Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A sunburn is the result of which type of heat transfer?
a. | conduction | c. | convection | b. | radiation |
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 According to Newton’s Laws the two steel
bearings in Newton’s Cradle will a. | cause all three bearings to react to the left | c. | cause one bearing to react to the
left | b. | cause an equal and opposite reaction of two bearings to the left | d. | bounce backwards to the right while the three
bearings will remain still |
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Which of the following is an example of the Law of Conservation of
Energy?
a. | A swimsuit with no resistance to water | c. | Perpetual
motion | b. | A skateboard with frictionless wheels | d. | A golf ball’s surface is hot after the
impact of the golf club |
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The handle of a pot on a stove is hot due to this type of transfer of
heat.
a. | convection | c. | conduction | b. | radiation |
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Heat transferred from the movement of a fluid
a. | radiation | c. | convection | b. | conduction |
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The ocean currents are caused by difference in temperature. This type of
heat transfer is called
a. | conduction | c. | insulation | b. | radiation | d. | convection |
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A boy rides a bike down the street, the boy lifts his feet off the pedals and
rolls to a stop. Energy is
a. | transferred into heat due to the friction of the surface and the ball | c. | created when the
boy pushed on the pedals | b. | destroyed when the boy lifted his feet off the
pedals | d. | destroyed by the
gravitational pull of the Earth |
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Which of the following has the least amount of kinetic energy?
a. | A golf ball sitting on the tee just before impact | c. | A skateboarder traveling at 35
kilometers per hour down a hill | b. | A soccer ball traveling over the heads of the
defenders | d. | A tennis ball
bouncing in the service line |
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed
a. | Pascal’s Principle | c. | Archimedes
Principle | b. | The Law of Conservation of Energy states | d. | Bernoulli’s
Principle |
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10.
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 Identify the point at which the greatest amount of
kinetic energy exists.
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