1. Light strikes a mirror with an incident angle of 40o. The angle between the reflected ray and the incident ray is

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B. 50o

C. 80o

D. 100o

2. A magenta shirt

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B. Reflects blue and red light

C. Reflects green light

D. Reflects cyan and yellow light

3. The index of refraction of a transparent material is 1.8. The speed of light through

this material is

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B. 5.4 x 108 m/s

C. 1.2 x 108 m/s

D. 1.7 x 108 m/s

4. Real images created by mirrors are

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B. “inside” the mirror

C. Occur only when the object is located inside the focal point

D. Are in front of the mirror

5. Concave (diverging) lenses

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B. Form only enlarged images

C. Form only inverted images

D. Form only virtual images

6. Rainbows and prisms split white light into colors by

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B. Dispersion

C. Diffraction

D. Pigments

7. Which of the following CAN form real images

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B. Concave lenses

C. Concave mirrors

D. Convex mirrors

8. Dispersion occurs because

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slightly different speeds through a transparent medium.

B. Some colors experience constructive interference

C. Impurities in the prism add colors to the white light.

D. Only visible light experiences refraction

9. Visible light

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B. Is a transverse mechanical wave

C. Has a longer wavelength than microwaves

D. Transverse oscillations of electric and magnetic fields

10. A photon is

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B. Proof that light does NOT exhibit wave behavior

C. A bundle of electromagnetic energy

D. A type of torpedo

11. Enlarged virtual images may be formed when

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B. The object is inside the focal point of a convex mirror

C. The object is inside the focal point of a concave mirror

D. The image is inverted

12. A 3.0 cm tall object is located 12 cm from a convex lens with a focal length of 6.0 cm. The

image formed

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B. Is on the same side of the lens as the object

C. Is smaller than the object

D. Can not be projected onto a screen

E. Is real

1. Number of wave cycles per second

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B. Frequency

C. Amplitude

D. Hyphen

2. The properties of the medium determine the ______ of a wave.

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B. Speed

C. Period

D. Amplitude

3. A car that is heading toward you blows its horn. The Doppler effect explains why

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B. The wavelength is getting longer

C. The pitch you hear is higher

D. The frequency is decreasing

4. A wave curving around a barrier or spreading out after going through an

opening

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B. Interference

C. Diffraction

D. Resonance

5. If the frequency of a certain wave is 10 Hz, its period is

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B. 10 seconds

C. 100 seconds

D. The end of the sentence

6. Which of the following is not a transverse wave?

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B. Light

C. Radio

D. All of these

7.Increase in amplitude that occurs from driving a system at its natural frequency

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B. Dissonance

C. Resonance

D. Beats

8.When a wave refracts the ____ does not change

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B. Speed

C. Amplitude

D. Frequency

9.Beats occur because of

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B. Interference

C. The Doppler Effect

D. Dispersion

10.A 680 Hz sound wave travels at 340 m/s in air with a wavelength of

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B. 2.0 m

C. 0.5 m

D. 0.25 m

11. A spring stretches by 0.10 m when some bananas weighing 4.5 N are suspended

from it. The spring constant of the spring is

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B. 4.6 N/m

C. 4.6 J

D. 45 N/m

12. Water waves in a lake travel 5.0 m in 2.5 s. The period of oscillation is 0.40 s. The

wavelength is

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B. 1.25 m

C. 0.80 m

D. 2.5 cm

13. The pitch of a sound depends on

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B. Speed

C. Frequency

D. Slope

14. The fundamental resonance in a pipe closed on one end is 440 Hz. The next

harmonic is

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B. 1.32 kHz

C. 1.76 kHz

D. 440 Hz

15. Echoes are an example of wave

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B. Polarization

C. Reflection

D. Diffraction

1.Measure of the average kinetic energy of a particle in a system

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B. Temperature

C. Heat

D. Entropy

2.One Newton per meter squared

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B. Joule

C. Pascal

D. Calorie

3. The amount of heat needed to raise 1.0 kg of a substance by 1 oC

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B. Heat of Vaporization

C. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

D. Specific Heat

4. Transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves.

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B. Radiation

C. Equilibrium

D. Convection

5. What pressure is exerted by a 20 N force acting on a surface with an area of 4.0 m2?

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B. 80 Pa

C. 320 Pa

D. 8.0 Pa

6. A block of metal has a density of 6.0 g/cm3. If its volume is 18 cm3, what is its

mass?

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B. 0.33 g

C. 10.8 g

D. 0.108 kg

7. Archimedes’ principle states that the buoyant force equals

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B. The weight of the portion of the object which is submerged

C. The weight of the un-submerged portion of the object

D. The weight of the displaced fluid

8. Thermal equilibrium is reached when two systems

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B. Have the same specific heat

C. Have the same temperature

D. Have the same entropy

9. A heat engine uses 12 kJ of thermal energy and does 4.0 kJ of work during each cycle. The engine produces ______ of waste heat each cycle.

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B. 16 kJ

C. 8.0 kJ

D. 48 kJ

10. A heat engine uses 12 kJ of thermal energy and does 4.0 kJ of work during each cycle. The

engine has an efficiency of

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B. 300%

C. 67%

D. 16%

11. A cylinder of gas absorbs 24.0 J of heat and does 8.0 J of work on its environment.

The change of internal energy is

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B. -16 J

C. +16 J

D. -3.0 J

12. The mass of a cruise ship (including passengers and cargo) is 2.2x106 kg. While

cruising the buoyant force is ___ and the net force is ____.

