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General Physics I is an introductory course covering the fundamental principles of classical physics. Topics include mechanics, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, momentum, rotational motion, gravitation, and simple harmonic motion. Designed for science and engineering majors, this course emphasizes conceptual understanding as well as problem-solving skills, integrating real-world applications and laboratory experiments to reinforce theoretical concepts. Through lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities, students develop a strong foundation in physics that prepares them for more advanced studies in the field.
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Conceptual Physics 12th Edition by Paul G. Hewitt
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Chapter 1: About Science
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Q1) The synthesis of a large collection of information that contains well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as a scientific A)fact.
B)hypothesis.
C)law or principle.
D)theory.
E)none of the above
Answer: D
Q2) The statement, "There are regions beneath Earth's crust that will always be beyond the reach of scientific investigation" is A)a fact.
B)speculation.
C)a hypothesis.
D)a scientific statement.
E)a theory.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Newtons First Law of Motion: Inertia
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Q1) A hockey puck sliding across the ice finally comes to rest because A)it seeks its proper and natural state.
B)of friction.
C)that's just the way it is.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is a vector quantity?
A)area
B)volume
C)mass
D)none of the above
Answer: D
Q3) When you flick a card from beneath a coin that hardly moves, you're illustrating A)inertia.
B)equilibrium.
C)support force.
D)friction.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Linear Motion
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Q1) A river 100 m wide flows 1 m/s due south. A boat that travels 1 m/s relative to the water is pointed due east as it crosses from the west bank. Relative to its starting point, the boat travels A)nowhere.
B)100 m.
C)141 m.
D)200 m.
E)more than 200 m.
Answer: C
Q2) An object falls freely from rest on a planet where the acceleration due to gravity is twice as much as on Earth. In the first 5 seconds it falls a distance of A)100 m.
B)150 m.
C)250 m.
D)500 m.
E)none of the above
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Newtons Second Law of Motion
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Q1) A rock is thrown vertically into the air. At the top of its path, its acceleration is A)zero.
B)10 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
C)between 0 and 10 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
D)greater than 10 m/s<sup>2</sup>.
Q2) A 1000-kg automobile enters a freeway on-ramp at 20 m/s and accelerates uniformly up to 40 m/s in a time of 10 seconds. How far does the automobile travel during that time?
A)100 m
B)200 m
C)300 m
D)400 m
E)none of the above
Q3) A ball is thrown vertically into the air. Because of air resistance, its speed when it returns to its starting level compared with its initial speed is A)less.
B)the same.
C)more.
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Chapter 5: Newtons Third Law of Motion: Action and Reaction
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Q1) An airplane travels at 141 km/h toward the northeast. What is its component of velocity due north?
A)41 km/h
B)100 km/h
C)110 km/h
D)141 km/h
Q2) A pair of toy freight cars, one twice the mass of the other, fly apart when a compressed spring that joins them is released. The spring exerts the greater force on the A)heavier car.
B)lighter car.
C)same on each.
Q3) A player hits a ball with a bat. If action is the force of the bat against the ball, reaction is the
A)air resistance on the ball.
B)weight of the ball.
C)force that the ball exerts on the bat.
D)grip of the player's hand against the ball.
E)weight of the bat.
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Chapter 6: Momentum
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Q1) Two vehicles with equal magnitudes of momentum traveling at right angles to each other undergo an inelastic collision. The magnitude of momentum for the combined wreck is
A)the same as the magnitude of momentum of either car before collision.
B)less than the magnitude of momentum of either car before collision.
C)greater than the magnitude of momentum of either car before collision.
D)none of the above
Q2) A karate chop is more effective if one's hand
A)follows through upon impact.
B)bounces upon impact.
C)extends the time upon impact.
Q3) When you jump from an elevated position you usually bend your knees upon reaching the ground, which makes the time of the contact about 10 times that of a stiff-legged landing. In this way the average force your body experiences is
A)less than 1/10 as great.
B)more than 1/10 as great.
C)about 1/10 as great.
D)about 10 times as great.
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Q1) The work done in pushing a TV set a distance of 2 m with an average force of 20 N is
A)2 J.
B)10 J.
C)20 J.
D)40 J.
E)800 J.
Q2) A primary difference between momentum and kinetic energy is
A)momenta can cancel; kinetic energy cannot.
B)kinetic energy can cancel; momenta cannot.
