Physics Second Semester Final Review

Reminders

Physics Final Exam Schedule

Monday, June 9

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3rdPeriod: 12:31-2:11

Tuesday, June 10

4th Period: 8:00-9:40

5th Period: 9:44-11:24

Wednesday, June 11

6th Period: 8:00-9:40

7th Period: 9:44-11:24

Final Exam on Paper

Big Objectives this Semester

●Increase Physics Vocabulary on topics of measurements, graphing, vibrations, waves, sound,
light, and electricity.

●Recognize the symbol and unit used for key Physics Measurements

●Improve lab skills including identifying variables, taking accurate & precise measurements, and
writing conclusions

●Improve Math Problem Solving Skills (read critically, identify variables, select equation, do math)

●Analyze pictures and real world situations and explain the Physics being illustrated

​Part 1GRAPHING UNIT REVIEW

Multiple Choice

To Read a graph, we always use the acronym T.A.L.K.T.C.

What does the FIRST T stand for?

• Time

• Trend

• Title

• Type

Multiple Choice

To Read a graph, we always use the acronym T.A.L.K.T.C.

What does the SECOND T stand for?

• Time

• Trend

• Title

• Type

Multiple Choice

To Read a graph, we always use the acronym T.A.L.K.T.C.

What does the A stand for?

• Acceleration

• Axes (the name)

• Axes (the numbers)

• Aardvark

Multiple Choice

To Read a graph, we always use the acronym T.A.L.K.T.C.

What does the L stand for?

• Length

• Labels (the name)

• Labels (the numbers)

• Linear

Multiple Choice

What Type of Graph is This

• Scatter Plot

• Bar Graph

• Line Graph

• Multi-Line Graph

Multiple Choice

What is the Trend for democracies

• Direct

• Indirect

• Complex

• Scattered

• None

Multiple Choice

What is the Trend for autocracies

• Direct

• Indirect

• Complex

• Scattered

• None

Multiple Choice

Where is the Key on This Graph

• In the title

• In the middle of the Graph

• Under the Graph

• There is No Key

Multiple Choice

What is the LABEL on the y-axis

• Number of Countries

• 0 to 100, counting by 20's

• Percent of Countries

• Democracies

Multiple Choice

What part of the Graph is Missing OR Incorrect

• Title

• Y-axis Scale

• X-Axis Label

• X-axis Scale

Multiple Choice

What type of graph is this

• Scatter Graph

• Line Graph

• Star Graph

• Trend Graph

Multiple Choice

What is the trend on this graph?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Complex

• Scattered

• None

Multiple Choice

What is the x-axis label

• Average SAT score

• of Class Days Per School year

• 750 to 1250, going up by 100's

• 160 to 190, going up by 10's

Multiple Choice

One student thinks this trend is due to CAUSATION. Which of the following possible reasons matches the trend and explains causation?

• More days in school will make you learn more and that will make your scores higher.

• both # of days of school and scores are the results of the quality of K-8 schools that feed the High School. If the feeder schools are good - the high school gets good scores and does not schedule as many days.

• More days in school cause students to lose interes, get more confused and score lower

Multiple Choice

One student thinks this trend is due to CONFOUNDED. Which of the following possible reasons matches the trend and explains confounded?

• More days in school will make you learn more and that will make your scores higher.

• both # of days of school and scores are the results of the quality of K-8 schools that feed the High School. If the feeder schools are good - the high school gets good scores and does not schedule as many days.

• More days in school cause students to lose interes, get more confused and score lower

Multiple Choice

What is the trend on this graph

• Direct

• Indirect

• Complex

• None

Multiple Choice

What trendline would fit the data best

• Linear

• Polynomial

• None

Multiple Choice

If this trend is NOT due to coincidence, which of the following could be a possible expmation?

• CAUSATION: pets force people to drink

• CONFOUNDED: 3rd variable is stress, when people have more stress in their life they get more pets and they drink more

• CONFOUNDED: 3rd variable is money, people with more money drink more, people with little money have lots of pets

• COINCIDENCE

Vibrations and Waves Review

Multiple Choice

Frequency is measured in what SI unit?

• Hertz
• m/s
• Waves
• Seconds

Multiple Choice

The amount of time it takes for one complete wavelength to pass a point in a medium is known as what?

