Physics Jeopardy2nd Trimester Review

Fluids /Heat

ThermoSound / Waves

LightReflection

/ Refraction

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Fluids / Heat200

A fluid is any material that has the ability to do what?

• flow

Fluids / Heat400

The fundamental principle of physics that allows for flight is?

• Bernoulli’s Principle

Fluids / Heat600

A person standing near the edge of a railroad track when a high speed train passes. Describe what will happen to the person as the train passes by?

• pulled in towards the train

Fluids / Heat800

A water tunnel has a circular cross section where the diameter reduces from 3.6 m to 1.2 m. If the velocity of water flow entering the transition is3.0 m/s, what is the velocity of the water leaving the transition?

• 27 m/s

Fluids / Heat1000

The initial volume, pressure, and temperature of an ideal gas in a tank are 15 L, 2.0 atm, and 310 K. If the pressure increases to 3.5 atm and temperature to 430 K, what is the new volume?

• 12 L

Thermo200

What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics in formula form?

U = Q - W

Thermo400

Heat flow occurs between two bodies in thermal contact when they differ in?

• temperature

Thermo600

Which of thermodynamic process takes place when the contents are held at constant pressure?

• isobaric

Thermo800

The internal energy of a system is initially 63 J. A total of 71 J of energy is added to the system as heat while the system does 59 J of work. What is the system’s final internal energy?

• 75 J

Thermo1000

A heat engine performs 2000.0 J of work while adding 5000.0 J of heat to the cold-temperature reservoir. What is the efficiency of the engine?

• .286

Sound / Waves200

Whose law dictates the characteristics of simple harmonic motion?

• Hooke’s Law

Sound / Waves400

What characteristic of a wave is found by identifying the time it takes to complete one cycle of motion?

• period

Sound / Waves600

An amusement park ride has a frequency of 0.05 Hz. What is the ride’s period?

• 20 s

Sound / Waves800

What scale measures the intensity of a sound wave in relation to the intensity at the threshold of hearing?

• decibel level

Sound / Waves1000

How many nodes are there in a string vibrating in the 5th harmonic?

• 6

Light200

What is the speed of light?

• 3.0 x 108 m/s

Light400

What is the wavelength of microwaves of 3.0 x 109 Hz frequency?

• .10 m

Light600

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation is a phenomenon of light we know as?

• a LASER

Light800

Constructive interference occurs when the path difference of light is equal to?

• any integer multiple of wavelength

Light1000

What are the primary additive colors of light?

• red, blue, green

Reflection / Refraction200

If a light ray strikes a flat mirror at an angle of 14o from the normal, the reflected ray will be

• 14o from the normal

Reflection / Refraction400

The speeding up or slowing down of light as it travels from one medium to another is know as?

• refraction

Reflection / Refraction600

A beam of light in air is incident at an angle of 35o to the surface of a rectangular block of clear plastic(n = 1.49). What is the angle of refraction?

• 23o

Reflection / Refraction800

Internal reflection occurs when the incident light ray is (less than/greater than) the critical angle and is traveling from a medium with an index of refraction (higher/lower) than the index of refraction of the outer medium.

• greater than• higher

Reflection / Refraction1000

If atmospheric refraction did not occur, the apparent time of sunrise and sunset would be changed how?

• sunrise later ; sunset earlier

Optics200

If you stand 3.0 m in front of a flat mirror, how far away would your image be formed?

• 3.0 m

Optics400

The image formed by a concave mirror is upright and larger. Is the image real or virtual?

• virtual

Optics600

The focal length of a spherical mirror is –10.0 cm. What kind of mirror is it and how long is its radius of curvature?

• convex mirror• -20.0 cm

Optics800

A concave mirror with a focal length of 10.0 cm creates a real image 30.0 cm away. How far is the mirror from the object?

• 15.0 cm

Optics1000

An object is placed 40.0 cm from a converging lens of focal length 30.0 cm. What is the distance from the image to the thin lens?

• 120 cm

Electricity200

Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation is related to mass like whose law is related to electric charge?

• Coulomb’s Law

Electricity400

At what point is the electric field of an isolated, uniformly charged, hollow metallic sphere equal to zero?

• anywhere inside

Electricity600

V = IR is known as?• Ohm’s Law

Electricity800

How much potential energy is stored in a 0.50 F capacitor when connected to a 12 V battery?

• 3.6 x 10-5 J

Electricity1000

What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit at right?

• 10

Final Jeopardy

Physics

Final Jeopardy

Define Physics.• The study of the physical world.