Nuclear
Electricity
Magnetism
Sound, Waves, and Light
Sound Waves and Light Math
100

The number of protons in the nucleus of the atom.

What is the Atomic Number

100

Materials that DO NOT allow the flow of electricity.

What is an insulator?

100

These tend to move from North to South.

Which way do magnetic fields move?

100

The time it takes for a wave to complete one wave cycle is the wave’s ____

What is a wave's period?

100

The frequency of a wave is 600Hz and the wavelength is 0.012m. What is the wave speed?

7.2 m/s

200

The number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

What is atomic mass?

200

A calculator uses a 9V battery and draws 0.1A of current. How much power does it use?

What is 0.9 Watts

200

One uses charges and the other uses magnetic poles. Charges can be separated while poles cannot.

What are some differences between electricity and magnetism?

200

When you increase this part of the sound wave it changes the volume?

Amplitude

200

The index of refraction of a diamond is 2.4. What is the speed of light as it moves through the diamond?

What is 1.3 *108 m/s?

300

Double Points! Answer both to get 600 points! Get one wrong and you don't get any.

1) The combining of 2 atoms to make a bigger one.

2) The splitting of 1 atom to make 2 smaller ones.

1) What is Fusion?

2) What is Fission?

300

Atoms that have more electrons than protons. For example, Oxygen (atomic number 8) has 9 electrons.

An Anion

300

Unified Kingdoms of magnetic domains

Magnetic atoms that are aligned with each other.

Half Shells

What are the 3 main properties of magnets?

300

The fastest moving electromagnetic wave.

Gamma
300

A light ray is passing through water (n=1.33) towards the boundary with a transparent solid at an angle of 56.4°. The light refracts into the solid at an angle of refraction of 42.1°. Determine the index of refraction of the unknown solid

What is 1.65?

400

The phases of matter from most energy to least energy.

What is Plasma, Gas, Liquid, and Solid?

400

The half-life of a certain isotope is 30 seconds. At the end of 1 minute, how much of the isotope remains?

What is 1/4 of the isotope left?

400

A wire with a length of 30 cm experiences a current of 5 A and generates a magnetic field of 20T. What is the force this wire is generating?

What is 30 N of force?

400

Red + Green

Blue + Green

Red+ Blue

Red + Blue + Green

Yellow

Cyan

Magenta

White

400

Double points if both are answered correctly.

A ukelele string is about 40 cm in length and vibrates in the 3rd harmonic.

What is its wavelength?
What is its velocity if the frequency is 300 Hz?

26.7m

8010 m/s

500

400g of a substance has a half-life of 100 years. How much is left after 35 years?

What is 35.355 g?

500

2 charges are 2.5*10-3m apart. the first charge is 4*10-6C and the other is -2*10-6C. What is the electro static force?

Double points, is it attractive or repulsive?

-11,520 N


Attractive

500

For these points, you need the magnitude and direction.

The charge of a wire has the electricity moving to the right with 36A while the force seems to be moving upwards at a magnitude of 72N. What is the direction and magnitude of the magnetic field?

What is 2 T moving out of the page?

500

The electromagnetic spectrum in order from highest frequency to lowest.

Gamma

xrays

UV

Visible

Infrared

Microwave

Radio

500

 A police car drives towards a jogger at 30 m/s as she runs in the direction of the police car at 2 m/s. What would the 700 Hz siren sound like to the jogger? (The speed of sound today is 343 m/s)

771.56 Hz

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