Exam 9,10 & 13Practice Test

By April Senger

Which of the following normally warms up faster when heat is

applied?

• Wood

• Glass

• Water

• Iron

Which of the following normally warms up faster when heat is

applied?

• Wood

• Glass

• Water

• Iron

Wave interference occurs for

• Light waves

• Sound waves

• Water waves

• All of these

Wave interference occurs for

• Light waves

• Sound waves

• Water waves

• All of these

When an iron ring is heated, the ring becomes

• Stays the same

• Larger

• Smaller

• Depends on room temperature

When an iron ring is heated, the ring becomes

• Stays the same

• Larger

• Smaller

• Depends on room temperature

Which of the following expands most when the temperature is increased? Equal volumes of

• Ice water

• Wood

• Helium

• Iron

Which of the following expands most when the temperature is increased? Equal volumes of

• Ice water

• Wood

• Helium

• Iron

An observer on the ground hears a sonic boom which is created by an

airplane flying at a speed

• Greater than the speed of sound

• Just below the speed of sound

• Equal to the speed of sound

• All of these

An observer on the ground hears a sonic boom which is created by an

airplane flying at a speed

• Greater than the speed of sound

• Just below the speed of sound

• Equal to the speed of sound

• All of these

If you were caught in freezing weather with only a candle for heat,

you would be warmer in

• A tent

• A wooden house

• An igloo

• A car

If you were caught in freezing weather with only a candle for heat,

you would be warmer in

• A tent

• A wooden house

• An igloo

• A car

A good heat conductor is a

• Neither

• It is the same

• Good insulator

• Poor insulator

A good heat conductor is a

• Neither

• It is the same

• Good insulator

• Poor insulator

When you touch a cold piece of ice with your finger , energy flows

• Neither

• Actually both ways

• From the ice to your finger

• From your finger to the ice

When you touch a cold piece of ice with your finger , energy flows

• Neither

• Actually both ways

• From the ice to your finger

• From your finger to the ice

During a very cold winter, water pipes sometimes burst. The reason

for this is

• Water contacts when it freezes

• Water expands when it freezes

• The thawing process releases pressure on the pipes

• The ground contacts when, pulling the pipes apart

During a very cold winter, water pipes sometimes burst. The reason

for this is

• Water contacts when it freezes

• Water expands when it freezes

• The thawing process releases pressure on the pipes

• The ground contacts when, pulling the pipes apart

The lowest temperature possible in nature is

• 100 degrees C

• 4 degrees

• -273 degrees C

• 0 degrees C

The lowest temperature possible in nature is

• 100 degrees C

• 4 degrees

• -273 degrees C

• 0 degrees C

Evaporation is a cooling process because

• Heat is radiated during the process

• The more energetic molecules are able to escape the liquid

• The temperature of the remaining liquid decreases

• Of conduction and convection

Evaporation is a cooling process because

• Heat is radiated during the process

• The more energetic molecules are able to escape the liquid

• The temperature of the remaining liquid decreases

• Of conduction and convection

What is a gas changing from a liquid to a gas?

• Freezing

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Solidification

What is a gas changing from a liquid to a gas?

• Freezing

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Solidification

When a solid is changed to a liquid phase, the solid

• Stays the same

• Releases energy

• Absorbs energy

• Neither releases or absorbs energy

When a solid is changed to a liquid phase, the solid

• Stays the same

• Releases energy

• Absorbs energy

• Neither releases or absorbs energy

When liquids change to a solid phase, they

• Stays the same

• Releases energy

• Absorbs energy

• Neither releases or absorbs energy

When liquids change to a solid phase, they

• Stays the same

• Releases energy

• Absorbs energy

• Neither releases or absorbs energy

What is the temperature at which all motion is thought to stop?

• 212 degrees F

• Absolute Zero

• 0 degrees C

• 37 degrees C

What is the temperature at which all motion is thought to stop?

• 212 degrees F

• Absolute Zero

• 0 degrees C

• 37 degrees C

What is the transfer of heat due to contact between objects?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Thermal expansion

What is the transfer of heat due to contact between objects?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Thermal expansion

What is the best answer for why you get warm standing next to a

fire?

• Evaporation

• Conduction

• Condensation

• Convection

What is the best answer for why you get warm standing next to a

fire?

• Evaporation

• Conduction

• Condensation

• Convection

How does sunlight get to Earth?

• Sublimation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

How does sunlight get to Earth?

• Sublimation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

What is the change of a substance from a solid to a gas (no liquid

phase) called?

• Claymation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

What is the change of a substance from a solid to a gas (no liquid

phase) called?

• Claymation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

What state of matter has atoms that have the most attraction to each

other?• Plasma

• Solid

• Gas

• Liquid

What state of matter has atoms that have the most attraction to each

other?• Plasma

• Solid

• Gas

• Liquid

What do we call it when waves either add together or subtract from

each other resulting in a different wave?

• Interference

• Red shift

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

What do we call it when waves either add together or subtract from

each other resulting in a different wave?

