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Physics 2022 Spring Semester Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We use many machines in medicine including ones that use nuclear decay to treat a patient with radiation therapy. What type of rays would be used to destroy these cells?

a)

Gamma

b)

UV

c)

Radio

d)

X-Ray

2.

When you combine a proton and a neutron you can make a deuteron. If a proton has a mass of 1.73 and a neutron has a mass of 1.86 how much mass is converted to energy if the deuteron has a mass of 2.52?

a)

1.07

b)

2.52

c)

3.59

d)

8675309

3.

Which two elements combine to create the sample spectrum?

a)

hydrogen and lithium

b)

helium and hydrogen

c)

sodium and helium

d)

lithium and sodium

4.

Knowing Plancks constant equation is e=hf with h bring a constant, what determine the energy of a photon?

a)

f- frequency

b)

Lambda- wavelength

c)

v-velocity

d)

t-time

5.

UV light can eject electrons from a photoelectric surface using the photoelectric effect

a)

True

b)

False

6.

When you use a plane mirror, like a normal one in your house, it does not enlarge or reduce the size of the image. How does the distance of the image compare to the distance of the object?

a)

object distance is same as image distance

b)

image seems farther away than object

c)

image seems closer than object

7.

As a ambulance passes you the loudness(amplitude) and frequency of the sound changes. How would you describe the change as it passes you and continues to move away?

a)

amplitude and frequency both decrease

b)

amplitude and frequency both increase

c)

amplitude increases while frequency decreases

d)

amplitude decreases while frequency increases

8.

The double slit experiment (also performed with a card with a hole in the center) is used to demonstrate what wave action?

a)

diffraction

b)

refraction

c)

resonance

d)

reflection

9.

When waves pass through two slits in a barrier they diffract to create patterns. What wave phenomenon causes waves to build and destroy each other?

a)

interference

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

frequency

10.

A longitudinal wave can be produced by vibrations moving a medium through compressions and rarefactions. What is the most common way we observe longitudinal waves?

a)

Sound waves

b)

light waves

c)

transverse waves

d)

ripple waves

11.

sound travels at 343 m/s in air. What is the frequency of a sound wave with a wavelength of 1.8 m if velocity = lambda x frequency

a)

190

b)

343

c)

1.8

d)

617

12.

knowing v=lambda x f

If a musical note has f= 512 and a wavelength of .685 what is the speed of that wave?

a)

350

b)

343

c)

345

d)

841

13.

Light waves travel fastest when nothing gets in the way. Which medium would light travel the fastest?

a)

vaccuum

b)

gas

c)

liquid

d)

solid

14.

if you mix 100 ml of water at 20 degrees with 100 ml of water at 68 degrees at what temperature will the mixture be after they reach equilibrium?

a)

44

b)

88

c)

53

d)

48

15.

When playing billiards (pool) and you hit the cue ball into another ball. What happens if you hit the cue ball directly into another ball?

a)

cue ball stops- other ball moves at cue ball speed

b)

cue ball and other ball move at original speed

c)

cue ball move backwards at same speed of other ball

d)

cue ball and other ball stop immediately

16.

Why is it harder to stop a 1000 kg car moving at 200 m/s than an identical car moving at 150 m/s

a)

faster car has more momentum

b)

slower car has more friction

c)

slower car has more inertia

d)

corriolis effect

17.

What is the impulse/change of momentum in a 50,000 kg train when it changes velocity from 25 m/s to 50 m/s?

a)

1,250,000 kgm/s

b)

50,000 kgm/s

c)

25kgm/s

d)

50,000,000 kgm/s

18.

When riding a roller coaster your energy is constantly changing. How does your energy begin to change as you go down the first hill?

a)

Potential to Kinetic

b)

Kinetic to Potential

c)

Potential to chemical

d)

mechanical to potential

19.

What is the unit for time?

a)

seconds-s

b)

meters-m

c)

meters per second-m/s

d)

meters per second squared- m/s^2

20.

What is the unit for distance?

a)

seconds-s

b)

meters-m

c)

meters per second-m/s

d)

meters per second squared- m/s^2

21.

What is the unit for velocity?

a)

seconds-s

b)

meters-m

c)

meters per second-m/s

d)

meters per second squared- m/s^2

22.

What is the unit for acceleration?

a)

seconds-s

b)

meters-m

c)

meters per second-m/s

d)

meters per second squared- m/s^2

23.

What is the unit for Energy?

a)

kilograms-kg

b)

meters-m

c)

Newtons-N

d)

Joules-J

24.

What is the unit for Force?

a)

kilograms-kg

b)

meters-m

c)

Newtons-N

d)

Joules-J

25.

What is the unit for mass?

a)

kilograms-kg

b)

meters-m

c)

Newtons-N

d)

Joules-J

26.

What is the total resistance of the circuit?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

12

27.

To find voltage multiply amps by resistance. What is the voltage

a)

3

b)

30

c)

.75

d)

7.5

28.

The strip on the back of credit/debit cards use what property to work?

a)

magnetic force

b)

the force

c)

centrifugal force

29.

Attraction law says that the closer things are to each other the more force there is between them

a)

True

b)

False

30.

In a different universe the sun is twice as massive as our sun now. If the radius of the Earth's orbit remained the same how would the gravitational or attractional force be different in the new universe?

a)

twice as much force

b)

half as much force

c)

same force

d)

watch interstellar

31.

normal force acts on surfaces and most of the time opposes weight. If a person has 100 kg of mass, how much normal weight keeps them upright (remember w=mg)

a)

980

b)

100

c)

198

d)

147

32.
a)

1.62

b)

9.81

c)

57.3

d)

1.28

33.

Knowing Newton's 3rd Law says every action has an equal and opposite reaction, if the earth pulls the diver down with 911 N, how much does the diver pull on the earth?

a)

911

b)

597

c)

228

d)

9.8

34.

knowing a=v^2/r what is the velocity of the ball?

a)

5.5

b)

30.2

c)

1.73

d)

61.7

35.

a ball rolls off a table and takes .45 seconds to hit the ground .72 m away. How fast was it moving in the horizontal direction?

a)

1.6

b)

6.1

c)

.63

d)

2.2