Fundamentals of Physics
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Fundamentals of Physics provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic principles and concepts of physics, including mechanics, thermodynamics, waves, electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics. The course emphasizes analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills through the application of mathematical methods to physical phenomena. Students will develop a deep understanding of how the laws of physics describe the natural world, preparing them for more advanced studies in science and engineering. Laboratory experiments and demonstrations complement theoretical learning, fostering hands-on experience with physical concepts and measurement techniques.
Recommended Textbook College Physics 4th Edition by Alan Giambattista
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) A major league pitcher is recorded as having thrown a 105 mph fastball.What is the speed of the pitch in m/s? One mile is equivalent to 1609m.
A) 15 m/s
B) 235 m/s
C) 47 m/s
D) 34 m/s
Answer: C
Q2) The side of a cube is decreased by 6%.The percentage decrease of the volume of the cube is
A) 6%.
B) 9%.
C) 12%.
D) 17%.
Answer: D
Q3) The number of significant figures in 3.24 cm is
A) 2.
B) 3.
C) 4.
D) 5.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Force
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Q1) A freight train consists of an engine and several identical cars on a level track.Which of the following statements is true?
A) if the train is moving at constant speed,the engine must be pulling with a force greater than the train's weight
B) if the train is moving at constant speed,the engine's pull on the first car must exceed that car's backward pull on the engine
C) if the train is coasting,its inertia makes it slow down and eventually stop
D) if the train is moving at constant speed the engine's pull must be equal to the friction
Answer: D
Q2) A person weighs 155 pounds.What is the person's weight in Newtons?
A) 155 N
B) 689 N
C) 39.3 N
D) 392 N
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Acceleration and Newtons Second Law of Motion
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Q1) The interstate on-ramp is 1.5 km West of your home,and on leaving for grandmother's house you are only able to accomplish an average velocity of 12 km/hr between your home and the on-ramp.At the onramp,you wait for traffic,for 2.0 min - and then are able to proceed toward grandmother's house.If you wish to arrive there,which is 15 km South of the onramp,over a river and through some woods,in a total elapsed time of 25.0 minutes,what average speed must you maintain on the interstate highway?
A) 51 km/hr
B) 67 km/hr
C) 36 km/hr
D) none of these.
Answer: B
Q2) A car starts from rest and travels a distance of 100 m in 10 seconds.The acceleration of the car is
A) 1.0 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
B) 2.0 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
C) 2.5 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
D) 3.0 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
E) 3.5 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Motion With Constant Acceleration
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Q1) A mouse is running away from a cat at 0.75 m/s and,at 1.25 m from his mouse hole,he accelerates at a constant rate of 0.25 m/s<sup>2</sup> until he reaches his hole safely.How long a time was required for him to cover the last 1.25 m?
A) 1.4 s
B) 1.7 s
C) 1.2 s
D) 10 s
Q2) On the way to lower floors,an elevator begins its descent from rest at a constant acceleration,descending the first 5.0 m in 0.85 s.What is the apparent weight of a 75 kg man inside the accelerator during this time interval?
A) 0.74 kN
B) 1.8 kN
C) 0.30 kN
D) 1.0 kN
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Chapter 5: Circular Motion
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Q1) A CD has a diameter of 12.0 cm and is rotating at an angular velocity of 10.0 rad/sec.If the CD has a constant angular deceleration of -0.5 rad/sec<sup>2</sup>,then the angular velocity of the CD after 3.0 sec is
A) 5.7 rad/s.
B) 6.2 rad/s.
C) 7.9 rad/s.
D) 8.5 rad/s.
E) 9.8 rad/s.
Q2) A CD with a diameter of 12.0 cm starts from rest and with a constant angular acceleration of 1.00 rad/sec<sup>2</sup> acquires an angular velocity of 5.00 rad/sec.The CD continues rotating at 5.00 rad/sec for 15.0 seconds and then slows to a stop in 12.0 second with a constant angular deceleration.What is the angular distance traveled by a point 4.00 cm from the center,at the time 10.0 seconds from the start?
