Waves
Forces & Motion
Lab Safety
Scientific Method & Inquiry
Test Questions
100

What do waves transfer?

What is energy

100

What is a force?

What is a push or a pull. 

100

Is it permissible to have any drink or food in the laboratory?

 What is NO!

100

What is an independant variable?

What is the variable that is changed or manipulated by the scientist. 
100

A soccer ball takes 20 s to roll 10 m. What is the average speed of the soccer ball?

What is 0.5 m/s

200

A wave travels through the air and then enters and travels through water.  When it enters the water, which characteristic of the wave will change?

What is speed 

200

How do we calculate speed?

What is distance/time

200

When should personal protective equipment be worn in a lab?

What is ALWAYS while in the lab. 

200

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sound that whales make?

What is Making an Observation

200

What is the difference regarding mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

What is a mechanical wave requires a medium, but an electromagnetic wave does not require a medium

300

Give 4 examples of light wave behaviors. 

What is reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission, etc

300

If an object is experiencing a balanced force, what is the object doing?

What is not moving.

300

What should you do after working with biological specimens, chemicals, and lab substances?

What is Wash both hands with water and soap 

300

The variable that is measured at the end of an experiment is the?

What is dependent variable. 

300

David, Leslie, Jason, and Kori are four friends who decided to meet in Myrtle Beach for a fun vacation at the beach. Each friend had to drive a different distance from their homes. The table below shows the distance that each friend traveled to Myrtle Beach and the time it took each to drive there. Which friend averaged the slowest speed to Myrtle Beach?

What is Jason

400

What wave is ALWAYS transverse. 

What is an electromagnetic wave. 

400

What happens to the motion of an object when friction is applied?

What is the object will slow down. 

400

When an acid comes in contact with your skin, you should immediately wash it with what?

What is Water

400

A series of step designed to help you solve problems and answer questions is called.

What is the Scientific Method

400

A wave travels through the air and then enters and travels through water.  When it enters the water, which characteristic of the wave will change?

What is wave speed!

500

Why do we see a specific color?

What is because that color is reflected while all the other colors are being absorbed. 

500

Motion is a change in 

What is position. 

500

What is the right way to mix water and acid

What is Slowly add acid into the water while stirring the solution

500

What is the correct order of the steps of the scientific method?

What is  

1. Ask a Question

2. Research

3. Form a hypothesis

4. Experiment

5. Analyze results

6. Draw conclusions & communicate results

500

Light rays strike a very shiny piece of aluminum. Which of the following shows the path the light rays will take after striking the material?

What is Light Path 1

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