Read the following statements and select T if you think it is true, F for false. After you complete the module, revisit your answers and correct your mistakes.

 

​ True False   1. When you jump into a pool the water temperature goes up a little.

​ True False   2. Energy is the capacity to do work.

​ True False   3. A ball dropped from twice the height will create a crater in the mud twice as deep.

​ True False    4. Pilot error was responsible for the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

​ True False   5. A roller coaster going 20 m/s has twice the kinetic energy of one going 10 m/s.

​ True False   6. Centripetal means “moving away from the center”.

​ True False   7. A person could survive slowing down from 421 mph to zero in 1 second.

​ True False   8. The world record for a spinning ice skater is 5.1 revolutions per second.

​ True False   9. When Voyager 2 flew by Jupiter, it sped up while Jupiter slowed down.

​ True False   10. Radioactivity is the source of energy for Plate Tectonics.