• Frequency
• Wave Speed
• Wavelength
• Period

Multiple Choice

Position at which the body would come to rest if it were to lose all of its energy refers to

• equilibrium position

• maximum displacement / amplitude

• periodic position

• good position

Multiple Choice

Which type of waves do the particles vibrate perpendicular to the energy?

• surface

• transverse

• mechanical

• longitudinal

Multiple Choice

Wave speed ultimately depends on the ____ through which it travels.

• energy

• medium

• vibration

• vacuum

Multiple Choice

Sound travels in _____ waves.

• transverse

• longitudinal

Multiple Choice

Light (electromagnetic radiation) uses _____ waves to transmit energy.

• transverse

• longitudinal

Multiple Choice

What causes waves?

• vibrations
•  mediums
•  reflections
•  whales

Multiple Choice

What type of wave is this?

• transverse
• longitudinal
• surface
• standing

Multiple Choice

What type of wave is this?

• transverse
• longitudinal
• surface
• standing

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of wave interference?

• Constructive & Instructive
• Constructive & Destructive
• Destructive & Instructive
• Static & Dynamic

Multiple Choice

The distance from the equilibrium position to the crest or trough is called the what?  Also known as the height of a wave.

• Trough
• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Crest

Multiple Choice

What is the top of the wave called?

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Trough
• Crest

Multiple Choice

What is the bottom of the wave called?

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Crest
• Trough

Multiple Choice

What is the length between one point of a wave to the same point on the next wave called?

• Wavelength
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Crest

Multiple Choice

What type of wave is shown on this string

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Vibrational Wave

• Energy Wave

Multiple Choice

There are two types of mechanical waves, what are they?

• Longitudinal Waves & Compression Waves
• Standing Waves & Pulse Waves
• Pulse Waves & Transverse Waves
• Transverse Waves & Longitudinal Waves

Multiple Choice

Waves transfer ________, but they do not transfer _________.

• Matter, Energy
• Energy, Matter

Multiple Choice

What is the wave velocity of a wave that has a wavelength of 8.9 m and frequency of 3.4 Hz?

• 2.62 m/s
• 30.26 m/s
• 0.38 m/s
• 0.29 m/s

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the time required to complete a cycle of motion?

• amplitude
• period
• frequency
• revolution

Multiple Choice

A trapeze performer at the circus is swinging from ropes attached to a large elevated platform. Suppose that the performer can be treated as a simple pendulum with a length of 16 m. Which of the following is set up to calculate the performer's Period (T)

• $$T=2\Pi\ \ \sqrt[]{\frac{\text{16}}{\text{9.8}}}$$

• $$T\ =\ \frac{1}{16}$$

• $$T=2\Pi\ \ \sqrt[]{\frac{\text{9.8}}{\text{16}}}$$

Multiple Choice

4 different waves are shown.

All of them have the same wave velocity.

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Destructive interference happens when two waves

• change their speed and bend
• meet and make a wave with a smaller amplitude for just a moment

• meet and make a wave with a bigger amplitude for just a moment

• collide and bounce off each other

Multiple Choice

Constructive interference happens when two waves

• change their speed and bend
• meet and make a wave with a smaller amplitude
• meet and make a wave with a bigger amplitude
• collide and bounce off each other

Multiple Choice

The pictures show a wave pulse heading towards a wall. What is happening to the pulse

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

The pictures shows water waves (from above) as they pass from deep water to shallow water. What wave behavior is being illustrated?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

Two sound waves reach your ear. The waves have the same Amplitude, but different frequencies. How will the two sound be different?

• Different loudness

• Different Energy

• Different color

• Different Pitch

LIGHT & IMAGES
REVIEW

Multiple Choice

What type of wave islight?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Vibrational

Multiple Choice

The brightness of a light we see is determined by the light waves....

• Wave Speed

• Wavelength

• Wave Amplitude

• Wave Type

Multiple Choice

The color of a light we see is determined by the light waves....

• Wave Speed

• Wavelength

• Wave Amplitude

• Wave Type

Multiple Choice

Which of the the following describes light that has been polarized?