A) 27.6 rad
B) 37.5 rad
C) 40.7 rad
D) 48.2 rad
E) 51.2 rad
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Chapter 6: Conservation of Energy
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Q1) A 20.0 kg box slides up a 12.0 m long incline at an angle of 30.0 degrees with the horizontal.A force of 150 N is applied to the box to pull it up the incline.The applied force makes an angle of 10.0 degrees to the incline.What is the work done by the applied force,in Joules?
A) 1,870
B) 1,770
C) 1,500
D) 1,450
E) 1,380
Q2) A 20.0 kg box slides up a 12.0 m long incline at an angle of 30.0 degrees with the horizontal.A force of 150 N is applied to the box to pull it up the incline.The applied force makes an angle of 0.00 degrees to the incline.If the incline has a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.100,then the increase in the kinetic energy of the box is
A) 330 J.
B) 390 J.
C) 420 J.
D) 481 J.
E) 597 J.
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Chapter 7: Linear Momentum
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Q1) An airplane has a mass of 8,000 kg and is flying at 150 m/s in level flight.The airplane drops 1,000 kg of water on a fire below.The velocity of the airplane after dropping the water is
A) 50 m/s.
B) 60 m/s.
C) 75 m/s.
D) 100 m/s.
E) 150 m/s.
Q2) A 2200 kg truck is decelerated from 22 m/s to 12 m/s in 3.2 s,as its driver sees a deer wander into the road.What was the magnitude of the net force that slowed the truck?
A) 8.3 kN
B) 23.4 kN
C) 6.9 kN
D) 15.1 kN
Q3) Two objects collide and stick together.Which of the following is false?
A) momentum is conserved
B) kinetic energy is lost
C) kinetic energy is conserved
D) momentum is lost
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Chapter 8: Torque and Angular Momentum
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Q1) A 2.00 kg hollow sphere of radius 6.00 cm starts from rest and rolls without slipping down a 10.0 degree incline.If the length of the incline is 50.0 cm,then the velocity of the center of mass of the hollow sphere at the bottom of the incline is
A) 1.51 m/s.
B) 1.47 m/s.
C) 1.22 m/s.
D) 1.01 m/s.
E) 1.95 m/s.
Q2) An ice dancer with her arms stretched out starts into a spin with an angular velocity of 1.00 rad/s.Her moment of inertia with her arms stretched out is 2.48 kg m<sup>2</sup>.What is the increase in her rotational kinetic energy when she pulls in her arms to make her moment of inertia 1.40 kg m<sup>2</sup>?
A) 0.957 J
B) 0.902 J
C) 0.870 J
D) 0.750 J
E) 0.690 J
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Chapter 9: Fluids
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Q1) Water has a density of 1000 kg/m<sup>3</sup>.The column of water that would produce a pressure of 1.0135 \(\times\) 10<sup>5</sup> N/m<sup>2</sup> is
A) 7.3300 m.
B) 9.8200 m.
C) 10.340 m.
D) 15.720 m.
E) 20.010 in.
Q2) A small hole is cut in the bottom of a water storage tank.The initial depth of the water is 8.00 m.If the diameter of the small hole in the bottom of the tank is 1.00 cm,then what is the flow rate of the water leaving the tank?
A) 9.83 \(\times\) 10<sup>-4</sup> m<sup>3</sup>/s
B) 8.75 \(\times\) 10<sup>-4</sup> m<sup>3</sup>/s
C) 8.21 \(\times\) 10<sup>-4</sup> m<sup>3</sup>/s
D) 7.45 \(\times\) 10<sup>-4</sup> m<sup>3</sup>/s
E) 7.21 \(\times\) 10<sup>-4</sup> m<sup>3</sup>/s
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Chapter 10: Elasticity and Oscillations
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Q1) A force of 15.0 N is applied to a wire with a diameter of 2.00 mm.If the wire changed length by 1.20 mm,then the stress in the wire is
A) 4.77 \(\times\) 10<sup>6</sup> N/m<sup>2</sup>.
