Physics Unit Test Review Sheet
Name _______________________
1. Give an example of a balanced force
2. Describe what a reference point is and how it is useful when describing motion
3. What two factors are needed to determine speed?
4. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
5. Explain what net force is
6. What does a net force of 0N mean?
7. Explain what friction is
8. What two factors determine the amount of friction between two objects?
9. Give an example of when friction is helpful.
10. Give an example of when friction is harmful
11. Name two ways to reduce friction
12. Name two ways to increase friction
13. Explain the relationship between mass and gravity
14. What happens to the gravity between two objects as they get farther away from each other?
15. What is mass?
16. What is Weight?
17. How are mass and weight different?
18. Name all three laws of motion and give an example of each.
19. What is centripetal force or centripetal acceleration and what causes it?
20. What is the formula for average speed?
21. Look at the graph below:
Distance Traveled by an Ant
15
Distance 10
(CM)
5
What most likely happened during the 4th – 6th
second?
Distance
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (Seconds)
During which time interval did the Ant travel the
fastest?
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