• All the light must have one wavelength

• All of the light must have the same frequency

• All of the light must be vibrating in a single plane

• All of the light has the same color

Multiple Choice

Two filters overlap. What happened to make the last set of filters dark?

All 3 pictures involve the same two filters.

• Different colors of light were used

• The filters must be polarized and one of them was turned until the overlap blacked out

• The lights were turned off

Multiple Choice

A ray of light in air hits a piece of gray glass. Some light bounces up and to the right, some of the light goes down and to the right through the glass. The light that goes up and to the right has been

• Reflected

• Refracted

• Diffracted

• Polarized

Multiple Choice

A ray of light in air hits a piece of gray glass. Some light bounces up and to the right, some of the light goes down and to the right through the glass. In the diagram , there is a n₁ in the air and a n₂ in the glass. The letter n stands for

• wavelength

• index of refraction

• frequency

• normal line

Multiple Choice

A ray of light in air hits a piece of gray glass. Some light bounces up and to the right, some of the light goes down and to the right through the glass. The light that goes down and to the right through the glass has been

• Reflected

• Refracted

• Diffracted

• Polarized

Multiple Choice

The neon sign that says good vibes glows when it is plugged in and turned on. The sign is an example of

• Luminous Object

• Illuminated Object

• Virtual Image

• Real Image

Multiple Choice

The neon sign that says good vibes glows when it is plugged in and turned on. The sign looks blue. The light coming from the sign is made of what colored wavelengths?

• Only monochromatic blue wavelength

• Could be a mix of many colors that our brain sees as blue

• Both answers are possible

Multiple Choice

The speed of light in space is closest to

• 340 m/s

• 300,000 m/s

• 300,000,000 m/s

• Infinite

Multiple Choice

The speed of light is 300 million meters per second. What actually travels at that speed?

• The vibrating air molecules

• The energy

• The flashlight that is making the light

• The signal in your brain that allows you to see the light

Multiple Choice

A curved mirror is shown in the picture. The shiny/reflective side is on the left. The shape of this mirror is

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

• Flat

Multiple Choice

A curved glass lens is shown in the picture.

. The shape of this lens is

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

• Flat

Multiple Choice

A curved plastic lens is shown in the picture.

The shape of this lens is

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

• Flat

Multiple Choice

A curved mirror is shown in the picture. The shiny/reflective side is on the left. The shape of this mirror is

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

• Flat

Multiple Choice

An object is placed 6 cm away from a convex mirror with a focal length of 12 cm. The focal length of this mirror must be

• positive because it is convex mirror

• positive because all mirrors have a positive focal length

• negative because it is a convex mirror

• negative because all mirrors have negative focal lengths

Multiple Choice

A student used the image equation to solve for image distance on another problem and gets the an image distance of -10 cm. What does the negative mean?

• student did something wrong - cannot have negative image distance

• the image is virtual

• the image is real

• the mirror is convex

Multiple Choice

An object is placed 6 cm away from a convex mirror with a focal length of-12 cm.

Calculate the image distance

• -12 cm

• -6 cm

• -4 cm

• $$\frac{-1}{12}\ cm$$

Multiple Choice

An object is placed 24 cm from a lens.

A virtual image forms 12 cm from the lens.

The image is

• bigger than the object

• smaller than the object

• same size as the object

• cannot tell with this information

Multiple Choice

An object is placed 24 cm from a lens.

A virtual image forms 12 cm from the lens.

The image distance should be

• positive because this is a lens

• positive because this is a virtual image

• negative because this is a lens

• negative because this is a virtual image

Multiple Choice

An object is placed 24 cm from a lens.

A virtual image forms 12 cm from the lens. (d_i = -12)

The focal length is calculated to be -24 cm

This lens is

• Flat

• Broken

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

The main difference between REAL images and VIRTUAL images is

• Real images are made by concave mirrors, virtual images are made by convex mirrors

• We can see real images, we cannot see virtual images

• Real images can be projected on a screen, virtual images cannot be projected.