B) 5.38 \(\times\) 10<sup>6</sup> N/m<sup>2</sup>.
C) 6.73 \(\times\) 10<sup>6</sup> N/m<sup>2</sup>.
D) 7.27 \(\times\) 10<sup>6</sup> N/m<sup>2</sup>.
E) 8.75 \(\times\) 10<sup>6</sup> N/m<sup>2</sup>.
Q2) A 75 g block is placed into oscillation of amplitude 22 cm as it hangs from a vertical spring.If it observed to have a maximum speed of 14 m/s as it travels through the equilibrium position,what is the spring constant?
A) 300 N/m
B) 22 N/m
C) 4.8 N/m
D) 1200 N/m
Q3) In simple harmonic motion the position of the oscillator:
A) Leads its acceleration by a half cycle,or \(\pi\) radians
B) Leads its velocity by a half cycle,or \(\pi\) radians
C) Is in phase with its acceleration
D) Is in phase with its velocity
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Chapter 11: Waves
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Q1) A transverse wave travels at 250 m/s along the z-axis.If the frequency of the periodic vibrations of the wave is 440 Hz,then what is the wavelength of the wave?
A) 21.9 cm
B) 26.7 cm
C) 35.7 cm
D) 56.8 cm
E) 73.7 cm
Q2) A transverse periodic wave is represented by the equation y(x,t) = 2.50 cm cos(2,500 rad/s t - 15.0 m<sup>-1</sup> x).What is the frequency of the vibration of the wave?
A) 490 Hz
B) 467 Hz
C) 422 Hz
D) 398 Hz
E) 302 Hz
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Chapter 12: Sound
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Q1) A sound wave radiates from a source in all directions.If the power of the sound source is 200 watts,then the intensity level of the sound wave 1000 m from the source is (in dB)
A) 62.8.
B) 66.0.
C) 68.5.
D) 70.5.
E) 72.0.
Q2) If on a given day the speed of sound increases by 5% between 8:00 am and 11:00 am,and if the temperature at 8:00 am was 21\(^{\circ}\)C,what was the temperature at 11:00 am?
A) 21.6\(^{\circ}\)C
B) 21.3\(^{\circ}\)C
C) 25.4\(^{\circ}\)C
D) 29.8\(^{\circ}\)C
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Chapter 13: Temperature and the Ideal Gas
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Q1) The mean free path of a molecule is 2.25 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup> m in an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure.What is the mean free path when the pressure of the gas is doubled and the temperature is tripled?
A) 0.75 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup>m
B) 1.13 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup>m
C) 2.25 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup>m
D) 3.38 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup>m
E) 3.75 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup>m
Q2) The rms velocity of a He molecule in helium gas with a temperature of 20\(^{\circ}\)C is 1,352 m/s.What is the rms velocity of the molecule if the temperature of the gas is tripled?
A) 2,340 m/s
B) 3,640 m/s
C) 3,980 m/s
D) 4,120 m/s
E) 4,500 m/s
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Q1) The specific heat of ice is 2.10 kJ/kg \(^{\circ}\)C,the heat of fusion for ice at 0\(^{\circ}\)C is 333.7 kJ/kg,the specific heat of water 4.186 kJ/kg\(^{\circ}\)C,the heat of vaporization of water at 100\(^{\circ}\)C is 2,256 kJ/kg,and the specific heat of steam is 2.020 kJ/kg \(^{\circ}\)C.What is the final equilibrium temperature when 40.0 grams of ice at 0\(^{\circ}\)C is mixed with 8.00 grams of steam at 120\(^{\circ}\)C?
A) 50.22\(^{\circ}\)C
B) 41.67\(^{\circ}\)C
C) 38.76\(^{\circ}\)C
D) 32.55\(^{\circ}\)C
E) 25.67\(^{\circ}\)C
Q2) What form of convection causes the offshore sea breeze in the evening?
A) natural convection of air falling over the cooling land
B) forced convection air or force convection of water
C) forced convection of water
D) natural convection of air rising over the warming land
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Chapter 15: Thermodynamics
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Q1) In an isochoric process,the internal energy of a system decreases by 50J.What is the heat exchange?
