Physics Unit 1 Test
1. The Branch of science that deals with light, energy and motion.
a. Earth science
b. Physics
c. Biology
d. Astronomy
2. What branch of science deals with living things
a. Earth science
b. Physics
c. Biology
d. Astronomy
3. In an experiment the group that receives no treatment
a. Independent variable
b. Control
c. Responding variable
d. Dependent variable
4.
In an experiment, a scientist changes the amount of water in a large container. He then
measures how quickly the water temperature changes when heat is applied to it in this
experiment, what is the independent variable? _____________________responding
variable? ____________________
5. A globe is an example of a
a. Model
b. Test
c. Theory
d. Particle
6. What is something you should not do in the lab
a. Eat and drink
b. Follow directions
c. Report broken glass
d. Tie back long hair
7. What is the abbreviation for the International System of Units
a. IS
b. SI
c. SIU
d. USI
8. There are 100mm in 10 cm
a. True
b. False
9. Which of the following is the largest unit of volume
a. 100ml
b. 1cm2
c. 1000L
d. 5000ml
10. Fill in the blanks of the scientific method
a. Ask a ___________________
b. Gather __________________
c. Form a __________________
d. Test a hypothesis with an ___________________
e. Analyze ________________
f. Draw ____________________
11. Match each object with the correct unit of measurement
____ width of quarter
a) grams
____ your foot
b) liters
____ size of room
c) meters
____ distance from Bovina to Friona
d) millimeters
____ amount of water in a swimming pool e) kilometers
____ amount of soda in a can
f) milliliters
____ mass
g) Celsius
____ temperature
h) centimeters
12. This type of graph shows change over time
a. Bar graph
b. Line graph
c. Scatter plot
d. Circle graph
13. The application of science to help people is called
a. Technology
b. Medicine
c. Modeling
d. Entomology
14. What do you call this tool? _________________
15. Convert to scientific notation:
.00022 = _____________________ 55,000,000 = ______________________
3,515,000=____________________ 748,000,000,000=__________________
16. Convert from scientific notation
7.26*10^7=____________________ 3.7*10^-5=_______________________
6.247*10^3=___________________6.23*10^-4=______________________
17. graph the data and answer the questions
Title:_________________________________
Temperatures In NY
City
Day
Temperature
1
43° F
2
53° F
3
50° F
4
57° F
5
59° F
6
67° F
What is the lowest temperature recorded? __________________
What is the highest temperature recorded? _________________
At what point did the temperature dip? ____________________
Temperatures In
Charleston SC
Day
Temperature
1
72° F
2
68° F
3
71° F
4
70° F
5
66° F
6
67° F
Now with a new line in the same graph add these temperatures to the graph
What day had the same temperatures in both cities? _______________
What day had the highest difference in temperatures? _______________
17. Convert the metrics
a. 267L=_______________ml = _________________kl
b. .24cm=______________m = ___________________mm
c. 0.25kg=______________mg = __________________g