HESI Physics Practice Test 2

Question 1

The rate at which a vehicle's velocity changes over time?

Accepted Answer

Acceleration

Answer

Velocity

Answer

Force

Answer

Projectile Motion

Question 2

Unless operated on by an imbalanced force, the body at rest will remain at rest, and the body in motion will remain in motion with a constant velocity; F=ka

Accepted Answer

Newton's First Law of Motion

Answer

Scalar quantity

Answer

Average velocity

Answer

Force

Question 3

A push or a pull on an item is defined as _________.

Accepted Answer

Force

Answer

Vector quantity

Answer

Velocity

Answer

Average speed

Question 4

It is possible for an object to show two different types of motion at the same time.

Accepted Answer

Project Motion

Answer

Acceleration

Answer

Scalar quantity

Answer

Force

Question 5

Which of the following is true regarding the way light travels?

Accepted Answer

Light travels as both a wave and a particle

Answer

Sound travels faster than light

Answer

Light can not travel through a vacuum

Answer

The speed of light is always the same regardless of the medium through which it travels

Question 6

According to the theory of the same name, after the “Big Bang” there were only what two things?

Accepted Answer

Matter and antimatter

Answer

Mass and gravity

Answer

Neutrons and electrons

Answer

Space and time

Question 7

A subatomic particle is which of the following in relation to an atom?

Accepted Answer

Smaller

Answer

Faster

Answer

Bigger

Question 8

Who discovered the special theory of relativity?

Accepted Answer

Albert Einstein

Answer

Alfred Nobel

Answer

Max Plank

Answer

James Chadwick

Question 9

A fresh egg will float in water…

Accepted Answer

When salt is added to the water

Answer

When the water is cold

Answer

It will not float in any circumstance

Answer

Always

Question 10

How fast does sound travel through a vacuum?

Accepted Answer

0 m/s

Answer

222 m/s

Answer

25 m/s

Answer

331.4 m/s