Mindanao State University Marawi City

Natural Science 1

MIDTERM EXAM
February 18, 2012

NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS WILL INVALIDATE YOUR ANSWERS. ANYONE CAUGHT CHEATING IN ANY FORM WILL NOT BE GIVEN ANY CREDIT FOR THIS EXAM. GOOD LUCK!
I. Read each question carefully. Write the letter of your best answer in your answer sheets. (2points each)
1. Is it possible to do work on an object that remains at rest? a. Yes b. No c. It depends on the magnitude of the applied force d. Yes if friction force is present 2. By what factor does the kinetic energy of a car changes when its speed is tripled? a. no change at all b. Factor of 3 c. Factor of 6 d. Factor of 9 3. Which of the following could not be negative? a. kinetic energy b. Gravitational potential energy c. Work d. Force 4. Mike performed 5J of work in 10s. Joe did 3J of work in 5s. Which of the following is true? a. Mike produced more power. b. Joe produced more power c. Both produced the same amount of power d. Both produced no power 5. Which of the following requires more work? a. Lifting a 50kg sack a vertical distance of 2m. b. Lifting a 25kg sack a vertical distance of 5m c. Lifting a 20kg sack a vertical distance of 7m d. Lifting a 5kg sack a vertical distance of 20m 6. In what units are work and energy measured? a. Joule b. N*s c. N d. J/s 7. A car is lifted a certain distance in a service station and therefore has potential energy with respect to the floor. If it were lifted twice as high, how much potential energy would it have? a. twice as large b. half as large c. Four times as large d. The same amount 8. Two cars are lifted to the same elevation in a service station. If one car is twice as heavy as the other, how do their potential energies compare? a. twice as large b. half as large c. Four times as large d. The same amount 9. How many joules of kinetic energy does a 1kg book have when it is tossed across the room at a speed of 2m/s? a. 2 J c. 3 J c. 4 J d. 5 J 10. The apparent loss of weight of a submerged object speaks of a. floatation b. buoyancy in gas c. buoyancy in liquid d. buoyant force 11. A car moving at some initial speed accelerates until its speed is four times the initial speed. By how much does its kinetic energy increase? a. 4 times b. 8 times c. 16 times d. 32 times 12. Ideally, how much kinetic energy can be given to an arrow shot horizontally from a bow that has a potential energy of 40 J? a. 40 J b. less than 40 J c. Greater than 40 J d. Zero 13. What principle states that, an immersed body is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces? a. Archimedes Principle b. Bernoullis principle c. Boyles law d. none of the above 14. Which of the following states that, the product of pressure and volume for given mass of gas is constant as long as

the temperature does not change?

a. Archimedes Principle b. Bernoullis principle c. Boyles law d. none of the above 15. Which of the following decreases the density of a substance? a. given mass b. given volume c. Buoyant force d. None of these 16. Which of the following increases the density of a substance? a. given mass b. given volume c. Buoyant force d. None of these 17. What does buoyant force do on a submerged object? a. It exerts force on all sides of the object. c. It pushes the object downward b. It makes the object float. d. It pushes the object upward. 18. Liquid pressure is independent of a. weight density b. depth c. Volume d. All of these 19. An object floats in water when

a. the buoyant force acting on it is greater than its weight. b. the buoyant force acting on it is less than its weight. c. the buoyant force acting on it is equal to its weight. d. any of these 20. An object sinks in water when a. the buoyant force acting on it is greater than its weight. b. the buoyant force acting on it is less than its weight. c. the buoyant force acting on it is equal to its weight. d. any of these 21. Specific heat capacity is a. the quantity of heat required to change the temperature of a unit mass of the substance by a degree. b. like a thermal inertia in that it signifies how much resistance a substance has to a change in temperature. c. measured in terms of J/kgC0 units. d. all of these 22. 500 is the temperature between boiling and freezing point of water in a. Celsius scale b. Fahrenheit scale c. Kelvin scale d. none of these 23. A helium gas balloon that fly up in air can be best explained by a. Bernoullis principle b. pressure c. Density d. buoyancy 24. Heated glass that breaks is an illustration of what property of matter? a. density b. pressure c. Thermal expansion d. specific heat capacity 25. Boiling substance A from the same temperature with substance B takes lesser time illustrates a. density b. pressure c. Thermal expansion d. specific heat capacity

II. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect. (2points each)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Bernoullis Principle states that when the speed of a fluid increases, pressure in the fluid decreases. Boyles Law states that the product of pressure and volume for given mass of gas is constant as long as the temperature does not change. Pressure is force exerted over a unit of area. Archimedes Principle states that an object surrounded by air is buoyed up by a force equal to weight of the air displaced. Atoms and molecules have kinetic energy at absolute zero temperature. Thermal energy is due to heat transfer. At absolute zero temperature, molecules lose all available kinetic energy. Heat sometimes flow from lower temperature substance to higher temperature one. Temperature is usually measured in terms of barometer. The difference between freezing and boiling point temperatures in Celsius scale is 99 0C. Evaporation is the change of phase from liquid to gas at the melting temperature of the substance. Specific heat capacity determines the resistance of a substance to a change in temperature. Heat of vaporization is the energy required to change any substance from liquid to gas. During night time, warm air is over the sea and results to sea breeze. Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a gas or a liquid by means of current in the heated fluid. Gamma rays has the shortest wavelength among the electromagnetic waves. Infrared waves has shorter wavelength than microwaves. Hot coffee cools off more quickly in a black surfaced cup than in a white, shiny surfaced one. A surface that reflects very little or no radiant energy looks dark. First law of thermodynamics states that when heat flows to or from a system, the system gains or losses an amount of thermal energy greater than the amount of heat transferred. Liquid and gases are generally poor conductors of heat. Objects of everyday temperature emit long wavelength ultraviolet rays. Everything emits radiant energy. Melting temperature and boiling temperature are the same for all liquids. Melting and freezing temperature is the same for a substance.

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