• Interference

• Red shift

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

If light were moving toward you, the color spectrum would shift towards

• Yellow

• Blue

• Green

• Red

If light were moving toward you, the color spectrum would shift towards

• Yellow

• Blue

• Green

• Red

The vibrations of a transverse wave move in a direction

• At right angles to the direction of the wave travel

• Along the direction of wave travel

• Both

• Neither

The vibrations of a transverse wave move in a direction

• At right angles to the direction of the wave travel

• Along the direction of wave travel

• Both

• Neither

Sound waves cannot travel in

• Steel

• A vacuum

• Water

• Air

Sound waves cannot travel in

• Steel

• A vacuum

• Water

• Air

A Doppler effect occurs when a source of sound moves

• Away from you

• Towards you

• None of these

• Both of these

A Doppler effect occurs when a source of sound moves

• Away from you

• Towards you

• None of these

• Both of these

Heat energy travels from an object with high

• Temperature to an object with low temp

• Potential energy to high kinetic energy

• Neither of these

• Both of these, they are the same

Heat energy travels from an object with high

• Temperature to an object with low temp

• Potential energy to high kinetic energy

• Neither of these

• Both of these, they are the same

Ice has a lower density than water because ice

• Sinks

• Molecules vibrate slower

• Is more compact at a solid state

• Has open-structured crystals that increase the volume

Ice has a lower density than water because ice

• Sinks

• Molecules vibrate slower

• Is more compact at a solid state

• Has open-structured crystals that increase the volume

Consider a closed, sealed can of air placed on a hot stove. The contained air undergoes an

increase in

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Mass

• Two of these

Consider a closed, sealed can of air placed on a hot stove. The contained air undergoes an

increase in

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Mass

• Two of these

The reason that the white hot sparks that strike your skin from a 4th of July sparkler don’t harm you

is because • The energy per molecule is high but the

transfer is low

• The energy per molecule is low

• They have low temperature

• None of the above

The reason that the white hot sparks that strike your skin from a 4th of July sparkler don’t harm you

is because • The energy per molecule is high but the

transfer is low

• The energy per molecule is low

• They have low temperature

• None of the above

Cold water will warm to room temperature faster in a

• Black pot

• Depends more on the size than the color

• Silver pot

• None of these

Cold water will warm to room temperature faster in a

• Black pot

• Depends more on the size than the color

• Silver pot

• None of these

Suppose you put a closed, sealed can of air on a hot stove burner.

The contained air will undergo an increase in

• Pressure

• Temperature

• All of these

• None of these

Suppose you put a closed, sealed can of air on a hot stove burner.

The contained air will undergo an increase in

• Pressure

• Temperature

• All of these

• None of these

Why do we put a jar lid that is stuck under hot water?

• Lid expands more than the jar

• Jar expands more than the lid

• both of these

• Water makes the lid slippery

Why do we put a jar lid that is stuck under hot water?

• Lid expands more than the jar

• Jar expands more than the lid

• both of these

• Water makes the lid slippery

Your feet feel warmer on a rug than they do on a tile floor because the

rug

• For the same mass has more thermal energy

• Is a better insulator than the tile

• Is usually warmer than the tile

• All of these

Your feet feel warmer on a rug than they do on a tile floor because the

rug

• For the same mass has more thermal energy

• Is a better insulator than the tile

• Is usually warmer than the tile

• All of these

What do we call the matter through which a wave travels through?

• Longitudinal

• Wave pattern

• Vibration

• Medium

What do we call the matter through which a wave travels through?

• Longitudinal

• Wave pattern

• Vibration

• Medium

What is the change in frequency due to the motion of a source of a

wave called?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Doppler effect

• Wave

What is the change in frequency due to the motion of a source of a

wave called?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Doppler effect

• Wave

The source of all wave motion is a

• Harmonic object

• Wave pattern

• Vibrating object

• Region of variable high and low pressure

The source of all wave motion is a

• Harmonic object

• Wave pattern

• Vibrating object

• Region of variable high and low pressure

A sound wave is a

• Shock wave

• Standing wave

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

A sound wave is a

• Shock wave

• Standing wave

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

When heat is added to BOILING water, the temperature

• Decreases

• Increases

• Stays the same

• None of these

When heat is added to BOILING water, the temperature

• Decreases

• Increases

• Stays the same (if you add temp it becomes steam and leaves-note the boiling part of the question)

• None of these

What is a gas changing to a liquid called?

• Melting

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• freezing

What is a gas changing to a liquid called?

• Melting

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• freezing

A dog that is too hot pants (sticks its tongue out hand breaths hard)

• For no particular reason

• To bring more oxygen into its lungs

• To impress dog’s of the opposite sex

• To have evaporation in its mouth and bronchial tract (cooling it off)

A dog that is too hot pants (sticks its tongue out hand breaths hard)

• For no particular reason

• To bring more oxygen into its lungs

• To impress dog’s of the opposite sex

• To have evaporation in its mouth and bronchial tract (cooling it off)

What is the transfer of energy due to electromagnetic waves?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Evaporation

What is the transfer of energy due to electromagnetic waves?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Evaporation

What is the transfer of heat due to 2 fluids with different temperatures?

• Sublimation

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

What is the transfer of heat due to 2 fluids with different temperatures?

• Sublimation

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

Why do winds move on Earth?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Condensation

Why do winds move on Earth?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Condensation

What is the change of a liquid to a gas below the surface called?

• Sublimation

• Boiling point

• Freezing point

• Melting point

What is the change of a liquid to a gas below the surface called?

• Sublimation

• Boiling point

• Freezing point

• Melting point

What state of matter has atoms that are the least attracted to each

other?

• Solid

• Sublimation

• Liquid

• Gas

What state of matter has atoms that are the least attracted to each

other?

• Solid

• Sublimation

• Liquid

• Gas

What state of matter has the most energy?

• Liquid

• Solid

• Gas

• None of these

What state of matter has the most energy?

• Liquid

• Solid

• Gas

• None of these