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If an object is in motion, what kind of energy does it possess?

Metabolic Energy
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
What is the force that holds back a sliding object?

Friction
Momentum
Gravity
Which of these particles is light made up from?

Photons
Quarks
Electrons
The amount of matter in an object is its _______.

Weight
Density
Mass
What is the unit of force?

Newton
Degree
Joule
What is the Earth’s primary source of energy?

The sea's movement
Earth’s core
The sun
Which particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?

Electrons
Protons
Baryon
What is the formula for measuring 'Density'?

Weight multiplied by surface
Volume multiplied by weight
Mass divided by volume
What is at the center of a heliocentric solar system?

Planet
Sun
Moon
In the formula, E = mc2, what does 'C' represent?

Descent
Change
Speed of light
What is the force that keeps us on the ground?

Gravity
Speed
Mass
What type of energy does an object at rest possess?

Potential Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
What is the wire inside of an electric bulb known as?

Filament
Coil
Foil
Which scientist is famous for his theory of relativity?

Einstein
Galileo
Newton
Approximately how old is the universe?

13.8 billion years
4.5 billion years
9.2 billion years
What happens to a metal when it is heated?

It contracts
It doesn’t change
It expands
What is the unit of electrical current?

Ohm
Kelvin
Ampere
Who developed the original idea of atoms?

Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
Isaac Newton
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