Physics - Keywords Flashcards

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A vector quantity has …….

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A magnitude (size) and a direction

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A scalar quantity has …….

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A magnitude (size) only

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Distance is ……..

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Just how far an object has moved

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Displacement measures …….

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The distance and direction in a straight line from an object’s starting point to its finishing point

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Speed is …….

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Just how fast you’re going with no regard to the direction

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Velocity is …….

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Speed in a given direction

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Acceleration is ……

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The change in velocity in a certain amount of time

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Newton’s First Law states …….

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’ if the resultant force on a stationary object is zero, the object will remain stationary. If the resultant force on a moving object is zero, it’ll just carry on moving at the same velocity (same speed and direction)

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Mass is ………

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The amount of stuff in an object

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Weight is ……..

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The force acting on an object due to gravity

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Newton’s Third Law states………

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’ when two objects interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal and opposite ‘

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Momentum is …….

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A property that all moving objects have

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The law of conservation states …….

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Energy can be stored, transferred between stores and dissipated but it can never be created or destroyed

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Amplitude is……..

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The maximum height of the wave from a displacement point

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Wavelength is….

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The distance from peak to peak

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A wave transfers……..

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Energy and information without transferring matter

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The frequency of a wave passing a stationary point is …….

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How many waves there are per second

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The period of a wave is……

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How long one wave takes

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Newton’s Second Law states…..

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The larger the resultant force acting on an object, the more the object accelerates - the force and acceleration are directly proportional.

F= m x a

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Mechanical energy transfer is….

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A force acting on an object

E.g. pushing, stretching, squashing

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Electrical energy transfer is…..

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A charge doing work against resistance

E.g. charges moving round a circuit

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Heat energy transfer is….

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Energy transferred from a hotter object to a colder object

E.g. heating a pan on a hob

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Radioactive energy transfer is…

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Energy transferred by waves

E.g. energy from the sun reaching earth by light

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Traverse waves are…..

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The oscillations which are perpendicular at 90° to the direction the wave travels.

  • electromagnetic waves
  • S-waves ( type of seismic wave )
  • Ripples and waves in water
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Longitudinal waves are.....
The vibrations which are parallel to the direction the wave travels . - sound waves - P-waves ( a seismic wave )
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Electromagnetic waves are.....
Traverse waves. They all travel at the same speed through a vacuum. But they travel at different speeds in different materials.
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An Isotope is ....
Is an element with the same number of protons and electrons and different number of neutrons which changes the mass number.
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Alpha radiation is....
When an alpha particle is emitted from the nucleus. An alpha particle is two neutron and two protons ( like a helium nucleus )
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Half life is ....
The time taken for half the radioactive nuclei to decay
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Activity of a .....
Sample is how many nuclei that haven’t yet destroyed
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Beta Minus decay involves a...
Down quark changing into and up quark ~ a neutron becomes a proton and emits an electron
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Beta Plus decay involves an....
Up quark changing into a down quark ~ a proton becomes a neutron and emits a positron