CHAPTER 1 a. km/h to km/s.

1. A generalized mental image of an object is a (an) b. m to km.

a. definition. c. km/h to m/s.
b. impression. d. In this situation, no conversions should be made.
c. concept.
d. mental picture. 12. An equation describes a relationship where
a. the numbers and units on both sides are proportional but not
2. Which of the following is the best example of the use of a equal.
referent? b. the numbers on both sides are equal but not the units.
a. A red bicycle c. the units on both sides are equal but not the numbers.
b. Big as a dump truck d. the numbers and units on both sides are equal.
c. The planet Mars
d. Your textbook 13. The equation ρ = _ m V is a statement that
a. describes a property.
3. A well-defined and agreed-upon referent used as a standard in b. defines how variables can change.
all systems of measurement is called a c. describes how properties change.
a. yardstick. d. identifies the proportionality constant.
b. unit.
c. quantity. 14. Measurement information that is used to describe something
d. fundamental. is called
a. referents.
4. The system of measurement based on referents in nature, but b. properties.
not with respect to human body parts, is the c. data.
a. natural system. d. a scientific investigation.
b. English system.
c. metric system. 15. If you consider a very small portion of a material that is the
d. American system. same throughout, the density of the small sample will be
a. much less.
5. A process of comparing a property to a well-defined and b. slightly less.
agreed-upon referent is called a c. the same.
a. measurement. d. greater.
b. referral.
c. magnitude. 16. The symbol Δ has a meaning of
d. comparison. a. “is proportional to.”
b. “the change in.”
6. One of the following is not considered to be a fundamental c. “therefore.”
property: d. “however.”
a. weight.
b. length. 17. A model is
c. time. a. a physical copy of an object or system made at a smaller
d. charge. scale.
b. a sketch of something complex used to solve problems.
7. How much space something occupies is described by its c. an interpretation of a theory by use of an equation.
a. mass. d. All of the above are models.
b. volume.
c. density. 18. The use of a referent in describing a property always implies
d. weight. a. a measurement.
b. naturally occurring concepts.
8. The relationship between two numbers that is usually obtained c. a comparison with a similar property of another object.
by dividing one number by the other is called a (an) d. that people have the same understandings of concepts.
a. ratio.
b. divided size. 19. A 5 km span is the same as how many meters?
c. number tree. a. 0.005 m
d. equation. b. 0.05 m
c. 500 m
9. The ratio of mass per volume of a substance is called its d. 5,000 m
a. weight.
b. weight-volume. 20. One-half liter of water is the same volume as
c. mass-volume. a. 5,000 mL.
d. density. b. 0.5 cc.
c. 500 cm3.
10. After identifying the appropriate equation, the next step in d. 5 dm3.
correctly solving a problem is to
a. substitute known quantities for symbols. 21. Which of the following is not a measurement?
b. solve the equation for the variable in question. a. 24°C
c. separate the number and units. b. 65 mph
d. convert all quantities to metric units. c. 120
d. 0.50 ppm
11. Suppose a problem situation describes a speed in km/h and
a length in m. What conversion should you do before substituting
quantities for symbols? Convert
22. What happens to the surface-area-to-volume ratio as the 32. A hypothesis concerned with a specific phenomenon is found
volume of a cube becomes larger? to be acceptable through many experiments over a long period of
a. It remains the same. time. This hypothesis usually becomes known as a
b. It increases. a. scientific law.
c. It decreases. b. scientific principle.
d. The answer varies. c. theory.
d. model.
23. If one variable increases in value while a second, related
variable decreases in value, the relationship is said to be 33. A scientific law can be expressed as
a. direct. a. a written concept.
b. inverse. b. an equation.
c. square. c. a graph.
d. inverse square. d. all of the above.

24. What is needed to change a proportionality statement into an 34. The symbol ∝ has a meaning of
equation? a. “almost infinity.”
a. Include a proportionality constant. b. “the change in.”
b. Divide by an unknown to move the symbol to left side of the c. “is proportional to.”
equal symbol. d. “therefore.”
c. Add units to one side to make units equal.
d. Add numbers to one side to make both sides equal. 35. Which of the following symbols represents a measured
property of the compactness of matter?
25. A proportionality constant a. m
a. always has a unit. b. ρ
b. never has a unit. c. V
c. might or might not have a unit. d. Δ

