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1
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Semantic memory deals with what?

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Facts and concepts

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What is procedural memory?

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Skills

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Working memory dysfunction affects brain regions where?

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Inside and outside the prefrontal cortex

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Working memory effects what?

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Reasoning, comprehension, memory, learning

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SN2 likes hindered or unhindered?

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Unhindered

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6
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What solvent is a SN2 favored in?

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Polar Aprotic

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7
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A polar protic compound has?

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A hydrogen attached to an oxygen or nitrogen

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8
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Neutrophines are what?

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Protective agents in brain

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Two types of declarative memory

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Semantic and episodic

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Define Juxtapose

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Place side of side

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What is the WORK formula, in regards to an object moving?

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work = mass x gravity x change in height w = m x g x [delta] H

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12
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What is escape learning?

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Change in behavior to REMOVE unpleasant behavior

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13
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What is avoidance learning?

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A behavior change for an unpleasant experience ABOUT to occur

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14
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Define continuous reinforcement

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Reward given when behavior is shown Anytime reward is shown

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15
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What are the 4 kinds of partial reinforcement?

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Fixed-ratio Variable-ratio Fixed-interval Variable-ratio

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16
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From left to right on a phase diagram, what’re the phases?

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Solid, liquid, gas Think of a solid and it is turning into a gas, right to left

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17
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What is hookes law’s formula?

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Force = spring constant x distance F = k * x

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18
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Spring constant formula is what?

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k = m * g / x Or N / m

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19
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Potential energy formula for spring

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Potential E = 1/2 * k * x^2

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Correlation

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Method of using comparisons to show similarities

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21
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What is the ideal gas law

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PV = nRT

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22
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A left shift in hemoglobin will cause what to happen to O2 affinity?

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Hemoglobins affinity for O2 will increase

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23
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A right shift in the hemoglobin affinity curve will result in what??

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Hemoglobin will have a lower affinity for O2

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24
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A left shift results from what happening to the ph, DPG, Temp?

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pH increase DPG decrease Temp decrease

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A right shift results from what changes in pH, DPG, and Temp

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pH decrease (acidic) DPG increases Temp increases Remember is RIGHT to excercise, which causes TEMP INCREASE, your body to become more ACIDIC and DPG increase

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26
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Syllogism uses what kind of reasoning to come up with a conclusion?

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Deductive

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27
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Watt is a unit of _______?

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Power

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28
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Inertia formula

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I = m x r² Remember that inertia is like the example of spinning in a chair, when your mass is closer to the center of the radius you will go faster, and vice versa

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29
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Current formula in regards to coulumb and time?

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I = Q / t (C / s)

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30
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Wavelength (λ) is __________ proportionate to Wave Frequency (ω)

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Inversely

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31
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Wavelength formula in regards to speed and frequency?

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λ = v / f

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32
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Does a convex lense converge or diverge?

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Converges CONVEx and CONVErge

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33
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Does a concave lense converge or diverge?

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Diverges

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34
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Converging light increases/decreases the size of an image? Diverging light increases/decreases the size of an image?

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Increase Decrease

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35
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Potential energy formula for spring?

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PE = ½kx²

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36
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Potential energy formula object falling?

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PE = mgh

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37
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PE spring = PE falling object formula

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½kx² = mgh

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38
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What is conserved in the collision of two objects (non-ellastic)?

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total momentum

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39
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What is conserved in an ellastic collision?

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Total Kinetic energy

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40
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What are shielding e-?

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electrons in closer subshells that protect the nucleus

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41
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Effective nuclear charge is ______ proportional to stability Effective nuclear charge is ______ proportional to Ionization energy? Effective nuclear charge increases from…?

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Directly Directly Left to Right

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42
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What is ionization energy? Ionization energy is _______ proportional to its size?

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The energy it takes to remove e- inversely

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43
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Flow rate formula

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= Cross-sectional area (m^2) X Velocity

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44
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What’re the two power formulas?

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Power = work / time Power = flow rate X pressure

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45
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Area formula

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π×m²

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46
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You have a capacitor with two plates. The plate charge ratio is given, and between each plate the voltage is known. What is an equation for solving this type of problem?

