Questions I got wrong Flashcards

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What form is the energy fromt decay released as?

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Kinetic energy and gamma radiation

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What alpha scattering experiment infers

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-nucleus is charged
-the mass is concetrated in nucleus

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Explain why ultrasound used in medical diagnosis is emited in pulses

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-so tranducer can recieve extended pulse of reflected ultrasound waves

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By reference to what is meant by the thermodynamic scale of temperature, comment on your answer in (i)

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thermodynamic scale doesn’t depend on the property of a substance so change in resistance with temperture is non-linear

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Explain why when a small test charge is moved from point P to point Q, the net work done is zero

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Potential at P is the same as potential at Q
Work done =qV
V=0 so zero work done

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Explain why initially, the electrons do not travel in straight lines across the slice from side SR to side PQ

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-force on electron due to magnetic field
-force on electron normal to magnetic field and direction of electrons

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Explain what is meant by the root-mean-square value of an alternating voltage

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-the value of steady/constant voltage
-that produces same power as the alternating voltage

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State what is meant by the work function energy of a metal

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-photon energy to remove electron
-energy to remove elctron from surface

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Explain the principles of the detection of ultrasound waves used in medical diagnosis

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-piezo electric crystal

-ultrasound makes crystal vibrate

-vibration produces alternating pd across crystal

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Explain why an aluminium filter may be placed in the X-ray beam when producing an X-ray image of a patient

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-filter absorbs low energy X-rays

-X-ray beam contains many wavelengths

-so low energy x-rays are not absorbed in the body

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Three pieces of evidence provided by the photoelctric effect for a particulate nature of electromagnetic radiation

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-instantaneous emission of electrons

-energy of emitted electrons depends on frequency

-energy of emitted electrons does not depend on intensity

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12
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random

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time at which a nucleus will decay canoot be predicted

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13
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Spontaneous

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decay not affected by environmental factors

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14
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2 different functions of capacitors

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-storage of charge

-blocks dircet current

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15
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Would the same power be dissapated in a 1 ohm resistor connected to each power supply?

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Only if the r.m.s voltages are the same

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16
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describe the e.m.f of a battery

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energy transferred from chemical to electrical per unit charge

17
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describe the p.d across a resistor

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energy transferred from electric to thermal per unit charge

18
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Why is it impossible for the magnitdue of a charge to be 8.0x10^-20C

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because it is a smaller charge than a fundamental particle

19
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Why the gravitational potential near an isolated mass is always negative

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-gravitational force is attractive
-gravitational potential at infinity is zero
-decrease in potential energy as masses approach

20
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Why an alternating current gives rise to a heating effect in a resistor

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-heating effect in a resistor r proportional to c squared
-square value of alternating current is always positive
-so hating effect occurs

21
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Use faraday’s law to explain why the current in the primary coil is not in phase with e.m.f induced in the secondary coil

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-flux in core is in phase with the current in the primary coil
-induced e.m.f in secondary becasue coil cut the flux
-flux and rate of change of flux are not in phase

22
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the spectrum of the light emerging from the gas cloud is found to contain a number of dark lines
Explain why these dark lines occur

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photon ‘absorbed’ by electron
photon has energy equal to difference in energy of two energy levels
Electron de-excites emitting photon in any direction

23
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Why gravitational potential is negative at a point

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At infinity the gravitational potential is 0
Gravitational force is attractive
Work is done on two mass in moving them apart

24
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Why the potential energy of ideal gases is 0

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No intermolecular forces
So potential energy is zero

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Why does current in a circuit with a capacitor and resistor in series decrease exponentially
-P.d across capacitor is proportional to charge on capacitor -P.d across capacitor=p.d across resistor -charge proportional to current so rate of decrease of current decreases as current decreases
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Explain how the surface temperature of a distant star may be determined from the wavelength spectrum of the light from the star
-wavelength of peak intensity determined -wavelength of peak intensity from object of know temperature determined -wien's displacement law used