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General Physics II

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General Physics II is a foundational course designed to build upon the principles learned in General Physics I, focusing primarily on electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. Topics typically include electric fields, electric potential, circuits, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, wave optics, and an introduction to quantum and atomic physics. Students will engage in both theoretical discussions and practical laboratory experiments to develop a deeper understanding of physical phenomena and their applications in technology and everyday life. This course is essential for students in science, engineering, and related fields, providing critical skills in problem-solving and scientific reasoning.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Q1) By what factor does the volume of a cube increase if the lengths of the edges are tripled?

A) 6

B) 9

C) 3

D) 27

Answer: D

Q2) To be dimensionally consistent,distance [L],velocity [L/T],and time [T] must be related as follows.

A) distance = time/velocity

B) distance = velocity/time

C) distance = time/velocity²

D) distance = velocity \(\times\) time²

E) distance = velocity \(\times\) time

Answer: E

Q3) Estimate the surface area of an adult human's head.

A) 0.05 m²

B) 0.1 m²

C) 0.01 m²

Answer: A

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Chapter 2: Force

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Q1) The moon with a mass of 7.35 \(\times\) 10²² kg is orbiting about the earth with a mass of 5.98 \(\times\) 10²⁴ kg at a radius of 3.85 \(\times\) 10⁸ meters.The force of gravity on the moon due to the earth is (G = 6.67 \(\times\) 10^-11 N m²/kg²)

A) 9.20 \(\times\) 10³⁰ N.

B) 3.20 \(\times\) 10²⁸ N.

C) 6.70 \(\times\) 10²⁴ N.

D) 1.98 \(\times\) 10²⁰ N.

E) 4.10 \(\times\) 10¹² N.

Answer: D

Q2) A force of 451 N is applied to 111 kg box that has a coefficient of static friction of 0.450.What is the force of friction on the box?

A) 490 N

B) 0.00 N

C) 108 N

D) 451 N

E) 203 N

Answer: D

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Chapter 3: Acceleration and Newtons Second Law of Motion

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Q1) A river flows toward the East at 2.2 m/s.Steve can swim 2.5 m/s in still water.If he wishes to cross the river so that his direction is northward,how long will it take him to cross the 75 m wide river?

A) 34 s

B) 39 s

C) 30 s

D) 63 s

Answer: D

Q2) A 4.0 kg mass has a velocity of 12 m/s to the WEST.The 4.0 kg mass undergoes an acceleration of 2.0 m/s² to the WEST for 3.0 sec.What is the velocity of the 4.0 kg mass at the end of the 3.0 sec interval?

A) 18 m/s to the WEST

B) 6.0 m/s to the WEST

C) 0.0 m/s

D) 6.0 m/s to the EAST

E) 18 m/s to the EAST

Answer: A

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Chapter 4: Motion With Constant Acceleration

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Q1) A model rocket flies upward at constant acceleration,and undergoes a displacement of 15.0 m during its first 0.25 s of travel.What was its speed at the end of the first 0.25 s?

A) 30 m/s

B) 60 m/s

C) 11 m/s

D) 120 m/s

Q2) A projectile is projected from the origin with a velocity of 20.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0 degrees above the horizontal.The projectile lands on a roof that is 4.00 m height.What is the speed when the projectile hits the roof?

A) 19.2 m/s

B) 17.9 m/s

C) 12.5 m/s

D) 9.20 m/s

E) 8.40 m/s

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Q1) An airplane flies in a semi-circular arc in order to simulate "weightlessness" for its occupants.If the speed at which the plane flies is 750 km/hr,what is the radius of the semicircular path it flies in?

A) 57 km

B) 1.6 km

C) 4.4 km

D) 2.2 km

E) 76 km

Q2) A CD has a diameter of 12.0 cm.If the CD starts from rest and has a constant angular acceleration of 2.00 rad/sec²,then the centripetal acceleration of a point 3.00 cm from the center of the CD after 3.00 sec is

A) 0.950 m/s².

B) 1.08 m/s².

C) 1.25 m/s².

D) 1.58 m/s².

E) 1.83 m/s².

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Chapter 6: Conservation of Energy

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Q1) A 20.0 kg box slides down a 12.0 m long incline at an angle of 30.0 degrees with the horizontal.A force of 50.0 N is applied to the box to try to pull it up the incline.The applied force makes an angle of 10.00 degrees to the incline and above 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) 203 J.

B) 275 J.

C) 300 J.

D) 392 J.

E) 425 J.

Q2) A 2.00 kg pendulum bob on a string 1.50 m long,is released with a velocity of 2.00 m/s when the support string makes an angle of 30.0 degrees with the vertical.What is the velocity of the bob at the bottom of the swing?

