Physics review for period exam v
- 1. Physics Review for Period Exam V Remember that you will study all vocabulary words. Electricity and Magnetism 1. Identify each circuit symbol and state its function. 2. Compare and contrast series and parallel circuits. 3. What is an electric field? 4. State the charges of a proton and electron in an atom. 5. Describe how you made your electric circuit project. 6. What is an electromagnet?
- 2. page 2 7. Name 3 uses of an electromagnet. 8. Draw the electromagnet you made in class. 9. List the materials to make an electromagnet. 10. In which two ways you increase the strength of an electromagnet? 11. What are the parts of a motor? 12. List examples of items that use a motor to function. 13. Draw the simple motor made in class. 14. Describe how the coil of wire in a simple motor can spin. Pressure and Fluids 15. What is pressure?
- 3. page 3 16. What is the formula to find pressure? 17. A winter hiker weighing 500N is wearing boots that have an area of 0.55m2, how much pressure does he exert on the snow? FORMULA PROCESS ANSWER WITH CORRECT UNIT 18. A pressure of 2,000Pa is exerted on a surface with an area of 20m2. What is the force exerted on the surface? FORMULA PROCESS ANSWER WITH CORRECT UNIT 19. How do particles of a fluid exert pressure on an object? 20. Draw the particles representing the air density in a small town and the particles representing the water density in the ocean. 21. Why does the heel of a woman’s shoe exert more pressure than the tennis shoes of a man? 22. What is Bernoulli’s principle?
- 4. page 4 23. How Bernoulli’s principle was applied to design airplane wings? 24. What is Pascal’s principle? 25. Predict the motion of an object encountering a) A fast moving current on top of it and a slow moving current below b) A slow moving current on top of it and a fast moving current below Temperature 26. What is temperature? 27. What are the common scales used to measure temperature? 28. Perform the following conversions: a. 136°F to °C b. -8°C to °F c. 122°F to C d. 15°C to °F Heat transfer 29. Label as conduction, convection or radiation.
- 5. page 5 Electromagnetic Spectrum 30. Draw an image representing each frequency. Radio Microwave Infrared Light Visible Light Ultraviolet Light X-Ray Gamma Ray Optics, mirrors and lenses 31. How do mirrors form images? 32. How do lenses form images? 33. Describe the image formed by each type of mirror. 34. Describe the image formed by each type of lens. Human Eye 35. Label the parts of the eye seen in class.