PHYSICS QUIZ 2-7 REVIEWER/ANSWER KEY

PHYSICS QUIZ 2-7 REVIEWER

Thursday, September 15, 2011

1. Gasoline is denser than water. True or false? FALSE

2. The difference between the absolute pressure and the atmospheric pressure in a
body. GAUGE PRESSURE
3. Exact value of the density of pure water in kg/m3. 1000
4. Principle that primarily explains why using hydraulic breaks, one soft step on the
trucks pedal can easily stop the speeding vehicle. PASCALS PRINCIPLE OR
PASCALS
5. Kind of phenomenon in fluids responsible for allowing steel blades to float in
water. SURFACE TENSION
6. Ratio between the magnitude of the force to the surface area on which the force
is exerted. PRESSURE
7. A body experiences a ___ force when the equal and opposite forces have different
lines of action. These forces tend to alter the shape but not the volume of the body.
SHEARING OR SHEAR
8. Pressure exerted by liquids at rest. HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE OR HYDROSTATIC
9. Beam that is held in place at one end. CANTILEVER
10. Assume that a tank is filled with water. Where must a hole be poked in the tank
in order for the water to go out from the tank producing a longer spurt? (A) Top of
the tank or (B) Middle of the tank. B
11. The shape of the container is a factor in determining the pressure exerted by
the fluid in the body. True or false? FALSE
12. Which point has greater pressure, (A) sea level or (B) peak of the mountain? A.
SEA LEVEL
13. A body is under ___ when equal and opposite forces act away from each other
producing an elongation. TENSION OR TENSILE STRESS
14. Law that states that between any two objects in the universe, there is a
gravitational attraction that is directly proportional to the product of their masses

and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. LAW OF
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION OR NEWTONS LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
15. Exact amount of standard atmospheric pressure in N/m2. 101 300 or 1.013 x
105
16. Which creates more stress, (A) lying on a bed of nails or (B) lying on one single
nail? A or B answer only. B
17. Pressure increases as one dives under water. True or false? TRUE
18. Weighed rod calibrated with a scale so that the density of the liquid may be read
directly from the mark at the liquid surface. HYDROMETER
19. The meniscus of mercury placed inside the test tube looks like an inverted letter
U. This is due to ___ of the molecules of mercury. COHESION
20. The force exerted by a liquid at rest is always ___ to the surface or walls of the
container. PERPENDICULAR

21. Upward force exerted by the fluid to the body that is immersed in the fluid.
BUOYANT FORCE OR BUOYANT
22. Theory suggested by Ptolemy that states that the earth is the center of the
universe. GEOCENTRIC THEORY
23. Man-made projectile that has large enough speed that causes it to orbit around
the earth. ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE
24. Law that states that within the elastic limit, the deforming force is directly
proportional to the elongation produced. HOOKES LAW
25. SI unit of pressure which also means N/m2. PASCAL
26. Unit of density using SI basic units. KG/M3
27. States that the pressure exerted by a fluid is greatest when its speed is least.
BERNOULLIS PRINCIPLE
28. Planets and other heavenly bodies move in this kind of path. ELLIPTICAL OR
ELLIPSE
29. Ice is denser than water. True or false? FALSE
30. Attraction between like molecules. COHESION
31. Compressive stress causes objects to expand or elongate. True or false? FALSE

32. Submarine ____ (takes in or releases) water if it dives under water. TAKES IN
33. Denser objects float over less dense ones. True or false? FALSE
34. Steel bars are particularly stronger under tension than bricks. True or false?
TRUE
35. Capacity to do work. ENERGY
36. Unit of relative density. NONE
37. If a beam bends because of a load placed on top of it, what kind of stress
happens under it? TENSILE OR TENSION
38. Gravitational attraction between mass and the earth. WEIGHT
39. This kind of very high tide occurs when the sun and the moon jointly exert an
attractive force on the liquid portions of the earth. SPRING TIDE
40. Degree of being elliptical in a planetary orbit. ECCENTRICITY

41. Measure of the inertia of a body. INERTIAL MASS OR MASS

42. Law that states that the force exerted to a body is directly proportional to the
degree of deformation of a body e.g. load placed in one end of a spring . HOOKES
LAW OR HOOKES
43. Minimum speed needed by an object to escape the earths gravitational pull.
ESCAPE SPEED
44. Plywood is stronger than a solid board of the same dimension. True or false?
TRUE
45. A replacement of solid beams that is made up of wood or metal arranged in
triangular shapes. TRUSS OR TRUSSES
46. In a reinforced concrete beam, steel is used to compensate or carry the
compression load. True or false? FALSE
47. Principle that primarily explains why airplanes fly. BERNOULLIS PRINCIPLE OR
BERNOULLIS
48. Number of revolutions in a particular time. FREQUENCY
49. The top and the bottom parts of the I-beam is called __. FLANGES
50. Amount of atmospheric pressure in mm of mercury. 760

51. Law that states that the speed of the planet varies in such a way that the line
joining the planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
LAW OF EQUAL AREAS OR LAW OF AREAS
52. Point in the orbit of a planet, a comet or an asteroid where it is nearest to the
sun. PERIHELION
53. When load is placed on top of the beam, the lower portion of the beam exerts a
___ stress due to the load. TENSILE OR TENSION
54. Unit of strain. NONE
55. Substances like detergents whose addition to a liquid reduces their surface
tension. SURFACTANTS
56. Rise or depression of liquids in very fine tubes. CAPILLARITY OR CAPILLARY
ACTION
57. This joins flanges in an I beam. WEB
58. Relative amount of deformation after stress is imposed to a material. It is also
known as the ratio of the change in length to the original length of the body. STRAIN
OR LONGITUDINAL STRAIN
59. SI unit of work. JOULE OR J
60. For the body that sinks, the buoyant force is defined as the difference between
the weight in air and the weight in liquid. True or false? TRUE

