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Everyday Physics

Subjects : science, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Speed of light / wavelength






2. Velocity squared / radius






3. 1 / period (time)






4. P(P2-P1)D^4/128Ln n=fluid's viscosity






5. Mass x velocity






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






7. Maximum displacement from equilibrium






8. V1 x A1=v2 x A2






9. T^4






10. Rod with forces applied at opposite ends in opposite directions






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






12. P + density x g h






13. Length of a wave






14. Sounds above 20 -000 Hz






15. Current x resistance






16. You cant get as much out as you put in






17. P(P2-P1)D^4/128Ln n=fluid's viscosity






18. 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.






19. Heat is transferred directly through a material with no bulk movement of material






20. Hf






21. C / f






22. T(C) +273






23. 100 -000 n/m^2






24. Because nothing stops it






25. C/n






26. The study of heat and its transformation into mechanical energy






27. 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.






28. Number density x temperature






29. Initial velocity = acceleration x time






30. Sounds below 30 Hz






31. Mass x specific heat x temperature change






32. It increases






33. P x u x A






34. Pressure x area






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






36. Pascal (Pa) or pounds per square inch (psi)






37. A disturbance that propagates through a medium






38. The level stays the same






39. The force that brings a system back to equilibrium






40. 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).






41. Tube cross section area A - flow speed u vfr= u x A (m/s x m^2)






42. Not easy to knock over






43. A tendency for liquids to resist flowing.






44. A disturbance that moves through something






45. Fbottom-Ftop=mg=(density x vol) x g






46. The force that brings a system back to equilibrium






47. 2 -700 kg/m^3






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






49. Force per unit area






50. Time required to complete one cycle