Physics Test 3

Physics Fall 2009

40 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Does the frequency of a simple pendulum depend on its mass, the acceleration due to gravity, or its length?
Two of these.
Energy transfer by convection is primarily restricted to...
Fluids.
A plasma differs from a gas in that...
It is electrically conducting.
A node is a position of...
Minimum amplitude.
Atmospheric pressure is caused by the...
Weight of the atmosphere.
When you touch a cold piece of ice with your finger, energy flows...
From your finger to the ice.
The volume of matter comes mostly from its...
Electrons.
Caruso is said to have made a crystal chandelier shatter with his voice. This is a demonstration of...
Resonence.
Pour a liter of water at 40 degrees C into a liter of water at 20 degrees C and the final temperature of the water becomes...
At or about 30 degrees C.
As a helium-filled balloon rises in the air, it becomes...
Bigger.
A wave oscillates up and down two complete cycles each second. If the wave travels at an average distance of 6 meters in one second, its wavelength is...
3 m.
The pressure in a liquid depends on liquid...
Depth and density.
Doubling the linear size of an object multiplies its area by...
4 and its volume by 8.
Which has the greater density, a lake full of water or a cup full of lake water?
Both have the same density.
Airplane flight best illustrates...
Bernoulli's Principle.