Vocabulary
Gnarly Waves
Physics in the Real World
Wacky Word Problems
Electrostatics
100
The variable for charge.
What is Coulomb
100
Waves are broken up into these three categories, which distinguish "the 'Wave'," "sound waves," and x-rays/visible light as specific types of waves.
What is Transverse, Longitudinal, and Electromagnetic waves
100
Wood, foam, and rubber are examples of this.
What is insulator
100
A 5 Ohm, 10 Ohm, and 15 Ohm resistor are attached in a parallel circuit. What is the total resistance between them?
What is 2.72 Ohms
100
1.61*10^-19C (both positive and negative), represent...
What is charge of a proton and electron
200
Allows easy passage of electrons.
What is Conductor
200
This equation determines the velocity of a wave.
What is velocity = frequency*wavelength
200
Believe it or not, every musicial instrument that have strings/notes have this specific thing as well.
What is pitch
200
25C of charge passes in a wire in 2.5s. How much current is this?
What is 10 Amps
200
If particle Q had field lines going out from it, while particle q had field lines that were being absorbed, particle Q would be _________ and particle q would be __________.
What is positive; negative
300
Produced when a particle moves parallel to the field lines within an electric circuit.
What is Voltage
300
343 m/s is equal to...
What is speed of sound at room temperature
300
This can occur if surrounded by high volume over a period of time.
What is hearing loss
300
A particle has a charge of -9.5*10^-5C. What is the strength of the field at 6m away?
What is -23750 N/c OR -2.375*10^4
300
Generally, objects have a net charge of 0C. This means that there are an equal amount of...
What is protons and electrons
400
A wave in which particles move parallel to the direction of energy.
What is Longitudinal
400
The crest measures the ____________ displacement of particles.
What is maximum
400
X-rays and UV light rays are the most common two waves people usually come in contact with on a daily basis. Both are which type of wave?
What is electromagnetic
400
Resistor A has a value of 40 Ohms. Resistor B has a value of 20 Ohms. Which resistor will allow more current when attached to a 10V battery source?
What is Resistor B
400
The field strength is determined by using this equation:
What is Field Strength (E) = kq/r^2 E = Field Strength k = 9*10^9 Nm62/c^2 r = distance between test charge and charge in question q = charge of particle in question
500
An increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves as the source and observer move toward (or away from) each other.
What is Doppler Effect
500
Speed of sound in air depends on temperature. The _________ the air, the slower the velocity.
What is colder
500
In the case of an ice cube and water, this would have a higher velocity.
What is ice cube *In general, solids have higher velocities over liquids, which have higher velocities over gases.
500
A tuner that is 440Hz is approaching a stationary microphone at a velocity of 1m/s at room temperature. What frequency does the microphone record?
What is 441.32 Hz
500
These are used to determine the strength of the electric fields surrounding specific charges.
What is test charges