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SL - Scientific Skills & Tools

25 MCQ from 2025 Question Bank Scientific Skills & Tools (all topics)

DP IB SL Physics Quiz

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1. Which of the following units is not a unit of power?

 

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2. Which of the following gives the unit for work in fundamental SI units?

 

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3. A rectangle has length L=(2 ± 0.1) cm and width .

What is the uncertainty of the perimeter of the rectangle?

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4. An electronic balance has a button with “tare” written on it. The reading of the balance is reset to zero when the “tare” button is pressed. Which of the following gives a reason why use of the “tare” button improves the measurement?

 

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5. The diagram shows a cube of side length 0.010m and a metal sphere of radius . The image below is not to scale.

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If there is a set of these spheres that could be melted down, what is the estimated number of spheres required to construct the cube from the material?

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6. Vectors  and  are in the shown directions.

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Which of the following shows the sum of the two vectors?

A. B.
PH0489QA PH0489QB
C. D.
PH0489QC PH0489QD

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7. A spring of negligible mass and length of lo is attached to a fixed point. When the spring is extended by an external force , the length of the spring increases to l. The graph shows how the length of the spring varies with the tension in spring. The tension in the spring is equal to , where k is a constant and  is the extension of the spring.

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What are the gradient and y-intercept of the graph?

 Gradient  y-intercept
 A. 1/k l
 B. 1/k lo
 C. k lo
 D. 1/k Δl

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8. An object is moving at constant velocity. Which of the following could be the free-body diagram representing the forces acting on the object?

A. B.
PH0551A PH0551B
C. D.
PH0551C PH0551D

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9. A ball is projected with an initial speed of  making an angle of  with the horizontal as shown.

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Which expression gives the vertical component of the velocity vector?

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10. A car is moving with a kinetic energy of .

Estimate the order of magnitude of its momemtum.

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11. A rectangular prism is obtained by combining two identical cubes as shown in the figure.

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12. A student is using the equation  to solve for  with the following percentage uncertainties in the measurements.

 Quantity  Uncertainty
P
V
T

What is the percentage uncertainty in the calculated value of n?

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13. Express 0.04758 to 3 significant figures.

 

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14. A student models the relationship between the velocity v of a moving charge in a magnetic field, and the force F acting on it as , with  being a constant

What are the units for  expressed in fundamental SI units?

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15. A spring with spring constant  is extended by a distance .

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The uncertainty of  is 2% and that of  is 3%.

What is the uncertainty of the potential energy stored in the spring?

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16. An object starting from rest travels a distance d after a time . If d=(20 ± 1)m, and the time is measured as t=(2.0 ± 0.4)s. Which of the following gives the correct values of the fractional and absolute uncertainties of acceleration?

 Fractional  Absolute /m s^−2
 A. 0.25 ± 2.5
 B. 0.30 ± 3.0
 C. 0.45  4.5
 D. 1.4  14

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17. Vector d makes an angle  with the horizontal as shown. Its magnitude is  and the magnitude of its horizontal component  is .

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Which of the following is correct about the magnitude and direction of its vertical component?

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18. How many significant figures are there in 0.000017000?

 

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19. An apple falls 5m in height from a tree. It rebounds from the ground with a quarter of its striking speed. The apple is in contact with the ground for approximately 0.1 s. What is an estimate of the magnitude of the average net force on the apple when it strikes the ground?

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20. An object moves  east, then  north.

What is the magnitude of the total displacement of this object?

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21. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

 

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22. In finding the area of a circular metal plate, a student measures the radius  of the plate and calculates the area to be , where a is the absolute uncertainty on the area. Which of the following would give the fractional uncertainty on R?

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23. A stream flows east with a speed . A boat points due south and moves with a speed  relative to the water.

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The ratio vo/vs=1/2

Which of the following is correct about the magnitude in m s^−1 and the angle  between the velocity of the boat and the side of the stream?

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24. Electrons are accelerated between two conducting plates that have a potential difference of . Estimate the total energy that would be delivered to 10^21 electrons by the conducting plates.

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25. A car moves clockwise in a circular path as shown. The direction of its instantaneous velocity at two different times is shown in the diagram.

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Which of the following vectors shows the direction of the change in velocity?

A. B.
PH0496A PH0496B
C. D.
PH0496C PH0496D

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