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Physical Science Reviewer

1. A Greek scientist who entered the Academy at the age of 17 and became the

tutor of Alexander the Great. His works include Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics,

Meteorology, Prior Analytics, Metaphysics and Politics.

a. Plato b. Hipparchus c. Aristotle d. Eodoxus

2. What kind of terrestrial motion is portrayed by a free falling object?

a. alteration b. celestial c. natural d. violent

3. Which is an effect of the precession of the equinoxes?

a. The phases of the moon c. the apparent shifting of the stars

b. The changes in solstice d. the gradual change in the orientation of earth’s axis.

4. ______ motion refers to the daily rising and setting of the sun.

a. Annual motion b. terrestrial motion c. diurnal motion d. natural motion

5. A ___________ refers to a huge burst of energy from an explosion of a giant star.

a. Sunspots b. Supernova c. halos d. lunar craters

6. Overtime, the Greeks developed models of the universe based on their

observations with their naked eye and with the use of instruments. This model

assumed that Earth was the center of the universe. What do you call this model?

a. Aristotle’s model b. Eudoxus model c. geocentric model d. heliocentric model

7. What phenomenon in the universe did ancient astronomers explain through

epicycles?

a. Eclipse b. lunar phases c. solstice d. planetary precession

8. ______happens when the sunk position in the ecliptic intersects with the celestial

equator. a. Equinox b. lunisolar c. planetary transit d. retrograde motion

9. Which is NOT an argument by the Ancient Greeks about the phericity of Earth?

a. Earth’s shadow on the moon is always round.

b. The sun rises in the east and sets down in the west.

c. Explorers going south see southern constellations rise above the horizon.

d. Every portion on Earth has a tendency to be compressed and form a sphere.

10. _____ is regarded to have created the first model of a geocentric universe using

the idea of celestial bodies.

a. Aristotle b. Aristarchus c. Eudoxus d. Ptolemy

11. He is a Greek philosopher who viewed heaven as perfect and that a circle is a

perfect polygon. a. Aristarchus b. Eudoxus c. Plato d. Ptolemy

12. In which of the following state/s of motion can Newton’s first law of motion be

applied? I. objects at rest II. objects with constant velocity III. objects with constant

acceleration

a. I only b. I and II c. III only d. I,II and III

13. An object moves at a constant speed of 6 m/s. this means that the object

__________.
a. increases its speed by 6m/s every second. b. decreases its speed by 6 m/s every

second. c. moves 6m every second. d. doesn’t move.

14. A toy car moves 8m in 4seconds at a constant velocity. what is the car’s

velocity?

a. 1ms/ b. 2 m/s c. 3 m/s d. 4 m/s

15. When you paddle a canoe, the canoe goes forward. This is an example of…

a. Newton’s Second Law of Motion c. Law of Conservation of Momentum

b. Newton’s First Law of Motion d. Newton’s Third Law of Motion

16. An ice skater pushes harder with his leg muscles, he begins to mpve faster. This

is an example of…

a. Newton’s Second Law of Motion c. Law of Conservation of Momentum

b. Newton’s First Law of Motion d. Newton’s Third Law of Motion

17. You’re riding a bike when you suddenly hit a large rock. The bike stops moving

but you fly over on the handlebars. This is an example of.

a. Newton’s Second Law of Motion c. Law of Conservation of Momentum

b. Newton’s First Law of Motion d. Newton’s Third Law of Motion

18. A bicyclist moves a constant speed of 4 m/s . How long it will take for the

bicyclist to move 36m?

a. 3s b. 12s c. 9s d. 12s

19. When a teacher stands in front of the class, the force of gravity pulls her toward

the ground. The ground pushes back with an equal and opposite force. This is an

example of which Newton’s Laws of motion?

a. 1 st b. 2nd c. 3rd d. 4th

20. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary

object to remain in pace is called ______.

a. force b. inertia c. reaction d. action

21. Which of Newton’s laws of motion states that objects at rest tend to stay at rest

and objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced

force?

a. 1 st b. 2nd c. 3rd d. none of the above

22. This is a disturbance that travels through matter or space, carrying energy

without carrying matter.

a. Trough b. wavelength c. crests d. wave

23. This is the matter that waves travel through.

a. Medium b. matter c. stuff d. wavelength

24. What do you call the highest part of a wave?

a. Amplitude b. crests c. wavelength d. trough

25. A phenomenon in which the incident light hitting the surface is sent back into

the same medium is called _______.

a. diffraction b. interference c. reflection d. refraction

26. The distance between successive crests or troughs of a wave is called ______.

a. amplitude b. crest c. frequency d. wavelength

27. Which view about the nature of light did Isaac Newton propose?

a. wave theory b. particle theory c. both a and b d. neither a nor b

28. Which of the following statements illustrates the concept that waves carry

energy from one place to another.

a. Ocean waves may cause boats to tip over.

b. Sunlight heats the surface of the earth

c.Seismic waves cause earthquake damage. .

d.All of the statements illustrate the concept.

29. The angle of the incoming light ray is EQUAL to the reflected angle of light. This

is called the Law of ______.

a. reflection b. refraction c. diffraction d. interference

30. Light is either reflected of absorbed, can’t see through at all.

a. Transparent b. opaque c. transluscent d. reflection

Answers

1. c. Aristotle 11. b. Eudoxus 21. a. 1st

2. c. natural 12. b. I and II 22. d. wave

3. d. the gradual change in the 13. c. moves 6m every second. 23. a. Medium

orientation of earth’s axis. 14. b. 2 m/s 24. b. crests

4. c. diurnal motion 15. b. Newton’s First Law of 25. c. reflection

5. b. supernova Motion 26. d. wavelength

6. c. geocentric model 16. a. Newton’s Second Law of 27. b. particle theory

7. d. planetary precession Motion 28. d. All of the statements

8. a. Equinox 17. b. Newton’s First Law of illustrate the concept.

9. b. The sun rises in the east and Motion 29. a. reflection

sets down in the west. 18. c. 9s 30. b. opaque

10. d. Ptolemy 19. c. 3rd

20. b. inertia