Name __________________________

Physics review Final

Period___________

1. Draw a series circuit with a 12v battery and 2 resistors, one of 10, another of 20.

a. What is the current of the circuit that you just drew?

2. List 4 conductors and 4 insulators of electricity

a.
E.
b.
F.
c.
G.
d.
H.
3. How can you increase the number of electrons coming off of a piece of metal being hit with photons?
(Hint Photoelectric Effect)

4. Draw a parallel circuit with 2 resistors a switch and a battery.

a. What are two ways to increase the current in a circuit?

V=I*R

5. It is believed that light acts act like a particle (bounces off things) and like a wave. What experiment proves
light a wave?
6. Describe what the following scientist discovered about particle physics.
a. Einstein
b. Bohr
c. Fermi

7. Give a complete explanation as to why heat naturally travels from a point of high temperature to one of
low temperature. (Laws of Thermodynamics)

8. Define the Following terms:

a) Oscillation _________________________________________________________________________
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b) Frequency _________________________________________________________________________
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c) Apparent Frequency _________________________________________________________________
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d) Wavelength ________________________________________________________________________
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e) Amplitude _________________________________________________________________________
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f) Equilibrium _________________________________________________________________________
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g) Transverse Wave ____________________________________________________________________
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h) Longitudinal Wave ___________________________________________________________________
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i) Incident Wave ______________________________________________________________________
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j) Resonance _________________________________________________________________________
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k) Refraction __________________________________________________________________________
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l) Reflection - __________________________________________________________________________
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9. Please explain how the following medical test work.
a. X-rays
b. Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
c. MRI
10. Explain the difference between fusion & fission

11. What is the difference between the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force? Include which one
holds atoms together and explain why we only have a total of 92 elements.

12. Find the total resistance of the circuit to the right if

R1 = 20, R2 = 25 , and R3 = 30.

Find the total current if the battery is a 6V

battery

13. Find the total resistance of a toaster that draws 25 watts of power when connected to a 120-volt circuit.

14. How many seconds does it take a 45 W light bulb to do 500 J of work?
15. What is the primary reason that metals are such a good conductor of electricity?

16. Who gave us the name for the smallest particle of light? And what is that name?

17. In the photoelectric effect, how does the frequency of the light affect the number of electrons being
ejected by a piece of metal being hit by that light?

18. The fat lady at the opera just caused a crystal glass to break using just her voice. What is this an example of
and how does it work?

19. Draw a diagram of a light wave passing from air to water. Label the incident ray, refracted ray, normal line,
angle of incidence and angle of refraction.

20. Define Doppler Effect, and give an example of it.

21. What are constructive interference and destructive interference?

22. Label each situation as constructive or destructive. Draw the resulting wave when the following waves are
combined:

23. Describe how a fiber optic cable works and explain how it could be used in a medical examination.

24. Draw an example and Describe how vibrations are relative to direction:
a. Transverse waves

b. Longitudinal waves

25. What is entropy? Give an example of increasing entropy.

26. Draw a transverse wave with an amplitude of 10 cm and a wavelength of 12cm.

27. You have a wave moving forward at 6m/s and a wavelength of 12m. What is the frequency of this wave.

28. What happens to the movement of water molecules as the water heats up? What does this do to the
kinetic energy of each molecule?

29. Draw the lens diagram that Mr. Robinson has drawn on the white board behind his desk. Make sure to
include all of the labels and descriptions.

a. What happens to the size of an image as it moves farther away from the lens?
b. What happens to the size of an image as the object that is creating the image moves closer to the lens?
30. Explain how the following electrical charging methods work:
a. Conduction

b. Polarization

c. Induction
31. Define Wave Diffraction

32. Draw the diffraction pattern that is on the white board behind Mr. Robinsons desk. What is point A? What
about point B? What is happening at Point C? Point D?

33. Place the following types of Electromagnetic radiation in order of INCREASING ENERGY:
a. Radio Waves, Gamma Rays, Visible Light, X-Rays, Ultra Violet Rays, Microwaves