Physics – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. 13. What is mass?

   • A. A measure of the force of gravity on an object
   • B. A measure of the amount of matter in an object
   • C. A measure of the speed of an object
   • D. A measure of the energy of an object

2. 14. What is weight?

   • A. A measure of the amount of matter in an object
   • B. A measure of the force of gravity on an object
   • C. A measure of the acceleration of an object
   • D. A measure of the density of an object

3. 15. What is density?

   • A. Mass times volume
   • B. Mass divided by volume
   • C. Volume divided by mass
   • D. Force divided by area

4. 16. What is velocity?

   • A. Speed with direction
   • B. Total distance traveled
   • C. Rate of change of acceleration
   • D. Force per unit mass

5. 17. What is acceleration?

   • A. Rate of change of speed
   • B. Rate of change of velocity
   • C. Total displacement
   • D. Final position minus initial position

6. 18. What is momentum?

   • A. Mass times velocity
   • B. Force times time
   • C. Energy times velocity
   • D. Mass times acceleration

7. 19. What is impulse?

   • A. Change in velocity
   • B. Force divided by time
   • C. Force times time
   • D. Mass times acceleration

8. 20. What is work done?

   • A. Force times distance in the direction of the force
   • B. Force divided by distance
   • C. Energy divided by time
   • D. Power times time

9. 21. What is kinetic energy?

   • A. Energy due to position
   • B. Energy due to motion
   • C. Energy stored in chemical bonds
   • D. Energy in the form of heat

10. 22. What is potential energy?

    • A. Energy due to motion
    • B. Energy due to position or configuration
    • C. Energy released during nuclear fission
    • D. Energy of electromagnetic radiation

11. 23. What is power?

    • A. Work done times time
    • B. Work done divided by time
    • C. Force times velocity
    • D. Energy squared

12. 24. What is pressure?

    • A. Force times area
    • B. Force divided by area
    • C. Energy per unit volume
    • D. Momentum per unit area