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introduction to physics Flashcards

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what is physics?

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  • physics is a branch of science.
    uses experiments, measurements
    -maths to describe everything in the universe.
    -laws to predict everything in the universe
    -describes energy and matter
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what is energy?

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ability to do work
light/kinetic/gravitational/electric/thermal

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what is matter?

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tiny atoms and particles but also large structures like stars and galaxies

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how are energy and matter related?

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energy and matter have a relationship that produces laws

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what are the two types of physics

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theoretical and experimental

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what is theoretical physics?

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theories of physics.
explains the results of experimental data and observations using maths and scientific concepts

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what is experimental physics?

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creating a hypothesis (idea) and testing the hypothesis with experiments, observing the results and coming to a conclusion. potentially establishing new scientific laws to understand and predict something.

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how does physics link to chemistry?

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chemistry involves atoms and molecules this links to molecular physics

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how does physics link to architecture?

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structural ability of buildings, heating, lighting and cooling of building are all linked to physics

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how does physics link to geology?

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the study of rocks, radioactive dating of rocks, earthquake analysis and heat transfer in earth

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how does biology link to physics?

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heat/work/power in human body

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what is a quantity in physics

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an amount, a measurement of something and its unit

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what is the units for length, volume, area, time,mass,speed,energy, charge and resistance

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m/m cubed/m squared/s/kg/ (m/s) / j / coloumbs/ ohms

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what are SI units

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6 main base units that all units are derived from.

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what are significant figures

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the important values

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16
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force (units and equation)

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mass x acceleration - newton or kg m/s -2

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pressure (units and equation)

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force /area - pascal or nm -2

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work done (units and equation)

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force x distance - joule or Nm

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power (units and equation)

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energy/time - watt or Js-1

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potential difference (units and equation)

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energy/charge - JC-1 or volts

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resistance (units and equation)

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voltage/current - ohm / VA -1

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charge (units and equation)

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current x time - columb / As

23
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how to check if an equation is correct

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units on the left = units on right
units must be homogenous

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what is a mistake?

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-measuring incorrectly
-completing an experiment incorrectly
-we can rectify our mistakes by repeating our procedures in the right way

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what is an error?

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-all measurements have errors
-errors are the difference between a measured value and the true value for the quantity being measured

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what is a random error?

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  • affects precision
    -cant be completely removed
    -causes differences in measurements
    -random errors can not be corrected
  • take repeated measurements and report the mean value
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what is a systematic error?

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-affects accuracy
-due to faults in equipment or experimental method
-causing the result to be too large/small by same amount each time.

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what are the causes of systematic errors?

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the time/place a measurement is taken
or
faulty measurement tools

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what is accuracy?

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a measure of how close the experimental values are to the known values .
closer the measurements are to the known value more accurate it is

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what is precision?

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a measure of how close the experimental measurements agree with each other.

31
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what is the combination of random and systematic errors called?

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measurement uncertainty

32
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what is the interval in which the true value lies called?

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uncertainty in the measurement

33
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what is the absolute uncertainty in the mean value of measurements ?

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half the range of measurements

34
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what is fractional uncertainty?

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uncertainty given as a fraction

35
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what is percentage uncertainty?

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uncertainty given as a percentage

36
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what is the equation of percentage uncertainty?

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percentage uncertainty= absolute uncertainty/ measured (mean) value x100

37
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what do you do to the uncertainty when you add or subtract quantities in an equation?

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absolute uncertainty of each value is added together

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