If a feather and hammer are dropped on the Moon at the same time from the same height they will hit the Moon’s surface at virtually the same time.
TRUE
FALSE
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Moon has no gravity.
TRUE
FALSE
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Mass and weight have essentially the same meaning. To increase the weight of an object requires an increase in the mass of the object.
TRUE
FALSE
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Susan jumps off a chair. As she is falling, the Earth’s gravitational force on her is LARGER than her gravitational force on the Earth.
TRUE
FALSE
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When an object has negative acceleration, the object MUST be slowing down.
TRUE
FALSE
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Juan drives around a corner at CONSTANT speed. His car accelerates.
TRUE
FALSE
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Shanda drives around a circular track exactly 12 times in 2 hours. Her speedometer constantly reads exactly 15 miles per hour during this time. Her average velocity is zero for the trip.
TRUE
FALSE
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
If an object is placed in water and sinks, it is because it has no buoyancy force acting on it.
TRUE
FALSE
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An insect flying through the air smacks into the windshield of a rapidly-moving train. The force the windshield exerts on the insect is higher than the force the insect exerts on the windshield.
TRUE
FALSE
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
If a car hits a tree, the car’s occupants (assume no seat belts or air bags) will be violently thrown forward at the time of the accident due to a force created by the car seats.
TRUE
FALSE
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A table resting on the floor pushes downward on the floor. The floor likewise pushes upward on the table.
TRUE
FALSE
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
1000 liters of water is more dense than 10 liters of water. (Ignore the container. Assume water is incompressible and all conditionsare equal except the ones stated.)
TRUE
FALSE
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Iron can exist as a gas.
TRUE
FALSE
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An atom is EXACTLY LIKE a tiny solar system in which the nucleus is like the Sun and electrons are like tiny planets orbiting the nucleus in elliptical paths.
TRUE
FALSE
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
If lightning strikes a car, the people inside it will most likely be electrocuted, assuming that the car’s tires are wet from rain and hence do not act as insulators.
TRUE
FALSE
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
There are 100 cubic centimeters in a cubic meter.
TRUE
FALSE
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which position of the Earth would be summer at PCS?
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the name of the DOMINANT part of the picture you see here?