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KS3 phys questions
Common Entrance (KS3) Physics questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the metric unit for MASS? | KILOGRAM(kg) |
| Name the third planet from the sun? | EARTH |
| Is the moon a satellite, planet or star? | SATELLITE |
| What is your approximate height: A: 1500mm, B: 15m, C: 500cm or D: 0.1km ? | 1500mm |
| What is the normal melting point of water? | 100°C |
| Name an instrument you would use to measure temperature: | THERMOMETER |
| What is your approximate mass: A: 4.5kg, B: 45 000g, C: 0.01tonne or D: 150kg ? | 4500g |
| How many planets are there in our solar system? | 8 planets |
| What force holds a planet in orbit around the sun | GRAVITY |
| What is the unit for force | NEWTON |
| What is the unit for VOLUME? | CUBIC CENTIMETRE (cm³) |
| What is the unit for current? | AMPERE |
| Name an instrument you would use to measure the volume of a liquid: | MEASURING CYLINDER |
| Two magnets, when brought together, repel. If the pole of one magnet is SOUTH what is the other pole? | SOUTH |
| Does the arrow on a magnetic field line point towards the NORTH or SOUTH pole? | NORTH pole |
| Which planet is nearest to the sun? | MERCURY |
| What happens to the current through a component if the voltage is increased? (INCREASE, DECREASE or NOT CHANGE) | INCREASE |
| What happens to the current in a circuit if the resistance is increased? A: increase, B: decease or C: stay the same | DECREASE |
| What form of energy is stored in a battery? | CHEMICAL |
| What form of energy is in a stretched elastic band | STRAIN |
| What form of energy is stored in a spinning disk? | KINETIC |
| During an eclipse of the sun the Earth, Sun and Moon are in line. Which would be in the middle? | MOON |
| Name the metric unit for ENERGY | JOULE |
| Name an instrument used for measuring CURRENT in a circuit: | AMMETER |
| A bike waiting at the top of a hill would have what sort of energy | GRAVITATIONAL |
| When coal burns chemical energy is converted to light energy and …?…. Energy | HEAT |
| There are two forces on a floating boat. Which force pushes up and helps the boat float? | UPTHRUST |
| An electric torch is switched on. Where does the energy come from that lights the bulb? | The BATTERY |
| What name is given to the bending of light. | REFRACTION |
| What name is given to the kind of switch that can be closed using a magnet. | REED SWITCH |
| If a guitar string is plucked harder how would the sound change? | It would sound LOUDER |
| If a guitar string is made tighter how would the sound change? | The pitch would increase /sound higher |
| What is the unit for voltage ? | VOLT |
| You hold a mass of 100g in the palm of your out-stretched hand. With what force does the mass press on your hand? | 1NEWTON |
| Which would stretch the least A) a single spring B) two springs in parallel. C) two springs in series? | Two strings in PARALLEL |
| Which would stretch the most A) a single spring B) two springs in parallel. C) two springs in series? | Two strings in SERIES |
| Which would have the greater volume, 1kg of water, 1kg of wood or 1kg of aluminium?. | 1 kg of WOOD |
| A brick measures 5cm x 5cm x 20cm.What is the volume of the brick? | 500 cm³ |
| To which galaxy does our Sun belong? | The MILKY WAY |
| A brick measures 5cm x 5cm x 20cm and has a mass of 1000g. What is the DENSITY of the brick? | 2 g/cm³ |
| What is needed to make something change shape or change direction | a FORCE |
| A man on a parachute is falling at a steady speed. Which is the larger force: Gravity is pulling him down or air resistance pushing up? | They are the same size |
| Newtons per square centimetre is the unit of what measurement? | PRESSURE |
| Grams per cubic centimetre is a unit for what property? | DENSITY |
| What is the normal density of water? | 1 g/cm³ |
| Which will have more resistance, a single light bulb, or two bulbs in series or two in parallel? | Two bulbs in series |
| What formula is used to calculate density? | MASS ÷ VOLUME |
| What formula is used to calculate pressure? | FORCE ÷ AREA |
| What force causes a moving car to slow down? | FRICTION |
| How would the weight of an object change if it were taken to the Moon? | The weight would GET LESS |
| How would the weight of an object change if it were taken to the Moon? | The mass would STAY THE SAME |
| The formula DISTANCE ÷ TIME is used to calculate what? | SPEED |
| What word is used to describe the rainbow of colours produced by a prism? | SPECTRUM |
| What do we call the splitting of light caused by a prism? | DISPERSION |
| What is the name of the force that slows down a man falling by parachute? | AIR RESISTANCE |
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