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Science Midterm 2023 Flashcards

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Mechanical wave?

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A disturbance in matter the carrie energy from one place to another

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Transverse wave?

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Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which waves are traveling
Ex. light low waves, low frequency

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Longitudinal waves?

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A wave going in the same direction as the medium

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Waves?

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A disturbance which results in a transfer of energy from one place to another

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Wavelength?

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Crest to crest

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Period?

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Time for one complete wave cycle to pass a point

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Frequency?

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Number of cycles that pass in a second

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Radiation?

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Physics, the process on which energy is emitted as particles or waves

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Refraction?

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The change in direction of a wave when it travels from one material to another

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Law of Refraction?

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Fast to slow- bends toward the normal low density to high density

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Law of Reflection?

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The same measure on both sides from the normal

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Density?

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Mass\volume

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Mass?

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How much matter is in an object

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Volume?

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How much space something takes up

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Luminosity?

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The amount of energy given off by a star

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Nuclear fusion?

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When two or more hydrogen join to make helium, this powers the star and will continue as long as the star has enough hydrogen to fuse helium

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Frame of reference?

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The objector place from which the motion is determined

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Scalar quantities?

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Quantities such as mass, volume, speed, ect. which can be completely be specified by magnitude and has no direction

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Vector quantities?

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Quantity such as velocity that has both magnitude and direction

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Displacement?

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Position after changes

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21
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Motion?

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Change in position of an object when compared to a reference point. All motion is relative to the observer’s frame of reference

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Speed?

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Scalar quantity

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Acceleration?

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How quickly an object changes its velocity. That is, the change in velocity divided by the change in time

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Free fall?

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The movement of an object toward earth solely because of gravity

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Friction?

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Force that slows an object

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Force?

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Push or pull upon an object resulting from its interaction with another object

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Balanced force?

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Combine forces, produce net force of zero. Unlimited number of forces can act on an object to create zero

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Unbalanced force?

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The forces don’t equal zero, one side has more force

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Friction?

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Force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching each other

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30
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Newton’s first law?

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An object in motion will remain in motion, an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force?

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31
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Newton’s second law?

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F=ma

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Momentum?

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Quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of mass and velocity

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Newton’s third law?

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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

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34
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Law on conservation?

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Loss of momentum in one object = gain of momentum in another object, momentum is conserved

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Energy?

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The ability or capacity to do work. Energy can change forms, measured in joules

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36
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Kinetic energy?

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Energy of motion

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37
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Potential energy?

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Energy stored due to position

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38
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Total energy?

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Energy associated with motion and position of everyday objects

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39
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Law of conservation of energy?

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Law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, can be changed from one form to another or transferred from one object to another

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40
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What is the big bang theory?

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  • The universe started to have a few particles and expanded from there
  • Redshift supports this theory
  • Redshift proves that the wavelength is increased as the object moves farther away from the observer
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41
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How does CBM help us?

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Radiation, they show us when the universe first happened

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42
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What is spectroscopy?

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  • Way of studying light coming from some material or passing through some material
  • Can tell is what is in the light
  • Continuous spectrum
  • Absorption lines- missing wavelengths
  • Emission lines- identify whats happening on the star
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43
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What size waves does electromagnetic energy travel through?

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Short and long

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44
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What does the earth protect us from?

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Certain types of waves and radiation

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45
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Do waves have mass?

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No

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46
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Mechanical waves =

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Sound waves

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47
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The higher the amplitude the more…

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Energy it holds

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48
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Electromagnetic waves require a…

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Medium

49
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What is a vacuum?

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The velocity of the electromagnetic wave and the medium

50
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What happens to the wavelength when there is more energy?

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It gets shorter

51
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Which color has the longest wavelength and has the least amount of energy?

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Red

52
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Which color has the shortest wavelength and has the most amount of energy?

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Purple

53
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What two properties do electromagnetic waves exhibit?

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  • Waves
  • Particles
54
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Are photons apart of electromagnetic wave particles?

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Yes

55
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Do longitudinal waves travel in the same direction?

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Yes

56
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Electromagnetic waves travel?

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Perpendicular

57
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On the EM spectrum what wave has the least amount of energy?

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Radio

58
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On the EM spectrum what wave has the most amount of energy?

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Gamma

59
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List the waves on the EM spectrum from least to greatest?

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  • Radio
  • Microwave
  • Infrared
  • Visible
  • Ultraviolet
  • X- ray
  • Gamma
60
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Hotter object has?

