Forces and Motion: Physics Study Guide

Questions
1. Tina throws a ball of weight 2 kg and it accelerates at a speed of 5 meters per second. What is
the force she has exerted?
2. Define Force
3. Define Mass
4. Define Acceleration
5. State the equation relating force to mass and acceleration
6. State Newton’s Second Law of Motion
7. State Newton’s first law of Motion
8. State Newton’s third law of Motion
9. Explain what is meant by the term ‘gravity’
10. Why is gravity denoted with both a capital ‘G’ and a normal ‘g’
11. What is kinetic energy?
12. In the question with Tina’s ball, which entities have kinetic energy?
13. Do all objects that have a force applying on them necessarily have kinetic energy?
14. What is energy?
15. What are the types of energy?
16. What is Physics?
17. How can energy be transferred?
18. State the Law of Conservation of Energy
19. What is gravitational potential energy?
20. What is thermal energy?
21. What is light energy?
22. What is sound energy?
23. What is chemical energy?
24. What is electrical energy?
25. What is a generator?
26. What is a circuit?
27. What is electric potential difference?
28. What is latent heat?
29. Describe the graph shown when ice is melted into liquid and then vaporized
30. Why are gaseous substances able to move around?
31. Why do solid substances have a fixed shape?
32. What is the equation for latent heat?
33. What does ‘Q’ represent?
34. What does delta denote?
35. What is a wave?
36. What are the two types of waves?
37. Is light a wave?
38. What are the four characteristics of transverse waves?
39. Define a transverse wave
40. Define a longitudinal wave.
41. What is visible light?
42. Name the colors of the rainbow?
43. Which color has the highest frequency?
44. Which color has the lowest frequency?
45. What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
46. Why can’t astronauts hear each other in space?
47. Hypothetically, what is a solution to the problem presented in question 46?
48. Why do objects have colors?
49. What are the primary colors in physics?
50. What are the secondary colors in physics?
51. What is an electron?
52. What is a proton?
53. What is a neutron?
54. What is a positron?
55. What is transmutation?
56. How can we change one element into another element?