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Physics Flashcards

1
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What is mass and what are its units?

A

Amount of matter and Kg

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What is weight and what are it’s units?

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Effect of gravitational field on mass. Newtons

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3
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What is the formula for working out weight?

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W = mg (g=10 on earth)

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4
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What is the formula for density?

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Density = mass divided by volume

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5
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How do work out volume?

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Drop object in water and see how much level goes up by

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6
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What is friction and what does it cause?

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Force that opposes movement and it causes heat and wear and tear

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7
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What is a force and what are they measure in?

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Push or pull - Newtons

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8
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What is air resistance?

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Friction of the air when an object moves

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9
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What is resultant force? What does it cause?

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Overall force - acceleration of the object in that direction

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10
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What is no resultant force called an what happens?

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Balanced - object travels at a constant speed

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11
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In Hook’s law a spring obeys F=kx What does F, k and x stand for?

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F = force, k = spring constant, x = extension of the spring

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12
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How do you calculate k in Hook’s law?

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Gradient of the graph

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13
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When does a spring reach its elastic limit on a graph?

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No longer straight line

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14
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Why does an elephant cause less pressure on the floor than a woman in high heels?

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Even though it has more weight (force) it has much less area so has less force per area (P = F/A)

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15
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Why do hot things expand?

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Particles move faster and further away

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16
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What does evaporation cause cooling?

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More energetic particles escape at the surface of a liquid to become a gas. Ones left behind have less energy so cooler

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17
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How can you speed up evaporation?

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hotter, larger surface area, wind

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18
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How is heat transferred in solids and how does it happen?

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Conduction - hotter particles vibrate more and collide with ones next to them passing on energy

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19
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How is heat transferred in liquids and gases and how does it happen?

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Convection - hotter particles move faster and further apart so become less dense and rise

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20
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Which is the only way heat can transfer in a vacuum?

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Radiation in the form of waves

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21
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What do like charges do?

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Repel

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22
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What do opposite charges do?

23
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How does something end up with a positive charge?

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Loses electrons

24
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How does something end up with a negative charge?

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Gains electrons

25
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What is static electricity caused by?

26
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What is something that does not allow electricity to flow through it called?

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Insulators

27
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Dies static electricity occur in insulators or conductors?

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Insulators

28
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What is a flow of charge called and what are its units?

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Current (Amps)

29
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What is emf and potential difference (pd) also known as? What are the units?

A

Voltage (volts)

30
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How is an ammeter connected?

31
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How is a voltmeter connected?

32
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What equipment measure pd?

33
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What equipment measures current?

34
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What letter represents current?

35
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What letter represents charge?

36
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How is resistance calculated?

37
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If a wire has a longer length what happens to its resistance?

38
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If a wire has a higher cross sectional area (thicker) what happens to its resistance?

39
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If resistance goes up what happens to current?

40
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In a series circuit what happens to current? What happens to pd (voltage)?

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Current same everywhere, pd splits

41
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In a parallel circuit what happens to current? What happens to pd (voltage)?

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Current splits between branches and pd is the same in every branch

42
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What is the total resistance of 2 resistors in series?

A

Add them together

43
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What is the total resistance of 2 resistors in parallel?

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1/Rt = 1/R1 + 1/R2

44
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What is power measure in?

45
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What letter represents power in triangles?

46
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What letter represents energy?

47
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What are fuses used for?

A

Prevent overheating

48
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Why should electrical equipment be turned off during experiments?

A

Stop wires getting hot as this could affect resistance

49
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Which letter represents speed in triangles

A

V (velocity)

50
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On a distance time graph what does a diagonal straight line mean?

A

Constant speed

51
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On a speed time graph what does a diagonal straight line mean?

A

Acceleration or deceleration (sloping down)

52
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How do you calculate speed on a distance time graph?

53
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How do you calculate acceleration on a speed time graph?

54
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How do you calculate distance travelled on a speed time graph?

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Area under the line (split into shapes)

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