A) 4.32 m/s

B) 4.00 m/s

C) 3.75 m/s

D) 3.04 m/s

E) 2.81 m/s

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Chapter 7: Linear Momentum

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Q1) A rifle fires a bullet.Immediately after the bullet is fired,which of the following is NOT true?

A) the rifle and the bullet have the same magnitude of momentum

B) the force on the rifle due to the bullet and the force on the bullet due to the rifle have the same magnitude

C) the impulse on the rifle due to the bullet and the impulse on the bullet due to the rifle have the same magnitude

D) the rifle and the bullet do not have the same kinetic energy

E) the rifle and the bullet have the same kinetic energy

Q2) A 4.00 kg object is moving at 5.00 m/s WEST.It strikes a 6.00 kg that is moving WEST at 2.00 m/s.The objects have a one-dimensional elastic collision in the EAST-WEST direction.The velocity of the 6.00 kg object after the collision is

A) 1.40 m/s WEST.

B) 1.40 m/s EAST.

C) 4.40 m/s EAST.

D) 4.40 m/s WEST.

E) 3.00 m/s WEST.

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Chapter 8: Torque and Angular Momentum

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Q1) A 55kg girl swings on a swing,whose seat is attached to the pivot by 2.5m long rigid rods (considered to be massless in this problem).As she swings,she rises to a maximum height such that the angle of the rods with respect to the vertical is 32 degrees.What is the average torque on the rods due to her weight,as she moves during one cycle of her swinging from the bottom of her swing path to the highest point?

A) 370 Nm

B) 970 Nm

C) 2400 Nm

D) 2000 Nm

Q2) A 6.00 kg mass is located at (2.00 m,2.00 m,2.00 m)and a 5.00 kg mass is located at (-1.0 m,3.00 m,-2.00 m).If this system of masses rotated about the Z-axis perpendicular to the X-Y plane,then the moment of inertia of this system is

A) 60 kg m².

B) 79 kg m².

C) 85 kg m².

D) 98 kg m².

E) 112 kg m².

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Chapter 9: Fluids

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Q1) An incompressible fluid is flowing through a horizontal pipe with a constriction.The velocity of the fluid in the wide section of the pipe is 5.00 m/s.The diameter of the wide section is 10.0 cm and the diameter of the narrow section is 8.00 cm.The pressure of the fluid in the wide section is 200 kPa.What is the pressure in the narrow section of the pipe? (density of the fluid is 680 kg/m³)

A) 188 kPa

B) 175 kPa

C) 160 kPa

D) 152 kPa

E) 148 kPa

Q2) Air with a density of 1.20 kg/m³ flows through a 75.0 cm diameter pipe with a velocity of 2.00 m/s.What is the mass flow rate?

A) 0.95 kg/s

B) 1.06 kg/s

C) 1.20 kg/s

D) 1.26 kg/s

E) 1.48 kg/s

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Chapter 10: Elasticity and Oscillations

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Q1) A cube of aluminum is at a depth of 1.000 km under seawater whose density is 1,025 kg/m³.The bulk stress on the cube due to the seawater is

A) 3.015 \(\times\) 10⁷ Pa.

B) 2.601 \(\times\) 10⁷ Pa.

C) 2.405 \(\times\) 10⁷ Pa.

D) 1.345 \(\times\) 10⁷ Pa.

E) 1.005 \(\times\) 10⁷ Pa.

Q2) A block is placed in oscillation on a frictionless horizontal surface attached to a spring that is also attached to a wall.If,when stretched away from equilibrium by 15 cm and released,it oscillates with a period of 0.25s,and if the mass of the block is 15 kg,what force was required to stretch the spring by the initial 15 cm?

A) 230 N

B) 450 N

C) 710 N

D) 360 N

E) 1400 N

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Chapter 11: Waves

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Q1) The speed of sound in air is dependent upon the air temperature and other factors.The speed of sound increases from 334 m/s to 341 m/s between 8:00am and 11:00am.If a horn produces sound with wavelength 0.75 m at 8:00am,what would it produce at 11:00am?

A) 73 cm

B) 77 cm

C) Not enough info given to solve.

D) 75 cm

Q2) A longitudinal wave is represented by the equation z(z,t) = -2.0 cm sin(1,200 rad/s t20 m^-1 z).Another longitudinal wave is represented by the equation z(z,t) = +2.0 cm sin(1,200 rad/s t + 20 m^-1 z).What is the equation that represents the superposition of the two waves?

A) z(z,t)= +4.0 cm cos(1,200 rad/s t)cos(20 m^-1 z).

