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100

What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?

Amplitude

100

What type of energy transformation takes place in hydroelectric power plants?


mechanical energy (of the moving water which moves a turbine) transforms into electrical energy. 

100

The basic unit used to measure pressure

Pascals

100

A pressure of 30 kPa is equivalent to what in Pa

30000 Pa

100

Water pressure ____________ with depth

increases

200

What is the time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle?

Frequency

200

Olivia is working to design a soccer ball that conserves all of its kinetic and potential energy. She drops the ball to the ground from a height of 2 meters. If it really works, how high should the ball bounce?

Exactly 2 m

200

Standard sea-level pressure is....

101.325 kPa or 1 atm

200

What is the pressure if a 40 N force is applied to an area of 8 m²?

5 Pa

200

What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?

reflection

300

What causes sound waves?

Vibrations

300

A student is holding a pumpkin at a height of 2 meters. The pumpkin has 50 joules of potential energy and 0 joules of kinetic energy. 

The pumpkin is released from that height. How much potential and kinetic energy does the pumpkin have right before it hits the ground?


50 J Kinetic Energy and 0 J Potential Energy

300

Pressure exerted by the weight of the air above

Atmospheric Pressure

300

A wave has a frequency of 7.2 Hz and a wavelength of 4 meters. What is its speed?

28.8 m/s 

300

What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?

transverse

400

What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

Radio Waves

400

If you and a friend are going down two different slides, but the slide your friend is on is 100 ft in the air and the one you are on is 50 feet, which one of you would have more potential energy?

 The one 100ft in the air 

400

Snowshoes enable a person to walk on deep snow because the snowshoes,

Increase surface area, therefore decreasing pressure

400

A tank contains water at a depth of 5 meters. What is the absolute pressure exerted by the water at the bottom?

150375 Pa

400

What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: A windmill spinning

What type of energy transformation occurs in the following scenario: A windmill spinning

500

What is the law of reflection?

The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.

500

Emma is heating three pots of water on the stove. Each pot is the same size, material, and is set to the same heating level. Each pot has a different amount of water. Which pan of water will take the least energy to bring to a boil?

The pot with the smallest amount of water will take the least amount of energy to boil.  

500

Given that the air pressure outside your body is so great, why aren't you crushed?

The internal pressure of your body balances the external pressures

500

A ball reaches a max height of 40 m in the hair. What was the initial velocity it was thrown at if the mass of the ball is 2.6 kg? 

28.01 m/s

500

What type of wave requires a medium to travel through

longitudinal