Physics Unit 1 Quiz Part 1

1. What subject is the predecessor of present-day science?

What is the science of living things called?

What is the science of non-living things called?

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Life Science

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(b) Physical Science

• Botany

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Zoology

• Astronomy

• Geology

• Physics

What distinguishes physics from chemistry?

Answer explanation

Physics is about the motion of basic things while chemistry is about how matter is put together

Why did science advance significantly after the sixteenth century?

Answer explanation

Because it was discovered that nature can be analyzed and described mathematically

Define mass

Answer explanation

A measure of the amount of material in an object

List three instruments that measure mass.

• Platform balance

• Spring balance

• Inertia balance

• Measuring balance

1. Which instruments use gravity to measure mass?

• Spring balance

• Platform balance

• Electronic scale

• Inertia balance

What property of matter opposes any change in its state of motion?