Physics test.

I just finished writing this physics test for my boys. Feel free to use it in your own homeschool science class. Or, you know, just to test how much you remember from your middle school physics class. :-/

Physics I Test : Chapters 1-5 Name:_________________________
*Fill in the blanks, circle the correct answer, write True or False, or write out your answers to the best of your ability. You may go onto the back if you need more space.*

1. Energy is the ability to do ___________________. (1 pt.)

2. Something that changes the position, shape, or speed of an object is called a

______________________. (1 pt.)


3. Acceleration is caused by __________. (1 pt.)
A. Inertia
B. Balanced Forces
C. Unbalanced Forces
D. Potential Energy

4. List the 5 steps of the scientific method. (5 pts)

















5. ____________________ gives objects the ability to do work. (1 pt.)

6. Write the formula for work. (3 pts.)






7. True or false? Objects that are moving at a constant speed have unbalanced forces. (1 pt.)




8. Write the formula for GPE. (3 pts.)







9. True or false? Potential energy cannot actually do any work. (1 pt.)


10. Name three examples of different forms of potential energy. (3 pts.)






11. Define kinetic energy. (2 pts.)











12. Greater ______________________ and/or greater ___________________________ will result in greater kinetic energy. (2 pts.)


13.What is the difference between a heliocentric cosmos and a geocentric cosmos? (2 pts.)












14. True or false? Aristotle believed in a heliocentric cosmos. (1 pt.)


15. _________________________________ is the tendency of things to resist a change in motion. (1 pt.)


16. Name the scientist who mathematically proved many of Galileo Galilei’s scientific theories. (2 pts.)



17.Galileo discovered that objects keep going until ____________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________. (2 pts.)



18.The force caused by things rubbing together is called ___________________________. (1 pt.)

19.Aristotle believed that objects were pushed by ________________. (1 pt.)
A. God
B. Momentum
C. Forces
D. Air

20.Explain why it is better to play hockey on the ice than in the grass. (2 pts)










21.Give the formula for Momentum. (3 pts.)










22. Name three things which have stored chemical energy. (3 pts.)









23. Alessandro Volta constructed the first __________________________________. (1 pt.)

24. Which provides more energy, a chemical reaction or a nuclear reaction? (1 pt.)



25. True or false? When the nucleus of an element changes, the element changes. (1 pt.)


26. Explain the process of nuclear fission. (5 pts.)