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C = Q/V Capacitor (farads) = Charge (coulombs) / Voltage

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47
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You have a TORQUE mechanism, with a force pushing against it and a fulcrum, or center point. What is an equation to solve this type of problem??

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Torque = Force X Radius X sinø

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48
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What is the STP? 3 versions of temperature 2 versions of pressure

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Temperature: 273 K 0 °C 32 °F Pressure: 100 kPa 1 atm

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49
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There is a force pushing against an object that is moving in a circular motion, what formula will help you, also what direction is the force directed?

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F = m X v²/r Inward

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50
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Buoyancy formula given an object in water and its mass

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Buoyancy Force = mass X g

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51
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A person on a scale on an elevator going a constant acceleration will notice that the scale shows?

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No change in weight

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52
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Resistors in series are ______ together?

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Added

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53
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Voltage Current Resistor formula?

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V = IR

54
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Real images occur when light _____, where virtual images occur when light ________.

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Converges Diverges

55
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You are given image distance and/or object distance and/or focal point, what equation can be used?

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1/di + 1/do = 1/f

56
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H20 specific heat

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1 cal / g C

57
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When light goes from low density to higher density what happens to its speed and how is it refracted?

A

It slows It bends towards the normal

58
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When light goes from higher density to lower what happens to its speed and how is it refracted?

A

Speeds up Bends away from normal

59
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In light, what is a red shift? how does it’s frequency change?

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Moving away or lower frequency

60
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What are the electrons like in unpolarized light? which way do they oscillate?

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in many different ways

61
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In polarized light what is the oscillation of electrons like?

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follows a plane,

62
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Power of current and voltage formula?

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P=IV

63
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What is the kinetic energy formula for an object moving at a speed

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KE = 1/2 mv²

64
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When you polarize light, what happens to it’s intensity?

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Decreased by 1/2

65
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What is Coulombs inverse square law, dealing with particles and their distance relative to one another?

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F = k q1q2 / r²

66
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What is the law of reflection?

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The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of relfection

67
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How do you find the total capacitance when you have capacitors in parrallel

A

Add them together

68
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Momentum equation - which deals with an object moving

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mass x velocity

69
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How many nodes makes up a wavelength?

A

2 nodes

70
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Archimedes principle

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The buoyant force is equal to the weight of fluid displace

71
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Energy of a photon equation?

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E = hc / λ The photon is light and has a wavelength as well moves at the speed of sound Energy is in Joules

72
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Specific gravity formula

A

SG = density of substance / density of water

73
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What is the density of water???

A

1000 kg/m³ 1 g/cm³ 1 g/ml

74
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cm³ = ?

A

ml

75
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Calculate a Diopter

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D = 1/f D is the optical power of the lens and f is the focal length

76
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Calculate the weight of something given a mass

A

Weight = m * g

77
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Vf² =

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Vi² + 2aΔX

78
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Work formula for a force that is moving something

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W = Force x Displacement

79
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Boyles Law

A

P1V1 = P2V2

80
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Work formula with force displacement and angle

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Work = Force x displacement x Cos

81
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Decibel formula

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Decibel = 10 log 10 (power ratio)

82
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1 rev or revolution = ??? in rad or radians

A

2 pi

83
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Newtons 1st law

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An object is at rest or in motion until acted upon by ext. force

84
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Newtons 2nd law

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Force = mass x acceleration

85
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Newtons third law

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For every force on object there is an equal and opposite force exerted by the object

86
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What is spherical aberration?

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An optical problem when all incoming lightr ays end up focusing at different points after passing through a spherical surface

87
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“inter” means what? “intra” means what?

A

With others among self

88
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What is the impact on boiling point of the following? Rank from causing a higher boiling point to lower. Dispersion (london forces) Hydrogen bonds Ionic bonds dipole-dipole Weight Surface area

A

Ionic>Hydrogen>dipole-dipole>dispersion Increase weight or surface area = increase BP

89
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Mole / Liter equals what?