26. A scientific investigation provides understanding through 36. A candle with a certain weight melts in an oven, and the
a. explanations based on logical thinking processes alone. resulting weight of the wax is
b. experimental evidence. a. less.
c. reasoned explanations based on observations. b. the same.
d. diligent obeying of scientific laws. c. greater.
d. The answer varies.
27. Statements describing how nature is observed to behave
consistently time after time are called scientific 37. An ice cube with a certain volume melts, and the resulting
a. theories. volume of water is
b. laws. a. less.
c. models. b. the same.
d. hypotheses. c. greater.
d. The answer varies.
28. A controlled experiment comparing two situations has all
identical influencing factors except the 38. Compare the density of ice to the density of water. The
a. experimental variable. density of ice is
b. control variable. a. less.
c. inverse variable. b. the same.
d. direct variable. c. greater.
d. The answer varies.
29. In general, scientific investigations have which activities in
common? 39. A beverage glass is filled to the brim with ice-cold water (0°C)
a. State problem, gather data, make hypothesis, test, make and ice cubes. Some of the ice cubes are floating above the
conclusion. water level. When the ice melts, the water in the glass will
b. Collect observations, develop explanations, test explanations. a. spill over the brim.
c. Observe nature, reason an explanation for what is observed. b. stay at the same level.
d. Observe nature, collect data, modify data to fit scientific c. be less full than before the ice melted.
model.
40. What is the proportional relationship between the volume of
30. Quantities, or measured properties, that are capable of juice in a cup and the time the juice dispenser has been
changing values are called running?
a. data. a. direct
b. variables. b. inverse
c. proportionality constants. c. square
d. dimensionless constants. d. inverse square

31. A proportional relationship that is represented by the symbols 41. What is the proportional relationship between the number of
a ∝ 1/b represents which of the following relationships? cookies in the cookie jar and the time you have been eating the
a. direct proportion cookies?
b. inverse proportion a. direct
c. direct square proportion b. inverse
d. inverse square proportion c. square
d. inverse square
42. A movie projector makes a 1 m by 1 m image when b. need an increasing force, or it will naturally slow and then
projecting 1 m from a screen, a 2 m by 2 m image when come to a complete stop.
projecting 2 m from the screen, and a 3 m by 3 m image when c. continue moving at a constant speed.
projecting 3 m from the screen. What is the proportional d. undergo a gradual acceleration.
relationship between the distance from the screen and the area
of the image? 7. In free fall, an object is seen to have a (an)
a. direct a. constant velocity.
b. inverse b. constant acceleration.
c. square c. increasing acceleration.
d. inverse square d. decreasing acceleration.

43. A movie projector makes a 1 m by 1 m image when 8. A tennis ball is hit, causing it to move upward from the racket
projecting 1 m from a screen, a 2 m by 2 m image when at some angle to the horizon before it curves back to the surface
projecting 2 m from the screen, and a 3 m by 3 m image when in the path of a parabola. While it moves along this path,
projecting 3 m from the screen. What is the proportional a. the horizontal speed remains the same.
relationship between the distance from the screen and the b. the vertical speed remains the same.
intensity of the light falling on the screen? c. both the horizontal and vertical speeds remain the same.
a. direct d. both the horizontal and vertical speeds change.
b. inverse
c. square 9. A quantity of 5 m/s2 is a measure of
d. inverse square a. metric area.
b. acceleration.
44. According to the scientific method, what needs to be done to c. speed.
move beyond conjecture or simple hypotheses in a person’s d. velocity.
understanding of his or her physical surroundings?
a. Make an educated guess. 10. An automobile has how many diff erent devices that can
b. Conduct a controlled experiment. cause it to undergo acceleration?
c. Find an understood model with answers. a. None
d. Search for answers on the Internet. b. One
c. Two
CHAPTER 2 d. Three or more
1. A straight-line distance covered during a certain amount of
time describes an object’s 11. Ignoring air resistance, an object falling toward the surface of
a. speed. Earth has a velocity that is
b. velocity. a. constant.
c. acceleration. b. increasing.
d. any of the above. c. decreasing.
d. acquired instantaneously but dependent on the weight of the
2. How fast an object is moving in a particular direction is object.
described by
a. speed. 12. Ignoring air resistance, an object falling near the surface of
b. velocity. Earth has an acceleration that is
c. acceleration. a. constant.
d. none of the above. b. increasing.
c. decreasing.
3. Acceleration occurs when an object undergoes d. dependent on the weight of the object.
a. a speed increase.
b. a speed decrease. 13. Two objects are released from the same height at the same
c. a change in the direction of travel. time, and one has twice the weight of the other. Ignoring air
d. any of the above. resistance,
a. the heavier object hits the ground first.
4. A car moving at 60 km/h comes to a stop in 10 s when the b. the lighter object hits the ground first.
driver slams on the brakes. In this situation, what does 60 km/h c. they both hit at the same time.
represent? d. whichever hits first depends on the distance dropped.
a. Average speed
b. Final speed 14. A ball rolling across the floor slows to a stop because
c. Initial speed a. there is a net force acting on it.
d. Constant speed b. the force that started it moving wears out.
c. the forces are balanced.
5. A car moving at 60 km/h comes to a stop in 10 s when the d. the net force equals zero.
driver slams on the brakes. In this situation, what is the final
speed? 15. The basic difference between instantaneous and average
a. 60 km/h speed is that
b. 0 km/h a. instantaneous speed is always faster than average speed.
c. 0.017 km/s b. average speed is for a total distance over a total time of trip.
d. 0.17 km/s c. average speed is the sum of two instantaneous speeds,
divided by 2.
6. According to Galileo, an object moving without opposing d. the final instantaneous speed is always the fastest speed.
friction or other opposing forces will
a. still need a constant force to keep it moving at a constant 16. Does any change in the motion of an object result in an
speed. acceleration?
a. Yes. 26. Doubling the distance between the center of an orbiting
b. No. satellite and the center of Earth will result in what change in the
c. It depends on the type of change. gravitational attraction of Earth for the satellite?
a. One-half as much
17. A measure of how fast your speed is changing as you travel b. One-fourth as much
to campus is a measure of c. Twice as much
a. velocity. d. Four times as much
b. average speed.
c. acceleration. 27. If a ball swinging in a circle on a string is moved twice as fast,
d. the diff erence between initial and fi nal speed. the force on the string will be
a. twice as great.
18. Considering the forces on the system of you and a bicycle as b. four times as great.
you pedal the bike at a constant velocity in a horizontal straight c. one-half as much.
line, d. one-fourth as much.
a. the force you are exerting on the pedal is greater than the
resisting forces. 28. A ball is swinging in a circle on a string when the string length
b. all forces are in balance, with the net force equal to zero. is doubled. At the same velocity, the force on the string will be
c. the resisting forces of air and tire friction are less than the a. twice as great.
force you are exerting. b. four times as great.
d. the resisting forces are greater than the force you are exerting. c. one-half as much.
d. one-fourth as much.
19. Newton’s fi rst law of motion describes
a. the tendency of a moving or stationary object to resist any 29. Suppose the mass of a moving scooter is doubled and its
change in its state of motion. velocity is also doubled. The resulting momentum is
b. a relationship between an applied force, the mass, and the a. halved.
resulting change of motion that occurs from the force. b. doubled.
c. how forces always occur in matched pairs. c. quadrupled.
d. none of the above. d. the same.

