Quiz 1 Flashcards

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Significance of elements, Scientific Methods, First book of Physics.

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Aristotle

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Matter could be broken down to the smallest substance (atom).

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Democritus

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Mathematical application

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Archimedes

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Concept of acceleration, formulation of inertia and support of heliocentric theory.

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Galileo Galilei

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Three laws of motion, applied force and motion to natural elements.

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Issac Newton

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Discovered magnetic induction, Invented the electric motor.

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Michael Faraday

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Discovered the electron.

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JJ Thompson

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Father of nuclear physics, discovered the atomic nucleus.

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Ernest Rutherford

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Discovered radioactivity

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Henri Becquerel

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9
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Discovered Radium

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Marie Curie

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10
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Photoelectric effect

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Albert Einstein

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Fluoroscopy

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Thomas Edison

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Developed electromechanical technology and contributed to a/c applications.

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Nikola Tesla

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Discovered X-Rays 11/8/1895, working on crookes tube.

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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Anything that occupies space and mass

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Matter

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Newtons Three Laws

  1. Inertia
  2. F=ma
  3. Action/Reaction
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  1. Object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
  2. Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass.
  3. Every action has an equal and opposite re-action.
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Law Of Conservation

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Energy is neither created or destroyed- reproduced in different forms.

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Three main units

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Length, mass, and time.

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Amount of protons, also number of electrons is the “Z” number.

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Atomic number

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Total mass of neutron, proton and electrons (AMU)

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Quarks inside the nucleus are held together by a nucleus binding energy called

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An atom is considered neutral when there are equal number of _______ and _______ (net charge = 0)

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Protons and Neutrons

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Neutrons have

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No charge or emisson

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Max number of electrons in each shell (K,L,M,N,O,P,Q) =

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Electrons closest to the nucleus have the highest
Binding Energy
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Requires an energy equivalent or higher to remove it from a particular shell
Electron Binding Energy
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Chemical bond formed by two oppositely charged ions.. "Exchange"
Ionic
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Electron missing.. Cation..
Positive charge
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Gains an electron.. Anion..
Negative charge
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What is the standard international measurement of energy?
Joule
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Force necessary to provide a mass of one kilogram with an acceleration of one meter per second.
Newton
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Have No Mass Have different energy in waves as electric and magnetic disturbances All travel at the speed of light (3x10^8 m/sec) in a vaccum (Velocity) Originate with the atom Electrically charged moving particle generates a magnetic field.
Electromagnetic Energy
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Speed of light (Velocity)
186,400 miles/s 300,000 kilometers/s (3x10^5) 300,000,000 meters/s (3x10^8)
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Vary only in wavelength and frequency
Electromagnetic Radiation
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(Measured in hertz) number of times a wave passes through a point in 1 second.
Frequency
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Measurement from peak to peak of sinusoidal curve designated by the Greek letter lambda.
Wavelength
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Displacement from x axis on a graph (+/-)
Amplitude
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Frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional.. higher (f) ______ (w) = higher energy lower (f) _______ (w) = lower energy
Shorter, Longer
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What is the wavelength formula?
Speed of light= Frequency x Wavelength (C=f x ¥)
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The __________ of an X-ray is between 10^-8 and 10^-11 meters/sec
Wavelength
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_______s are packets of pure energy with no mass that have frequency and wavelength.
Photons
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X-rays are electrically _________.
Neutral
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Gamma rays originate from the _________. X-Rays originate from the ________ shell.
Nucleus, Electron
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X-Rays are _________.
Invisible