A

Molarity (M)

90
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If the base is the analyte and the acid is the titrate what will the pH curve look like?

A

It will start at a high pH and fall steeply at pH 7

91
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On titrations the graph is plotted by what?

A

pH of solution versus the volume of titrant added

92
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Dow would you calculate percentage yield if your given two numbers in grams?

A

Find the weight in moles of the theoretical. (moles/gram) Find the yield of product in grams Actual yield / theoretical yield

93
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What is the acid formula for an equilibrium question?

A

HA + H20 -> H30+ + A-

94
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Ka equation of equilibrium

A

Ka = ([H3O+][A-] / [HA] Products over reactants

95
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What happens to the melting point when you have impurities?

A

The mp will decrease slightly.

96
Q

Gel electrophoresis tests what

A

Protein lengths

97
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In aromatic rings what are the number of pi possiblities you can have?

A

2,6,10, 14, 18 4n+2 For each double bond multiplied by two

98
Q

Catecholamines do what to glycogenolysis?

A

Increase

99
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What size is glucose ring?

A

6 members

100
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What size is fructose a ring size?

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5 members

101
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What is sucrose made up of?

A

Glucose and fructose

102
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Bacterial expression of human proteins is cheap/expensive and predictable/unpredictable

A

Cheap Predictable

103
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What is better organic synthesis or vector synthesis for protein expression in humans

A

Vector expression

104
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When you think of speed what physics formula should you think of?

A

Kinetic energy K = 1/2 mv²

105
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Kinetic energy is what unit?

A

joules

106
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How do you find the total mechanical energy?

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E = PE + KE potential energy + kinetic energy

107
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What is the first law of thermodynamics?

A

Energy is neither created or destroyed

108
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Whats the difference between conservative forces and nonconservative forces?

A

conservatives forces don’t dissipate energy

109
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When conservative forces are present the total mechanical energy will ?

A

stay constant

110
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Nonconservative work formula = ?

A

Wnonconservative = ΔE = ΔPE + ΔKE Nonconservative work = Δ Mechanical energy = ΔPotenial + ΔKinetic

111
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When WORK is done BY a system it is said to be ? Work done ON a system?

A

+ -

112
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Work is the change in ?

A

Energy (joules)

113
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Net work is equal to what kind of Δenergy?

A

Δ Kinetic energy Kf - Ki

114
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The zeroeth law of thermodynamics states that if

A

a = b and b = c then a = c in terms of equillibrium This is pretty much saying that no heat flows in objects where there is thermal equillibrium

115
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What is the farenheit formula if you are given celcius?

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F = 9/5 C + 32

116
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Thermal expansion formula for an object is what?

A

ΔL = aLΔT

117
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A liquid undergoing thermal expansion, use what formula?

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ΔV = BVΔT

118
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Isolated systems cannot exchange what?

A

Energy and matter

119
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Closed systems will exchange

A

energy but NOT matter

120
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Open systems exchange what?

A

Energy and matter

121
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The change in internal energy (ΔU) in a system is equal to what?

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ΔU = Q - W energy transferred into system as heat minus the work done by the system

122
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1 Cal = ? cal = ? J = ? BTU

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10³ cal = 4184 J = 3.97 BTU

123
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1 cal = ? J

A

4.184 J

124
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Specific heat of water is?

A

1 cal / g * K

125
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Heat transfer equation =

A

mcΔT

126
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A solid going to gas phase is called?

A

sublimation

127
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A gas turning into a solid is called?

A

deposition

128
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What is fusion in thermodynamic phase changes?

A

Solid turning to liquid

129
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Entropy equation

A

ΔS = Q(reversible) / Temperature

130
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Thermodynamics: ΔU = Q - W + ΔU - ΔU

A

Increase temperature Decrease temperature U = Change in internal energy of system

131
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Thermodynamics: ΔU = Q - W + Q = ? - Q = ?

A

Heat into the system Heat out of the system Q = heat (J)

132
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Thermodynamics : ΔU = Q - W + W = ? -W = ?

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Work done BY system (expansion) Work done TO system (compression) Work (J)

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