Physics Quiz Bee

It is a quantity that can be described completely by its magnitudes and appropriate units.

• Vector quantity

• Scalar quantity

• Acceleration

• Resultant vector

Which of the following is not a scalar quantity?

• age of the earth

• mass of the football

• earth's pull on your body

• temperature of an iron bar

It is the study of force in relation to motion.

• Kinematics

• Kinesthetics

• Dynamics

• Translation

This refers to the total length or path covered by an object from the starting point to the endpoint.

• Displacement

• Location

• Distance

• Position

When done in a vacuum, both feather and hammer will hit the ground together due to the absence of gravity.

• True

• False

The final velocity of the upward motion of a projectile is equal to the initial velocity of the projectile's downward motion.

• True

• False

Supplementary angles yield the same range when launched at the same speed.

• True

• False

It is the tendency of an object to resist change whether in motion or at rest.

• Inertial reference frame

• Inertia

• Law of Inertia

• First law of equilibrium

It is a force that exists when two objects are rubbed together in opposite directions.

• Static friction

• Kinetic friction

• Friction

• Rolling friction

Passing a ball is an example of positive work when displacement is based on the vertical component.

• True

• False