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SCMH 1010 (CH. 1-5) 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. What was the first science discipline? - correct answer -
Astronomy
2. Which of the following was NEITHER a discovery nor a
technology pioneered by Galileo?
a) Pendulum-based clocks
b) Thermometers
c) Telescopes in astronomy
d) Spring mechanisms - correct answer -d) Spring
mechanisms
3. Vectors are quantities with what properties?
4. Magnitude? Direction? Both? - correct answer -Magnitude
and direction
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5. A train travels at an average speed of 100 miles per hour for 30
minutes. How far does it travel? - correct answer -50 miles
6. The measurement of how velocity is changing over a period of
time is called - correct answer -Acceleration
7. A car initially moving towards the west at a speed of 15 m/s
changes its velocity to 25 m/stowards the west in 2 seconds.
What is the car's acceleration? - correct answer -5 m/s2
towards the west
8. To achieve a negative charge, you would most likely... -
correct answer -add electrons to the object
9. What is the word that describes the situation when electrical
charges are motionless? - correct answer -Static
10. When you rub a piece of iron with a magnet, what happens?
- correct answer -iron becomes magnetic itself
SCMH 1010 (CH. 1-5) 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. What was the first science discipline? - correct answer -
Astronomy
2. Which of the following was NEITHER a discovery nor a
technology pioneered by Galileo?
a) Pendulum-based clocks
b) Thermometers
c) Telescopes in astronomy
d) Spring mechanisms - correct answer -d) Spring
mechanisms
3. Vectors are quantities with what properties?
4. Magnitude? Direction? Both? - correct answer -Magnitude
and direction
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5. A train travels at an average speed of 100 miles per hour for 30
minutes. How far does it travel? - correct answer -50 miles
6. The measurement of how velocity is changing over a period of
time is called - correct answer -Acceleration
7. A car initially moving towards the west at a speed of 15 m/s
changes its velocity to 25 m/stowards the west in 2 seconds.
What is the car's acceleration? - correct answer -5 m/s2
towards the west
8. To achieve a negative charge, you would most likely... -
correct answer -add electrons to the object
9. What is the word that describes the situation when electrical
charges are motionless? - correct answer -Static
10. When you rub a piece of iron with a magnet, what happens?
- correct answer -iron becomes magnetic itself