20. You are standing freely on a motionless shuttle bus. When 30. Two identical moons are moving in identical circular paths,
the shuttle bus quickly begins to move forward, you but one moon is moving twice as fast as the other. Compared to
a. are moved to the back of the shuttle bus as you move forward the slower moon, the centripetal force required to keep the faster
over the surface of Earth. moon on the path is
b. stay in one place over the surface of Earth as the shuttle bus a. twice as much.
moves from under you. b. one-half as much.
c. move along with the shuttle bus. c. four times as much.
d. feel a force toward the side of the shuttle bus. d. one-fourth as much.

21. Mass is measured in kilograms, which is a measure of 31. Which undergoes a greater change of momentum, a golf ball
a. weight. or the head of a golf club, when the ball is hit from a golf tee?
b. force. a. The ball undergoes a greater change.
c. inertia. b. The head of the club undergoes a greater change.
d. quantity of matter. c. Both undergo the same change but in opposite directions.
d. The answer depends on how fast the club is moved.
22. Which metric unit is used to express a measure of weight?
a. kg 32. Newton’s law of gravitation tells us that
b. J a. planets are attracted to the Sun’s magnetic field.
c. N b. objects and bodies have weight only on the surface of Earth.
d. m/s2 c. every object in the universe is attracted to every other object
in the universe.
23. Newton’s third law of motion states that forces occur in d. only objects in the solar system are attracted to Earth.
matched pairs that act in opposite directions between two
different bodies. This happens 33. An astronaut living on a space station that is orbiting Earth
a. rarely. will
b. sometimes. a. experience zero gravity.
c. often but not always. b. weigh more than she did on Earth.
d. every time two bodies interact. c. be in free fall, experiencing apparent weightlessness.
d. weigh the same as she would on the Moon.
24. If you double the unbalanced force on an object of a given
mass, the acceleration will be 34. A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object is called
a. doubled. a. gravitational force.
b. increased fourfold. b. weight.
c. increased by one-half. c. mass.
d. increased by one-fourth. d. acceleration.