A) zero
B) +50 J
C) -50 J
D) none of the above
Q2) An engine delivers 40.0 J of work while it takes in energy from a 400 K thermal source.If the engine discharges energy into a thermal reservoir at 200 K,then what is the least amount of heat needed to run the engine?
A) 55.0 J
B) 65.0 J
C) 80.0 J
D) 110 J
Q3) When an ideal gas adiabatically expands
A) the temperature of the gas changes.
B) the internal energy of the gas does not change.
C) work is not done on or by the gas.
D) no heat is given off or taken in by the gas.
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Chapter 16: Electric Forces and Fields
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Q1) In a diagram of electric field lines,q<sub>1</sub> has 9 lines going into it and q<sub>2</sub> has 27 lines going out of it.If one of the charges is -40 mC,which of the following could be the other one?
A) -120 mC
B) 18.0 mC
C) -18.0 mC
D) 120 mC
E) none of the these choices are correct
Q2) Two alpha particles (helium nuclei)are separated by 4.0 \(\times\) 10<sup>-15</sup> m.What is the magnitude of the force between the particles due to their charge?
A) 6.8 \(\times\) 10<sup>-22</sup> N
B) 4.5 \(\times\) 10<sup>-19</sup> N
C) 1.1 \(\times\) 10<sup>-4</sup> N
D) 14 N
E) 58 N
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Chapter 17: Electric Potential
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Q1) A 3.6 \(\mu\)C charge is moved from a position where its electric potential energy is 7.2 my to a position where its potential energy is 1.8 my.What is the potential at the first position?
A) 1500 V
B) 2000 V
C) -2000 V
D) 3500 V
E) -1500 V
Q2) The potential energy of a 3.5 pC charge separated by 6.2 cm from a 1.6 \(\mu\)C charge is
A) 1.3 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup> J.
B) 8.1 \(\times\) 10<sup>-7</sup> J.
C) 1.2 \(\times\) 10<sup>-5</sup> J.
D) 8.1 \(\times\) 10<sup>-5</sup> J.
E) 1.0 \(\times\) 10<sup>-5</sup> J.
Q3) A pair of electric charges has a positive potential energy.This implies that
A) The charges have the same sign
B) Both charges are positive
C) Both charges are negative
D) The charges have opposite signs
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Chapter 18: Electric Current and Circuits
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Q1) One hundred meters of a certain type of wire has a resistance of 7.2 \(\Omega\).What is the resistance of 2.5 m of this wire?
A) 18 \(\Omega\)
B) 1.8 \(\Omega\)
C) 0.18 \(\Omega\)
D) 3.0 \(\Omega\)
E) 0.30 \(\Omega\)
Q2) Two carbon cylinders have radii r and 2r and they both have length L.What is the resistance of the first if the resistance of the second is 12 \(\Omega\)?
A) 48 \(\Omega\)
B) 12 \(\Omega\)
C) 24 \(\Omega\)
D) 3 \(\Omega\)
E) 6 \(\Omega\)
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Chapter 19: Magnetic Forces and Fields
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Q1) A 10 m long wire carrying a current of 22 A makes an angle of 37\(^{\circ}\) with the Earth's magnetic field of 0.51 mT.What is the magnetic force on the wire?
A) 0.11 N
B) 0.068 N
C) 0.19 N
D) 0.090 N
E) 0.011 N
Q2) A charged particle having electric charge Q = 4.0 e enters a region of magnetic field 1.2 T at an angle of \(\theta\) relative to the magnetic field direction.If the speed of the particle upon entering the region is 2.8 \(\times\) 10<sup>4</sup> m/s and the magnitude of the force on it is 1.3 \(\times\) 10<sup>-14</sup> N,what is the angle \(\theta\)?
A) 47\(^{\circ}\)
B) 37\(^{\circ}\)
C) 53\(^{\circ}\)
D) 65\(^{\circ}\)
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Chapter 20: Electromagnetic Induction
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Q1) Reducing the magnetic field to 71% of its previous value changes the magnetic energy density in the field to _______% of its original value.
