Physics Trivia Questions — page 2
424 trivia questions with answers, all ages. Multiple-choice trivia with answers, sorted by topic and level. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.
- 51.
Sound travels in
- Agases
- Bsolids
- Cliquids
- DAll of these
Answer: All of these - 52.
Lift a 100-N crate with an ideal pulley system by pulling a rope downward with 25 N of force. For every 1-m length of rope pulled down, the crate rises
- A25 m
- B25 cm
- CNone of these
- D50 cm
Answer: 25 cm - 53.
The neutrons in an atom are normally found
- Ainside the nucleus
- Boutside the nucleus
- CNeither of these
- DEither of these
Answer: inside the nucleus - 54.
In a vacuum, an object has no
- Abuoyant force
- Bweight
- CAll of these
- Dmass
Answer: buoyant force - 55.
A rainbow is the result of light in raindrops that undergoes
- Ainternal reflection
- BAll of these
- Crefraction
- Ddispersion
Answer: All of these - 56.
All parts of a laser beam have the same
- Aphase
- BAll of these
- Cfrequency
- Dspeed
Answer: All of these - 57.
The magnitude of the gravitational force on a satellite is constant if the orbit is
- Aelliptical
- Bparabolic
- Ccircular
- DAll of these
Answer: circular - 58.
The compressions and rarefactions in sound normally travel
- Ain opposite directions
- Bin the same direction
- CNone of these
- Dat right angles to each other
Answer: in the same direction - 59.
When you brush your hair and scrape electrons from your hair, the charge of your hair becomes
- ANeither of these
- BBoth of these
- Cpositive
- Dnegative
Answer: positive - 60.
A step-up transformer in an electric circuit can step up
- Avoltage
- BNeither of these
- CBoth of these
- Denergy
Answer: voltage - 61.
An electron can be speeded up by
- ABoth of these
- Ban electric field
- CNeither of these
- Da magnetic field
Answer: an electric field - 62.
Find the speed of a wave by multiplying its frequency by its
- ANone of these
- Bperiod
- Cwavelength
- Damplitude
Answer: wavelength - 63.
Consider two mercury barometers, one having a cross-sectional area of 1 cm2 and the other 2 cm2. The height of mercury in the narrower tube is
- Ahalf
- Btwice
- CNone of these
- Dthe same
Answer: the same - 64.
A magnetic force can act on an electron even when it
- Ais at rest
- Bmoves parallel to magnetic field lines
- CNeither of these
- DBoth of these
Answer: Neither of these - 65.
The model of light most supported by the photoelectric effect is the
- ANeither of these
- Bparticle model
- Cwave model
- DBoth of these
Answer: particle model - 66.
A rock suspended by a weighing scale weighs 5 N out of water and 3 N when submerged in water. What is the buoyant force on the rock?
- A5 N
- BNone of these
- C8 N
- D3 N
Answer: None of these - 67.
Interference is characteristic of
- Alight waves
- BAll of these
- Cwater waves
- Dsound waves
Answer: All of these - 68.
When a diver points a flashlight upward toward the surface of the water at an angle 20° from the normal, the beam of light
- Ais absorbed
- Btotally internally reflects
- Cpasses into the air above
- DNone of these
Answer: passes into the air above - 69.
When you buy a pipe in a hardware store, the water isn't included. When you buy copper wire, electrons
- Amust be supplied by you
- Bare included in the wire
- CNone of these
- Dmay fall out—hence insulation
Answer: are included in the wire - 70.
A step-up transformer in an electrical circuit can step up
- ABoth of these
- Bvoltage
- Cenergy
- DNeither of these
Answer: voltage - 71.
A capacitor can store
- ANeither of these
- Bcharge
- Cenergy
- DBoth of these
Answer: Both of these - 72.
Standing waves are the result of
- AAll of these
- Binterference
- Cwaves overlapping in phase and out of phase
- Dwaves reflecting upon themselves
Answer: All of these - 73.
The mutual induction of electric and magnetic fields can produce
- Alight
- BNeither of these
- Cenergy
- DBoth of these
Answer: light - 74.
The team that wins in a tug-of-war is the team that
- ABoth
- Bproduces more tension in the rope than the opponent
- Cpushes hardest on the ground
- DNeither
Answer: pushes hardest on the ground
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