Honors Physics

Question 1

Define Momentum

Answer 1

Momentum is the tendency for an object to continue it’s motion until it is affected by another force

Question 2

What is impulse?

Answer 2

Impulse=Change in momentum

Question 3

Vector Quanity vs Scalar

Answer 3

Vector includes direction, as well as speed

Question 4

What is the law of conservation of momentum?

Answer 4

The amount of momentum between two objects before a collision is equivalent to the amount afterwards.

Question 5

What is momentum measured in?

Answer 5

KG x M/s

Question 6

What is impulse measured in?

Answer 6

Ns(Newton Seconds)

Question 7

What is force measured in?

Answer 7

Newtons

Question 8

What is work?

Answer 8

The product of displacement and force

Question 9

What is power?

Answer 9

The amount of work done over time

Question 10

What is work measured in?

Answer 10

Joules

Question 11

What is power measured in?

Answer 11

Watts

Question 12

Define potential energy

Answer 12

The amount of energy an object posses while above y=0 or stagnant on a spring

Question 13

What is potential energy measured in?

Answer 13

Joules

Question 14

What is the work energy theorem?

Answer 14

The work done on an object by a force equals the change in kinetic energy of the object.

Question 15

What is Hooke’s law?

Answer 15

That every spring posses a constant, the stiffness of the spring, the spring constant.

Question 16

What is the conservation of energy theorem?

Answer 16

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but conserved

Question 17

What is harmonic motion?

Answer 17

Harmonic Motion: A periodic motion where an object vibrates about an equilibrium position. The restoring force is proportional to the displacement from equilibrium.

Question 18

What is the only factors that affects the period of a pendulum?

Answer 18

Length (square root) and gravity(inverse)

Question 19

What is kinetic energy?

Answer 19

The energy an object possesses because of it’s motion

Question 20

What is the difference between a transverse and longitudinal wave?

Answer 20

Transverse waves travel vertical while longitudinal waves travel horizontal.

Question 21

What is the value of Earth’s gravity?

Answer 21

-9.8m/s²

Question 22

What is natural frequency?

Answer 22

The frequency an object tends to vibrate at

Question 23

What is resonance?

Answer 23

A phenomenon that occurs when an object is forced to vibrate at it’s natural frequency, this can result in a dramatic increase in amplitude

Question 24

What is the doppler effect?

Answer 24

The perceived change in pitch of a source due to it’s movement

Question 25

What creates sound?

Answer 25

Vibration

Question 26

What does the speed of sound depend on?

Answer 26

Medium

Question 27

What does the loudness of a sound depend on?

Answer 27

Amplitude of the sound wave

Question 28

What does the pitch of a sound depend on?

Answer 28

The frequency of the sound wave

Question 29

When do standing waves occur?

Answer 29

When waves of identical frequencies interfere with each other while traveling in opposite directions on the same medium

Question 30

What are beats?

Answer 30

Beats occur when two sounds with similar frequencies interfere, this results in alternating quiet and loud sounds. The beat frequency is always the difference between the two frequencies of the waves.

Question 31

What are mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

Answer 31

Mechanical waves need a medium to travel while electromagnetic don't

Question 32

What is frequency measured in?

Answer 32

Hertz

Question 33

What is superposition?

Answer 33

The displacement of a medium caused by 2 or more waves.

Question 34

What is light?

Answer 34

A rang of frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum that stimulate the eye

Question 35

How fast does light travel?

Answer 35

3x10⁸

Question 36

What are the frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Answer 36

Radio Micro Infrared Visible Ultraviolet Xray Gamma

Question 37

What is the law of reflection?

Answer 37

The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection

Question 38

What is refraction?

Answer 38

When light changes mediums

Question 39

What type of image does a convex mirror produce?

Answer 39

Virtual: Car mirror

Question 40

What type of image does a convex lens produce?

Answer 40

Virtual+Real: The eye, microscope

Question 41

What type of image does a concave mirror produce?

Answer 41

Virtual+Real: Make up mirror

Question 42

What type of image does a concave lens produce?

Answer 42

Virtual: Glasses, hotel peephole

Question 43

What type of image does a plane mirror produce?

Answer 43

Virtual: Bathroom mirror

Question 44

What are the primary colors of pigments and what they create?

Answer 44

Red Green Blue/Cyan Magenta Yellow

Question 45

What color is made when you add all of the colors of light together?

Answer 45

White

Question 46

What color is made when you add all of the pigments together?

Answer 46

Black

Question 47

What is K equivalent to according to Coulomb's law?

Answer 47

K=9x10⁹

Question 48

What do like charges produce?

Answer 48

+Force, Repulsive

Question 49

What do opposite charges produce?

Answer 49

-Force, Attractive

Question 50

What are the 4 factors that affect resistance?

Answer 50

1. Length of wire (increases, increases resistance) 2. Cross sectional area (increases, decreases resistance) 3. Temperature (increases, increases resistance) 4. Material(conductor decreases resistance, insulator increases resistance)

Question 51

What is Ohm's law?

Answer 51

Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points.(V=IR)

Question 52

What is current?

Answer 52

The flow of electrons

Question 53

Define resistance

Answer 53

The hindrance of the flow of electrons in a current

Question 54

What is voltage measured in?

Answer 54

Volts

Question 55

What is current measured in?

Answer 55

Amps

Question 56

What is resistance measured in?

Answer 56

Ω(Ohms)

Question 57

What direction does current travel?

Answer 57

From the + terminal to the -

Question 58

What factors affect the period of a spring and how?

Answer 58

Spring constant: inversely | Mass: Square root

Question 59

What is the spring constant(k) measured in?

Answer 59

N/m

Question 60

What does the spring constant represent?

Answer 60

The stiffness of the spring