A) 39
B) 50
C) 71
D) 85
E) 15
Q2) For the typical "household ac voltage" of 120 V,what is the amplitude of the emf?
A) 120 V
B) 240 V
C) 60.0 V
D) 170 V
E) 330 V
Q3) Doubling the diameter of a loop of wire produces what change of induced emf?
A) The induced emf is 4 times as much.
B) The induced emf is twice as much.
C) There is no change in the induced emf.
D) The induced emf is 6.28 times as much.
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Q1) A series RLC ac circuit has a capacitive reactance of 55 \(\Omega\),and inductive reactance of 25 \(\Omega\),and a resistance of 40 \(\Omega\).What is the impedance of this circuit?
A) 12 \(\Omega\)
B) 95 \(\Omega\)
C) 70 \(\Omega\)
D) 10 \(\Omega\)
E) 50 \(\Omega\)
Q2) A 150 W light bulb is operating on a 120 V rms ac line.What is the rms current in the bulb?
A) 2.50 A
B) 1.67 A
C) 1.50 A
D) 1.25 A
E) 0.883 A
Q3) The power factor of an RLC series circuit _______ at resonance.
A) is one
B) has a value that depends upon the ratio of inductive reactance to impedance
C) has a value that depends upon the ratio of capacitive reactance to impedance
D) is zero
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Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
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Q1) Radiation of intensity 1.00 kW/m<sup>2</sup> is incident on an area perpendicular to the incoming light.The area is now rotated 20\(^{\circ}\)about an axis perpendicular to the incoming light.What is the resulting power per unit area now reaching the surface?
A) 1.00 kW/m<sup>2</sup>
B) 0.940 kW/m<sup>2</sup>
C) 0.880 kW/m<sup>2</sup>
D) 0.800 kW/m<sup>2</sup>
E) 0.340 kW/m<sup>2</sup>
Q2) An electromagnetic wave is created by
A) an electrical charge moving at a certain velocity.
B) all electric charges.
C) a magnetic moving with a certain velocity.
D) an accelerating electric charge.
Q3) \(\varepsilon\)<sub>o</sub> \(\mu\)<sub>o</sub> = ?
A) c
B) c<sup>2</sup>
C) c<sup>-1</sup>
D) c<sup>-2</sup>
E) c<sup>½</sup>
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Chapter 23: Reflection and Refraction of Light
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Q1) Brewster's angle for a given interface is _______________ the critical angle for total internal reflection for the same interface.
A) always greater than B) either greater than or less than.
C) always less than D) always equal to
Q2) A light ray in material 1 goes into material 2.The angle of incidence in material 1 is 40.0\(^{\circ}\)and the angle of refraction in material 2 is 31.0\(^{\circ}\).If the index of refraction of material 1 is 1.60,what is the index of refraction of material 2?
A) 3.20
B) 2.00
C) 1.88
D) 1.41
E) 1.20
Q3) When an object is reflected in a plane mirror,the image is always
A) Virtual
B) Real
C) Inverted
D) None of these
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Q1) A simple magnifier of refractive power 15.0 D is used to observe a beetle on a student's desk.If the image of the beetle is twice as large as the beetle itself,where is the image formed relative to the lens?
A) 4.5 cm
B) 8.3 cm
C) 5.0 cm
D) 3.6 cm
E) 5.6 cm
Q2) An astronomical telescope is made with lenses of focal length 80.0 cm and 2.00 cm.Two stars in the sky are separated by 0.080\(^{\circ}\).What angle of separation do they have when viewed in the telescope?
A) 40\(^{\circ}\)
B) 6.4\(^{\circ}\)
C) 3.2\(^{\circ}\)
D) 1.6\(^{\circ}\)
E) 0.080\(^{\circ}\)
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Chapter 25: Interference and Diffraction
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Q1) Huygen's Principle only applies to A) electromagnetic waves.
B) water waves.
C) sound waves.