B) z(z,t)= +4.0 cm cos(1,200 rad/s t)sin(20 m^-1 z)

C) z(z,t)= +4.0 cm cos(1,200 rad/s t)cos(20 m^-1 z)

D) z(z,t)= -2.0 cm cos(1,200 rad/s t)sin(20 m^-1 z)

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Chapter 12: Sound

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Q1) A guitar string is played together with a tuning fork whose frequency is 256 Hz,and beats of 2 Hz are heard.In such a case,if initially the tension in the string is 150 N,what must the new tension be,assuming the guitar string is initially higher in frequency than the tuning fork?

A) 148 N

B) 149 N

C) 151 N

D) 152 N

E) The length of the string must be given in order to solve this problem.

Q2) A 20.0 cm long organ pipe is filled with air and is open at one end and closed at the other.The velocity of sound in air at 0\(^{\circ}\)C is 331 m/s.What is the frequency of the fundamental mode?

A) 414 Hz

B) 387 Hz

C) 345 Hz

D) 302 Hz

E) 295 Hz

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Chapter 13: Temperature and the Ideal Gas

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Q1) What is the activation energy of a chemical reaction if the reaction rate triples when the temperature goes from 10\(^{\circ}\)C to 30\(^{\circ}\)C?

A) 5.5 \(\times\) 10^-20 J

B) 6.0 \(\times\) 10^-20 J

C) 6.5 \(\times\) 10^-20 J

D) 7.0 \(\times\) 10^-20 J

E) 7.5 \(\times\) 10^-20 J

Q2) The total kinetic energy in one mole of an ideal gas is 4,000 J.If the gas is nitrogen,what is the root mean square velocity of an individual particle in the ideal gas?

(N2 = 28u)

A) 678 m/s

B) 545 m/s

C) 486 m/s

D) 402 m/s

E) 376 m/s

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Chapter 14: Heat

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Q1) The specific heat of ice is 2.100 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,and the heat of vaporization of water at 100\(^{\circ}\)C is 2,256 kJ/k.What is the final equilibrium temperature when 10.00 grams of ice at -15.00\(^{\circ}\)C is mixed with 2.00 grams of steam at 100.0\(^{\circ}\)C?

A) 27.54\(^{\circ}\)C

B) 33.79\(^{\circ}\)C

C) 40.12\(^{\circ}\)C

D) 45.71\(^{\circ}\)C

E) 53.53\(^{\circ}\)C

Q2) What is the total internal energy of 2.00 moles of an ideal gas at -50\(^{\circ}\)C?

A) 4,040 J

B) 4,750 J

C) 5,020 J

D) 5,560 J

E) 6,030 J

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Chapter 15: Thermodynamics

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Q1) A friend tells you that he knows of a situation in which bowl of ice sitting by itself on a table in a room whose air temperature is 20\(^{\circ}\)C gives up heat the surrounding air.What's wrong with this concept?

A) It would violate the 0^th law of thermodynamics

B) It would violate the 1^st law of thermodynamics

C) It would violate the 2^nd law of thermodynamics

D) It would violate the 3^rd law of thermodynamics

Q2) If 30 kJ of heat flows out of a system and 15 kJ of work is done by the system,then what is the change in internal energy?

A) 85 kJ

B) 70 kJ

C) 45 kJ

D) 15 kJ

E) 10 kJ

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) What is the magnitude of the acceleration of an electron when in an electric field of 7.0 \(\times\) 10⁴ N/C?

A) 3.0 \(\times\) 10⁸ m/s²

B) 1.2 \(\times\) 10¹⁶ m/s²

C) 7.7 \(\times\) 10³⁴ m/s²

D) 8.6 \(\times\) 10^{20.00 m}/s²

E) 7.0 \(\times\) 10⁴ m/s²

Q2) A point charge of 3.0 \( \mu\)C is located on the y-axis at y = 4.0 m,and another point charge of 6.0 \( \mu\)C is located on the x-axis at x = 5.0 m.What is the direction (ccw from x axis)of the electric field at (5.0 m,4.0 m)?

A) 72\(^{\circ}\)

B) 18\(^{\circ}\)

C) 25\(^{\circ}\)

D) 53\(^{\circ}\)

E) 34\(^{\circ}\)

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Chapter 17: Electric Potential

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Q1) A parallel plate capacitor has a paper dielectric having dielectric strength 8.0 kV/mm and dielectric constant 3.0.The plate area is 3000 cm² and the plate separation is 0.50 mm.What is the highest voltage that can be applied to this capacitor?