C)either of the above depending on circumstances D)none of the above
Q3) When properly used, a hydraulic press, like a wheel and axle, is capable of multiplying force input.
A)A true statement.
B)A false statement.
C)Yes, and in special cases, energy as well.
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Chapter 8: Rotational Motion
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Q1) If the rotational speed of a rotating habitat in space increases, the weight experienced by occupants
A)decreases.
B)stays the same.
C)increases.
D)is always zero.
Q2) If the planet Jupiter underwent gravitational collapse, its rate of rotation about its axis would
A)decrease.
B)increase.
C)stay the same.
D)need more information
Q3) Compared with a force, a torque involves A)rotation.
B)leverage.
C)distance from an axis of rotation.
D)all the above
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Chapter 9: Gravity
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Q1) A very massive object A and a less massive object B move toward each other under the influence of gravity. Which force, if either, is greater?
A)the force on A
B)the force on B
C)both forces are the same.
Q2) The identities of dark energy and dark matter are
A)unknown at this time.
B)subjects of intense astronomical interest.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q3) If the mass of Earth somehow increased with no change in radius, your weight would A)increase also.
B)decrease.
C)stay the same.
Q4) Newton discovered A)gravity.
B)that gravity is universal.
C)neither of these
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Chapter 10: Projectile and Satellite Motion
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Q1) An Earth satellite is simply a projectile
A)freely falling around Earth.
B)floating motionless in space near Earth.
C)approaching Earth from outer space.
Q2) A projectile is launched from ground level at 15° above the horizontal and lands downrange. What other projection angle for the same speed would produce the same down-range distance?
A)30°
B)45°
C)50°
D)75°
E)90°
Q3) Two projectiles are fired from ground level at equal speeds but different angles. One is fired at an angle of 30° and the other at 60°. Neglecting air resistance, the projectile to hit the ground first will be the one fired at A)30°.
B)60°.
C)both hit at the same time
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Chapter 11: Atomic Nature of Matter
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Q1) Heavier atoms are not proportionally larger than lighter atoms due to the greater number of protons
A)pulling surrounding electrons into tighter shells.
B)squeezed into tighter spaces.
C)both of these
D)none of these
Q2) Atoms can be photographed by
A)electron beams.
B)scanning electron microscopes.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q3) Which of these atoms has the greatest amount of electrical charge in its nucleus?
A)helium
B)carbon
C)iron
D)gold
E)uranium
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Chapter 12: Solids
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Q1) Which has more skin?
A)an elephant
B)a mouse
C)both the same
Q2) A weightless spring is stretched 10 cm by a suspended 1-kg block. If two such springs are used to suspend the block, one spring above the other, to effectively provide one double-length spring, then the total stretch of the double-length spring will be
A)5 cm.
B)10 cm.
C)20 cm.
D)30 cm.
E)none of the above
Q3) A 1-centimeter cubed sugar cube scaled up by a factor of 10 has a total surface area of
A)60 cm<sup>2</sup>.
B)600 cm<sup>2</sup>.
C)6000 cm<sup>2</sup>.
D)none of the above
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Chapter 13: Liquids
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Q1) When holes are drilled through the wall of a water tower, water will spurt out with the greatest speed from the hole closest to
A)the bottom of the tower.
B)the middle of the tower.
C)the top of the tower.
D)all the same
Q2) When scrap iron in a boat is thrown overboard in a swimming pool, the pool level A)rises.
B)falls.
C)remains unchanged.
Q3) A key feature of the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is that opposite gondolas have the same weight when both are brim-full of water
A)and boats in each have about equal weights.
B)and at least one boat is in each gondola.
C)regardless of the weights of boats or no boats in each.
D)none of the above
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Chapter 14: Gases and Plasmas
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Q1) The flight of a blimp best illustrates A)Archimedes' principle.
B)Pascal's principle.
C)Bernoulli's principle.
D)Boyle's law.
Q2) As a high-altitude balloon sinks lower into the atmosphere, it undergoes a decrease in A)volume.
B)density.
C)weight.
D)mass.
E)none of the above
Q3) The principle of continuity states that for fluid flow to be continuous it must A)speed up in narrow regions of flow.
B)slow down in wide regions of flow.
C)both of these D)neither of these
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Chapter 15: Temperature, Heat, and Expansion
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Q1) Tomatoes have a higher specific heat capacity than dough. This means that when you bite into a hot pizza
A)the dough feels hotter than the tomato sauce.
