motion is shown on the position versus
time graph below.
What does this graph show about the two
Key cars?
Car A
Car B a. Both cars are travelling at the same
speed.
Position (m)

b. Car A and car B are both

accelerating.

c. Car A is slower than car B.
d. Car A is faster than car B.


Time (s)


20. A football player moving 4 m/s with 500 kg·m/s of momentum crashes into a practice dummy.
What is the football player’s mass?
a. 150 Kg c. 125 Kg
b. 300 Kg d. 2400 Kg

21. When you throw a baseball up in the air, it has the most potential energy
a. immediately after it leaves your c. through the entire path; its
hand potential energy does not change.
b. immediately before it is caught d. at the highest point of its motion

22. What is the force needed to stop a 60 kg grocery cart traveling 0.6 m/s2?
a. 1 N c. 0.01 N
b. 100 N d. 36 N

23. A 220 Ω resistor with 0.01 Amps of current must have a voltage of
a. 2.2 V c. 0.01 V
b. 22,000 V d. 220 V

24. Which of the following has the least amount of momentum?
a. a 1,000 kg car traveling 10 m/s c. a 5,000 kg bus traveling 1.8 m/s
b. a 10,000 kg truck at rest d. a 0.01 kg mouse traveling 1 m/s

25. When a teacher shines light on a photocell attached to a fan, the blades of the fan turn. The
brighter the light shone on the photocell, the faster the blades turn. Which energy conversion is
illustrated by this demonstration?
a. light → thermal → mechanical c. light → electrical → mechanical
b. light → nuclear → thermal d. light → mechanical → chemical

26. A 50 kg crate dragged across a factory floor experiences a frictional force of 18.0 N. What happens
to the force of friction and the coefficient of friction when more mass is added to the crate before
dragging it across the same floor?
a. The frictional force increases, but the coefficient of friction stays the same
b. The frictional force increases, and the coefficient of friction increases
c. The frictional force stays the same, but the coefficient of friction increases
d. The frictional force and the coefficient of friction stay the same

27. A bus travels at an average speed of 20mi/hr. How long will it take the bus to travel 5 miles?
a. 4 hr c. 100 mi
b. 100 hr d. 0.25 hr

Use the diagram to answer question 28:

28. What happens to the total energy of the pendulum as it swings from position A to position B?
a. It remains the same c. It increases
b. It decreases d. It is impossible to determine






29. Two objects at different temperatures are put in contact with each other in an insulated
container. What will happen?
a. The atoms in the cooler object and the atoms in the warmer object will slow down till they
stop moving.
b. The atoms in the cooler object will continue to move at the same average speed, and the
atoms in the warmer object will slow down.
c. The atoms in the cooler object will speed up, and the atoms in the warmer object will
continue to move at the same average speed.
d. The atoms in the cooler object will speed up, and the atoms in the warmer object will slow
down till they move at the same average speed.

30. In a drill during basketball practice, a player runs the length of the 30-meter court three times in
60 seconds.

What is the average speed of the player during the drill?
a. 0 m/s c. 1.5 m/s
b. 3 m/s d. 0.5 m/s

31. Is it possible for an object to move at constant speed without a force pulling or pushing it?
a. No, a constant force is needed to keep an object moving at a constant speed
b. Yes, an object will move at constant speed as long as the force inside the object doesn't run
out.
c. Yes, an object will move at a constant speed unless a force acts to change its motion.
d. No, a force is needed to keep an object moving at constant speed, but it doesn't have to be a
constant force.

32. A child throws a paper airplane with a speed of 1.5 m/s. The plane’s mass is 0.005 kg. How much
kinetic energy does the paper airplane have?
a. 0.0056 J c. 0.01125 J
b. 0.0075 J d. 0.075 J

33. The diagram below shows three forces acting on an object sliding on a frictionless surface.

What is the net force acting on the object?
a. 20 N c. 0 N
b. 10 N d. 16 N


34. A pendulum is made from a 7.50 kilogram mass attached to a rope connected to the ceiling of a
gymnasium. The mass is pushed to the side until it is at position A, 1.5 meters higher than its
equilibrium position.

