Test Bank for Physical Science, 13th Edition by Bill Tillery
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Physical Science
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Physical Science
Test Bank for Physical Science, 13th Edition 13e by Bill Tillery. ISBN-13: 9362
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1 What Is Science?
2 Motion
3 Energy
4 Heat and Temperature
5 Wave Motions and Sound
6 Electricity
7 Light
8 Atoms and Periodic Properties
9 Chemical Bonds
10 C...
Chap 01 13e Tillery
1) How heavy an object is the property known as mass.
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2) A referent is a familiar object one can use to describe the property of a different object.
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3) Measurement information used to describe something is called data.
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4) A 100 g piece of iron has twice the volume as a 50 g piece of iron.
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5) The mass of 1000 cm3 of water is a kilogram.
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6) The density of a 100 g piece of iron is twice as great as the density of a 50 g piece of iron.
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7) A controlled experiment has all variables held constant.
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,8) The symbol µ has the meaning of "is proportional to."
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9) A theory is a hypothesis that has been shown to be correct by many experiments.
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10) The symbol "∆" is used to refer to an object's density.
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11) Equations are used to
A) describe a property.
B) define a concept.
C) describe how quantities change together.
D) All of the answers are correct.
12) Which of the following is NOT a SI unit of the property it measures?
A) length - meter
B) volume - liter
C) time - second
D) mass - kilogram
13) In the text, the equation V = tk is used to describe the relationship between the volume of a
gas tank and the time required to fill it. The symbol "k"
A) has units of min/gal.
B) is a variable.
C) is the proportionality constant.
D) depends on the length of time.
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,14) The English unit of volume closest in size to a liter is
A) gallon.
B) ounce.
C) quart.
D) cup.
15) If a cube of Jell-O gelatin dessert is cut into two pieces, what total property of the new pieces
change?
A) mass
B) volume
C) density
D) surface area
16) When something cannot be directly observed, it can be represented by a
A) hypothesis.
B) graph.
C) model.
D) theory.
17) Claims that appear to be pseudoscience should be
A) accepted if it is said to have scientific validity.
B) tested experimentally.
C) accepted if promoted by news media.
D) All of the answers are correct.
18) The property of volume is a measure of
A) how much matter the object contains.
B) the compactness of matter in a given space.
C) the extent of the surface of the object.
D) how much space the object occupies.
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, 19) In the equation A = πr2, π (pi) is a
A) manipulated variable.
B) responding variable.
C) numerical constant.
D) constant that depends on the size of the circle.
20) The re-creation of an event by comparing two situations in which all the factors are identical
except one is called a
A) tentative experiment.
B) cause and effect demonstration.
C) statistical test of truth.
D) controlled experiment.
21) A tentative scientific explanation which may or may not be rejected upon further
experimentation is called a
A) theory.
B) hypothesis.
C) model.
D) principle.
22) A statement describing a relationship that is observed in nature to occur consistently time
after time is a(an)
A) hypothesis.
B) scientific law.
C) scientific theory.
D) model.
23) Imagine a 10 g chunk of aluminum (r = 2.7 g/cm3) and a 10 g chunk of iron (r = 7.9 g/cm3).
Which of the following is true?
A) The chunk of iron is smaller than the chunk of aluminum.
B) The chunk of iron is more massive than the chunk of aluminum.
C) The chunk of aluminum is smaller than the chunk of iron.
D) Both objects have the same volume.
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