B)the tomato sauce feels hotter than the dough.
C)since sauce and dough are at the same temperature, neither feels hotter.
Q2) Consider a metal ring with a gap cut in it. When the ring is heated, the gap
A)becomes narrower.
B)becomes wider.
C)retains its size.
Q3) When ice floats in water, a small part of it extends above the surface. Interestingly, the volume of ice that extends above the surface is equal to the volume of the
A)water the ice displaces.
B)vast number of open spaces in all the hexagonal ice crystals.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q4) In which is the temperature greater?
A)boiling-hot tea in a cup
B)boiling-hot tea in a fire-engine pail
C)both the same
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Chapter 16: Heat Transfer
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Q1) When you're ready for the hottest sips of coffee, add cream A)right away.
B)at any time.
C)when you are ready to drink the coffee.
Q2) If a pizza absorbs more energy than it emits, its temperature A)decreases.
B)is unaffected.
C)increases.
D)none of the above
Q3) Solar power is used in many parts of the world for A)heating water.
B)generating electricity.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q4) A good heat conductor is A)a poor insulator.
B)a good insulator.
C)neither of these
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Chapter 17: Change of Phase
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Q1) When a gas is changed to a liquid, the gas
A)releases energy.
B)absorbs energy.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q2) The reason that evaporation is a cooling process is
A)radiation of heat during the process.
B)due to conduction and convection.
C)the more energetic molecules escape the liquid.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q3) We feel uncomfortably warm on a muggy day because water molecules are
A)evaporating from our moist bodies.
B)condensing on our bodies.
C)evaporating and condensing on our bodies at the same rate.
D)none of the above
Q4) Evaporation is a cooling process and condensation is
A)a warming process.
B)a cooling process also.
C)neither of these
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Chapter 18: Thermodynamics
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Q1) The air pressure in a container of air at 27°C will double when heated to A)54 degrees C.
B)300 degrees C.
C)327 degrees C.
D)600 degrees C.
E)none of the above
Q2) When you compress air with a tire pump, the air temperature in the tire A)increases.
B)decreases.
C)remains unaffected.
D)none of the above
Q3) A temperature inversion occurs when the upper layers of air are A)warmer than the lower regions of air.
B)cooler than the lower regions of air.
C)at the same temperature as lower regions of air.
Q4) Internal energy in thermodynamics is the same as A)temperature.
B)thermal energy.
C)heat.
D)all of the above
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Chapter 19: Vibrations and Waves
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Q1) A less intense sonic boom at ground level can occur if the aircraft
A)is smaller.
B)flies higher.
C)is more streamlined.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q2) A Doppler effect occurs when a source of sound moves
A)towards you.
B)away from you.
C)either of these
D)neither of these
Q3) A shock wave is produced when a wave source moves
A)nearly as fast as the waves it produces.
B)as fast as the waves it produces.
C)faster than the waves it produces.
D)none of the above
Q4) If you double the frequency of a vibrating object, its period
A)doubles.
B)halves.
C)is quartered.
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Q1) Reflection of sound can occur in A)air.
B)water.
C)both of these D)neither of these
Q2) How long a tuning fork vibrates when its handle is held against a table is most related to A)its frequency.
B)resonance.
C)the conservation of energy.
D)the length of its prongs.
Q3) Refraction of sound can occur in A)air.
B)water.
C)both of these D)neither of these
Q4) The speed of sound in air is greatest for A)high frequencies.
B)low frequencies.
C)same for all frequencies.
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Chapter 21: Musical Sounds
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Q1) Which makes central use of the binary system?
A)phonograph records
B)DVDs
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q2) The number of nodes in a standing wave of three wavelengths, not including the endpoints, is A)2.
B)3.
C)4.
D)5.
E)6.
Q3) The laser light that can carry more information is A)red.
B)blue.
C)either of these D)neither of these
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Chapter 22: Electrostatics
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Q1) Two charges separated by one meter exert 1-N forces on each other. If the charges are pulled 3 meters apart, the force on each charge will be
A)0.11 N.
B)0.33 N.
C)0 N.
D)3 N.
E)9 N.
Q2) A semiconductor can be
A)a conductor.
B)an insulator.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q3) If you comb your hair and the comb becomes positively charged, then your hair becomes
A)positively charged.
B)negatively charged.