25. If you double the mass of a cart while it is undergoing a 35. You are at rest with a grocery cart at the supermarket when
constant unbalanced force, the acceleration will be you see a checkout line open. You apply a certain force to the
a. doubled. cart for a short time and acquire a certain speed. Neglecting
b. increased fourfold. friction, how long would you have to push with one-half the force
c. one-half as much. to acquire the same final speed?
d. one-fourth as much. a. One-fourth as long
b. One-half as long a. The car pulls on the trailer and the trailer pulls on the car with
c. Twice as long an equal and opposite force. Therefore, the net force is zero and
d. Four times as long the trailer cannot move.
b. Since they move forward, this means the car is pulling harder
36. Once again you are at rest with a grocery cart at the on the trailer than the trailer is pulling on the car.
supermarket when you apply a certain force to the cart for a c. The action force from the car is quicker than the reaction
short time and acquire a certain speed. Suppose you had bought force from the trailer, so they move forward.
more groceries, enough to double the mass of the groceries and d. The action-reaction forces between the car and trailer are
cart. Neglecting friction, doubling the mass would have what equal, but the force between the ground and car pushes them
effect on the resulting final speed if you used the same force for forward.
the same length of time? The new final speed would be
a. one-fourth. 44. A small sports car and a large SUV collide head on and stick
b. one-half. together without sliding. Which vehicle had the larger momentum
c. doubled. change?
d. quadrupled. a. The small sports car.
b. The large SUV.
37. You are moving a grocery cart at a constant speed in a c. It would be equal for both.
straight line down the aisle of a store. For this situation, the
forces on the cart are 45. Again consider the small sports car and large SUV that
a. unbalanced, in the direction of the movement. collided head on and stuck together without sliding. Which
b. balanced, with a net force of zero. vehicle must have experienced the larger deceleration during the
c. equal to the force of gravity acting on the cart. collision?
d. greater than the frictional forces opposing the motion of a. The small sports car.
the cart. b. The large SUV.
c. It would be equal for both.
38. You are outside a store, moving a loaded grocery cart down
the street on a very steep hill. It is difficult, but you are able to 46. An orbiting satellite is moved from 10,000 to 30,000 km from
pull back on the handle and keep the cart moving down the Earth. This will result in what change in the gravitational
street in a straight line and at a constant speed. For this attraction between Earth and the satellite?
situation, the forces on the cart are a. None—the attraction is the same.
a. unbalanced, in the direction of the movement. b. One-half as much.
b. balanced, with a net force of zero. c. One-fourth as much.
c. equal to the force of gravity acting on the cart. d. One-ninth as much.
d. greater than the frictional forces opposing the motion of
the cart. 47. Newton’s law of gravitation considers the product of two
masses because
39. Neglecting air resistance, a ball in free fall near Earth’s a. the larger mass pulls harder on the smaller mass.
surface will have b. both masses contribute equally to the force of attraction.
a. constant speed and constant acceleration. c. the large mass is considered before the smaller mass.
b. increasing speed and increasing acceleration. d. the distance relationship is one of an inverse square.
c. increasing speed and decreasing acceleration.
d. increasing speed and constant acceleration. CHAPTER 3
1. According to the definition of mechanical work, pushing on a
40. From a bridge, a ball is thrown straight up at the same time a rock accomplishes no work unless there is
ball is thrown straight down with the same initial speed. a. movement.
Neglecting air resistance, which ball will have a greater speed b. a net force.
when it hits the ground? c. an opposing force.
a. The one thrown straight up. d. movement in the same direction as the direction of the force.
b. The one thrown straight down.
c. Both balls would have the same speed. 2. The metric unit of a joule (J) is a unit of
a. potential energy.
41. After being released, a ball thrown straight up from a bridge b. work.
will have an acceleration of c. kinetic energy.
a. 9.8 m/s2. d. any of the above.
b. zero.
c. less than 9.8 m/s2. 3. A Nm/s is a unit of
d. more than 9.8 m/s2. a. work.
b. power.
42. A gun is aimed horizontally at the center of an apple hanging c. energy.
from a tree. The instant the gun is fi red, the apple falls and the d. none of the above.
bullet
a. hits the apple. 4. A kilowatt-hour is a unit of
b. arrives late, missing the apple. a. power.
c. arrives early, missing the apple. b. work.
d. may or may not hit the apple, depending on how fast it is c. time.
moving. d. electrical charge.

43. According to the third law of motion, which of the following 5. A power rating of 550 ft · lb per s is known as a
must be true about a car pulling a trailer? a. watt.
b. newton.
c. joule.
d. horsepower. 16. The amount of energy generated by hydroelectric plants in
the United States as part of the total electrical energy is
6. A power rating of 1 joule per s is known as a a. fairly constant over the years.
a. watt. b. decreasing because new dams are not being constructed.
b. newton. c. increasing as more and more energy is needed.
c. joule. d. decreasing as dams are destroyed because of environmental
d. horsepower. concerns.

7. According to PE = mgh, gravitational potential energy is the 17. Fossil fuels provide what percent of the total energy
same thing as consumed in the United States today?
a. exerting a force through a distance in any direction. a. 25 percent
b. the kinetic energy an object had before coming to a rest. b. 50 percent
c. work against a vertical change of position. c. 86 percent
d. the momentum of a falling object. d. 99 percent