61. Pressure is a scalar quantity. True or false? TRUE

62. Principle that states that the pressure applied to a confined liquid is transmitted
undiminished to every portion of the fluid and the walls of the containing vessel.
PASCALS OR PASCAL
63. Net force that forces a circling object to accelerate toward the center of the
circle. CENTRIPETAL FORCE OR CENTRIPETAL
64. Mechanical energy at rest. POTENTIAL ENERGY OR POTENTIAL
65. Other term for relative density. SPECIFIC GRAVITY
66. Rate of doing work. POWER
67. States that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the
weight of the displaced fluid. ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE

68. Other term for matter (like liquid and gas) that flows. FLUID
69. This kind of tide occurs when the sun and the moon are on opposite sides of the
earth or when they are on the same side. SPRING TIDE
70. Law that states that the cube of the average distance of the planet from the sun
is proportional to the square of the period of revolution of the planet. In equation
form, T2=kRave3. LAW OF PERIODS OR PERIODS
71. When a body floats in a liquid, the buoyant force is equal to the ___ of the body.
WEIGHT
72. Attraction between unlike molecules. ADHESION
73. If the beam twists due to load, what kind of stress does it experience? SHEAR
74. Steel is more elastic than rubber band. True or false? TRUE
75. Ratio of the stress to strain. ELASTIC MODULUS OR YOUNGS MODULUS OF
ELASTICITY
76. Property of a material that returns to its original shape after the stress that
made it deform or distort is removed. ELASTICITY
77. For the water in the faucet to spurt faster, one must decrease the opening (or
nozzle) of the faucet. True or false? TRUE
78. Tensile stress causes the object to contract. True or false? FALSE
79. Measure of the average force per unit area of a surface within the body on
which internal forces act. STRESS
80. A body is in ___ when forces act toward each other, shrinking the object.
COMPRESSION STRESS OR COMPRESSION

81. Point at which the object will not go back to its original length when it is
stretched more. ELASTIC LIMIT
82. Horizontal structure that is held up by two vertical posts. BEAM
83. The equation P = gh tells us that the pressure exerted by a liquid at rest varies
proportionately with the height and the ___ of the liquid. DENSITY
84. Pressure in any given depth is equal in all directions. True or false? TRUE
85. Instrument that reads atmospheric pressure. BAROMETER
86. SI unit of stress. PASCAL OR N/M2

87. States that the pressure exerted by a fluid is least when its speed is greatest.
BERNOULLIS PRINCIPLE
88. Principle that primarily explains why ships made up of steel float. ARCHIMEDES
PRINCIPLE OR ARCHIMEDES
89. Ratio of the weight of the substance to its volume. WEIGHT DENSITY
90. SI unit of power. WATT OR W
91. Work is exerted if one stands at rest but carries a sack of rice over his back. True
or false? FALSE
92. Law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be
transformed from one form into another, but the total amount of energy remains the
same. LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY OR ENERGY CONSERVATION OR
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
93. Normally, how many NEAP tides are there in a month? TWO
94. Is done when a constant force moves an object in the direction of the force.
WORK
95. Mass per unit volume of a substance. DENSITY OR MASS DENSITY
96. Kind of strength that means the ability to withstand twisting or cutting off.
SHEAR
97. It is not possible for an object to move in a circular path and still maintain a
uniform motion. True or false? TRUE
98. The shape of an airplane wing results in a difference in speed of air, thus, a
difference in ___. PRESSURE
99. Mechanical energy in motion. KINETIC ENERGY OR KINETIC
100. A swimmer is largely affected by the strokes of his hands. What Newtons law
does this mainly illustrate? LAW OF INTERACTION

101. Product of mass and velocity of a moving object. MOMENTUM

102. How fast will the car be after three seconds if it starts from rest and
accelerates at 3 m/s2? 9 M/S
103. What is the x component of a 5-N force exerted towards north? ZERO OR 0

104. The first law of planetary motion states that the orbit of each planet is an
ellipse with this heavenly body as one of the foci. SUN
105. Truth in science is mainly arrived at through this. EXPERIMENT
106. A freely falling body is one that is acted upon by NO force other than ___.
GRAVITY
107. Brain condition wrongly associated with spirit possession and mental
retardation according to PLAE. EPILEPSY
108. Point at which the weight or mass of the body is presumed to be located.
CENTER OF GRAVITY
109. At the highest point of its flight, a ball thrown vertically upward will have zero
___. VELOCITY
110. Measure of inertia. MASS
111. Object thrown into the air which follow a curved path (trajectory) and is
influenced by gravity. PROJECTILE
112. Tendency of a force to rotate a body. TORQUE
113. Pivot point of a lever. FULCRUM
114. Law that explains why an object that moves fast cannot be stopped suddenly
by a mere stepping on the vehicles breaks. LAW OF INERTIA
115. Nearness of a measurement to an accepted value. ACCURACY

NEVER EVER WASTE TIME AND SPACE! --Engr. Herman M. Lagon, Ph.D., Physics
Teacher