What is the total amount of potential energy that the mass has at position A?
a. 11 J c. 112.5 J
b. 94 J d. 920 J

35. If a second resistor were added in series to the circuit shown below, what would happen to the
current within the circuit?


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A. It would increase.
B. It would decrease.
C. It depends on the voltage generated by the battery.
D. It would stay the same.

Use the diagram below to answer questions 36 and 37
A 45 kg box, being pulled along a level floor, experiences the forces shown in the following diagram.
[The diagram is not drawn to scale.]

36. What is the approximate magnitude of the gravitational force acting on the box?
a. 4500 N c. 45 N
b. 450 N d. 4.5 N

37. What is the approximate magnitude of the box's acceleration?
a. 0 m/s2 c. 0.67 m/s2
b. 2.7 m/s2 d. 9.8 m/s2

38. A cup of tea with a temperature of 80°C is placed on a table in a 20°C room. What happens to the
thermal energy and molecular motion of the tea when it is left on the table?
a. The thermal energy increases and the molecules move faster.
b. The thermal energy decreases and the molecules move faster.
c. The thermal energy increases and the molecules move more slowly
d. The thermal energy decreases and the molecules move more slowly.

39. Which of the following ammeters is shown with an incorrect reading?
d
a. b. c.
.








40. Two cars drive away from each other, each traveling at 25 miles per hour. How could the two
velocities be written?
a. 25 mi/hr and 25 mi/hr c. -25 mi/hr and -25 mi/hr
b. 25 mi/hr and -25 mi/hr d. 0 mi/hr


41. A bowling ball is rolling down the hall at a constant speed of 1.5 m/s. How far will the ball roll in
6.0 s?
a. 4 m c. 9 m
b. 0.24 m d. 90 m

42. Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by conduction?
a. sunlight heating a floor
b. an electric stove heating an iron pan
c. a wood stove heating nearby objects through electromagnetic waves
d. an electric heater heating air, which rises and is replaced with cooler air

43. An observer stands on a beach and counts 6 wave crests crash into the beach in 30 seconds. What
is the frequency of the waves?
a. 12 Hz c. 5 Hz
b. 0.2 Hz d. 180 Hz

44. Which of the following statements about the acceleration of an object in free fall is TRUE?
a. Acceleration increases as the c. Acceleration decreases as the
object falls object falls
b. Acceleration remains constant as d. None of the above
the objects falls

 45. The heat capacity for water is much higher than that of copper. Which of the following statements
is true?
a. For equal masses, it requires more energy to raise the temperature of water than copper.
b. At the same temperature, water is hotter than copper.
c. For equal masses, copper is harder to heat.

46. Which of the following states the law of conservation of energy?
a. The total energy of a system tends c. The total energy of a system
to decrease. remains constant.
b. Sum of all forces equals zero d. All work is reduced by friction.

47. In electrical circuits, current refers to
a. The number of electrons that pass c. The number of switches.
a point in a given time. d. Magnetic effects.
b. The generation of light

48. Which graph represents the relationship between the gravitational potential energy (GPE) of an
object near the surface of Earth and its height above the surface of Earth?
a. S b. S c. S d. S






49. A 3.0 kilogram steel block is at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface. A 1.0 kilogram lump of
clay is propelled horizontally at 6.0 meters per second toward the block as shown in the diagram
below.









Upon collision, the clay and steel block stick together and move to the right with a speed of
a. 2 m/s c. 3 m/s
b. 1.5 m/s d. 6 m/s








 50. The diagram below represents a 155 newton box on a ramp. Applied force F causes the box to
slide from point A to point B.

What is the total amount of gravitational potential energy gained by the box?
a. 28.4 J c. 2740 J
b. 868 J d. 279 J


51. In the diagram below, a stationary source located at point S produces sound having a constant
frequency of 512 hertz. Observer A, 50 meters to the left of S, hears a frequency of 512
hertz. Observer B, 100 meters to the right of S, hears a frequency lower than 512 hertz.