8. Two cars have the same mass, but one is moving three times 18. Alternative sources of energy include
as fast as the other is. How much more work will be needed to a. solar cells.
stop the faster car? b. wind.
a. The same amount. c. hydrogen.
b. Twice as much. d. all of the above.
c. Three times as much.
d. Nine times as much. 19. A renewable energy source is
a. coal.
9. Kinetic energy can be measured in terms of b. biomass.
a. work done on an object to put it into motion. c. natural gas.
b. work done on a moving object to bring it to rest. d. petroleum.
c. both a and b.
d. neither a nor b. 20. The potential energy of a box on a shelf, relative to the fl oor,
is a measure of
10. Potential energy and kinetic energy are created when work a. the work that was required to put the box on the shelf from
is done to change a position (PE) or a state of motion (KE). the floor.
Ignoring friction, how does the amount of work done to make b. the weight of the box times the distance above the fl oor.
the change compare to the amount of PE or KE created? c. the energy the box has because of its position above the
a. Less energy is created. floor.
b. Both are the same. d. all of the above.
c. More energy is created.
d. This cannot be generalized. 21. A rock on the ground is considered to have zero potential
energy. In the bottom of a well, the rock would be considered
11. Many forms of energy in use today can be traced back to to have
a. the Sun. a. zero potential energy, as before.
b. coal. b. negative potential energy.
c. Texas. c. positive potential energy.
d. petroleum. d. zero potential energy but would require work to bring it back
to ground level.
12. In all of our energy uses, we find that
a. the energy used is consumed. 22. Which quantity has the greatest influence on the amount of
b. some forms of energy are consumed but not others. kinetic energy that a large truck has while moving down the
c. more energy is created than is consumed. highway?
d. the total amount of energy is constant in all situations. a. Mass
b. Weight
13. Any form of energy can be converted to another, but energy c. Velocity
used on Earth usually ends up in what form? d. Size
a. Electrical
b. Mechanical 23. Electrical energy can be converted to
c. Nuclear a. chemical energy.
d. Radiant b. mechanical energy.
c. radiant energy.
14. Radiant energy can be converted to electrical energy using d. any of the above.
a. lightbulbs.
b. engines. 24. Most all energy comes to and leaves Earth in the form of
c. solar cells. a. nuclear energy.
d. electricity. b. chemical energy.
c. radiant energy.
15. The “barrel of oil” mentioned in discussions about d. kinetic energy.
petroleum is
a. 55 U.S. gallons. 25. A spring-loaded paper clamp exerts a force of 2 N on 10
b. 42 U.S. gallons. sheets of
c. 12 U.S. gallons. paper it is holding tightly together. Is the clamp doing work as it
d. a variable quantity. holds the papers together?
a. Yes.
b. No.
26. The force exerted when doing work by lifting a book bag c. water heating.
against gravity is measured in units of d. ocean thermal energy conversion.
a. kg.
b. N. 36. Petroleum is believed to have formed over time from buried
c. W. a. pine trees.
d. J. b. plants in a swamp.
c. organic sediments.
27. The work accomplished by lifting an object against gravity is d. dinosaurs.
measured in units of
a. kg. CHAPTER 4
b. N. 1. The Fahrenheit thermometer scale is
c. W. a. more accurate than the Celsius scale.
d. J. b. less accurate than the Celsius scale.
c. sometimes more or less accurate, depending on the air
28. An iron cannonball and a bowling ball are dropped at the temperature.
same time from the top of a building. At the instant before the d. no more accurate than the Celsius scale.
balls hit the sidewalk, the heavier cannonball has a greater
a. velocity. 2. On the Celsius temperature scale
b. acceleration. a. zero means there is no temperature.
c. kinetic energy. b. 80° is twice as hot as 40°.
d. All of these are the same for the two balls. c. the numbers relate to the boiling and freezing of water.
d. there are more degrees than on the Fahrenheit scale.
29. Two students are poised to dive off equal-height diving
towers into a swimming pool below. Student B is twice as 3. Internal energy refers to the
massive as student A. Which of the following is true? a. translational kinetic energy of gas molecules.
a. Student B will reach the water sooner than student A. b. total potential and kinetic energy of the molecules.
b. Both students have the same gravitational PE. c. total vibrational, rotational, and translational kinetic energy
c. Both students will have the same KE just before hitting the of molecules.
water. d. average of all types of kinetic energy of the gas molecules.
d. Student B did twice as much work climbing the tower.
4. External energy refers to the
30. A car is moving straight down a highway. What factor has the a. energy that changed the speed of an object.
greatest influence on how much work must be done on the car to b. energy of all the molecules making up an object.
bring it to a complete stop? c. total potential energy and kinetic energy of an object that you
a. How fast it is moving can measure directly.
b. The weight of the car d. energy from an extraterrestrial source.
c. The mass of the car
d. The latitude of the location 5. Heat is the
a. total internal energy of an object.
31. Two identical cars are moving straight down a highway under b. average kinetic energy of molecules.
identical conditions, except car B is moving three times as fast as c. measure of potential energy of molecules.
car A. How much more work is needed to stop car B? d. same thing as a very high temperature.
a. Twice as much
b. Three times as much 6. The specific heat of copper is 0.093 cal/gC°, and the specific
c. Six times as much heat of aluminum is 0.22 cal/gC°. The same amount of energy
d. Nine times as much applied to equal masses, say, 50.0 g of copper and aluminum,
will result in
32. When you do work on something, you give it energy a. a higher temperature for copper.
a. often. b. a higher temperature for aluminum.
b. sometimes. c. the same temperature for each metal.
c. every time. d. unknown results.
d. never.
7. The specific heat of water is 1.00 cal/gC°, and the specific
33. Which of the following is not the use of a solar energy heat of ice is 0.500 cal/gC°. The same amount of energy applied
technology? to equal masses, say, 50.0 g of water and ice, will result in
a. Wind (assume the ice does not melt)
b. Burning of wood a. a greater temperature increase for the water.
c. Photovoltaics b. a greater temperature increase for the ice.
d. Water from a geothermal spring c. the same temperature increase for each.
d. unknown results.
34. Today, the basic problem with using solar cells as a major
source of electricity is 8. The transfer of heat that takes place by the movement of
a. efficiency. groups of molecules with higher kinetic energy is
