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100
What unit is force measured in?
Newtons (N)
100
What is the unit used to measure Voltage?
Volts
100
What unit is distance measured in?
Metres (m)
100
Give five examples of units used to measure time.
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, years, etc...
100
How many metres in 72.5km?
72500m
200
The phenomenon that causes objects with mass to attract towards each other is called...?
Gravity
200
What are the negatively charged subatomic particles that make up electric current?
Electrons
200
How many laws of motion did Newton propose?
Three
200
What is the name of the galaxy that our solar system is a part of?
The Milky Way galaxy
200
Calculate the average speed of a train that travels 1800m in 30 seconds (correct units required).
60ms-1
300
What is the name of the force that acts in the opposite direction to the direction of motion of an object sliding on a surface?
Friction
300
Draw the circuit symbol for a light bulb
300
True or false: microwaves travel faster than radio waves.
False - they travel at the same speed (speed of light)
300
Which Scientist was the first to win a Nobel prize in both Physics and Chemistry?
Marie Curie
300
If an apple has a mass of 0.1kg and a bucket has a mass of 0.5kg, then how many apples would be in a full bucket of apples that has a total mass of 5kg?
45 apples
400
What is the value of gravitational acceleration on Earth?
9.8m/s2 (accept 10)
400
What's the equation for Ohm's Law?
V=IR
400
Write four different isotopes of an element of your choice in nuclear notation.
Teacher will check your answer
400
What is the angle of the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation?
23.5o
400
Calculate the resultant force on an object that is experiencing 350N of force forwards and 530N of force backwards.
180N backwards or -180N
500
What are the four forces involved in an aircraft flying? (Bonus 200 points if you give the direction they act in)
Weight (down), Lift (up), Thrust (forward), Air resistance (backwards)
500
What is the difference between a series and a parallel circuit and can you draw an example of each?
Series circuits provide one path for electrical current to flow, whereas parallel circuits provide multiple paths for electrical current to flow.
500
Describe what the frequency of a wave is.
The number of complete oscillations per second (or unit of time)
500
What zodiac sign shares the name with the supermassive black hole in the centre of our galaxy?
Sagittarius (the name of the supermassive black hole is called Sagittarius a*)
500
How far away is a wall if you clap at it and you hear the echo of your clap 0.3 seconds later? (speed of sound is 340m/s)
51m away