17th
Grade Physics Exercise
Name________
1. You replace a Honda Civic (30 miles
per gallon) with a Toyota Prius (50
miles per gallon). You drive 15,000
miles per year. How much CO2 do you
prevent being released into the
atmosphere? Burning a gallon of
gasoline releases 8.8 kg of CO2.
a. 176 kg
b. 1760 kg
c. 18 metric tons
d. 1.7 kg
e. 880 kg
2. If a car requires 30 seconds to
accelerate from zero to 90 km per
hour, its average acceleration is, most
nearly,
3. A car initially traveling westward at
16 m/s has a constant acceleration of
4 /S2 eastward. How far has the car
traveled after 16 s?
4. Two objects are in thermal equilibrium
if .
a. they have the same
temperature.
b. they are each in thermal
equilibrium with the same third
object.
c. they are in thermal contact and
there is no net flow of thermal
energy.
d. anyone of the above statements
is true.
5. A steel railroad rail is 556 m long.
How much does its length change
during a day when the low
temperature is 50° F (18° C) and the
high temperature is 91°F (33° C)?
Steel has a coefficient of thermal
expansion, a = 1.2 x 10-5 1°C.
6. An object starts from rest, moves in a
straight line with a constant
acceleration and covers a distance of
64m in 4s. Calculate
• its acceleration
• its velocity at what time the object
had covered half the total
distance
• What distance the object had
covered in half the total time.
7. One liter of an ideal gas is heated
from 300 °C to 900 °C while the
pressure is maintained at , 1 atm.
What is the final volume of the gas,
most nearly?
8. A liquid has
(a) definite shape and volume
(b) definite volume but no definite
shape
(c) no definite shape or volume
(d) none of the preceding
9. Units of density are
(a) kg/m3
(b) g/cm3
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
10.Which of the following is the highest
temperature?
(a) 0°F
(b) 0° C
(c) 0° K
(d) all are equal
11. The specific heat of substance A is
ten times greater than that of
substance B. If equal amounts of heat
are added to equal masses of the
substances, the temperature increase
of substance A is
(a) the same as that of B
(b) ten times greater than that of B
(c) 1/10 that of B
(d) none of the preceding
12. The specific heat of water is 1.0
kcal/kg•°C. If the temperature of 2.0
kg of water is lowered by 10°C, the
amount of heat removed would be
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27th
Grade Physics Exercise
Name________
(a) 2 kcal 20.Which one of these is a physical
(b) 5 kcal change?
(c) 10 kcal a.Paper burning
(d) 20 kcal
b. Chocolate melting
13.A roaring fire transfers heat to a
person sitting nearby chiefly by c. An Iron nail rusting
(a) conduction
(b) convection d. Baking a cake
(c) radiation
(d) both (a) and (b)
21.Which of these best describes the
meaning of the word hypothesis?
a.Investigation
14.The freezing point of water is
decreased by (a) the addition of more b. Educated guess
water
c. Recorded data
(b) pressure
(c) dissolved table salt d. List of Facts
(d) both (b) and (c)

15.What is the density of 1000 kg of 22.The graph shows the movement of a

water? car over time. What is the car’s
average speed?
(a) 1000 kg/cm3 (b) 1000 kg/m3

(c) 1000 kg (d) 1000 g

16.What is the volume of 1000 kg of

water?

(a) 1cm3 (b) 1000 m3

(c) 1 m3 (d) 1000 cm3

17. An “empty” rectangular box has the

dimensions 1.0 m x 0.80 m x 0.75 m.
What mass of air does it contain?
(Density of air = 1.25 kg/m3) a. 10 Kilometer/hour
(a) 0.77 kg (b) 0.385 kg
(c) 1.155 kg (d) 0.875 kg b. 15 Kilometers/hour (A)

18. If you wish to warm 100 kg of water c. 10 Kilometers/hour

by 30° C from 0° C for your bath, how
much heat is required? (Give your d. 60 Kilometers/hour
answer in calories and joules.)
23.Of the states of matter, gas is the
(a)1000 Kcal (b) 2000 Kcal
only state that _____.
(c) 3000 Kcal (d) 4000 Kcal
a. Has a definite shape
19. Convert the temperature 120°F to the b. Has mass
Celsius scale:
c. Is highly compressible (A)
(a) 120°C (b) 45°C
d. Is fairly easy to manage
(c) 48.89°C (d) 15°C
24.Chemists often use litmus paper to
test the acidity of a substance. What

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Grade Physics Exercise
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color does litmus paper turn when an
acid is applied to it?
a. Blue b. Green
c. Red (A) d. White

25.When a base is mixed with an acidic

solution, neutralization occurs
because the _____.
a.Base Chemically reacts with the
acid

c. Base reaches absolute zero

b. Mass of the solution increases

d. Acid Evaporates

26. Describe the process of separating sand and salt

mixture so both are returned to its original state.

Use the chart on right to answer the following

questions.

27.Find the density of substance A and B

28.Which substance is denser?
29.If you placed Substance A and
Substance B in water, how would they
separate

30. What is the consentration of a

solution containing 30 mL of MgCl2 in
250 mL of solution?
31.A car is going 30 m/s and stops in 2
seconds. What is its stopping distance
for this speed?

Balance these chemical reactions!