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Final Exam Study Guide

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which particles are located in the nucleus?

a. protons c. electrons
b. neutrons d. protons and neutrons
____ 2. What is the charge of a proton?
a. positive c. negative
b. neutral d. none of the above
____ 3. What is the charge of a neutron?
a. positive c. negative
b. neutral d. none of the above
____ 4. What is the charge of an electron?
a. positive c. negative
b. neutral d. none of the above
____ 5. Elements are different because they have different numbers of
a. protons c. electrons
b. neutrons d. none of the above
____ 6. Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons are
a. isomers c. ions
b. isotopes d. polymers
____ 7. How many valence electrons do all the elements in group 15 have?
a. 1 c. 4
b. 3 d. 5
____ 8. Which of the following elements has 1 valence electron?
a. Na c. B
b. Cl d. Ca
____ 9. A stable atom has
a. The same number of protons as c. The same number of protons as
neutrons electrons
b. 8 valence electrons d. 6 valence electrons
____ 10. How many electrons do the elements in group 1 tend to lose?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
____ 11. The family that includes the metals in groups 3-12 is known as the
a. Alkali metals c. Transition metals
b. Alkaline earth metals d. Translation metals
____ 12. The vertical columns on the periodic table are called
a. groups c. families
b. periods d. homies
____ 13. The horizontal rows on the periodic table are called
a. groups c. families
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____ 14. If an object has negative acceleration it is

a. speeding up c. moving with a constant speed
b. slowing down d. not moving
____ 15. A car goes from 0 m/s to 10 m/s in 2 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?
a. 0 m/s c. 5 m/s squared
b. 2 s d. 20 m/s squared
____ 16. You think your desk is moving because it is moving in relation to the sun, which is not moving. A
nonmoving point used to determine whether something is moving is known as a (an)
a. reference point c. starting point
b. moving point d. origin
____ 17. What is the average speed of a car that has traveled 500 m in 50 s?
a. 5 m/s c. 100 m/s
b. 10 m/s d. 25,000 m/s
____ 18. Newton’s first law says an object in motion will remain in motion and an object at rest will remain at
rest until acted on by an outside force. This statement is
a. true c. I dunno
b. false d. none of the above
____ 19. If you take 10 paces north and turn around and take 9 paces south what is your final displacement?
a. 1 pace north c. 19 paces north
b. 1 pace south d. 19 paces south
____ 20. Velocity is speed with a direction. This statement is
a. True c. I dunno.
b. False d. None of the above.
____ 21. Bob’s mass is 75 kg. Jo’s mass is 50 kg. Who is the earth exerting a greater force on?
a. Bob c. The force is the same
b. Jo d. There is no way to tell
____ 22. The acceleration of gravity on earth is about 10 m/s squared. Alex weighs 75 kg. What is the force of
weight on Alex? (Hint Fw=m*a)
a. 0.13 N c. 75 N
b. 7.5 N d. 750 N
____ 23. The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion is
a. resistance c. weight
b. inertia d. mass
____ 24. A push or a pull one body exerts on another is known as
a. power c. a force
b. work d. acceleration

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____ 25.
On the above figure, when is the object not moving?
a. A c. C
b. B d. D
____ 26. In the equation V=IR the V stands for
a. voltage c. resistance
b. current d. a puppy
____ 27. In the equation V=IR, Resistance is shown with which letter?
a. V c. R
b. I d. =
____ 28. In the Equation V=IR the I stands for
a. current c. resistance
b. voltage d. kitties
____ 29. In static electricity there is a positive and a ___________________ charge.
a. negative c. positive
b. reverse d. turtles
____ 30. Electricity deals most directly with which sub-atomic particle?
a. protons c. llamas
b. neutrons d. electrons
____ 31. If you put electricity through a motor it will
a. spin c. burst into flames
b. not spin d. none of the above
____ 32. In the equation W=FD the W stands for
a. work c. distance
b. force d. el Tigre
____ 33. In the equation W=FD the F stands for
a. Work c. Distance
b. Force d. none of the above

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____ 34. Potential energy is

a. light energy c. stored energy
b. energy of movement d. sound energy
____ 35. A sound wave is a _____________________ wave.
a. Upside-down c. Sideways
b. Longitunal d. Compressional
____ 36. A light waves does not need a medium to travel through.
a. true c. I dunno.
b. false d. none of the above
____ 37. We use x-rays to
a. transmit sounds c. to view images of bones
b. heat food d. mess with Sasquatch
____ 38. We use radio waves to
a. transmit sounds c. to view images of bones
b. heat food d. mess with Sasquatch
____ 39. We use microwaves to
a. transmit sounds c. view images of bones
b. heat food d. mess with Sasquatch
____ 40. What are the correct steps of the scientific method (in order from first to last)?
a. conclusion, hypothesis, experiment, c. state problem, hypothesis, experiment,
analyze results, state problem analyze results, conclusion
b. conclusion, hypothesis, state problem, d. experiment, conclusion, analyze,
analyze results, experiment hypothesis, state problem
____ 41. Which of the following would best be used to measure MASS?
a. balance c. meter stick
b. graduated cylinder d. stopwatch
____ 42. Which of the following would best be used to measure TIME?
a. balance c. meter stick
b. graduated cylinder d. stopwatch
____ 43. Which of the following would best be used to measure DISTANCE?
a. balance c. meter stick
b. graduated cylinder d. stopwatch
____ 44. Which of the following would best be used to measure VOLUME?
a. balance c. meter stick
b. graduated cylinder d. stopwatch
____ 45. What should one use to safely put out a fire?
a. Fire Blanket c. Gasoline
b. Fire Extinguisher d. A and B
____ 46. What is the atomic number of oxygen? (Hint: the symbol is O)
a. 8 c. 16
b. 24 d. 12
____ 47. The atomic mass of Oxygen is closest to:
a. 8 c. 16
b. 24 d. 12

