Light
Sound
Grab Bag
Anything Physics
100

THIS is the speed of electromagnetic waves (AKA speed of light)

3*10^8 m/s

100

Sound is this type of wave (give medium requirement and direction of particle displacement)

Mechanical Longitudinal
100

What is my favorite color?

Olive Green

100

Described in J-s, THIS describes force over a specific time interval

impulse

200

When light goes through a prism and comes out like a rainbow after, this is know as what?

Refraction

200

THIS describes a perceived change in the pitch of a sound due to this distortion.

doppler effect

200

If I went to Starbucks, what would I order?

Iced chai tea latte (chill on the syrup, though)

200

A 650 N force is applied at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal. What is the vertical component of this force?

325 N

300

THIS form of electromagnetic radiation is between infared and radio waves.

Microwaves

300

A shark sends an echolocation sound wave at a fishy at a speed of 1500 m/s and receives the sound wave back in 3.0 seconds. How far away is the fishy?

2250 meters

300

What basketball player is the all-time leader in triple doubles?

Russell Westbrook

300

What material are semiconductors typically made of?

Silicon

400

When light refracts so much that it stays inside the original medium, it is called....

total internal reflection (not on the test)

400

THESE waves only vibrate in one plane

Polarized waves

400

What animal sound is this?

seagulls

400

What is the change in momentum of a 6 kg bowling ball that was traveling 8 m/s after it comes to a stop over the course of 1.5 seconds?

change in momentum = m*Δv

48 kg-m/s

500

The FM radio wave of 104.1 has a frequency of 1.041*10^8 Hz. What is the wavelength of this wave?

2.88 m (use speed = frequency * wavelength)

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