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Everyday Physics

Subjects : science, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Force per unit area






2. The total disorder of an object






3. The heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree F






4. A disturbance that propagates through a medium






5. Fbottom=Ftop+mg where mg is the weight of the volume






6. Sounds below 30 Hz






7. The effectiveness of a material in conducting heat






8. Decreases






9. Hf






10. Work done / heat in






11. Weight of displaced water=volume of displaced water in liters x 10 n / liter






12. 2 -700 kg/m^3






13. If the temperature of system A is less then the temperature of system B then heat flows from B to A (hot to cold)






14. The sum of the energy of all the molecules in the system






15. Velocity squared / radius






16. It increases






17. Initial velocity= the square root of 2gh






18. Time required to complete one cycle






19. Why things move






20. If energy is transferred and the internal energy of system B decreases by some amount then the internal energy of system A must incrase by the same amount.






21. ?






22. Gallons per minute (gpm) - liters/s - cubic feet per minute (cfm) or m^3/s






23. 9/5T(C)+32






24. The heat transfer by electromagnetic waves - thermal light waves






25. P + density x g h






26. Equals total momentum after collision






27. Pressure x area






28. Mass x gravity






29. It increases






30. T^4






31. Initial velocity= the square root of 2gh






32. The effectiveness of a material in conducting heat






33. 1 / period (time)






34. The energy that flows from one system to another because of their temperature difference.






35. The force that brings a system back to equilibrium






36. 18600 miles/sec






37. 2 -700 kg/m^3






38. 11 -000 kg/m^3






39. The heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree F






40. Distance traveled / time






41. The study of how objects behave (from the very tiny to the very big - and from the beginning of the Universe to its ultimate fate).






42. Heat Q= mass of sample x specific heat x temp change






43. 9/5T(C)+32






44. The level stays the same






45. The first to do experimental studies of the laws of motion and was Imprisoned by Pope Urban VIII in 1633 for advocating the Copernican theory - also know as the heliocentric theory - that the earth was a planet revolving around the sun.






46. If the temperature of system A is less then the temperature of system B then heat flows from B to A (hot to cold)






47. Rod with forces applied at opposite ends in the same direction






48. 10 m/s^2






49. Because nothing stops it






50. Velocity squared / radius