1. The law of inertia applies to _______________.

A. moving objects
B. objects that are not moving

C. both moving and nonmoving objects

2. If you were in a space ship and fired a cannon ball into frictionless space, the amount of force needed to
keep it going would be ________.
A. twice the force with which it was fired
B. the same amount of force with which it was fired
C. one half the force with which it was fired
D. zero, since no force is necessary to keep it moving
3. Which has more mass, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of iron?
A. feathers
C. They both have the same mass
B. iron
D. Cannot be determined from the given information.
4. The force required to maintain an object at a constant speed in free space is equal to ________________.
A. zero
C. the weight of the object
B. the mass of the object
D. the force required to stop it
5. You would have the largest mass of gold if your chunk of gold weighed 1 N on the __________.
A. Moon
B. Earth
C. planet Jupiter
6. An object weighs 30 N on earth. A second object weighs 30 N on the moon. Which has greater mass?
A. The one on earth
B. The one on the moon
C. They have the same mass
7. Suppose the force of friction on a sliding object is 10N. The force needed for it to maintain a constant
velocity is _______________.
A. more than 10 N
B. less than 10 N
C. 10 N
8. Compared to its weight on earth, a 10-kg object on the moon will weigh ________.
A. less
B. more
C. the same amount
9. An apple weighs 1N. When held at rest above your head, the net force on the apple is _____________.
A. 0 N
B. 0.1 N
C. 1 N
D. 9.8 N
10. How does the acceleration of an object change in relation to its mass? It is _________.
A. directly proportional
B. inversely proportional
C. acceleration doesnt depend on mass at all
11. Forces always occur _____________.
A. by themselves
B. in pairs

C. as single quantities

D. in triplets

12. Which of the following is the best description of friction?

a. Friction is never a total advantage
c. Both a and b
b. Friction can never be eliminated
13. Friction increases with ____________.
a. weight
b. volume

c. an increase in surface area of contact

14. All materials below can help reduce friction EXCEPT ____________.
a. ball bearings
b. lubricants
c. sand

d. wax

15. Which of the following is Sir Isaac Newtons theory that explains light as a particle?
a. Corpuscular Theory
c. Quantum Theory
b. Electromagnetic Wave Theory
d. Wave Theory

16. When light hits a smooth surface, it is

a. bent around corners
c. reflected
b. polarized
d. refracted
17. A ray of light is reflected from a plane mirror. The angle of incidence is 20o. The angle between the incident
and the reflected ray is
a. 10
c. 30
b. 20
d. 40
18. The term refraction refers to
a. the bending of light rays when they strike a mirror.
b. the bending of light rays when they enter a different medium.
c. the fact that white light is made up of many colors.
d. the fact that light travels in straight line in uniform medium.
19. Which has more mass, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of iron?
a. feathers
b. iron
c. They both have the same mass
20. Which type of rock is abundant in volcanic regions?
a. igneous
c. metamorphic
b. sedimentary
d. both sedimentary and metamorphic
21. In which type of rocks are fossils formed and found?
a. intrusive igneous
b. extrusive igneous

c. metamorphic

d. sedimentary

22. There are different kinds of seismic waves that occur during an earthquake. Which of the following is most
damaging to the structures on the surface of the Earth?
a. secondary waves
b. primary waves
c. body waves
d. all of the above
23. The lithosphere is composed of the
a. crust only
b. mantle only

c. crust and mantle

d. upper layer of mantle

24. What is formed when plates are pulled away from each other?
a. Island arc
b. Rift valley
c. Volcanic arc

d. Mountain range

25. When sunlight strikes raindrops, it passes through them and produces
a. halo
b. heat
c. rainbow

d. shadow

26. What color is the hottest star?

a. red
b. blue

d. yellow

c. white

27. What process releases a tremendous amount of heat, causing a protostar

to become a main-sequence star?
a. nuclear fission
c. star explosion
b. nuclear fusion
d. nitrogen combustion
28. Most of the core of a red giant is made of
a. iron
b. helium

c. methane

d. hydrogen

29. Where does light travel fastest?

a. air
b. glass

c. vacuum

d. water

30. What element is the fuel for main sequence stars?

a. carbon
b. helium
c. oxygen

d. hydrogen

31. Which of the following layers of the earths interior is in liquid form?
a. outer core
b. inner core
c. mantle

d. crust

32. The core of the earth is made up of

a. oxygen and silicon c. iron and silicon
b. iron and nickel
d. copper and iron
33. Which of the following is a mineral?
a. oil
c. calcite
b. coal
d. limestone
34. Two convergent plate boundaries lie adjacent to each other. If plate is oceanic and
the other is continental, what is formed when these two plate boundaries move?
a. volcanic arc
b. mountains
c. island arc
d. rift valley
35.The color of the leaves is green. This means that the green light is
a. absorbed
c. reflected
b. deflected
d. transmitted
36. Which of the following substances is the origin of oxygen released as oxygen gas by green plants during
photosynthesis?
a water
c. carbon dioxide
c. sugar
d. ribulose-1,5-biphosphate
37. Which of the following gases is important to photosynthesis?
a ozone gas
c. water vapor
d. oxygen gas
d. carbon dioxide
38. In which of the following cellular organelles does photosynthesis occur?
a ribosome
c. chlorophyll
e. chloroplast
d. mitochondrion

39.What do we call organisms that make food?

b photosynthetic
f. chemosynthetic

c. consumers
d. a and b

40.Which of the following molecules is very energetic?

c vitamins
c. coenzyme
g. nucleic acid
d. adenosine triphosphate