Who introduced the absolute temperature scale?

A. Andres Celsius

B. Gabriel Fahrenheit

C. William Rankine

D. William Thompson

2. Which expands the greatest when heated at the same temperature?

A. gas

B. solid

C. liquid

D. all expand equally

A substance releases heat without changing its temperature whenever it is

_______.

A. melting and boiling

B. boiling and condensing

C. melting and condensing

D. freezing and condensing

4. A change in 10K corresponds to _______.

A. -263oC

B. -263Co

C. 10Co

D. 10oC

What happens to water when its temperature reaches 4oC?

A. It becomes denser.

B. It becomes less dense.

C. Its volume will reduce.

D. Its volume will not change.

7. What is the absolute zero temperature?

A. -273oC

B. -32oF

C. 0oC

D. 273K

8.

9. Dry ice has a temperature of -110.2oF. What would its temperature be on the

Celsius scale?

A. -711.0

B. -198.0

C. -142.2

D. -79.00

10.Temperature of a body measures the molecular_______.

A. average kinetic energy

B. average potential energy

C. differences in kinetic energy

D. differences in potential energy

11.Which of the following is TRUE about boiling?

A. It is slower than evaporation.

B. It takes place at a specific temperature.

C. It is the same for all liquids at the same temperature.

D. It takes place when bubbles begin to appear in the liquid.

12. During warm days, you cool yourself by damping your skin with a wet towel. Which of the following
takes place?
A. Wet towel has no effect on your body.
B. Wet towel releases heat energy to your body.
C. Wet towel absorbs heat energy from your body.
D. Wet towel has the same temperature as your body.

13.Which of the following happens when ice changes into liquid at 0oC?

A. The molecules are not moving.

B. The molecules move slower when ice changes into liquid.

C. The temperature of the liquid is higher than the temperature of the ice.

D. The temperature of the liquid is the same as the temperature of the ice.

14.A decrease in temperature of a substance indicates that the_______.

A. volume of the substance reduces

B. volume of the substance increases

C. particles of the substance get closer with each other

D. particles of the substance move farther from each other

15.Why does liquid in the thermometer rise when put in hot water?

A. The liquid is boiling.

B. The liquid is evaporating.

C. The liquid gains heat from the hot water causing it to expand.

D. The liquid loses heat from the hot water causing it to contract.

Which has the least energy among the colors of a rainbow?

A. green

B. orange

C. red

D. violet

3. Which of the following can separate white light into seven colors?

A. box

B. cellphone

C. paper
D. prism

4. Nina sent an arrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result,

she observed the light dispersing into ___.

A. four colors

B. three colors

C. five colors

D. seven colors

5.

6. What can prisms do?

A. Change sunlight into a single color.

B. Invert a light ray’s frequency and wavelength.

C. Separate the incoming light into its constituent colors.

D. Slow down light to few meters per second, when used back to back.

7. For visible light, which property changes with color?

I. frequency

II. period III. wavelength

A. III only

B. I and II

C. I and III

D. I, II, and III

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8. Which of the following colors has the highest energy?

A. orange

B. red

C. violet

D. yellow

9.

10. Which of the following arrangements of visible light colors shows decreasing

wavelength?

A. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

B. red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo

C. violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow

D. violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, yellow, red

11. A ray of light passes through a glass block. When it passes through the glass, it

changes direction. Which of the refracted rays A, B, C or D is most likely to

leave the glass block?

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

12.

13. Refractive Index is a ratio between the speed of light in vacuum and ____.

A. speed of light in vacuum

B. speed of sound in vacuum

C. speed of light in a medium

D. speed of sound in a medium

14. The diagram shows a ray of white light passing through a prism and emerges

as a band of colored light which strikes a screen. What is the color of X and Y?

A. X=Blue, Y=Red

B. X=Red, Y=Violet

C. X=Green, Y=Red

D. X=Green, Y=Blue

15. Based on the colors of light, what color comes between red and yellow?

A. indigo

B. green

C. orange

D. violet