Physics FIrst Fall 2022 Honors Review

The Greek letter Δ (delta) indicates a(n)

What is the position of the bus station
in the picture below?

In a position time graph (x-t), what is
significant about the slope of the line?

What is the speed of an object at rest?

During which interval is the cat traveling to the left?

The cat had the fastest speed during what interval?

Determine the change in position of the car in the
picture below. Front bumper of faded car in initial
position, Front bumper of dark car is final position.

Determine the total distance traveled if the stick figure
starts at the school, travels to the park, then travels
home.

Create a motion diagram for the x-t graph above.

Create a motion diagram for a
cat who runs quickly to get a
mouse, stops to pick it up, and
then slowly walks back where it
started from?

Describe the motion of the object in the v-t graph above.

What does the slope of a line in a position time
graph represent? (x-t graph leads to ...)

How does an atom become charged?

A current is produced when charges ____________
_________________________________________.

An attracting force occurs
between two charged objects
when the charges are of
_____________

How do you light a lightbulb
with a battery, bulb, and wire?

Electrons flow from ________ to _______ in a
completed circuit.

What subatomic particle is

moving in a completed circuit?

What do the negative and positive
marks on the battery mean?

Assuming the batteries are the same and each resistor has

the same resistance, which of the following circuits will

have more current?

Why do batteries stop working?

Which type of line segment on a

position-time (x-t) graph is physically

impossible?

In a series circuit current _________

What is the function of a battery?

In a series circuit containing three light bulbs
with equal resistances, is true about the
brightness of each bulb?

What are the main parts of a battery?

Why does a light bulb light up?

The equation that voltage across a resistor
equals the current flowing through it times
the resistance is known as _________

For a light bulb to work properly, the
contact point(s) will be __________

Energy that is caused by friction or by
the stopping of an object is _______

Energy that could stretch and go back to
its original shape is _______________

Energy that comes from you or from a battery is
_______________________

Any moving object has __________ energy.

Electrons moving in a current have ______________
energy.

Energy that could fall down is known as
_____________ energy.

What are good electrical conductors?

What are good electrical insulators?

The rate at which electrons flow past a point in a
complete electrical circuit is known as
_____________________________. At its most basic, it
equals "flow of electricity in a circuit". An
ampere, or amp, is the international unit used for
measuring it.

The pressure from an electrical circuit's power
source that pushes charged electrons through
a conducting loop, enabling them to do work
such as illuminating a light is known as
___________________. It is measured in volts (V).

A measure of the opposition to current flow in
an electrical circuit is known as
________________________. It is measured in
ohms, symbolized by the Greek letter omega
(Ω).

If a completed circuit has a current of 4
amps before a light bulb, how many volts
are returning to the 6 V battery on the
positive terminal side?

What is the main characteristic of a diode
like a buzzer?

What is the job of a switch in a circuit?

What is resistance measured in?

What would the position-time (x-t) graph for an
object that moves at a fast constant positive
velocity, pauses, and then resumes at a fast
constant negative velocity look like?

What is the circuit symbol for a closed
switch?

What is the circuit symbol for an open
switch?

Which circuit has brighter bulbs?
Which circuit has a greater current flowing through it?
Given a 6V battery in circuit #1, what is the voltage across points B
and C?
Given a 6V battery, what will happen to the voltage in Circuit 2
as it passes through the first resistor?

What is the runner’s final position and overall
displacement?

If the battery in this circuit is 12V, what is
the voltage at point C?

A positive particle found in the nucleus of an atom is the
______________________.

The variable we measure in an experiment is
known as the ________________________
and it is located on which axis of the graph?

On an x-t graph, what are your independent
and dependent variables?

Which graph represents current in a series
circuit?

Which graph represents voltage in a series
circuit?

If each resistor in the figure is 6 ohms, then the total
resistance in the circuit is equal to what?

This circuit has a 9 V battery and three resistors. The current at
point A is equal to 6 Amps. What is the current at point D?

Ohm’s Law

Know formula V=I·R and all derivatives.

Understand how to calculate the slope of a line
given the formula:

Know the difference between position, distance, and
displacement.

Know how to calculate each.

Know s=d/t and all derivatives.

Know v=Δx/t and all derivatives.