Name: ____________________________
Test Date: ____________________________
Review Worksheet: Physics Midterm Exam
Things to bring with me on the day of the exam:
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Pen/pencil – bring extras, these tend to break or run out during the day of
the exam
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Your Notes – 8 ½ by 11 sheet of paper, both sides; not necessary, but it will
count as extra credit
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A book, a magazine, drawing paper (you get the idea) – if you finish before
others in the room, you will be required to remain silent
Extra Credit:
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Just like with regular tests, extra credit will be available. This will be in the
form of extra vocabulary terms and extra essay choices.
Test Breakdown:
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Chapters
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Multiple Choice
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Vocabulary
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Short Answer
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Reading and Interpreting Graphs
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Essay Questions
Chapters
2: Newton’s First
Topics Covered / Things I need to know for the Midterm
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Aristotle on Motion (p.
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Copernicus & the moving earth (p.
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Galileo: tower & inclined planes (p.
)
Law of Motion
Review Set 1:
Pgs 37 – 38
Problem Set 1:
Pgs 38 - 40
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)
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Newton’s 1st Law (p.
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Net Force (p.
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Equilibrium Rule (p.
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)
)
3: Linear Motion
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Speed (p.
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Velocity (p.
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Acceleration (p.
)
Review Set 2:
Pg 54
Problem Set 2:
(one step calc)
pg 55
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)
4: Newton’s
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Free Fall (p.
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Force causes Acceleration (p.
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Friction (p.
)
Second Law of
Motion – Force
and Acceleration
Review Set 3:
Pgs 69 – 70
Problem Set 3:
(one step calc)
pgs 70 - 71
)
)
5: Newton’s 3rd
Law of Motion –
Action & Reaction
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Mass & Weight (p.
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Newton’s 2nd Law (p.
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Acceleration as Gravity & Less than Gravity (p.
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Forces & Interactions (p.
)
)
)
)
Review Set 4:
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Newton’s 3rd Law (p.
)
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Defining a System (p.
)
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Action & Reaction (p.
)
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Momentum (p.
Pg 87
Problem Set 4:
(one step calc)
pgs 87 - 88
6: Momentum
Review Set 5:
Pgs 105 – 106
Problem Set 5:
(one step calc)
pg 106
)
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Changing Momentum (p.
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Conservation of Momentum (p.
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Transfer of Momentum (collisions) (p.
)
)
)
7: Energy
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Work (p.
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Power (p.
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Mechanical Energy (p.
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Potential Energy (p.
)
Review Set 6:
Pg 126
Problem Set 6:
(one step calc)
pg 127
)
)
)
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Kinetic Energy (p.
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Conservation of Energy (p.
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Efficiency (p.
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Sources of energy (p.
)
)
)
)
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Simple Machines (p.
)
Vocabulary to know:
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Momentum
Impulse
Relationship of impulse and
momentum
Law of conservation of
momentum
Elastic collision
Inelastic collision
Newton’s 3rd Law
Vector quantity
Scalar quantity
Vector
Resultant
Friction
Mass
Weight
Kilogram
Newton
Volume
Newton’s 2nd law
Force
Free fall
Terminal speed
Terminal velocity
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Efficiency
Lever
Conservation of energy for
machines
Machine
Conservation of energy
Work-energy theorem
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Mechanical energy
Energy
Power
Work
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Newton’s 1st law of motion
Inertia
Net force
Mechanical equilibrium
Equilibrium rule