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B. 0.0 N, 2.2x107N

C. 2.2x107N, 2.2x107N

D. 2.2x107N, 0.0 N

13. The linear coefficient of expansion of Aluminum is 2.4x10-5(oC)-1. If a 10.000 m rod of aluminum is heated from 20oC to 220oC it will

expand by

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B. 4.8 mm

C. 10.048 m

D. 2.4 m

14. The second piston of a hydraulic system has an area 5.0 times larger than the first piston. If 15

N of force is exerted on the first piston

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second piston

B. The pressure at the second piston will be 5.0 times smaller than at the first piston.

C. The pressure at the second piston will be the same as at the first piston.

D. None of the above is true

15. According to the second law of thermodynamics

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objects to hot objects

B. It is possible to design a heat engine that produces no waste heat.

C. As entropy increases the amount of disorder decreases.

D. Things tend to become more disordered as time passes

16. The boiling point of helium is 4.2 K. When 42 kJ of heat is added to a large container of liquid

helium at 4.2 K, 2.0 kg of the substance changes from a liquid to a gas. The heat of vaporization of

helium is

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B. Is 5.0 kJ/kg/K

C. Is 84 kJ/kg

D. Is 21 kJ/kg

17. When 100 g of metal at 130oC is added to 300 g of water at 20oC, the temperature rises to 30oC.

What is the specific heat of the metal? (Use cwater=4.2kJ/kg/oC)

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B. 800J/kg/oC

C. 2.1kJ/kg/oC

D. 4.8kJ/kg/oC

1.Joules per second

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B. Pascal

C. Newton

D. Kelvin

2.Ratio of the output force to the input force.

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B. Ideal Mechanical Advantage

C. Mechanical Advantage

D. Net force

3.Total work done equals...

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B. Mechanical Advantage

C. Change of Kinetic Energy

D. Change of Power

4.The rate at which work is done

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B. Pressure

C. Power

D. Acceleration

5.Scalar quantity indicating the capacity for doing work

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B. Buoyancy

C. Energy

D. Pressure

6.What is the kinetic energy of a 6.0 kg mass that is moving at 2.0 m/s?

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B. 3.0 J

C. 24 J

D. 36 J

7. What is the gravitational potential energy of a 5.0 kg block that is 6.0 meters above

the ground?

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B. 150 J

C. 30 J

D. 3.0 J

8.A horizontal force of 50 N pushes a 3.5 kg box 2.0 meters down the hallway. The work

done is:

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B. 100 J

C. 17.5 J

D. 70 J

9.A motor lifts a 2.0 kg mass 4.0 meters in 8 seconds. The power output is:

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B. 32 W

C. 40 W

D. 10 W

10.The work done by a 20 W motor in 4 seconds is

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B. 24 J

C. 5 J

D. 80 J

11.Work done by a force acting perpendicular to the displacement of an

object

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B. Depends on the size of the force

C. Depends on the acceleration

D. Zero

12. A falling object has a gravitational potential energy of 240 J and a kinetic energy of 16 J. 1.0 second later the potential energy is 60 J. What is

the kinetic energy? (ignore air resistance)

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B. 216 J

C. 180 J

D. 196 J

Kinetic energy

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B. mv2/r

C. mv

D. mgh

Gravitational potential energy

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B. mgh

C. Gm1m2/r2

D. m/V

Spring potential energy

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B. 2(m/k)1/2

C. ½ kx2

D. ½ mv2

Work

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B. Energy of motion

C. The rate at which energy is used

D. Measured in Watts

Work

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B. F//d

C. P/t

D. V

Conservation of energy

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B. Discovering new energy reserves

C. Total amount of energy doesn’t change

D. Total energy decreases over time

Fraction of energy input that is converted into useful work by a machine

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B. Ideal mechanical advantage

C. Efficiency

D. Power

A simple machine can NOT

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required to complete a task

B. Reduce the amount of force required to complete a task.

C. Change the direction of a force needed to complete a task

D. A simple machine can do all of those things

Which of the following is not measured in Joules?

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B. Spring Potential energy

C. Power

D. Kinetic Energy

Product of power and time

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B. Momentum

C. Displacement

D. Impulse

The kinetic energy of an 8 kg object is 16 J. How fast is it moving?

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B. 2 m/s

C. 1 m/s

D. 8 m/s

A person carries a 3.0 kg back pack 40 meters down the hallway. The work done is:

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B. 1.2 kJ

C. 0.75 J

D. Zero

A person drops a 6.0 kg rock from a 10.0 m cliff. When it has fallen half way its total

energy is:

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B. 300 J

C. 150 J

D. Equal to its kinetic energy

A 50 kg skier swooshes down a hill that is 40 meters high. At the bottom of the hill his

kinetic energy is:

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B. 40 kJ

C. 2 kJ

D. 4 kJ

An object moving at 5.0 m/s has 50 J of kinetic energy. Its mass is:

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B. 2.0 kg

C. 4.0 kg

D. 250 kg

The motor in the previous problem did 125 J of work in 5.0 seconds. If the electrical energy

consumed is 200 J then the motor has an efficiency of:

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B. 140%

C. 62.5%

D. 27.5%

A 10.0 kg ball dropped from 15 meters has 1.5 kJ of potential energy. Just before it hits it has a KE

of ____ and a speed of _____:

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B. 1.5 kJ, 400 m/s

C. 3.0 kJ, 20 m/s

D. 0.0 kJ, 400 m/s