What Do You Know About Physics

1. Is temperature the same thing as heat?

True

False

2. The Moon has no gravity.

True

False

3. Physics is FUN!

True

False

4. If a feather and hammer are dropped on the Moon at the same time from the same height they will hit the Moon's surface at virtually the same time.

True

False

5. When a person uses a simple machine, such as a lever or a pulley, the work or energy output from the simple machine can never be higher than the work or energy input by the person using the simple machine (neglect any potential energy that may have been previously stored in the machine).

True

False

6. Mass and weight have essentially the same meaning. To increase the weight of an object requires an increase in the mass of the object.

True

False

7. Force is a form of energy

True

False

8. An insect flying through the air smacks into the windshield of a rapidly-moving train. The force the windshield exerts on the insect is higher than the force the insect exerts on the windshield

True

False

9. Juan drives around a corner at constant speed. His car accelerates.

True

False

10. Susan throws a ball in the air. After the ball leaves her hand, the ball accelerates in the upward direction as it is moving upward and accelerates in the downward direction as it is moving downward.

True

False

11. When an object has negative acceleration, the object has to be slowing down.

True

False