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  • Higher energy
  • Shorter wavelength
61
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Cooler object has?

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  • Lower energy
  • Longer wavelength
62
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Equation for atoms?

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Electrons + Photons + Neutrons = Atoms

63
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Proton have what kind of charge?

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Positive

64
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Electrons have what kind of charge?

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Negative

65
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Neutrons have what kind of charge?

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Neutral

66
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What do electrons occupy?

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The space around the nucleus

67
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What provides info for light?

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Fingerprints

68
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What emits a continuous spectrum?

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Sun and stars

69
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Every element has a unique what?

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Emission spectrum

70
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What results in absorption and emission spectra?

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Electrons of the atoms gain or lose energy

71
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What does the spectra tell us?

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  • Chemical composition
  • Temperature
  • Movement
  • Magnetic fields
72
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What does the Nebula consist of?

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  • 70% hydrogen
  • 28% helium
  • 2% heavier elements
73
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Is the universe expanding?

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Yes! Why?
- The universe cooled before CMB occurred(380,000 years after the big bang)
- Initially no light in the world
- CMB supports the big band
- Universe reached a high density state and then began expanding
- Singularity- universe before expansion
- The universe started expanding 13.7 billion years ago

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Speed?

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How fast you are moving

75
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Velocity?

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Specifies how fast and where you are going

76
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What quantity is velocity?

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Vector

77
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What quantity is speed?

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Scalar

78
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Methods of acceleration?

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  • Speeding up (positive)
  • Slowing down (negative)
  • Turning (changing direction)
79
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Acceleration of gravity on earth?

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9.8 m\s\s

80
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Balanced forces?

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  • Equal in size
  • Opposite directions
  • Produces a net force of 0
81
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Unbalanced force?

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  • Unequal in size
  • Same direction
  • No net force of 0
82
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Mass never…

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Changes

83
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Weight can…

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Change

84
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Mass is a measure of…

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Inertia

85
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Weight is a measure of…

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Force of gravity acting on an object

86
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The Doppler Effect?

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The apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by relative motion between the source of the wave and the observer

87
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Infrence?

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A logical conclusion based on observations

88
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Particle?

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Point- like object with no internal structure, just properties of mass and velocity

89
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How is sound discovered?

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Change in air density

90
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How is a wave produced?

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Then the medium is disrupted

91
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How is the speed of propagation determined?

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By speed

92
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In what media does sound travel faster? why?

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Dense media because atoms are closer together

93
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What media is light slower in? why?

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Dense because the ripple interferes and that slows the group velocity

94
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Propagate?

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Waves moving

95
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Equilibrium?

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Medium at rest

96
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Sound wave?

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Vibration that propagates through matter

97
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Periodic?

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Waves on repeat

98
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What creates a waves velocity?

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Frequency and wavelength

99
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Specular reflection?

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Clear mirror image

100
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Total internal reflection?

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Light will only reflect

101
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Trough?

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On full wave (above and below medium once)

102
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What is the only wave humans can see on the spectra?

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Visible light (all spectrum colors)

103
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Ionizing?

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Waves with high energy

104
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Atmospheric windows?

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Waves that pass through the atmosphere

105
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New medium (refraction)

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Wave enters new medium at an angle and the velocity changes due to the change in density which causes a bend in the normal

106
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Spectrum?

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When the rainbow is separated

107
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Spectra?

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More than one spectrum

108
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Continuous spectrum?

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All colors are in the spectrum

109
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Stellar evolution?

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  • Gas + dust(forced together by gravity) = star
  • Dead star releases dust that will be used to form another star
110
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Stars?

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Most plentiful object in the visible universe (hottest blue(k) coolest red(m))

111
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HR Diagram order?

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  • O
  • B
  • A
  • F
  • G
  • K
  • M
112
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HR Diagram?

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Designed by Hertzsprung- Russell
HR Diagram- graph that illustrates relationship between average surface temp of a star and their absolute magnitude

113
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What is supernova responsible for?

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The universes disappearing element

114
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Absolute magnitude?

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Brightness of stars if they were all the same distance from earth

115
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Apparent magnitude?

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Measured brightness procieved from earth

116
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Hubble Laws?

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Shows galaxies are receding away from us with a velocity that is proportional to their distances from us

117
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What did CMB form?

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The first atoms

118
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Blue shifting?

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The decrease in wavelength, with a corresponding increase in frequency of an electromagnetic wave

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