Energy
Waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Electricity and Power Production
100

Q: The energy an object has due to its motion.

A: What is kinetic energy?


100

Q: This is the wavelength of a wave traveling at 300 m/s with a frequency of 60 Hz.
λ = v/f

A: What is 5 meters? (λ = v/f = 300/60)

100

Q: This is the type of electromagnetic wave with the shortest wavelength.

A: What is gamma radiation?

100

Q: This device converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

A: What is a generator?


200

Q: An object with 30 J of potential energy is dropped. Neglecting air resistance, how much kinetic energy will it have just before hitting the ground?

A: What is 30 joules? (Energy conservation: PE becomes KE)

200

Q: The period of a wave with frequency 50 Hz.
 T=1/f

A: What is 0.02 seconds? (T = 1/f = 1/50)

200

Q: This portion of the EM spectrum is visible to the human eye.

A: What is visible light?

200

Q: This device converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

A: What is an electric motor?

300

Q: A 5 kg object is raised to a height of 10 m. What is its gravitational potential energy? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

A: What is 490 joules? (PE = mgh = 5 × 9.8 × 10)


300

Q: If the wavelength of a wave is halved but the speed stays the same, what happens to its frequency?

A: What is it doubles? (f = v/λ, so if λ ↓, f ↑)

300

Q: This part of the EM spectrum is responsible for sunburns.

A: What is ultraviolet (UV) radiation?

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!

Determine the distance between two charged particles: 25 C and 16 C, when the electrostatic force between them is 1.5 x 106 N. 

What is 1,550 m?
400

Q: What is the kinetic energy of a 2 kg object moving at 3 m/s?

A: What is 9 joules? (KE = ½mv² = 0.5 × 2 × 9)

400

Q: A wave has a speed of 250 m/s and a period of 0.01 s. What is its wavelength?

What is 2.5 meters? (λ = v × T = 250 × 0.01)

400

Q: This type of wave is used in night vision and thermal cameras.


A: What is infrared radiation?

400

Q: Two opposite charges will exert this type of force on each other.

A: What is an attractive force?


500

How much energy does a 10 kg object have traveling at 3 m/s that is 12 m above ground?

What is 1,221 J?

500

Q: A wave that vibrates perpendicular to its direction of motion.

What is a transverse wave?

500

Q: This type of radiation is used in airport scanners and in medicine to image bones.

A: What are X-rays?

500

Q: If the distance between two charges is tripled, the force becomes this fraction of the original.

A: What is 1/9? (Inverse square law: F∝1/r2)

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