b. manufacturing cost. a. conduction.
c. reliability. b. convection.
d. that the Sun does not shine at night. c. radiation.
d. sublimation.
35. The solar technology that makes more economic sense
today than the other applications is 9. The transfer of heat that takes place by energy moving
a. solar cells. through space is
b. power tower. a. conduction.
b. convection. d. the water will warm by 1°C, and the soil will warm by 0.2°C.
c. radiation.
d. sublimation. 20. Styrofoam is a good insulating material because
a. it is a plastic material that conducts heat poorly.
10. The transfer of heat that takes place directly from molecule to b. it contains many tiny pockets of air.
molecule is c. of the structure of the molecules that make it up.
a. conduction. d. it is not very dense.
b. convection.
c. radiation. 21. The transfer of heat that takes place because of density
d. sublimation. difference in fluids is
a. conduction.
11. The evaporation of water cools the surroundings, and the b. convection.
condensation of this vapor c. radiation.
a. does nothing. d. none of the above.
b. warms the surroundings.
c. increases the value of the latent heat of vaporization. 22. Latent heat is “hidden” because it
d. decreases the value of the latent heat of vaporization. a. goes into or comes out of internal potential energy.
b. is a fluid (caloric) that cannot be sensed.
12. The heat involved in the change of phase from solid ice to c. does not actually exist.
liquid water is called d. is a form of internal kinetic energy.
a. latent heat of vaporization.
b. latent heat of fusion. 23. As a solid undergoes a phase change to a liquid, it
c. latent heat of condensation. a. releases heat while remaining at a constant temperature.
d. none of the above. b. absorbs heat while remaining at a constant temperature.
c. releases heat as the temperature decreases.
13. The energy supplied to a system in the form of heat, minus d. absorbs heat as the temperature increases.
the work done by the system, is equal to the change in internal
energy. This statement describes the 24. A heat engine is designed to
a. first law of thermodynamics. a. move heat from a cool source to a warmer location.
b. second law of thermodynamics. b. move heat from a warm source to a cooler location.
c. third law of thermodynamics. c. convert mechanical energy into heat.
d. convert heat into mechanical energy.
14. If you want to move heat from a region of cooler temperature
to a region of warmer temperature, you must supply energy. This 25. The work that a heat engine is able to accomplish is ideally
is described by the equivalent to the
a. first law of thermodynamics. a. difference between the heat supplied and the
b. second law of thermodynamics. heat rejected.
c. third law of thermodynamics. b. heat that was produced in the cycle.
c. heat that appears in the exhaust gases.
15. More molecules are returning to the liquid state than are d. sum total of the heat input and the heat output.
leaving the liquid state. This process is called
a. boiling. 26. Suppose ammonia is spilled in the back of a large room.
b. freezing. If there were no air currents, how would the room temperature
c. condensation. influence how fast you would smell ammonia at the opposite
d. melting. side of the room?
a. Warmer is faster.
16. The temperature of a gas is proportional to the b. Cooler is faster.
a. average velocity of the gas molecules. c. There would be no influence.
b. internal potential energy of the gas.
c. number of gas molecules in a sample. 27. Which of the following contains the most heat?
d. average kinetic energy of the gas molecules. a. A bucket of water at 0°C.
b. A barrel of water at 0°C.
17. The temperature known as room temperature is nearest to c. Neither contains any heat since the temperature is zero.
a. 0°C. d. Both have the same amount of heat.
b. 20°C.
c. 60°C. 28. Anytime a temperature difference occurs, you can expect
d. 100°C. a. cold to move to where it is warmer, such as cold moving into
a warm house during the winter.
18. Using the Kelvin temperature scale, the freezing point of b. heat movement from any higher-temperature region.
water is correctly written as c. no energy movement unless it is hot enough, such as the
a. 0 K. red-hot heating element on a stove.
b. 0°K.
c. 273 K. 29. The cheese on a hot pizza takes a long time to cool because
d. 273°K. it
a. is stretchable and elastic.
19. The specific heat of soil is 0.20 kcal/kgC°, and the specific b. has a low specific heat.
heat of water is 1.00 kcal/kgC°. This means that if 1 kg of soil c. has a high specific heat.
and 1 kg of water each receives 1 kcal of energy, ideally, d. has a white color.
a. the water will be warmer than the soil by 0.8°C.
b. the soil will be 4°C warmer than the water. 30. The specific heat of copper is roughly three times as great as
c. the soil will be 5°C warmer than the water. the specific heat of gold. Which of the following is true for equal
masses of copper and gold? d. None of the above is correct.
a. If the same amount of heat is applied, the copper will become
hotter. 41. Which of the following supports the second law of
b. Copper heats up three times as fast as gold. thermodynamics?
c. A piece of copper stores three times as much heat at the a. Heat naturally flows from a low-temperature region to a
same temperature. higher-temperature region.
d. The melting temperature of copper is roughly three times that b. All of a heat source can be converted into
of gold. mechanical energy.
c. Energy tends to degrade, becoming of lower and
31. Cooking pans made from which of the following metals would lower quality.
need less heat to achieve a certain cooking temperature? d. A heat pump converts heat into mechanical work.
a. Aluminum (specific heat 0.22 kcal/kgC°)
b. Copper (specific heat 0.093 kcal/kgC°) 42. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that the amount
c. Iron (specific heat 0.11 kcal/kgC°) of disorder, called entropy, is always increasing. Does the growth
of a plant or animal violate the second law?
32. Conduction best takes place in a a. Yes, a plant or animal is more highly ordered.
a. solid. b. No, the total entropy of the universe increased.
b. fluid. c. The answer is unknown.
c. gas.
d. vacuum. 43. The heat death of the universe in the future is when the
universe is supposed to
33. Convection best takes place in a (an) a. have a high temperature that will kill all living things.
a. solid. b. have a high temperature that will vaporize all matter in it.
b. fluid. c. freeze at a uniform low temperature.
c. alloy. d. use up the universal supply of entropy.\
d. vacuum.
CHAPTER 5
34. Radiation is the only method of heat transfer that can take 1. A back-and-forth motion that repeats itself is a
place in a a. spring.
a. solid. b. vibration.
b. liquid. c. wave.
c. gas. d. pulse.
d. vacuum.
2. The number of vibrations that occur in 1 s is called
