Motion and Momentum
Thermal Energy
Waves
Waves II
Trivia about Miss Kennedy
100
What is the difference between distance and displacement?
Distance is the length traveled and displacement is the shortest route from point A to point B + direction.
100
If there is a difference in temperature between two objects, is the thermal energy transferred?
Yes
100
What are the highpoints in a transverse wave called?
Crests
100
What unit is used to measure sound intensity
Decibels
100
What sport does Miss Kennedy coach at Herget?
Girl's Volleyball
200
What is momentum?
The measure of how hard it is to stop an object!
200
What is an insulator?
Anything that prevents heat from being transfered! (winter jacket, styrofoam, etc)
200
What are the low points in a transverse wave called?
troughs
200
In a compression wave, what is the term for when the coils are spread apart?
Rarefaction.
200
What college did Miss Kennedy attend?
Eastern Illinois University
300
What two factors do you need to know in order to describe velocity?
Speed and Direction
300
Fast food restaurants keep your french fries warm using heat lamps. The heat is transferred to the fries by what type of heat transfer?
Radiation
300
What types of waves to sound travel through?
compression waves
300
What unit is used to measure sound FREQUENCY?
hertz HZ
300
Where did Miss Kennedy go over THANKSGIVING break?
Mexico
400
What two factors can be changed to cause acceleration?
Speed and Direction
400
When a pot of water is on the stove, the water is heated up by what heat transfer?
Convection
400
Electromagnetic Waves with the highest frequency are....
gamma rays
400
What are the only type of electromagnetic waves that we can see?
Visible Light
400
What Division 1 sport did Miss Kennedy play in college?
Rugby
500
What is inertia?
Resisting a change in motion!
500
When materials heat up, do they: condense, contract, or expand?
expand
500
Which of the following does light travel the fastest in? Fresh water, Empty Space, Solids, or Seawater
Empty Space
500
Light reflects of off a mirror. If you increase the angle of the incoming wave, what will happen to the outgoing wave?
It will also increase! (Law of Reflection)
500
What grade and in what country was Miss Kennedy teaching last February?
Kindergarten in Japan
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