HESI Physics Practice Test 1

An atom like sodium becomes positively charged by which of these?

A roller coaster car starts at the top of a steep incline and travels rapidly down the track. As it reaches the bottom, just before its momentum moves it up the next hill, it has which of the following?

If a strand of holiday lights loses a bulb in the middle of the strand and all the lights go out, then it is likely that the strand is wired as which type of circuit?

If a red ball is dropped from a 50-foot tall building at the same time an identical blue ball is thrown horizontally from the top of the same building, which one will hit the ground first?

A child is twirling a yoyo on a string in a circle. If the yoyo string is 1.2 meters, and the yoyo is 0.05 kg, how fast would the yoyo be moving if the string snapped with a tension force of 10N?

If a person is nearsighted, they are getting glasses or corrective lenses because they:

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Two children are playing tug-of-war. If child one is pulling with a force of 20 N to the west and child two is pulling with a force of 25 N to the east, what is the net force on the flag tied to the middle of the rope?

What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 80 Hertz and a wavelength of 2.4 meters?

“Energy can’t be created or destroyed, but it can be changed from one form to another” refers to which Law of Thermodynamics?

A flashlight holds four D cell batteries. If each battery is 1.5 V, and the light output is 30 W, what is the current through the bulb?

Two children are playing tug-of-war. If child one is pulling with a force of 20 N to the west and child two is pulling with a force of 25 N to the east, what is the net force on the flag tied to the middle of the rope?

Jupiter’s gravity is about 2.4 times as strong as the gravity on Earth. A student who weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh ___________ on Jupiter.

How much momentum does a car have if its mass is 1365 kilograms and its velocity is 40 m/s east?

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What is the force acting on a 100 kg object if it is only subject to the force of gravity of 9.8 m/s²?

Which one of these does the most work?

The frequency of a sound wave is correlated with its

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What is the force in Newtons on an object with a mass of 50 kg subject to the acceleration of gravity of about 10 m/s²?

Person A moves a 50 pound rock a distance of 3 feet. Person B moves a 25 pound rock a distance of 6 feet.  Who did the most work?

Newton’s first law describes _____

What is the velocity of a car that travels 100 meters east in a time of 20 seconds?