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DSST Physical Sciences2

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1. When does red litmus paper turn blue?






2. When you are trying to calculate a galvanic cell's emf - what do you look at?






3. The volume of an object is equal to water?






4. The temperature of a metal will not increase above its melting point until what?






5. The electrical force on a particle depends on what?


6. Charged particles in motion constitute what? Freely moving charges are deflected by what? The curved path depends on what?






7. What does specific heat of a substance tell you? Thus what does a higher specific heat tell you?






8. What is the spin projection quantum number?






9. If asked which electron configuration of an element is most stable which one do you choose?






10. Heat from friction comes from what?






11. The Ksp for a substance of AaBb is what?






12. The closer the spacing of the anode wire - the better one can specify what?






13. The phase difference corresponding to a half wave is what? When do you get destructive interference?






14. In general what is formed by an acid-base rxn?






15. How do you find specific gravity of an object?






16. What is the law of conservation of linear momentum?






17. How do you figure out the literature Ksp value of a compound?






18. Hydrogen has what kind of standard oxidation or reduction potential?






19. How many mL is in one liter?






20. If the standard potential for a rxn is negative when it is being reduced (thus a negative reduction potential) that means that the resulting atom has what?






21. What is the amt of energy that a frictional force generates?






22. What is the equation for pressure?






23. If you are given a table of substances and are told to find which two show effect of molecular weight on melting point alone - which two substances should you look for?






24. If you have longer wavelengths how is their freq and energy compared to shorter wavelengths?






25. The free energy change (G) must be negative when what?






26. F in the Young's modulus equation can also equal what? What is E?


27. If you are told to find the maximum number of NiCo3 that can form how do you do that?


28. How do you find wavelength if you known distance from adjacent crests and troughs?






29. When is a body in translational equilibrium?






30. The total pressure of a solution is what? Give example.






31. Thus is Zn (which has positive oxidation potential) reacts with HCl - will any rxn take place?






32. So if you are given an equation and it gives you the E^o for both side equations seen in the big equation - what do you do with them?






33. What is Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation?






34. Why is it important that the materials used as scintillators are nearly transparent to the wavelength of light they emit?






35. A cmpd with the lowest carbon to oxygen ratio will require how much oxygen for combustion?






36. A nearsighted person has what type of focal length? Thus what do we do to correct this?






37. Does the temperature of a water bath or amount of water in a water bath determines if a substance melts?






38. In PV=nRT - if temp increases what will happen to volume?






39. How do you find 'g' from Newton's law of gravity?






40. If you have circuit elements in parallel what is the same across them?






41. The coefficient of static friction is the ratio of what?






42. Is the work done by air resistance - positive or negative?






43. What is the hybridization of oxygen in water and other oxygens similar to water with two bonds and two lone pairs of electrons?






44. How do you find the equiv capacitance of capacitors in series and parallel? What about if you are trying to find equivalent resistance?






45. An oxidation-reduction rxn that occurs spontaneously has what kind of E^o for the cell?






46. How would you find rate of rxn from pH 1 to pH2?






47. As a balloon rises in a tank of water what happens to the temperature inside it? Why would this happen?






48. If the source of sound and the listener are traveling side by side at the same speed - what will the change in freq heard by the listener be?






49. When something is falling what is the force acting on it? Thus what would be the work done?


50. How do the final velocities differ if a sphere is dropped from a distance rather than rolled down an inclined plane?