35. What form of heat transfer will warm your body without a. a period.
warming the air in a room? b. frequency.
a. Conduction. c. amplitude.
b. Convection. d. sinusoidal.
c. Radiation.
d. None of the above is correct. 3. Frequency is measured in units of
a. time.
36. When you add heat to a substance, its temperature b. cycles.
a. always increases. c. hertz.
b. sometimes decreases. d. avis.
c. might stay the same.
d. might go up or down, depending on the temperature. 4. The maximum displacement from rest to the crest or from rest
to the trough of a wave is called
37. The great cooling effect produced by water evaporating a. wavelength.
comes from its high b. period.
a. conductivity. c. equilibrium position.
b. specific heat. d. amplitude.
c. latent heat.
d. transparency. 5. A wave with motion perpendicular to the direction that the
wave is moving is classified as a
38. At temperatures above freezing, the evaporation rate can a. longitudinal wave.
equal the condensation rate only at b. transverse wave.
a. very high air temperatures. c. water wave.
b. mild temperatures. d. compression wave.
c. low temperatures.
d. any temperature. 6. Your brain interprets a frequency as a sound with a certain
a. speed.
39. The phase change from ice to liquid water takes place at b. loudness.
a. constant pressure. c. pitch.
b. constant temperature. d. harmonic.
c. constant volume.
d. all of the above. 7. Sound waves with frequencies greater than 20,000 Hz are
a. infrasonic waves.
40. Which of the following has the greatest value for liquid water? b. supersonic waves.
a. Latent heat of fusion. c. ultrasonic waves.
b. Latent heat of vaporization. d. impossible.
c. Both are equivalent.
8. Generally, sounds travel faster in d. next to a pneumatic drill.
a. solids.
b. liquids. 19. A resonant condition occurs when
c. gases. a. an external force matches a natural frequency.
d. vacuums. b. a beat is heard.
c. two out-of-phase waves have the same frequency.
9. Sounds travel faster in d. a pure tone is created.
a. warmer air.
b. cooler air. 20. The fundamental frequency of a string is the
c. Temperature does not influence the speed of sound. a. shortest wavelength harmonic possible on the string.
d. a vacuum. b. longest standing wave that can fit on the string.
c. highest frequency possible on the string.
10. The bending of a wave front between boundaries is d. shortest wavelength that can fit on the string.
a. reflection.
b. reverberation. 21. The fundamental frequency on a vibrating string is what part
c. refraction. of a wavelength?
d. dispersion. a. 1/4
b. 1/2
11. A reflected sound that reaches the ear within 0.1 s after the c. 1
original sound results in d. 2
a. an echo.
b. reverberation. 22. Higher resonant frequencies that occur at the same time as
c. refraction. the fundamental frequency are called
d. confusion. a. standing waves.
b. confined waves.
12. The wave front of a refracted sound bends toward c. oscillations.
a. warmer air. d. overtones.
b. cooler air.
c. the sky, no matter what the air temperature. 23. A moving source of sound or a moving observer experiences
d. the surface of Earth, no matter what the air temperature. the apparent shift in frequency called
a. fundamental frequency.
13. Two in-phase sound waves with the same amplitude and b. Doppler effect.
frequency arrive at the same place at the same time, resulting in c. wave front effect.
a. higher frequency. d. shock waves.
b. refraction.
c. a new sound wave with greater amplitude. 24. Does the Doppler effect occur when the observer is moving
d. reflection. and the source of sound is stationary?
a. Yes, the effect is the same.
14. Two out-of-phase sound waves with the same amplitude and b. No, the source must be moving.
frequency arrive at the same place at the same time, resulting in c. Yes, but the change of pitch effects is reversed in this case.
a. a beat.
b. cancellation of the two sound waves. 25. A rocket traveling at three times the speed of sound is
c. a lower frequency. traveling at
d. the bouncing of one wave. a. sonic speed.
b. Mach speed.
15. Two sound waves of equal amplitude with slightly different c. Mach 3.
frequencies will result in d. subsonic speed.
a. an echo.
b. the Doppler effect. 26. A longitudinal mechanical wave causes particles of a material
c. alternation of loudness of sound known as beats. to move
d. two separate sounds. a. back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
b. perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
16. Two sound waves of unequal amplitudes with different c. in a circular motion in the direction the wave is moving.
frequencies will result in d. in a circular motion opposite the direction the wave is moving.
a. an echo.
b. the Doppler effect. 27. A transverse mechanical wave causes particles of a material
c. alternation of loudness known as beats. to move
d. two separate sounds. a. back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
b. perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
17. The energy of a sound wave is proportional to the rate of c. in a circular motion in the direction the wave is moving.
energy transferred to an area perpendicular to the waves, which d. in a circular motion opposite the direction the wave is moving.
is called the sound
a. intensity. 28. Transverse mechanical waves will move only through
b. loudness. a. solids.
c. amplitude. b. liquids.
d. decibel. c. gases.
d. All of the above are correct.
18. A decibel noise level of 40 would be most likely found
a. during a calm day in the forest. 29. Longitudinal mechanical waves will move only through
b. on a typical day in the library. a. solids.
c. in heavy street traffic. b. liquids.
c. gases. seeing the smoke from a starter’s gun and hearing the bang
d. All of the above are correct. would be less
a. on a warmer day.
30. A pulse of jammed-together molecules that quickly moves b. on a cooler day.
away from a vibrating object c. if a more powerful shell were used.
a. is called a condensation. d. if a less powerful shell were used.
b. causes an increased air pressure when it reaches an object.
c. has a greater density than the surrounding air. 40. What is changed by destructive interference of a sound
d. All of the above are correct. wave?
a. Frequency
31. The characteristic of a wave that is responsible for what you b. Phase
interpret as pitch is the wave c. Amplitude
a. amplitude. d. Wavelength
b. shape.
c. frequency. 41. An airplane pilot hears a slow beat from the two engines of
d. height. his plane. He increases the speed of the right engine and now
hears a slower beat. What should the pilot now do to eliminate
32. Sound waves travel faster in the beat?
a. solids as compared to liquids. a. Increase the speed of the left engine.
b. liquids as compared to gases. b. Decrease the speed of the right engine.
c. warm air as compared to cooler air. c. Increase the speed of both engines.
d. All of the above are correct. d. Increase the speed of the right engine.

