GENERAL SCIENCE PART1

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1.It is defined as the average translational kinetic energy of an object and a property that determines
whether an object is in thermal equilibrium with another object.
Energy
Temperature
Feedback:"Microscopic definition of Temperature: Average Kinetic energy of atoms in a
system. Macroscopic definition of temperature: Property of a body that determines if an object is in
thermal equilibrium with another object."
Heat
Calorie

2.The amount of heat necessary to raise one pound of water to one farenheit at normal atmospheric
pressure is?
BTU
Feedback:"Calorie: One gram of pure water to one degree celcius kilocalorie: One Kilogram of water
to one degree celsius BTU: One Pound of water to one degree farenheit. Specific heat: One kilogram
of Substance to one degree celsius"
Calorie
Specific Heat
Kilocalorie

3.What is the sum total of all energy contained in a system?

Heat
Specific Heat
Temperature
Internal Energy
Feedback:Internal energy is the grand total of all energy in a body including kinetic, potential (even
rest enery).

4."Complete the analogy: Energy: Joules: Heat: ________ . "

Fahrenheit
Celsius
Joules
Feedback:Heat is defined as energy in transit and therefore has the same unit as energy.
 Kelvin

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5.The amount of heat necessary to raise one kilogram of a substance to one degree celsius is called?
BTU
Calorie
Specific Heat
Kilocalorie

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6."The greater the specific heat of a substance: The
Lower Heat capacity
Greater Heat Capacity
Lower temperature capacity
Greater Temperature Capacity ?"

7.The heat that is related to phase change is called?

Specific Heat
Internal heat
External Heat
Latent Heat
Feedback:Latent Heat is the amount of heat needed to change the phase of a given mass of a
substance.

8.On methods of heat transfer, what is done by molecular collision?

Conduction
Feedback:Conduction is a type of heat transfer where the kinetic energy of molecules is transferred
to another molecule through collisions. Solids, particularly metals, are the best conductors.
Convection
Radiation
Insulation

9.What is the Standard International Unit for thermodynamic temperature?

Celsius
Fahrenheit
 Kelvin
Feedback:Kelvin (K) is the SI unit for temperature which is widely accepted in the field of science and
engineering. However, in most parts of the world, Celsius and farenheit is more commonly used for
measuring temperature
Rankin

10.It is the method of heat transfer that uses electromagnetic waves.

Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Feedback:Unlike conduction and convection that requires contact for heat transfer, radiation
transfers its energy through EM waves. One common example is feeling the warmth of fire when
cooking.
Insulation

11.This law states that under constant temperature and amount of substance, pressure is inversely
proportional to its volume.
Charle's law
Gay-Lussacs law
Avogadro's Law
Boyle's Law
Feedback:Boyles law observes that the product of pressure and volume at constant temperature is
constant for an ideal gas

12.At constant pressure and number of substance, when the volume increases, its temperature?
Decreases
Increases
Feedback:Charles Law explains that under constant pressure, when the volume of an object
increases, the temperature also increases
Doubles
Halves

13.The branch of physics that deals with the production of heat, flow of heat and conversion of heat
to work .
Kinematics
Thermal Mechanics
Thermodynamics
Feedback:Thermodynamics is simply defined as the study of the relationships between heat, work,
temperature and energy.
Dynamics

14.The device that is known to convert heat into work is called a?

Heat Pump
Heat Engine
Feedback:The heat engine turns chemical energy into thermal energy that can be used to perform
practical work.
Heater
Heat Reservoir

15.Which law of thermodynamics states that it is imporrsible to attain an absolute zero temperature?
Zeroth Law
First Law
Second Law
Third Law
Feedback:Third law of thermodynamics explains that it is impossible to attain the absolute zero
temperature of an object because doing so requires removing all the heat from an object.

16.Transfer of heat from a low-temperature reservoir to a high-temperature reservoir can be done

using a device called?
Heat Pump
Feedback:Heat pump is the reverse of heat engine. Work input is required to pump heat from lower
temperature reservoir to higher temperature reservoir.
Heat Engine
Heater
Heat Reservoir

17.Which of the folowing is an example of a heat pump?

Generator
Refrigerator
Feedback:Airconditioners and refrigerators are examples of heat pumps where transfer of energy is
from low temperature to high temperature reservoirs.
Motor Steam
Turbine
18.The entropy of an isolated system _________________
Never Increases
Never Decreases
Feedback:Entropy is described as the disorder of a system. As natural processes takes place,
entropy/disorder always increases.
Constant
Isolated ?