A) 15 V

B) 1.2 \(\times\) 10² V

C) 4.0 \(\times\) 10² V

D) 4.0 \(\times\) 10³ V

E) 1.2 \(\times\) 10⁴ V

Q2) 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 change in potential from the initial position to the final position?

A) 1500 V

B) 2000 V

C) -2000 V

D) 3500 V

E) -1500 V

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Chapter 18: Electric Current and Circuits

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Q1) An electron beam contains 1.5 \(\times\) 10¹⁷ electrons per m³ and is confined to circular region of diameter 0.025 mm.The electrons in the beam are extremely energetic,and travel at nearly the speed of light.What is the current in the beam?

A) 1.4 A

B) 3.5 mA

C) 350 mA

D) 14 mA

Q2) Capacitors of values 1.0 F, 2.0 F, 3.0 F, and 6.0 F are connected in series across a 12 V power supply.Which capacitor has the greatest charge on it?

A) the 1.0 F capacitor

B) the 2.0 F capacitor

C) the 3.0 F capacitor

D) the 6.0 F capacitor

E) they are all equal

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Chapter 19: Magnetic Forces and Fields

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Q1) The magnetic forces exerted on each other by two parallel wires with unequal currents flowing in opposite directions is

A) repulsive and unequal in magnitude.

B) attractive and unequal in magnitude.

C) repulsive and equal in magnitude.

D) attractive and equal in magnitude.

Q2) A proton cyclotron has a magnetic field of 0.20 T between its poles and a radius of 0.40 m.What is the maximum energy for the protons from this machine?

A) 1.6 \(\times\) 10^-13 J

B) 3.2 \(\times\) 10^-13 J

C) 4.9 \(\times\) 10^-13 J

D) 3.2 \(\times\) 10^-14 J

E) 4.9 \(\times\) 10^-14 J

Q3) The magnetic field lines inside a bar magnet go in what direction?

A) from south pole to north pole

B) from north pole to south pole

C) from side to side

D) There are no magnetic field lines inside a bar magnet.

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Chapter 20: Electromagnetic Induction

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Q1) What electric field has the same energy density as a 1.0 T magnetic field?

A) 1.0 V/m

B) 3.0 \(\times\) 10⁸ V/m

C) 9.0 \(\times\) 10¹⁶ V/m

D) 1.1 \(\times\) 10^-17 V/m

E) 3.3 \(\times\) 10^-9 V/m

Q2) The south end of a bar magnet is pushed downward toward a wire loop in the plane of the paper.In which direction is the induced current,and which way is the induced magnetic field?

A) clockwise,into the paper

B) clockwise,out of the paper

C) counter-clockwise,into the paper

D) counter-clockwise,out of the paper

E) There is no induced current.

Q3) Lenz's law arises because of the following basic principle:

A) Gauss's law

B) the conservation of momentum

C) Coulomb's law

D) the conservation of energy

E) the conservation of charge

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Q1) The difference between the highest and lowest voltage of a household "120 V emf" is

A) 120 V.

B) 170 V.

C) 240 V.

D) 340 V.

E) 377 V.

Q2) What is the average power for an 8.00 mF capacitor attached to a 120 V rms 60.0 Hz source?

A) 240 W

B) 120 W

C) 85.0 W

D) 60.0 W

E) 0.000

Q3) As frequency is varied in an RLC series circuit,resonance is reached when

A) the voltages V_R,V_L and V_C all become equal.

B) the voltages V_L and V_C become zero.

C) the voltage V_R becomes equal to the source voltage.

D) None of the choices are correct.

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Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves

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Q1) If the rms value of the electric field is 9.0 V/m at a distance of 6.0 m from an isotropic source,what is the rms value of the magnetic field at a distance of 12 m from the source?

A) 3.0 \(\times\) 10^-8 T

B) 1.5 \(\times\) 10^-8 T

C) 0.75 \(\times\) 10^-8 T

D) 0.38 \(\times\) 10^-8 T

E) 0.19 \(\times\) 10^-8 T

Q2) Radio waves were discovered by

A) Hertz.

B) Maxwell.

C) Penzias.

D) Dumont.

E) Marconi.

Q3) What is the wavelength from a radio station having frequency 107.7 MHz?

A) 2.790 m

B) 27.90 m

C) 32.30 m

D) 323.0 m

E) 108.0 m

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Chapter 23: Reflection and Refraction of Light

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Q1) An object placed at a distance farther from a converging lens than the focal point always produces an image that is

A) The same size as the object

B) Inverted

C) Virtual

D) Smaller than the object

Q2) When an object is reflected in a plane mirror,the image is always

A) Virtual

B) Real

C) Inverted

D) None of these

Q3) It is found that a laser bounced off a glass surface is perfectly polarized when the angle of incidence of the laser beam is 57 degrees from the vertical.What is the angle of the transmitted beam in the case of this material?

