Science Quiz: Fundamentals Of Physics
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Physics has always been an interesting subject with a lot of facts, theories, and much more. Are you an expert in Physics? This Science quiz will help you clear the Fundamentals of Physics. The more you score, the more knowledge you have about Physics and its fundamentals. You can play the quiz and get a perfect score. All the best!
- 1.Definition of derived quantities:
- A.
Physical quantity that cannot be derived from other physical quantities.
- B.
Physical quantities that are derived from the combinations of base quantities through multiplication or division or both these operations.
- C.
Physical quantity with magnitude only.
- D.
Physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
- 2.Which of the following is NOT the vector quantity?
- A.
Energy
- B.
Acceleration
- C.
Weight
- D.
Force
- 3.Definition of accuracy:
- A.
Ability to respond quickly to small change in the value of a measurement.
- B.
Ability to register the same reading when a measurement is repeated.
- C.
The ability of an instrument to give values of measurement that are close to the actual value.
- D.
The difference between the real value and the observed value.
- 4.................. in experimental measurements are caused by unknown and unpredictable changes in an experiment.
- A.
Zero error
- B.
Systematic error
- C.
Parallax error
- D.
Random error
- 5.Which of the following are TRUE about speed? (Answers MORE THAN ONE)
- A.
Scalar Quantity
- B.
Derived quantity
- C.
Rate of change of displacement
- D.
Rate of change of distance
- E.
Vector quantity
- 6.Which of the following are TRUE about deceleration? (Answers MORE THAN ONE)
- A.
Gradient upward
- B.
The rate of change in velocity.
- C.
Derived Quantity
- D.
Rate of change of distance
- 7.Energy possessed by an object due to its position or state:
- A.
Renewable energy
- B.
Kinetic energy
- C.
Thermal energy
- D.
Potential Energy
- 8.The principle of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be .......... from one form to another.
- 9.Definition of efficiency:
- A.
Capacity to do work
- B.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be converted from one form to another.
- C.
The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred.
- D.
Comparison of the useful work energy provided by a machine or system to the work energy applied to the machine or system.
- 10.Parallax error is an error that arises, when:
- A.
The scale of the measuring instrument does not start from zero.
- B.
The measuring instrument does not have zero scale.
- C.
The observer's eye is not in line to the scale.
- 11.20000J of heat is used to increase the temperature of 500g of an object from 30oC to 70oC. What is the specific heat capacity of the object?
- A.
10000J/kgoC
- B.
1000J/kgoC
- C.
500J/kgoC
- D.
250J/kgoC
- 12.Negative acceleration is also known as ........................
- 13.An object is said to move with ................... acceleration if its velocity remains constant.
- 14.Which of the following is NOT applications of Archimedes' Principle?
- A.
Ships
- B.
Hydrometer
- C.
Hot air balloons
- D.
Submarines
- E.
Hydraulics jack
- 15.A car traveling at 20m/s stops after a distance of 30m. What is its deceleration?
- A.
-1.254m/s2
- B.
-6.667m/s2
- C.
-8.554m/s2
- D.
-8.547m/s2
- 16.A car starts off at 5m/s and accelerates at 4m/s2 for 10s. What is its final velocity?
- A.
40m/s
- B.
55m/s
- C.
45m/s
- D.
34m/s
- 17.If a car is slowing down, the motion of the car can be described as:
- A.
Deceleration
- B.
Aceleration
- C.
Stationary
- D.
Velocity
- 18.If a car travels at a speed of 60m/s for 2 minutes, what is the acceleration of the car during that period of time.
- A.
Uniform
- B.
Zero
- C.
Increases uniformly
- D.
Decreases uniformly
- 19.An immersion heater is rated at 1500W. Calculate the time taken for water of 5.0kg to reach its boiling point if the initial temperature of water is 28oC. Given cwater =4200J/kgoC
- A.
126s
- B.
392s
- C.
1008s
- D.
504s
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