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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes increased heat in the process of conduction?
(a) Increased movement.
(b) Fission.
(c) Electronic transfers.
(d) Fusion.

2. What happens when you exert your strength across a longer distance?
(a) Your effort is reduced, but your strength has to be increased.
(b) Your effort is reduced so you can take advantage of your greater strength.
(c) Nothing happens. It is all balanced by the decreased work required.
(d) Your effort is reduced, and your lesser strength becomes sufficient.

3. Where is steam still used?
(a) In thermal power stations.
(b) In some internal combustion engines.
(c) In industrial engines.
(d) In water plants.

4. How does a rocket engine power the craft?
(a) By the combustion of two propellants.
(b) By the turning of a propeller.
(c) By the combustion of one propellant.
(d) By nuclear fusion.

5. What is suction referred to in the act of flying?
(a) Sinking.
(b) Glide.
(c) Lift.
(d) Floating.

6. What does one have to understand in order to understand the way things work?
(a) The terms of physics.
(b) The function of something.
(c) The reason something is made.
(d) The underlying principle.

7. What is one component of a lever?
(a) A screw.
(b) A straight edge.
(c) A caliper.
(d) A spring.

8. What causes expansion?
(a) Heat.
(b) Cold.
(c) Inertia.
(d) Gravity.

9. What is a wheel and rod attacked by a hinge?
(a) A prank.
(b) A crank.
(c) A spur.
(d) A worm.

10. What is one example the author uses of a wedge?
(a) A ship's ramp.
(b) An escalator.
(c) A block and tackle system.
(d) A type of door stop.

11. The rack and pinion is an example of ______________.
(a) A stifle.
(b) A gear.
(c) A wedge.
(d) A lever.

12. What is the main idea in Part 2 of the book?
(a) Exploring the bonds of attraction and the movement of molecules to and from each other.
(b) The way work can cause energy to dissipate.
(c) The way atoms can be made more dense.
(d) The way force can be exerted to change atomic structure.

13. What controls direction on a ship?
(a) A screw.
(b) A rudder.
(c) A drive.
(d) A valve.

14. What causes sideways movements of a ship?
(a) Rods.
(b) Jone's principle.
(c) Thrusters and stabilizers.
(d) Cams.

15. How many ways can heat travel?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under normal circumstances, what force(s) does a molecule possess?

2. How does a wedge move an object up an inclined plane?

3. How does a ship vary in density?

4. What is the factor which determines an object's ability to float?

5. What is a substance that contains only one type of atom?

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