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DSST Physical Sciences2

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1. Heat from friction comes from what?






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






3. What is usually conserved over oscillation periods?






4. What is the magnetic quantum number?






5. An alpha particle can also be assumed to be what element? What is the mass number of Helium?






6. Why are bonds between H and another atom shorter compared to most?






7. What direction do gravity and bouyancy work? What direction does water pressure work?






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






9. Isotopes have diff number of ______ but same what?






10. What is the equation for a period (T)? What is the equation for angular velocity?






11. Friction is caused by what?






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






13. If you have an alcohol with OH on the end and then another cmpd with an O in the middle but no H - what is different between the bonds they can make with water?

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14. Can a catalyst shift equilibrium?






15. How many mL is in one liter?






16. What is the doppler equation for wavelength and frequency?






17. Strength of dispersion force increases with what?






18. What is newton's second law?






19. What is different between an inclined plane and free fall?






20. What is a metathesis rxn?






21. What gas is evolved when copper is placed in a nitric acid (HNO3) solution? This is what type of rxn?






22. If the equation says that the E^o has (-) voltage when being reduced - but it is being oxidized in the problem - what does the voltage then become?






23. Melting occurs at what type of temperature? Why?






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

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25. If melting pt of a substance is 80 degrees - then what is the diff in time the substance melts when it is either placed in 100 degree test tube and 90 degree test tube?






26. If something is very toxic to a human - what Ksp value should it have for it to be the safest?






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






28. The electrons emitted from cathode are replaced with what?






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






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






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






32. 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?






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






34. What is the equation for pressure?






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






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






37. In Bohr model of atom when is energy emitted?






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






39. In order to guarantee a non-zero spin how many electrons are needed?






40. What type of acid and base would produce a pH closest to 7?






41. What energy conversion describes best what takes place in a battery-powered resistive circuit?






42. What is the net result on a nucleus when you absorb a deuturon and emit a neutron?






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






44. The probability of an X-ray emission event at a given wavelength is measured by what?






45. What are the three separate module for tensile stress - shear stress - and compression/expansion?

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46. Nuclear masses can be approximated from what?

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47. If you are given density and volume how do you find mass?






48. Can a charged particle be detected by two anodes?

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49. What is weight equal to?






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