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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Working with Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a convex lens do?
(a) Causes an image to flatten.
(b) Creates a smaller image of a larger image.
(c) Causes an image to appear three dimensional.
(d) Creates a larger image of a smaller one.

2. What is a first-class lever?
(a) Where the effort is a greater distance from the fulcrum than the load.
(b) Where there is no load needed for the effort.
(c) Where the effort and the load are equal distances from the fulcrum.
(d) Where the distance is further from the fulcrum than the effort.

3. What is the principle that states energy is neither created nor destroyed?
(a) The principle of the conservation of energy.
(b) The principle of energy change.
(c) The principle of energy loss.
(d) The principle of energy gain.

4. What is the term for the process of molecules moving further apart in convection?
(a) Trajection.
(b) Acceleration.
(c) Inference.
(d) Expansion.

5. What is a fulcrum?
(a) A formula for determining energy needed to do work.
(b) A pivot point.
(c) A point at which inertia is overcome.
(d) A special sort of wedge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when visible rays cross the lens of our eye and are bent through the convex surface?

3. In flying, what is used to overcome weight from gravity?

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

5. What is the main idea in Part 2 of the book?

(see the answer key)

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