C)uncharged.
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Chapter 23: Electric Current
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Q1) The unit of electrical resistance is the A)volt.
B)ampere.
C)ohm.
D)none of the above
Q2) A heater draws 20A when connected to a 110-V line. If the electric power costs 20 cents per kilowatt hour, the cost of running the heater for 10 hours is
A)$0.44.
B)$1.10.
C)$4.40.
D)$11.00.
E)none of the above
Q3) The equivalent resistance of any parallel branch in a circuit is
A)often less than the resistance of the lowest resistor.
B)always less than the resistance of the lowest resistor.
C)usually half the value of the lowest resistor.
D)none of the above
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Q1) A current-carrying loop of wire experiences no tendency to rotate in a magnetic field when
A)field lines pass directly through the loop.
B)no field lines pass through the loop.
C)none of these
Q2) Magnetism is due to the motion of electrons as they A)move around the nucleus.
B)spin on their axes.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q3) A galvanometer can be calibrated to measure A)electric current.
B)electric voltage.
C)both of these
D)none of these
Q4) Earth's magnetic field is A)something we've learned to live with.
B)useful to pigeons but not to humans.
C)protective to life on Earth.
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Q1) Disregarding the effects of friction, a cyclist will coast farther when a lamp powered by a wheel generator is
A)of low wattage.
B)of high wattage.
C)turned off.
D)none of the above
Q2) When voltage is stepped up in a transformer, current is stepped down. But Ohm's law tells us that greater voltage means greater current, not less current. How then can current be lower when voltage is increased?
A)Current in the secondary is lower when compared to the greater current drawn by the primary.
B)Ohm's law applies to the circuit connected to the secondary, not to the transformer.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q3) The frequency of induced voltage in a wire coil depends on
A)the frequency of current producing it.
B)how frequently a magnet dips in and out of the coil.
C)the number of loops in the coil.
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Q1) If the Sun were to disappear at this moment, we wouldn't know about it for A)7 seconds, reflex time.
B)8 seconds.
C)8 minutes.
D)8 hours.
Q2) The crescent shapes of spots of light cast through openings in trees occurs with a A)partial eclipse of the Sun.
B)total eclipse of the Sun.
C)lunar eclipse, partial or total.
D)partial lunar eclipse.
Q3) Glass is transparent to wave frequencies that A)match its natural frequencies.
B)are below its natural frequencies.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q4) Earth's atmosphere is opaque to waves that are concentrated in the A)infrared part of the spectrum.
B)visible part of the spectrum.
C)entire electromagnetic spectrum.
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Q1) Which piece of glass will warm up quicker in sunlight?
A)colored glass
B)clear glass
C)both the same
Q2) If molecules in the sky scattered orange light instead of blue light, sunsets would be colored
A)orange.
B)yellow.
C)green.
D)blue.
E)none of the above
Q3) A piece of glass that appears red
A)absorbs or reflects all colors except red.
B)transmits red.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q4) Light travels slightly slower in the
A)upper atmosphere.
B)lower atmosphere.
C)neither of these
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Chapter 28: Reflection and Refraction
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Q1) According to the law of reflection, the incident light ray, the reflected light ray, and the normal between them
A)lie in the same plane.
B)may or may not lie in the same plane.
C)lie in planes that are perpendicular to one another.
Q2) Stephanie dips a glass rod into vegetable oil. The submerged part of the rod can't be seen because
A)refraction is unbent before light gets to your eye.
B)both the oil and glass have the same index of refraction.
C)of internal reflection.
D)light has different speeds in the oil and glass.
Q3) A yellow candle flame reflects from opposite surfaces of a piece of red glass.
A)both images are yellow
B)one image is yellow and the other red
C)both images are red
D)both images are reddish yellow
Q4) Light travels slower in a lens having a
A)high index of refraction.
B)low index of refraction.
C)same in each
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Q1) Diffraction from foghorns is best if the waves being diffracted are A)long.
B)short.
C)either of these D)neither of these
Q2) Monochromatic light is light of a single A)wavelength.
B)frequency.
C)color.
D)all of the above E)none of the above
Q3) Three-dimensional viewing was popular in the past with slide projectors. If the slides for left and right positions in the stereo projector are duplicates of each other A)depth can be seen.
B)no depth can be seen.
C)only parallax can be seen.
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Q1) An atom that emits light of a certain frequency is A)not likely to absorb that same frequency.