Which statement best describes the motion of the observer?
a. Observer A is moving toward point S, and observer B is stationary
b. Observer A is stationary, and observer B is moving away from point S
c. Observer A is moving away from point S, and observer B is stationary
d. Observer A is stationary, and observer B is moving toward point S.

52. In which circuit, represented below, are the meters properly connected to measure the current
through resistor R1 and the voltage across resistor R2?
a. b. c. d.







53. How many grams are there in 0.25 kg?
a. 0.25 g c. 25 g
b. 250 g d. 2500g


54. A wagon is moving forward at a constant speed. What will happen to a person standing on the
wagon when the wagon suddenly stops?
a. The person will stop immediately c. The person will fall to the left
b. The person will fall backward d. The person will continue moving
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55. What will happen to any object with unbalanced forces acting on it?
a. It will remain at rest c. It will be at equilibrium
b. It will accelerate d. It will move at a constant speed

56. An airplane travels directly southwest at a constant speed of 200.0 m/s for 5.0 s. What is the
magnitude of the airplane’s acceleration?
a. 8 m/s2 c. 9.8 m/s2
b. 0 m/s2 d. 40 m/s2

57. A high-speed train in Japan travels a distance of 300 kilometers in 1.5 hr. What is the average
speed of this train?
a. 200 km/hr c. 200 m/s
b. 450 km/hr d. 450 m/s

58. The particles that make up a solid move__________ than the particles that make up a gas.
a. In the same way c. More slowly
b. Particles in a solid do not move d. More quickly

Use the diagram to answer question 59 and 60

59. __ During a change in phase:
a. The temperature increases
b. The temperature decreases
c. Any of these is possible
d. The temperature does not change

60. What is the boiling point of water?
a. 0 oC
b. 140 oC
c. 60 oC
d. 100 oC

















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60. A 15-ohm resistor, R1, and a 30-ohm resistor, R2, and a 45 ohm resistor, R3 are to be connected
in series in a circuit containing a 270 volt battery.







A. Complete the diagram to show the two resistors connected in series across a 270 V battery.
Location V I R
B. Determine the total resistance of
the circuit. R1

C. Determine the total current of the circuit
R2

D. Determine the voltage across resistor R1
and R2. R3


Total

61. Examine the position vs. time graph below that describes the motion of a runner:

A. What is the runner’s velocity for the
first 40 seconds of the race?




B. What was the total distance the runner
ran?



C. How long did it take to complete the
run?



D. Describe the motion of the runner it at
least 3 complete sentences.
Bonus: How long did it take to complete the run in
minutes?


62. A rightward force of 160 N is applied to a 4 kg box in order to move it across a desk at with a
coefficient of friction of 0.3.

A. Diagram the forces acting on the book. Be sure to include the following forces with values: Fg , Fn,
Fapp and Ffric.

B. Bonus: What is the acceleration of the book?

63. The picture below shows apple falling from a tree. Describe the mechanical energy of the apple as the
apple falls. Be sure to discuss what happens to potential energy, kinetic energy, and total
mechanical energy at each point.

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Physical Science Formula Sheet

Formula Description Example

s= d/t Speed = distance / time 10 m / s

v=d/t with a direction Velocity = distance / time with 10 m / s north
a direction.

a= Δv / Δt Acceleration = change in 8 m/s 2
velocity / change in time
g Acceleration due to gravity 9.8 m/s2

F = ma Force = mass x acceleration 45 N (Newton)

Fnet = 0 Equilibrium Rule = sum of the
net force is equal to zero.
W = F x d Work = Force x distance 37 J (Joules)

P = W / t Power = Work / time 60 w (watts)

PE = mgh Potential Energy = mass x 45 J
acceleration due to gravity x
height
KE = ½ m x v2 Kinetic Energy = ½ mass x 100 J
velocity squared.

P=mv Momentum = mass times 10 kg m/s
velocity
I=ft Impulse= force times time 10 Ns

I= Change in momentum I= Change in momentum 10 Ns

Q= m C T Thermal energy = mass times 100 J
specific heat constant times
change in temperature
V=IR Voltage = current times 10 V
resistance