• real images are made from reflection, virtual images are made by diffraction

ELECTRIC CHARGE & ELECTRIC CIRCUITS REVIEW

Multiple Choice

The stuff in matter that exerts electric forces

• current

• mass

• charge

• voltage

Multiple Choice

The unit for potential difference

• amp

• coulomb

• ohm

• volt

Multiple Choice

The unit for electric charge

• amp

• coulomb

• ohm

• volt

Multiple Choice

The unit for electric current

• amp

• coulomb

• ohm

• volt

Multiple Choice

The unit for electrical resistance

• amp

• coulomb

• ohm

• volt

Multiple Choice

A balloon is electrically neutral. That means..

• It has no charged particles in it.

• It is made of the neutral type of charge

• It has equal amounts of negative and positive charges

• it wont take sides in an argument

Multiple Choice

What is the name for this equation?

• Coulomb's Law

• Ohm's Law

• Kirchhoff's Law

• Volts Law

Multiple Choice

What is the symbol for Electric Charge

• I

• Q

• R

• $$\Delta V$$

Multiple Choice

What is the symbol for Electric Current

• I

• Q

• R

• $$\Delta V$$

Multiple Choice

What is the symbol for Potential Difference

• I

• Q

• R

• $$\Delta V$$

Multiple Choice

A material that provides zero (0) resistance to electric current is known as

• conductor

• insulator

• superconductor

• diode

Multiple Choice

Examples of INSULATORS would be

• glass and rubber

• copper and aluminum

• saltwater

• iron and silver

Multiple Choice

In an electric circuit, what is this the symbol for?

• Battery

• Switch

• Resistor

• Capacitor

Multiple Choice

In an electric circuit, what is this the symbol for?

• Battery

• Switch

• Resistor

• Capacitor

Multiple Choice

In an electric circuit, what is this the symbol for?

• Battery

• Switch

• Resistor

• Capacitor

Multiple Choice

$$\Delta V=I\times R$$ is Ohm's Law. Which of the following translates the equation into words

• Current times charge equals voltage

• charge times current equals resistance

• current times resistance equals voltage

• charge times voltage equals current times resistance

Multiple Choice

The three resistors in this circuit are connected in.....

• Parallel

• Series

• Both series and parallel

• Neither series nor parallel

Multiple Choice

The three resistors in this circuit are connected in.....

• Parallel

• Series

• Both series and parallel

• Neither series nor parallel

Multiple Choice

Using Kirchhoff's first rule, what happens to the current flowing through the resistors.

• The current is the same through all 3 resistors

• The current is biggest in the 3 $$\Omega$$ resistor and smallest in the 10 ohm resistor

• The current gets smaller and smaller as it goes through the resistors.

• The current gets bigger and bigger as it goes through each resistor

Multiple Choice

A battery is connected to 3 resistors as shown. The current is shown in three different sections. Which of the following shows the relationship between I₁, I₂, and I_{3 ?}

• I₁ = I₂ = I₃

• I₁ = I₂ x I₃

• I₁ x I₃ = I₂

• I₁ + I₃ = I₂

Multiple Choice

A 9 volt battery is connected to three resistors as shown. Using Kirchhoff's 2nd Rule, what would be the voltage drop across the 10 k $$\Omega$$ resistor?

• less than 3 volt

• 3 volts

• 9 volts

• 10 volts

Multiple Choice

Two different lightbulbs are connected to a 1.5 volt battery as shown. The voltage drop across the first lightbulb is 0.5 volt. What is teh voltage drop across the other lightbulb?

• 0.5 volt

• 1.0 volt

• 1.5 volt

• 2.0 volt

Multiple Choice

What is shown in this circuit diagram?

• 3 batteries, 2 resistors, 1 switch

• 3 resistors, 2 switches, 1 battery

• 3 switches, 2 batteries, 1 resistor

• 3 capacitors, 2 resistors, 1 transducers

Multiple Choice

How are resistor 1 and resistor 2 connected to each other?

• In Parallel

• In Series

• Both Series and Parallel

• Perpendicular

Multiple Choice

If this circuit diagram represented a house project - what would happen when both switches are closed?

• All the lights would light up

• Only 2 of the lights would light up

• It would overheat, start smoking and potentially catch on fire because there is a short circuit.

Poll

Which topic do you think you need to do the most review for?

• Reading Graphs

• Vibrations & Waves

• Sound

• Light & Optics

• Electricity

Poll

How are you feeling about the Final next week