19.Pressure is defined as?

Force per distance
Temperature / volume
Force per unit Area
Feedback:Pressure is the physcial force exerted on an object or substance that applies
perpendicularly to an object's surface per unit area.
Temperature/ amount of substance

20.When there is no heat transfer into and out of the system, this thermodynamic process is called?
Isochoric
Isothermal
Isobaric
Adiabatic
Feedback:This thermodynamic process happens when no heat is gained or lost by the system. Unlike
other processes, adiabatic process transfers energy to its surroundings only as work.

21.If there are same numbers of protons and electrons in an atom, what is the electric charge of the
atom?
-1
1
0
Feedback:Atoms having same number of protons and electrons have neutral or no charge.
cannot be determined

22.The unit of electric charge is ___________ named after a french scientist who studied it's effects.
Ampere
Joules
Tesla
 Coulumb
Feedback:Coulumb is the SI unit for electric charge named in honor of Charles Coulumb.

23.What is the mass of an electron?

1.673 x 10-27 kg
1.675 x 10-27 kg
9.11 x10-31 kg
Feedback:"Electrons have a mass of 9.11 x10-31 kg and have a charge of -1.60 x 10-19 C"
1.60 x 10-19 kg

24.The law of charges states that?

Like chargeshave attractive forces
Unlike charges have repulsive forces
Like charges attract, Unlike charges repel
unlike charges attract, like charges repel
Feedback:The law of charges give the direction of the forces, wherein positive and negative charges
have atractive forces and like charges have repulsive forces.

25.Electrostatics is the study of charge that are ________ ?

at rest
Feedback:Electrostatics is a study of electromagnetic phenomena that happens when there is no
moving charges.
constant
in motion
neutral

26.The unit for current is called ampere that is a combination of which of the following units?
coulumb per area
coulumb per second
Feedback:The unit of current is coulomb per second (ampere) which is the charge per unit time.
coulumb per joules
joules per coulumb

27.In order to allow flow of electrons, the switch in a circuit needs to be?
Open
Closed
 controlled
sustained

28.This law states that the current going through a conductor between two points is directly
proportional to te potential difference across two points.
Coulumb'sLaw
Faraday's law
Ohm's Law
Feedback:Ohm's law explains the relationship between current, voltage (potential difference) and
resistance in an electrical circuit.
Kirchoff's Law

29.It is a type of magnets that have strong magnetic properties because they are mostly made up of
Iron.
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
Ferromagnetic
Feedback:Ferromagnetism is a kind of magnetism that is closely associated with iron, cobaltand
nickel which are materials that are strongly attracted to both poles of magnets
electromagnetic

30.The type of magnet with the weakest magnetic property is?

Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
Feedback:Paramagnetic maerials such as aluminum, gold and copper are metals that are weakly
attracted to magnets. The electrons of this materials return to their original alignment after leaving
the external magnetic fields.
Ferromagnetic
electromagnetic

31.The field of physics that deals with the development and application of devices involving the flow
of current is called?
Electrostatics
Electromagnetism
Electronics
Feedback:Electronics is comprised of the study and use of systems that operate by controlling
electron flow.
 Electricity

32.This type of semiconductor is generally used as a power on or condition indicator of a circuit.

Light Emitting Diode
Feedback:Light Emitting Diode is the semiconductor typically used for this function. It usually comes
in red, white and blue colors that indicates a currrent passed through a diode.
Photodiode
Pin Diode
Infrared LED

33."The terminals of a transistors are: EMITTERII. COLLECTORIII. AMPLIFIERIV. BASE"

I & II
I,II,III
I,II,IV
Feedback:The three terminals of a transistor are the Emitter, Collector and Base
I,II,III,IV

34.What is made by combining different semiconducting materials such as transistors and diodes
and is commonly called as the building block of digital circuits?
LED
CAPACITORS
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
LOGIC GATES
Feedback:Logic gates is the device that performs basic logical functions that are fundamental to
digital circuits.

35."Which is true of a Multitester?