B)an absorber of light of the same frequency.
C)fluorescent.
D)none of the above
Q2) The radiation curve for a blue hot star peaks in the A)infrared region.
B)red region.
C)yellow region.
D)ultraviolet region.
E)none of the above
Q3) Compared to the energy put into a laser, the energy of the laser beam is A)usually much more.
B)much less.
C)the same.
D)none of the above
Q4) If the energy levels in the neon atom were not discrete, neon signs would glow A)red.
B)white.
C)blue.
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Chapter 31: Light Quanta
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Q1) Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is
A)noticeable only for submicroscopic particles.
B)a fundamental principle in quantum mechanics.
C)predominant in the atomic domain.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q2) The Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that
A)Planck's constant sets a limit on accuracy of measurements.
B)we can't simultaneously measure exactly both the position and momentum of a particle.
C)we can't simultaneously measure exactly a particle's energy and time having that energy.
D)all of the above
Q3) In the photoelectric effect, the brighter the illuminating light on a photosensitive surface, the greater the A)number of ejected electrons.
B)velocity of ejected electrons.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
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Q1) An excited atom decays to its ground state and emits a photon of red light. If instead the decay is to an intermediate state, then the light emitted could be A)red.
B)violet.
C)blue.
D)any of these
E)none of these
Q2) According to de Broglie, destructive interference occurs when an orbiting wave
A)reinforces itself
B)doesn't reinforce itself.
C)neither of these
Q3) When Rutherford directed a stream of alpha particles at a gold foil, some particles
A)bounced back.
B)continued through the foil.
C)deflected at a variety of angles.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
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A)twice that of an electron.
B)four times that of an electron.
C)a thousand times that of an electron.
D)two thousand times that of an electron.
Q2) Which of the following isotopes is radioactive?
A)Carbon-12
B)Carbon-14
C)both of these
D)neither of these
Q3) Which is the strongest fundamental force?
A)gravitational force.
B)electric force.
C)nuclear strong force.
D)none of the above
Q4) Once an alpha particle is outside the nucleus it is
A)free to wander about the surrounding material.
B)quickly bound to a neighboring nucleus.
C)electrostatically repelled.
D)radioactive.
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B)middle size elements like iron.
C)heavier elements.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q2) To pluck a nucleon from a nucleus requires A)work.
B)kinetic energy.
C)potential energy.
D)none of the above
Q3) If gold were used as nuclear fuel, it would be best A)fused.
B)fissioned.
C)either of these
Q4) The most abundant element in the universe is A)hydrogen.
B)helium.
C)lead.
D)uranium.
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A)changes but the frequency of blinks remains constant.
B)remains constant but the frequency of blinks can change.
C)stays the same, as does the blinking frequency.
Q2) The speed of light is
A)relative to the frame of reference from which it is measured.
B)a speed approached but never quite reached by photons.
C)constant for all observers.
Q3) When an electron and a positron meet and annihilate, the mass-energy of the particles is carried away by
A)a gamma ray.
B)two gamma rays, otherwise momentum wouldn't be conserved.
C)nothing at all, gone.
Q4) When a high-velocity beam of electrons is bent by a magnetic field, relativistic effects
A)increase momentum beyond its classical value.
B)reduce the angle at which the beam is bent.
C)both of these
D)neither of these
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A)less than 10 years.
B)more than 10 years.
C)10 years.
Q2) Strictly speaking, the sum of the angles on a triangle equals 180 degrees
A)in flat space.
B)on a spherical surface.
C)on a saddle-shaped surface.
D)all or any of the above
E)none of the above
Q3) A profound message from all of science is that we are a part of nature
A)that stands above other life forms.
B)and have the ability to conquer it.
C)that is becoming more and more conscious of itself.
Q4) If the orbit of Mercury were perfectly circular, its rate of precession would be A)larger.
B)smaller.
C)the same.
D)zero.
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B)elliptical orbit.
C)both of these.
D)neither of these.
And does work on a satellite when it is in
E)circular orbit
F)elliptical orbit
G)both of these
H)neither of these
Q2) If you are standing on the Moon and release a strong balloon filled with helium gas, the balloon will A)rise.
B)fall.
C)neither rise nor fall. This occurs because D)helium gas is lighter than air.
E)the Moon does not have an atmosphere.
F)gravity is weaker on the Moon.
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