Tier 2 Flashcards
Principle of Conservation of Linear Momentum
The total linear momentum of an isolated system of interacting bodies before and after collision remains constant if no net external force acts on the system.
Photon
A discrete packet of energy of electromagnetic radiation.
Newton’s First Law of Motion
An object stays at rest or continues to move at constant velocity unless a resultant force acts on it.
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional to the resultant force acting on it and takes place in the direction of the resultant force.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
When body A exerts a force on body B, body B exerts on body A a force of the same type, equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
Internal energy of an ideal gas
The sum of the kinetic energy due to random motions by a distribution of particles and potential energy due to intermolecular forces between the particles. In an ideal gas, there is no intermolecular forces between particles, hence potential energy equals to zero and internal energy equals to kinetic energy only.
Electromotive force
The energy transformed from chemical to electrical per unit charge when a charge is driven round a circuit.
Simple harmonic motion
A type of oscillatory motion where the acceleration is directly proportional to displacement from the equilibrium position and directed opposite to displacement.
Newton’s Law of Gravitation
Gravitational force of attraction between two point masses is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of separation between the masses.
Nuclear Fission
Splitting of a single heavy nucleus when bombarded by neutrons to form two or more light nuclei of approximately same mass with neutrons emitted.
Nuclear Fusion
Combining of two or more light nuclei under very high temperatures to form, a single more massive nucleus.
Half life
Time taken for the number of undecayed nuclei to be reduced to half of its original number.
Spontaneous process
Probability of decay is unaffected by external factors such as temperature, pressure or chemical composition.
Random process
Impossible to predict if an unstable nucleus will decay at any point in time, only probability of decay after a period of time is known.
Binding energy
The minimum energy required to completely separate the nucleons in a nucleus to infinity.