A) 29\(^{\circ}\)

B) 43\(^{\circ}\)

C) 33\(^{\circ}\)

D) 40\(^{\circ}\)

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Q1) How is chromatic aberration corrected in large astronomical reflecting telescopes?

A) a combination of lenses designed to cancel the aberrations

B) use a parabolic mirror instead of a spherical mirror

C) a properly constructed telescope has no aberration

D) change the resolution of the telescope

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\(^{\circ}\)

Q3) Increasing the aperture on a camera

A) reduces the depth of field and requires a longer exposure time.

B) reduces the depth of field and requires a shorter exposure time.

C) increases the depth of field and requires a longer exposure time.

D) increases the depth of field and requires a shorter exposure time.

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Chapter 25: Interference and Diffraction

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Q1) In a double-slit interference pattern,the third maximum from the central maximum corresponds to which value of m?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

Q2) Two planes of a crystal are separated by 3.25 Angstroms (or 3.25 \(\times\) 10^-10 m). Light of what wavelength shows constructive interference at a scattering angle of 17.5 degrees?

A) 3.9 Angstroms

B) 0.49 Angstroms

C) 9.75 Angstroms

D) 1.46 Angstroms

E) 1.95 Angstroms

Q3) Huygen's Principle only applies to

A) electromagnetic waves.

B) water waves.

C) sound waves.

D) all of these choices are correct

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Chapter 26: Relativity

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Q1) 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.

Q2) How much mass must be converted to energy to release one million kilowatt hours?

A) 3.6 \(\times\) 10^-6 g

B) 40 \(\mu\)g

C) 4.0 g

D) 3.6 \(\times\) 10^-12 g

E) 40 pg

Q3) How fast is a particle moving if its kinetic energy is equal to its rest energy?

A) 0.00

B) 0.57 c

C) 0.75 c

D) 0.87 c

E) 0.50 c

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Chapter 27: Early Quantum Physics and the Photon

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Q1) As a result of experiments involving alpha particle scattering,__________ proposed the nuclear model of the atom.

A) Einstein

B) Bohr

C) Rutherford

D) Planck

E) Feynman

Q2) Ultraviolet light is shone on a piece of metal that has a known work function,and electrons are observed being produced through the interaction of the light with the metal.The lamp that produces the light is now replaced with a lamp of the same intensity,but which produces photons having a longer wavelength.What difference is observed in the number of electrons produced per unit time?

A) The same number are produced.

B) More are produced.

C) Without knowing more about the wavelengths used,one cannot answer.

D) Fewer are produced.

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Chapter 28: Quantum Physics

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Q1) What is the orbital angular momentum quantum number for a d subshell?

A) 10

B) 7

C) 4

D) 3

E) 2

Q2) If a solid has a half-filled valence band,which of the following would it be?

A) a conductor

B) an insulator

C) a semiconductor

D) a p-type semiconductor

E) an n-type semiconductor

Q3) An alternate version of the uncertainty principle exchanges the uncertainties in position and momentum with uncertainties in __________ and time interval.

A) angular momentum

B) charge

C) angle

D) energy

E) wavelength

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Chapter 29: Nuclear Physics

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Q1) Fusion employs the lightest nuclei because

A) fusion produces a nucleus whose binding energy per nucleon is smaller than that of the two parent nuclei.

B) they are more plentifully available.

C) they are easier to completely ionize and thus cause their nuclei to coalesce.

D) fusion produces a nucleus whose binding energy per nucleon is larger than that of the two parent nuclei.

Q2) In the reaction ⁴He + ⁹Be \(\rarr\) n + ¹²C how much energy is released or absorbed? The mass of ⁴He is 4.0026032 u,the mass of ⁹Be is 9.0121821 u,the mass of n is 1.0086649 u,and the mass of ¹²C is 12.0000000 u.

A) 4.21 MeV absorbed

B) 4.21 MeV released

C) 5.70 MeV absorbed

D) 5.70 MeV released

E) 6.34 MeV released

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Chapter 30: Particle Physics

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Q1) An accelerator that slams particles moving in opposite directions into one another is called a ___________.

A) collider

B) synchrotron

C) linear accelerator

D) storage ring

E) de Broglie modulator

Q2) The electron antineutrino is which of the following types of particle?

A) meson

B) baryon

C) hadron

D) lepton

E) quark

Q3) When a strange hadron decays into particles that are not strange,it is a manifestation of the

A) electromagnetic interaction.

B) strong interaction.

C) weak interaction.

D) gravitational interaction.

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