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____ 48. How many protons does Oxygen have?

a. 8 c. 16
b. 24 d. 12
____ 49. What type of atom is Oxygen?
a. metal c. metalloid
b. nonmetal d. none of the above
____ 50. What happens in a fission reaction?
a. nucleus splits apart and releases energy c. all of the above
b. nucleus fuses with another nucleus and d. none of the above
releases energy
____ 51. Which of the following is an element?
a. water c. carbon dioxide
b. nitrogen d. kool-aid

____ 52.
How many electrons are shown in the diagram?
a. 3 c. 5
b. 4 d. 7

____ 53.
How many orbitals (energy levels) are shown in the diagram?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
____ 54. Ice melting is an example of a
a. physical change c. I dunno.
b. chemical change d. none of the above
____ 55. A log burning is an example of a
a. physical change c. I dunno.
b. chemical change d. none of the above

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____ 56. Paper being ripped to shreds is an example of a

a. physical change c. I dunno.
b. chemical change d. none of the above
____ 57. A yellow solid forming from two different chemicals that were mixed is a
a. physical change c. I dunno.
b. chemical change d. none of the above
____ 58. Limestone broken by a sledgehammer is an example of a
a. physical change c. I dunno.
b. chemical change d. none of the above

____ 59. What

phase is H2O in from 25 - 75 degrees Celsius?
a. solid (ice) c. gas (steam)
b. liquid (water) d. plasma

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____ 60. What

phase is H2O in from -25 to 0 degrees Celsius?
a. solid c. gas
b. liquid d. plasma

____ 61. What is

happening to the temperature as H2O changes from a solid to a liquid?
a. increasing c. stays the same
b. decreasing d. none of the above

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____ 62. Which of the following is a molecule?

a. water c. lithium
b. carbon d. helium

____ 63.
What kind of bond does the picture below represent?
a. ionic c. disulphide
b. covalent d. hydrogen
____ 64. A state of matter that has a definite shape and definite volume (tightly packed together) would be
a. solid c. gas
b. liquid d. plasma
____ 65. A state of matter that has no definite shape but a definite volume would be a
a. solid c. gas
b. liquid d. plasma
____ 66. Which of the following would be a heterogeneous (different throughout) mixture?
a. kool-aid c. trail mix
b. water d. saline solution
____ 67. Your science teacher decided to mix Yeast with Hydrogen Peroxide. It bubbled over and released
heat. What type of reaction occured?
a. endothermic c. I dunno
b. exothermic d. All of the above
____ 68. How would you classify a solution with a pH of 7?
a. acid c. neutral
b. base d. salt
____ 69. How would you classify a solution with a pH of 13?
a. acid c. neutral
b. base d. salt
____ 70. Which of the following would have the strongest gravitational force?
a. Moon c. Earth
b. Sun d. You
____ 71. What is the formula for speed?
a. distance divided by time c. velocity divided by time
b. distance multiplied by time d. velocity multiplied by time

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____ 72.

What is happening to the car at point A?

a. accelerating (speeding up) c. negatively accelerating (slowing down)

b. constant speed d. not moving

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____ 73.

At what point is the car moving at a constant speed?

a. A c. C
b. B d. D
____ 74. Calculate the Voltage of a circuit that has a Current (I) of 20 Amps and a Resistance (R) of 10 ohms.
(Hint: use V=IR to solve this problem)
a. 2 volts c. 200 volts
b. 20 volts d. 2,000 volts
____ 75. Which of these materials is an excellent conductor of electricity?
a. plastic c. wood
b. rubber d. copper

____ 76.
What type of circuit is shown below?
a. series c. I dunno.
b. parallel d. none of the above

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____ 77.
At which point does the roller coaster have the most potential energy?
a. W c. Y
b. X d. Z

____ 78.
What is happening to the kinetic energy as the roller coaster moves from point W to point X?
a. increasing c. stays the same
b. decreasing d. there is no way to tell

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____ 79. What type of wave is shown below?

a. compressional c. A and B
b. transverse d. none of the above
____ 80. What is the effect in which sound waves compress as they become closer to an object?
a. Smith Effect c. Brown Effect
b. Dwight Effect d. Doppler Effect

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Final Exam Study Guide

Answer Section

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