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| study of force, energy, heat, sound, light and subatomic energies |
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| study of electricity and electrical circuits |
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Used to determine the distance to nearby stars using parallax
using spectral lines to determine a star's composition |
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induced by the flow of charged particles
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flow of charged particles
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Occurs when there is a difference in electrical potential
Electric or Magnetic? |
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deflects moving charged particles
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forms concentric rings around a current carrying wire
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Used to measure resistance to an electrical currents
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Volume of air that can be inhaled in a single breath
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potential difference across a nerve synapse
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work done pushing a refrigerator across a room
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diameter of lung alveoli
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microwaves
higher or lower than visible light? |
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lower
useful in cooking & heating food |
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radio waves
higher or lower than visible light? |
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lower
used to transmit AM & FM radio stations |
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infrared
higher or lower than visible light? |
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ultraviolet
higher or lower than visible light? |
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higher
useful in killing bacteria and sanitizing instruments |
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x-rays
higher or lower than visible light? |
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higher
used to identify broken bones |
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gamma rays
higher or lower than visible light? |
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higher
used in medicine for cancer treatment |
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| what speed do electromagnetic waves propogate in a vacuum |
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| at the speed of light, c=3.0 x 10^8 m/s |
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| how does light act as a wave |
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interferes with itself, resulting in a diffraction pattern
exhibits a double slit interference pattern |
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vibrations of electromagnetic fields
sound wave, light wave, or both? |
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vibrations of a material medium
sound wave, light wave, or both? |
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can reflect from rough surfaces
sound wave, light wave, or both? |
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result from accelerating electrons
sound wave, light wave, or both? |
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exhibits refraction
sound wave, light wave, or both? |
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propagation of sound
kinetic, chemical or gravitational potential energy? |
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driving in a straight line at a constant speed
kinetic, chemical or gravitational potential energy? |
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random molecular motion
kinetic, chemical or gravitational potential energy? |
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energy stored in glucose
kinetic, chemical or gravitational potential energy? |
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energy increased as an object is raised to a greater height
kinetic, chemical or gravitational potential energy? |
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| law of conservation of energy |
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| energy cannot be created or destroyed |
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| how is energy transferred by radio waves |
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| electrons emitted by the transitting station are picked up by the radio receiver where they are converted to sound |
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| Two Examples of Newton's third law of motion |
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A cannon recoils after shooting a cannon ball
a rocket expels exhaust gases with the same force with which the gases propel the rocket |
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| Mechanical advantage of a lever |
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| a small INPUT FORCE applied to one end of the lever produces a LARGER OUTPUT FORCE at the opposite end of the lever |
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| How To: Decrease in both electrical and gravitational forces between two charged objects |
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Increase the distance between the two objects
Decreasing the electrical charge and mass of both objects |
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| Proving Aristotle's Gravity WRONG |
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| Galileo experimented with differently sized object of the same material, noting that they all fall at the same rate |
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