Physics Handout (Objectives) Flashcards
When a source of sound or a listener or both are in motion relative to the air, the pitch of the sound heard by the listener is not the same as when source and listener are at rest. This phenomenon refers to
A. Carrier wave
B. Doppler Effect
C. Delay Effect
D. Reverberation Effect
Doppler Effect
What is the principle behind fiber optics?
A. Reflection
B. Refraction
C. Diffraction
D. Dispersion
Reflection
The ratio of the velocity of light in vacuum to its velocity of another material is
A. Specific Index
B. Poisson’s Ratio
C. Refractive Index
D. Modulus of Elasticity
Refractive Index
The technique of finding the intensity and phase of light at any point, only when a portion of wave front is exposed.
A. Quantum theory
B. Brewster’s Law
C. Huygen’s principle
D. Polarization theory
Huygen’s principle
Objects that omit their own light are called _______ bodies.
A. solar
B. luminated or luminous
C. photovoltaic
D. illuminated
luminated or luminous if it’s in the choices
What is the gas present in the atmosphere which filters out of the sun’s ultraviolet light and provides an effective shield against radiation damage to living things?
A. Helium
B. Methane
C. Oxygen
D. Ozone
Ozone
What are the basic lens formulas?
A. 1/Di = 1/F + Do; So/Si = Do/Di
B. 1/Di + 1/Do = 1/F; So/Si = Di/Do
C. 1/Di = 1/F + Do; Si/So = Do/Di
D. 1/Di + 1/Do = 1/F; So/Si = Do/Di
1/Di + 1/Do = 1/F; So/Si = Do/Di
Which of the following defined a phenomenon of taking up atoms or energy from the environment into a body?
A. crystallization
B. atomization
C. absorption
D. alteration
absorption
Which of the following defined the reverse process to the ionization energy. It is the energy change (often expressed in eV) associated with an isolated gaseous atom accepting one electron?
A. composition
B. electron affinity
C. Crystallization
D. reverse ionization
electron affinity
