Chapters 1-8

Question 1

The general theory of relativity

Answer 1

The idea that gravity is the result of the geometry of space

Question 2

Compressibility

Answer 2

The ability to squeeze and compact gases into smaller containers

Question 3

Radiation

Answer 3

Heat transfer without matter

Question 4

What type of mirror has the reflection on the inside of a sphere

Answer 4

Concave

Question 5

Changing a gas into liquid is…

Answer 5

Condensation

Question 6

Refraction

Answer 6

The bending of a wave

Question 7

What radiation is mostly blocked by the ozone

Answer 7

UVB

Question 8

Node

Answer 8

A dark fringe from light passing through a narrow slit

Question 9

Quantum theory of light

Answer 9

Light is made up of electromagnetic waves AND particles

Question 10

Archimedes’ principle

Answer 10

Buoyancy equals the weight of fluid displaced

Question 11

The distance between two threads on a screw?

Answer 11

The output distance

Question 12

What is the most important part of a heat pump?

Answer 12

Refrigerant

Question 13

Iridescence

Answer 13

Colors produced by the reflection of light

Question 14

Heinrich Hertz

Answer 14

First proved that invisible electromagnetic waves existed

Question 15

What law relates force, mass, and acceleration

Answer 15

The second law of motion

Question 16

What is it called when an excited atom releases a photon after a collision

Answer 16

Simulated emission

Question 17

Heat of fusion

Answer 17

The heat required to change a mass of a solid without changing its temperature

Question 18

Heat capacity

Answer 18

The amount of thermal energy needed to change an object’s temperature by a given amount

Question 19

Fiber optics

Answer 19

Lasers transmitting signals in narrow glass tubes

Question 20

The amount of disorder in a system?

Answer 20

Entropy

Question 21

Acceleration

Answer 21

change in veloctiy

Question 22

Hologram

Answer 22

3D image produced by lasers

Question 23

An arc of colored bands of light formed by raindrops

Answer 23

Rainbow

Question 24

Photons

Answer 24

Bundles or packets of light energy

Question 25

Calorimeter

Answer 25

A devices that measures the heat involved in a physical or chemical change

Question 26

Mirage

Answer 26

Light rays bent from heat that causes an object to appear nearby

Question 27

Electromagnetic waves

Answer 27

Two waves made of two transverse waves oscillating at right angles to each other

Question 28

Infrared rays

Answer 28

Between microwaves and red visible light

Question 29

X rays

Answer 29

Higher than UV rays

Question 30

Gamma rays

Answer 30

Most energetic light waves capable of penetrating all substances

Question 31

Electromagnetic force is responsible for...

Answer 31

elastic potential energy

Question 32

Photoelectric effect

Answer 32

When light knocks electrons from the atoms of certain metals

Question 33

Absorption

Answer 33

Dissipating the energy of sound waves

Question 34

Subtractive primary colors

Answer 34

three pigments of colors that can be combined to make most other colors

Question 35

Radio waves

Answer 35

Used for communication

Question 36

Convex lens

Answer 36

Curves outwards and bends light inward

Question 37

An example of convection?

Answer 37

A fan blowing air into a house

Question 38

An example of conduction?

Answer 38

Something hot touching something else

Question 39

Time dilation

Answer 39

The apparent slowdown in time for a rapidly moving object

Question 40

What happens when water freezes?

Answer 40

It expands

Question 41

Kilogram

Answer 41

SI unit of mass

Question 42

Capillarity

Answer 42

Liquid rises above its own level in a thin tube

Question 43

Mass x velocity =

Answer 43

momentum

Question 44

White

Answer 44

A mixture of all colors

Question 45

Potential energy

Answer 45

is related to an object's position

Question 46

True or False. The speed of an object would measure the same in space and on earth?

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Additive primary colors

Answer 47

Red, green, and blue

Question 48

Subtractive primary colors

Answer 48

Cyan, magenta, and yellow

Question 49

Reproducibility

Answer 49

Different scientists preforming the same experiment and reaching the same results

Question 50

Polarized light

Answer 50

All waves of light are aligned in the same direction

Question 51

Prism

Answer 51

Separates light into its component colors

Question 52

As altitude increase, atmospheric pressure...

Answer 52

Decreases

Question 53

Equivocation

Answer 53

Fallacy that uses a term with two different meansings

Question 54

Why does a knife blade become hot when sharpening?

Answer 54

First law of thermodynamics

Question 55

Reverberation

Answer 55

Multiple reflections of sound waves

Question 56

Why is a laser more intense than regular light?

Answer 56

The beam is more concentrated

Question 57

Longitudinal wave

Answer 57

The particles of the medium oscillate in the direction of wave motion

Question 58

Intensity

Answer 58

Strength of a sound wave

Question 59

Frequency

Answer 59

The number of waves that pass a given point

Question 60

Interval

Answer 60

Musical distance between two notes

Question 61

Pitch

Answer 61

Perceived highness or lowness of a sound

Question 62

Heat of vaporization

Answer 62

The change of energy involved in evaporation and condensation