Dumalinao National High School

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____1. Which of the following composed the two linear motions of a projectile?
A. Horizontal and Circular Motion C. Horizontal and Vertical Motion
B. Vertical and Circular Motion D. Vertical and Curvilinear Motion
____2. What is referred to as an object that is given an initial velocity and is then acted solely upon by
gravitational force?
A. Project B. Projectile C. Target D. Trajectory
____3. What do you call the path followed by a projectile?
A. Project B. Projectile C. Target D. Trajectory
____4. What is the shape of the trajectory of a projectile?
A. Circular B. Elliptical C. Hyperbolic D. Parabolic
____5. What force enables objects to fall on to the ground?
A. Frictional Force B. Magnetic Force C. Gravitational Force D. Tension Force
____6. What happens to the vertical velocity of an object as it travels through the air?
A. Changes continuously B. Gradually decreasing
C. Gradually increasing D. Remains the same
____7. A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight track. The
stone will hit the ground following:
A. Hyperbolic path B. Straight path C. Circular path D. Parabolic path
____8. A bullet is dropped from the same height when another bullet is fired horizontally. How will the
two bullets reach the ground?
A. Simultaneously B. Depends on the observer
C. One after the other D. None of the above
____9. A bomb is dropped from an airplane moving horizontally at a constant speed. When air resistance
is taken into consideration, the bomb ____________.
A. flies with the airplane B. falls to earth behind the airplane
C. falls to earth ahead of the plane D. falls to earth exactly below the airplane
____10. A particle moves in a plane with constant acceleration in a direction from the initial velocity.
The
path of the particle will be ____________.
A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a straight line D. an arc of a circle
____11. A baseball player throws a ball horizontally (at an angle of 0o). Which statement best describes
the ball’s motion after it is thrown? (Neglect air resistance)
A. Its vertical speed remains the same, and its horizontal speed remains the same.
B. Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed increases.
C. Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed remains the same.
D. Its vertical speed increases and its horizontal speed decreases
____12. A stand holds two white balls, A and B. At the same instant, ball A is dropped straight down, and
ball B is shot straight out. Which ball will hit the ground first? (Neglect Air resistance)
A. Ball A B. Ball B C. Both balls will not reach the ground.
D. Both balls will reach the ground at the same time.
____13. Consider a plane moving with a constant speed at an elevated height above the Earth's surface.
During its flight, the plane drops a package from its luggage compartment. Where will the luggage
land with respect to the plane?
A. Directly below the plane B. In front of the plane
C. Behind the plane D. None of the above
____14. A mini dump truck full of abaca fiber collides with a motorcycle or habal-habal. The
velocity
of the truck and the motorcycle is the same. Which has a greater impulse? Why?
A. The mini dump truck because it has larger change in momentum.
B. The mini dump truck because it is full of abaca fiber.
C. The motorcycle because it has larger change in momentum.
D. The motorcycle because it has lesser mass.
____15. A car collided with a bus that has greater mass and velocity than the car. Which of these
describes the change of momentum of the bus and the car?
A. The change of momentum of the bus is less than that of the car.
B. The change of momentum of the bus is greater than that of the car.
C. The change of momentum of the car and the bus is the same.
D. The change of momentum of the car and the bus is zero.
____16. Which of following describes momentum?
a. Mass times its velocity. b. Force times the time interval.
c. Force times its acceleration. d. Mass times its acceleration.
____17. Which of these is the quantity of matter in an object?
a. force b. mass c. motion d. time
____18. Which of the following would describe momentum?
a. p=mv b. p=m/v c. p=v/t d. p=F/t
____19. Which of the following statements describes momentum?
A. It is the product of body’s mass and velocity.
B. It is the product of body’s mass and acceleration.
C. It is the sum of body’s mass and velocity.
D. It is the sum of body’s mass and acceleration
____20. What type of quantity are momentum and velocity?
A. director B. reactor C. scalar D. vector
____21. What is the unit for momentum?
A. kg●m/s B. N●kg C. kg●m/s2 D. N●m/s
____22. What word can best describe the total momentum in an isolated system?
A. conserved B. large C. lost D. low
____23. What is the unit of velocity?
A. kg B. kg●m/s C. m/s D. all of these
____24. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The principle of the conservation of mechanical energy states that the total mechanical energy
in a system remains constant as long as the only forces acting are conservative forces.
B. Total energy is conserved for every system of particles on which there is an external work
done.
C. Some kinetic energy of an object will not be transformed into potential energy and other forms
of energy.
D. Total energy is not conserved for every system of particles.
____25. The potential energy of the object at the highest point compared to its Kinetic energy at the
lowest point is
A. lesser B. greater C. equal D. not related
____26. The total mechanical energy of the object at the highest point compared to its total mechanical
energy at the lowest point is
A. lesser B. greater C. equal D. not related.
____27. Mechanical energy is defined as the sum of both the potential energy and the kinetic energy of
an object. According to the law of conservation of energy, what happens to mechanical energy if
the potential energy of an object decreases?
A. Mechanical energy increases. B. Mechanical energy decreases.
C. Mechanical energy increases then decreases. D. Mechanical energy remains unchanged.
____28. Which best describes potential energy?
A. Energy of motion B. Energy as heat C. Stored energy D. Energy that is doing
work
____29. Which of the following is used to express the unit of energy?
A. watt B. joule C. coulomb D. kilowatt hour
____30. What form of energy is associated with motion?
A. Chemical Energy B. Potential Energy
C. Sound Energy D. Kinetic Energy
____31. What law states that the total Energy in an isolated system remains the same?
A. Law of Conservation of Momentum B. Law of Definite composition
C. Law of Conservation of Energy D. Law of conservation of Mass
____32. Which of the following equations represents the Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy.
A. PE1+ KE1 = PE2 + KE2 = PE3 +KE3
B. PE1+ KE2 = PE2 + KE3 = PE3 +KE1
C. PE2+ KE1 = PE3 + KE2 = PE1 +KE3
D. PE3+ KE1 = PE1 + KE3 = PE2 +KE2
____33. Which event does NOT describe potential energy being changed into kinetic energy?
A. A cart rolling down a hill. B. A rubber foam being compressed
C. A student lets go a stretched slinky. D. A twig falling from a branch
____34. What is energy in transit called?
a. Thermodynamics b. Temperature c. Heat d. Work
____35. Which refers to the study of conversions between thermal energy and other forms of energy?
a. thermal energy b. thermal expansion c. thermodynamics d. thermometer
____36. What is a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point?
a. Temperature b. Conductor c. Thermometer d. Thermodynamics
____37. What refers to the sum of all kinetic and potential energies in the system?
a. Gravitational energy b. Mechanical energy c. Nuclear energy d. Electrical energy
____38. Which represents the SI unit for work?
a. Newton b. Watts c. Calorie d. Joule
____39. What is the happens to internal energy when both heat transfer (Q) and work done (W) are
equal?
a. The internal energy is equal to the difference of heat and work. increases
b. The internal energy is equal to the sum of heat and work. decreases
c. The internal energy remains the same.
d. The internal energy has no net charge. is not affected.
____40. Heat is added in our body by metabolizing food, and our body does work in breathing, walking,
and other activities. If we return in the same state at the end of the day, how will you describe
the work and heat of our body?
a. The amount of heat is equal to the work done.
b. Internal energy is zero.
c. Both a and b
d. Work done is greater than the heat added.