33. The difference between an echo and a reverberation is
a. an echo is a reflected sound; reverberation is not.
b. the time interval between the original sound and the reflected
sound.
c. the amplitude of an echo is much greater.
d. reverberation comes from acoustical speakers; echoes come
from cliffs and walls.
34. Sound interference is necessary to produce the phenomenon
known as
a. resonance.
b. decibels.
c. beats.
d. reverberation.
35. The fundamental frequency of a standing wave on a string
has
a. one node and one antinode.
b. one node and two antinodes.
c. two nodes and one antinode.
d. two nodes and two antinodes.
36. An observer on the ground will hear a sonic boom from an
airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
a. only when the plane breaks the sound barrier.
b. as the plane is approaching.
c. when the plane is directly overhead.
d. after the plane has passed by.
37. What comment is true about the statement that “the human
ear hears sounds originating from vibrating objects with a
frequency between 20 and 20,000 Hz”?
a. This is true only at room temperature.
b. About 95 percent hear in this range, while some hear outside
the average limits.
c. This varies, with females hearing frequencies above 20,000
Hz.
d. Very few people hear this whole range, which decreases
with age.
42. Resonance occurs when an external force matches the
a. interference frequency.
b. decibel frequency.
c. beat frequency.
d. natural frequency.
43. The sound quality is different for the same-pitch note
produced by two different musical instruments, but you are able
to recognize the basic note because of the same
a. harmonics.
b. fundamental frequency.
c. node positions.
d. standing waves.
44. What happens if the source of a sound is moving toward you
at a high rate of speed?
a. The sound will be traveling faster than from a stationary
source.
b. The sound will be moving faster only in the direction of travel.
c. You will hear a higher frequency, but people in the source will
not.
d. All observers in all directions will hear a higher frequency.
45. What happens if you are moving at a high rate of speed
toward some people standing next to a stationary source of a
sound? You will hear
a. a higher frequency than the people you are approaching will
hear.
b. the same frequency as the people you are approaching will
hear.
c. the same frequency as when you and the source are not
moving.
d. a higher frequency, as will all observers in all directions.

38. A sound wave that moves through the air is

a. actually a tiny sound that the ear magnifies.
b. pulses of increased and decreased air pressure.
c. a transverse wave that carries information about a sound.
d. a combination of longitudinal and transverse wave
patterns.

39. During a track and field meet, the time difference between