Energy
Work & Simple Machines
Pendulums & Waves
Lights, Colors, & Optics
Static Electricity & Circuits
100

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed in form. 

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

100

A force applied to an object overtime. 

What is work?

100

The time required for the motion of a pendulum to complete one cycle (in seconds).

What is a period?

100

The study of images formed by mirrors or lenses. 

What is optics?

100

The process of forcing a charge separation using a charged rod in order to provide an "escape route" for excess negative charges.

What is charging by induction?

200

A description of the process of fission. 

What is 1 nucleus splitting a part after being hit by a neutron. 

200

A simple machine. 

What is a device that is used to multiply or change the direction of a force?

200

The Dopler Effect. 

What is the perceived difference in frequency caused by a moving object?

200

A lights reaction to moving from a slower medium to a faster medium. 

What is light bending away from the normal when it goes from a slower to faster medium?

200

The only true indicator of an objects charge. 

What is repulsion?

300

The equation that describes the Law of Conservation of Energy. 

What is KE+PE= total energy?

300

The six types of simple machines.

What are levers, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles, wedges, and screws?

300

The difference between transverse and longitudinal waves and examples of each type. 

What are transverse waves have particles that move perpendicular to the medium like light and water waves, whereas longitudinal waves move parallel to the medium like sound and earthquake waves?

300

The secondary colors of light, the primary colors that form them.

What is magenta is made by red and blue, cyan is made by blue and green, and yellow is made by green and red?

300

Three examples of objects that hinder the flow of electrons within circuits. 

What are long wires or ones with narrow diameters, light bulbs, and resistors?

400

The equation used to determine the potential energy, and the equation used to determine the kinetic energy of a system. 

What is potential energy equals the the object's mass (in kg) by its height off the ground and the gravity of the atmosphere it is in, and kinetic energy is the object's mass (in kg) by its velocity squared multiplied by 1/2?

400

The two equations that can be used to determine a simple machines efficiency.

What is efficiency equals work output divided by work input times 100, or efficiency equals the actual mechanical advantage by its theoretical mechanical advantage times 100?

400

The equation used to determine the period of a pendulum.

What is the period in second (T) equals 2 pi times the square root of the objects length (L) by the gravity (g) of the atmosphere it is in?

400

The magnification formula and the mirror equation. 

What is the magnification formula is hi/ho=-di/do, and the mirror equation is 1/f=1/di+1/do?

400

Ohm's Law. 

What is the change in potential volts equals the current in amps multiplied by its resistance in Ohm's?

500

The kinetic energy, potential energy, and total energy of a 80 kg skydiver whose speed is 65 m/s and who was at an altitude of 960 m above ground. 

What is the skydiver's kinetic energy of 1.7x10^5 J, their potential energy of 7.7x10^5 J, and a total energy of 9.4x10^5 J.

500

The mechanical advantage of a ramp that has a slope of 35 meters and is 5 meters tall. 

What is a mechanical advantage of 7?

500

The fundamental frequency of a wave plucked on a guitar string with a speed of 496 m/s and a length of 78.9 cm.

What is a fundamental frequency of about 314 Hz?

500

The placement of an image of a 2.6 cm high object that is placed 40 cm from a converging mirror with a focal length of 15 cm. 

What is an object height of -1.56 cm?

500

The equations for determining the net resistance within parallel and senses circuits. 

What is Rnet= R1+R2+R3 for senses circuits and Rnet= 1/R1+1/R2+1/R3 for parallel circuits?

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