To measure the voltage across a component in a circuit, the voltmeter must be connected
in parallel with the component. II. To measure the current flowing in a component in a circuit, the
ammeter must be connected in parallel with the component. III. To measure the resistance of a
resistor, the resistor must be disconnected from the source first before it is connected in parallel with
the ohmmeter probes."
I ONLY
I & II
I & III
I,II,III
36.A ____________ is a device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
Generator
Battery
Motor
Feedback:The word "motor" refers to any power unit that generates motion, that is a "prime mover",
while "electric motor" refers to a "prime mover using electricity." An electric motor is a device used to
convert electrical energy into mechanical energy.
transformer

37.What type of energy conversion is performed by a generator?

Mechanical to Electrical
Feedback:A generator converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
Electrical to mechanical
Chemical to Mechanical
Mechanical to chemical

38.An object that has a deficiency of electrons is said to have _________________ charge?
Negative
Neutral
Positive
Feedback:Deficiency of Electrons means there are more protons than electrons thus the object is
positively charge
None of the above

39.A battery powered device typically uses what type of current?

Closed
Direct
Feedback:Devices that use batteries get their energy from direct current. They are powered by this
kind of electricity. Flashlights and cameras are examples of devices that use direct electric current. A
device that uses DC energy has a power source with a positive side and a negative side.
Open
Alternating

40.gamma rays travels at what frequency range (Hz)

1011 -1014
4 -7 x 1014
1017 -1019
 Above 1019
Feedback:the frequency of radio waves is about 108 Hz, whereas the frequency of gamma rays is
about 1020 Hz

41.Light is the fastest traveling energy in the universe with a speed of?
3x10 6 m/s
3x10 7 m/s
3x10 8 m/s
Feedback:Light travels at approximately 300,000,000 m/s which is 300,000 km/s or
180,000miles/second
3x10 9 m/s

42.Light exhibits both WAVE and PARTICLE propeties.

TRUE
Feedback:wave-particle duality of light can be explained by Young's interference experiment and
Albert Einstein's photoelectric effect
FALSE
PARTIALLY TRUE
PARTIALLY FALSE

43.Waves with higher frequencies exhibits

Longer wavelengths
Shorter wavelengths
Feedback:The frequency of a wave is invesely proportional to its wavelenth. Therefore, the highers
the fequence, the shorter the wavelenth.
Longer Amplitude
Shorter Amplitude

44.Based on Max Planck's work, Einstein proposed that light also delivers its energy in quanta, called
photons, each with an energy of Planck's constant multiplied by its frequency. What is the value of
Planck's Constant?
6.64x10-31 Js
6.64x10-32 Js
6.64x10-33 Js
6.64x10-34 Js
Feedback:Planck's constant is a fundamental universal constant that defines quantm nature of
energy and relates the energy of a photon to its frequency. the constant value is 6.62607015x10-34
J/s.
45.The color with ______________ is the one with the highest frequency and with the smallest
wavelength.
Highest Energy
Feedback:All waves are made of traveling energy, and the amount of energy contained in each wave
is related in proportion to its frequency. The Highers the energy, The Higher the frequency.
Lowest Energy
Highest speed
Lowest Speed

46.What color has the highest energy in the visible light spectrum?
Red
Orange
Blue
Violet
Feedback:Violet has the highest energy with frequency of about 700 nm while red has the least
energy with frequency of about 400 nm.

47.What type of reflection is exhibied by parallel rays hitting a rough surface such as a piece of
paper?
Regular Reflection
Smooth reflection
Diffuse Reflection
Feedback:When Light hits rough surface it reflects light in different angles
Specular Reflection

48.This law gives the relationship between angles of incidence and refraction for a wave passing
through two media with different refraction indices
Law of Reflection
Law of Refraction
Snell's Law
Feedback:Snell's Law
Law of Rectilinear propagation

49."Which of the following waves could be polarized?

LightII. SoundIII. Longitudinal wavesIV. Transverse waves

I
 I & II
I&III
I&IV
Feedback:The polarization of light is experimental proof that light is a transverse wave. Longitudinal
waves, such as sound, cannot be polarize(SHIPMAN)

50.What is used to determine the location of an image in plane mirrors?

Plane Diagram
Mirror Diagram
Ray Diagram
Feedback:A ray diagram is a diagram that traces the path that light takes in order for a person to
view a point on the image of an object. On the diagram, rays (lines with arrows) are drawn for the
incident ray and the reflected ray.
Hertsprung-Russel Diagram