Physics: Unit 1; Creating The Beam: ch 2: radiation concepts Flashcards
1) What is it called when an atom never has more than 8 electrons in an outer shell?
2) What is it called when Some atoms Begin to fill in the next shell before maximum reached?
1) octet rule
2) cascade effect
1) The ability to do work?
2) the definition of work is?
1) energy
2) work= force x difference
1) What energy is the action of physical movement?
2) what are the two types?
1) Mechanical energy
2) potential
Kinetic
Energy an object has due to its position is what type of mechanical energy?
Potential
The energy of motion is what type of mechanical energy?
Kinetic
Which energy is the energy released from chemical reaction?
Chemical
Which energy is a combo of electric and magnetic field traveling through space and is man made?
Electromagnetic energy (EM)
What is the distance between two successive points on a wave?
Wavelength
Cycles per second (CPS) is measured in?
Hertz
Wavelengths are measured in?
Angstrom
Frequency is measured in
Hertz
Waves are disturbances in a medium as what theory?
Wave theory
Velocity is measured by
Velocity= frequency x wavelength
Who discovered x-rays?
Wilhelm Conrad rontgen
1) Planck’s constant Describe the relationship between photons _______ and _______?
2) What is the formula and what physicist discovered planck’sconstant?
1) energy and frequency
2) E=hv ( photon energy, plancks constant, photon frequency) Max Planck
What is it one photons come in and knock out an electron?
Particle
What theory interacts like particle when contacting matter, has a high frequency and a high energy EM radiation?
Particle theory
Physics studies that the relationship between
Matter and energy
What is energy
Is force used to do work
What is the smallest particle of a compound possessing characteristics
Molecules
What is the smallest particle of an element
Atom