When does light travel the fastest
In a vacuum
When is mechanical energy conserved? in other words, in a closed system if no energy is being lost it is because....
when there is no friction
Potential energy is the energy due to ____
Position
When do sound waves travel the fastest?
Through a solid medium
The work done lifting an object is _____ its change in potential energy
Equal to
If an ambulance moves toward you and then passes and moves away from you, how would its siren sound?
The frequency would increase and then decrease as it moved away from you
DAILY DOUBLE:
Gamma Rays (Highest Frequency and Energy, shortest wavelength)
X-Rays
UV Light
Visible light (V,I,B,G,Y,O,Y)
IR Radiation
Microwaves
RadioWaves (Lowest Frequency, Energy and longest Wavelength
If the velocity of an object triples its KE will be
greater
What is the meaning of the speed of light?
It is the speed at which light travels in a vacuum and nothing travels faster than it.
Most comic book superhero characters frequently bend, if not break the laws of science as they fight crime. Which is the most common law in science that a superhero comic book character such as the Flash and Superman are guilty of breaking?
Going faster than the speed of light.
Energy is changed from one form to another with no net loss or gain is ________ (T or F)
Always true
A little story about Jack and Diane. Jack weighs 150 pounds and Diane weighs 120 pounds. Jack runs up a flight of stairs while Diane walks slowly up the same flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs, Jack feels exhausted and out of breath but Diane feels just fine. Who used more power, Jack or Diane?
Jack had more power because it took less time to get up the stairs.