Chapters 1-8 Flashcards
The general theory of relativity
The idea that gravity is the result of the geometry of space
Compressibility
The ability to squeeze and compact gases into smaller containers
Radiation
Heat transfer without matter
What type of mirror has the reflection on the inside of a sphere
Concave
Changing a gas into liquid is…
Condensation
Refraction
The bending of a wave
What radiation is mostly blocked by the ozone
UVB
Node
A dark fringe from light passing through a narrow slit
Quantum theory of light
Light is made up of electromagnetic waves AND particles
Archimedes’ principle
Buoyancy equals the weight of fluid displaced
The distance between two threads on a screw?
The output distance
What is the most important part of a heat pump?
Refrigerant
Iridescence
Colors produced by the reflection of light
Heinrich Hertz
First proved that invisible electromagnetic waves existed
What law relates force, mass, and acceleration
The second law of motion
What is it called when an excited atom releases a photon after a collision
Simulated emission
Heat of fusion
The heat required to change a mass of a solid without changing its temperature
Heat capacity
The amount of thermal energy needed to change an object’s temperature by a given amount
Fiber optics
Lasers transmitting signals in narrow glass tubes
The amount of disorder in a system?
Entropy
Acceleration
change in veloctiy
Hologram
3D image produced by lasers
An arc of colored bands of light formed by raindrops
Rainbow
Photons
Bundles or packets of light energy
Calorimeter
A devices that measures the heat involved in a physical or chemical change
Mirage
Light rays bent from heat that causes an object to appear nearby
Electromagnetic waves
Two waves made of two transverse waves oscillating at right angles to each other
Infrared rays
Between microwaves and red visible light
X rays
Higher than UV rays
Gamma rays
Most energetic light waves capable of penetrating all substances
Electromagnetic force is responsible for…
elastic potential energy
Photoelectric effect
When light knocks electrons from the atoms of certain metals
Absorption
Dissipating the energy of sound waves
Subtractive primary colors
three pigments of colors that can be combined to make most other colors
Radio waves
Used for communication
Convex lens
Curves outwards and bends light inward
An example of convection?
A fan blowing air into a house
An example of conduction?
Something hot touching something else
Time dilation
The apparent slowdown in time for a rapidly moving object
What happens when water freezes?
It expands
Kilogram
SI unit of mass
Capillarity
Liquid rises above its own level in a thin tube
Mass x velocity =
momentum
White
A mixture of all colors
Potential energy
is related to an object’s position
True or False. The speed of an object would measure the same in space and on earth?
True
Additive primary colors
Red, green, and blue
Subtractive primary colors
Cyan, magenta, and yellow
Reproducibility
Different scientists preforming the same experiment and reaching the same results
Polarized light
All waves of light are aligned in the same direction
Prism
Separates light into its component colors
As altitude increase, atmospheric pressure…
Decreases
Equivocation
Fallacy that uses a term with two different meansings
Why does a knife blade become hot when sharpening?
First law of thermodynamics
Reverberation
Multiple reflections of sound waves
Why is a laser more intense than regular light?
The beam is more concentrated
Longitudinal wave
The particles of the medium oscillate in the direction of wave motion
Intensity
Strength of a sound wave
Frequency
The number of waves that pass a given point
Interval
Musical distance between two notes
Pitch
Perceived highness or lowness of a sound
Heat of vaporization
The change of energy involved in evaporation and condensation