D) all of these choices are correct
Q2) X-rays of fixed wavelength yield a first-order maximum at a grazing angle of 12\(^{\circ}\).At what angle would one expect to find the corresponding 3<sup>rd</sup> order maximum?
A) 4.0\(^{\circ}\)
B) 12\(^{\circ}\)
C) 36\(^{\circ}\)
D) 39\(^{\circ}\)
E) more information is needed
Q3) Wave 1 has intensity 9.0 units while wave 2 has intensity 4.0 units.What is their ratio of amplitudes,A<sub>1</sub>/A<sub>2</sub>?
A) 20
B) 5.1
C) 2.3
D) 1.5
E) 1.3
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Chapter 26: Relativity
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Q1) What is the Lorentz factor,\(\gamma\),for a speed of 0.800 c?
A) 0.800
B) 1.67
C) 0.600
D) 0.360
E) 1.25
Q2) The front of a spacecraft forms a point at an angle of 60\(^{\circ}\).As the spacecraft increases speed,what happens to this angle as observed in the rest frame?
A) It stays the same.
B) It decreases.
C) It increases.
D) It decreases only if the spacecraft is going to the left.
E) It decreases only if the spacecraft is going to the right.
Q3) Which of the following is (are)invariant(s)?
A) mass
B) momentum
C) energy
D) the speed of light
E) mass and the speed of light
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Chapter 27: Early Quantum Physics and the Photon
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Q1) Using the quantum theory of EM waves,___________ was successful in explaining the photoelectric effect.(He later won a Nobel Prize for this work.)
A) Hertz
B) Planck
C) Einstein
D) Maxwell
E) Bohr
Q2) What is the wavelength of a photon emitted when an electron in hydrogen goes from the n = 4 state to the n = 1 state?
A) 323 nm
B) 156 nm
C) 121 nm
D) 103 nm
E) 97.3 nm
Q3) The energy of the electron in an atom depends primarily on
A) the spin magnetic quantum number s
B) the radial quantum number n
C) the orbital angular momentum quantum number l
D) the magnetic quantum number m
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Chapter 28: Quantum Physics
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Q1) If the momentum of a particle is doubled,what happens to its de Broglie wavelength?
A) it doubles
B) it halves
C) it slightly more than doubles
D) it becomes slightly less than half
E) it decreases by a factor of 2<sup>-1/2</sup>
Q2) For the first excited state (n = 2) of the particle in a box of width L,what is the uncertainty in momentum?
A) \(\pi\)\(\ddot{A}\)\(\S\) / 2
B) 3\(\pi\)\(\ddot{A}\)\(\S\) / 2
C) \(\ddot{A}\)\(\S\)
D) \(\pi\)\(\ddot{A}\)\(\S\)
Q3) What is the wavelength of a 0.40 kg object moving at 25 m/s?
A) 0.40 kg objects don't have wavelengths
B) 10 m
C) 0.10 m
D) 6.6 \(\times\) 10<sup>-35</sup> m
E) 0.53 \(\times\) 10<sup>-10</sup> m
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Chapter 29: Nuclear Physics
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Q1) When radioactive decays are counted,the resulting counts vary because of their statistical nature although the experimental situation may be the same.If 10<sup>6</sup> counts are registered,the next measurement of an equivalent situation may be expected to typically vary by about how many counts?
A) 1
B) 100
C) 1000
D) 10,000
E) 100,000
Q2) <sup>226</sup><sub>88</sub>Ra decays by alpha decay.What are A and Z for the daughter nuclide?
A) 226, 92
B) 222, 92
C) 226, 88
D) 222, 88
E) 222, 86
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Q1) The baryon having which of the following quark contents is electrically neutral?
A) dds
B) bbc
C) uud
D) ucs
Q2) A bound quark-antiquark pair is a ________ while a bound quark triplet is a
A) beta particle; proton
B) neutron; meson
C) meson; baryon
D) baryon; meson
E) neutrino; antineutrino
Q3) If the top quark has a mass of 175 GeV/c<sup>2</sup>,what is its mass in atomic mass units?
A) 175 u
B) 188 u
C) 163 u
D) 58 u
E) 19 u
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