Light and waves
Thermal energy
Nuclear energy
Concepts to model electricity
Circuit electricity
Absolute Frisball
General Knowledge
100
In a vacuum, this is the constant speed that light travels at?
What is 3.0 x 108 m/s?
100
This is how we define temperature.
What is the measure of the average translational kinetic energy of particles?
100
These are the subatomic particles, their charges and where we find them in an atom.
What are Protons (+1) (nucleus), Electrons (-1) (outside in a ring / cloud) and Neutrons (0) (nucleus)
100
This is a basic property of matter that occurs in a positive and negative state.
What is electric charge?
100
This is a type of circuit where there is only one path for current to flow
What is a series circuit?
100
The classes that Mr Friswell is teaching this semester
What is 7NUM, 10MGEN, 11PHYS, 12PHYS, 10CHEM?
100
This gas giant, famous for its Great Red Spot, is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
200
This is the phenomena that explains why white light splits into the visible rainbow.
What is dispersion?
200
These are the three processes in which we can transfer heat.
What is conduction, convection and radiation?
200
The difference between fusion and fission.
What is joining atoms and splitting atoms.
200
This is how you convert Amperes to Milliamperes.
What is x1000?
200
This is how you calculate the resistance of a parallel circuit.
What is take the reciprocals of the resistance, add them, and find the reciprocal?
200
If there is a can sitting on my desk during a class, it is almost certainly this zero-calorie soft drink.
What is Pepsi Max?
200
Valued for its beauty and conductivity, this precious metal has the atomic number 79 and the chemical symbol Au.
What is gold?
300
According to Wein's Law, this is the peak wavelength emitted from a star whose surface is a temperature of 11000K.
What is 2.64 x 10-7 m?
2.9 x 10^-3 / 11000 K
300
This is the electromagnetic wave that has the highest energy / frequency.
What are Gamma rays?
300
The amount of a sample that would be left if a radioactive isotope, that has a half life of 6 hours, is left for 48 hours.
What is 1/256?
(8 half lifes, 1/ 2^8)
300
This is the amount of charge passing through a load if a current of 3A flows for 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
What is 960C?
Q = It (t in seconds)
300
This is the current in a circuit that has a 12V power supply and 4 Ohms of resitance
What is 3 amps?
300
If I am spending over 11 straight hours sitting in a dark cinema, it is because I am attending a back-to-back marathon of this epic movie trilogy.
What is The Lord of the Rings?
300
This ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Homer, tells the story of the wrath of Achilles during the Trojan War.
What is The Iliad?
400
This is the angle light bends to when total internal reflection occurs
What is 90 degrees?
400
Specific heat capacity is the energy required to raise one kilogram (or gram) of a substance by 1 Celsius or Kelvin. This is how much energy it takes to raise 8kg of water from 15C to 85C.
What is 2 352 000 J? (2.4 x 103 kJ)
q = mc delta t = 8 x 4200 x 70
400
The types of nuclear radiation and the particles they emit.
What are alpha decay (alpha particle), Beta + decay (electron), beta - decay (positron) and gamma (gamma ray /photon / high energy)?
400
The potential difference across a heater element if 3.6 x 104 J of heat energy is produced when a current of 5A flows for 30s,
What is 240V?
E = VIt
400
This is the equivalent resistance of this circuit.
What is 6.7 Ohms?
400
From the creators of Clarksons Farm, this is Mr Friswell favourite streaming service.
What is Prime Video?
400
Often referred to as the "Rose City" due to the color of the stone from which it is carved, this ancient archaeological site is located in modern-day Jordan.
What is Petra?
500
This is the wavelength of light travelling through a vacuum that has a frequency of 5.6 x 1014 Hz.
What is 540 nm?
wavelength = c / freq = (3 x 10^8)/(5.6 x 10^14) = 5.4 x 10 ^-7 = 540 nm (/10^-9)
500
This is how the Greenhouse effect works. (i need steps)
What is:
- Incoming solar radiation reaches earth
- The ground absorbs and releases heat
- Greenhouse gases act like a blanket and trap the heat
- These gases radiate radiate the trapped heat back to the surface
500
The energy released when thorium-232 undergoes alpha decay. Thorium-232 has a mass of 3.85308 × 1025 kg and radium-228 has a mass of 3.78655 × 1025 kg. An αlpha particle has a mass of 6.64648 × 1027 kg.
What is 6.3 x 10-13 J or 3.9 MeV?
500
The energy supplied by a mobile phones battery rated 3.7V and 1200 mAh.
What is 16kJ?
E = VIt
V = 3.7, I = 1.2A, t = 60*60
500
The equivalent resistance and current of this circuit. 
What is 8 ohm and 3 A?
500
You all know me as Mr. Friswell, but my full legal name includes these two middle names, starting with the letters "I" and "E".
What are Ian and Eliah?
500
Though famous for leading his nation through WWII, he was awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings and brilliant oratory.
Who is Winston Churchill?