1. Physics Jeopardy 2nd Trimester Review
Fluids /
Heat
Thermo
Sound / Waves
Light
Reflection / Refraction
Optics
Electricity
200
400
600
800
1000

2. Fluids / Heat 200
A fluid is any material that has the ability to do what?
flow

3. Fluids / Heat 400
The fundamental principle of physics that allows for flight is?
Bernoulli’s Principle

4. Fluids / Heat 600
A person standing near the edge of a railroad track when a high speed train passes. Describe what will happen to the person as the train passes by?
pulled in towards the train

5. Fluids / Heat 800
A water tunnel has a circular cross section where the diameter reduces from 3.6 m to 1.2 m. If the velocity of water flow entering the transition is 3.0 m/s, what is the velocity of the water leaving the transition?
27 m/s

6. Fluids / Heat 1000
The initial volume, pressure, and temperature of an ideal gas in a tank are 15 L, 2.0 atm, and 310 K. If the pressure increases to 3.5 atm and temperature to 430 K, what is the new volume?
12 L

7. Thermo 200 What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics in formula form?
U = Q - W

8. Thermo 400
Heat flow occurs between two bodies in thermal contact when they differ in?
temperature

9. Thermo 600
Which of thermodynamic process takes place when the contents are held at constant pressure?
isobaric

10. Thermo 800
The internal energy of a system is initially 63 J. A total of 71 J of energy is added to the system as heat while the system does 59 J of work. What is the system’s final internal energy?
75 J

11. Thermo 1000
A heat engine performs J of work while adding J of heat to the cold-temperature reservoir. What is the efficiency of the engine?
.286

12. Sound / Waves 200
Whose law dictates the characteristics of simple harmonic motion?
Hooke’s Law

13. Sound / Waves 400
What characteristic of a wave is found by identifying the time it takes to complete one cycle of motion?
period

14. Sound / Waves 600
An amusement park ride has a frequency of 0.05 Hz. What is the ride’s period?
20 s

15. Sound / Waves 800
What scale measures the intensity of a sound wave in relation to the intensity at the threshold of hearing?
decibel level

16. Sound / Waves 1000
How many nodes are there in a string vibrating in the 5th harmonic? 6

17. Light 200
What is the speed of light?
3.0 x 108 m/s

18. Light 400
What is the wavelength of microwaves of 3.0 x 109 Hz frequency?
.10 m

19. Light 600
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation is a phenomenon of light we know as?
a LASER

20. Light 800
Constructive interference occurs when the path difference of light is equal to?
any integer multiple of wavelength

21. Light 1000 What are the primary additive colors of light?
red, blue, green

22. Reflection / Refraction 200
If a light ray strikes a flat mirror at an angle of 14o from the normal, the reflected ray will be
14o from the normal

23. Reflection / Refraction 400
The speeding up or slowing down of light as it travels from one medium to another is know as?
refraction

24. Reflection / Refraction 600
A beam of light in air is incident at an angle of 35o to the surface of a rectangular block of clear plastic (n = 1.49). What is the angle of refraction?
23o

25. Reflection / Refraction 800
Internal reflection occurs when the incident light ray is (less than/greater than) the critical angle and is traveling from a medium with an index of refraction (higher/lower) than the index of refraction of the outer medium.
greater than
higher

26. Reflection / Refraction 1000
If atmospheric refraction did not occur, the apparent time of sunrise and sunset would be changed how?
sunrise later ; sunset earlier

27. Optics 200
If you stand 3.0 m in front of a flat mirror, how far away would your image be formed?
3.0 m

28. Optics 400
The image formed by a concave mirror is upright and larger. Is the image real or virtual?
virtual

29. Optics 600
The focal length of a spherical mirror is –10.0 cm. What kind of mirror is it and how long is its radius of curvature?
convex mirror
-20.0 cm

30. Optics 800
A concave mirror with a focal length of 10.0 cm creates a real image 30.0 cm away. How far is the mirror from the object?
15.0 cm

31. Optics 1000
An object is placed 40.0 cm from a converging lens of focal length 30.0 cm. What is the distance from the image to the thin lens?
120 cm

32. Electricity 200
Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation is related to mass like whose law is related to electric charge?
Coulomb’s Law

33. Electricity 400
At what point is the electric field of an isolated, uniformly charged, hollow metallic sphere equal to zero?
anywhere inside

34. Electricity 600
V = IR is known as?
Ohm’s Law

35. Electricity 800
How much potential energy is stored in a 0.50 F capacitor when connected to a 12 V battery?
3.6 x 10-5 J

36. Electricity 1000
What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit at right?
10 

37. Final Jeopardy
Physics

38. Final Jeopardy
Define Physics.
The study of the physical world.