Introductory Physics
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Course Introduction
Introductory Physics provides students with a foundational understanding of the fundamental principles governing the physical world. The course covers essential topics such as motion, forces, energy, momentum, and the properties of matter, as well as an introduction to waves, electricity, and magnetism. Emphasis is placed on developing problem-solving skills and applying quantitative reasoning to real-world situations. Through lectures, laboratory experiments, and practical exercises, students gain insight into how physical laws shape everyday phenomena and form the basis for advancements in science and technology.
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Inquiry into Physics 8th Edition by Vern J. Ostdiek
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Chapter 1: The Study of Motion
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Q1) The velocity of the moving object is
A)zero.
B)constant.
C)increasing.
D)decreasing.
E)not determinable.
Answer: B
Q2) The ball is referred to at the two-second time.The distance below the rooftop is __________.
Answer: 19.6 m
Q3) As the ball is going upwards,the velocity points __________ and the acceleration points __________.
Answer: up,down
Q4) The distance the ball is below the rooftop in meters is A)0.
B)4.9.
C)9.8.
D)19.6.
E)none of these.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Newtons Laws
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Q1) The shapes of planetary orbits are __________.
Answer: ellipses
Q2) When a body moves with uniform acceleration,the net force on it is zero.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) When a body moves in a straight line with increasing speed,the net force on it must be increasing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A heavy truck hits a small car.At any given time during the impact,
A)the force the truck exerts on the car is larger than the force the car exerts on the truck.
B)the force the truck exerts on the car is smaller than the force the car exerts on the truck.
C)the force the truck exerts on the car is equal to the force the car exerts on the truck.
D)the only force present is the force of the truck on the car.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Energy and Conservation Laws
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Q1) A watt is equal to
A)746 horsepower.
B)one calorie.
C)one joule.
D)1 J/s.
E)a unit of energy.
Answer: D
Q2) The work you do is __________.
Answer: 100 J
Q3) A hunter notches a 0.05-kg arrow in a compound bow and draws the arrow back to set the bow.The hunter does 50 J of work in the process setting the bow/arrow combination and then releases the arrow.The speed of the arrow is ___________.
Answer: 44.7 m/s
Q4) Which of the following quantities are conserved in an isolated system?
A)mass
B)energy
C)momentum
D)all of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Physics of Matter
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Q1) The particle that orbits the central core inside an atom is the electron.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The gauge pressure of the water in a swimming pool at 10 ft is ____________ the gauge pressure of the water at 5 ft.
A)1/4
B)1/2
C)equal to
D)2 times
E)4 times
Q3) The force on your left palm is __________ the force on your right palm.
Q4) When a liquid boils and changes to a gas,it is said to have undergone a change of ________.
Q5) When an object floats in a liquid,the buoyant force is larger than the weight of the object.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The buoyant force that keeps a ship afloat is an example of Pascal's principle.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Temperature and Heat
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Q1) You feel warm from the Sun at the beach because of heat radiation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The specific heat capacity of copper is three times the specific heat capacity of lead.Equal masses of copper and lead are heated from room temperature to the temperature of boiling water.To achieve this,the amount of heat added to the copper is ___________ the amount of heat added to the lead.
A)1/9
B)1/3
C)equal to D)3 times
E)9 times
Q3) On the Kelvin scale the temperature is proportional to the average kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules whose temperature is being measured.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Two ways that the temperature of a gas can be increased are by __________ and __________.
Q5) When ice melts,its temperature __________.
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Chapter 6: Waves and Sound
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Q1) The waves with the largest amplitude are _________ and _________.
Q2) The distance between two successive 'like' points on a wave is the wave's __________.
Q3) You drop a rock in a pond,and the water waves travel away from the rock with a certain speed.You drop a heavier rock in the water.The speed of the waves in the water from the heavier rock
A)remains unchanged.
B)increases.
C)decreases.
D)cannot be determined.
Q4) Reverberation time of a room can be increased by covering the walls with better reflectors of sound.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A sound level of 80 dB has ___________ the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.
A)ten times
B)twenty times
C)one tenth
D)twice
Q6) Two examples of a transverse wave are __________ and __________.
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Chapter 7: Electricity
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Q1) The type of current supplied by a battery is __________.
Q2) What does a neutral atom become if it acquires an extra electron?
A)negatively charged
B)positively charged
C)an ion
D)a molecule
Q3) A battery operating a large flashlight produces a current of 2 amperes in a light bulb that has a resistance of 4 ohms.The voltage of the battery is 2 volts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Lightning is dangerous to humans because lightning strokes
A)carry large currents.
B)have high voltages.
C)have no resistance.
D)fry whatever they hit.
Q5) The resistance of the light bulb is __________.
Q6) The light bulb used in a lamp has a resistance of 240 ohms when operating on 120 volts.What is the bulb's power consumption?
Q7) If the diameter of a wire increases,its resistance __________.
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Chapter 8: Electromagnetism and Em Waves
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Q1) What's the Big Bang?
A)the creation of the universe
B)microwave radiation from all directions in the sky
C)the Hubble relation
D)a punk rock band
Q2) N rays do not exist.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The peak of a body's blackbody radiation curve shifts toward longer wavelength as the temperature of the body __________.
Q4) Lower frequency radio waves are reflected back to Earth by the ______________.
Q5) The deviation from the way a compass needle points from the true north direction is the magnetic declination.
A)True
B)False
Q6) AM radio stations have greater range than FM stations because they have more powerful transmitters.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Optics
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Q1) Liquid crystal displays make use of A)interference.
B)diffraction.
C)specular reflection.
D)diffuse reflection.
E)polarization.
Q2) You look at yourself in a plane mirror.If you move away from the mirror and look at yourself again,you now see
A)more of yourself.
B)less of yourself.
C)the same amount of yourself.
D)a larger image of yourself.
E)a smaller image of yourself.
Q3) Thin film interference is responsible for the colors of A)bird feathers.
B)gasoline spills.
C)soap bubbles.
D)all of the above.
Q4) The sky is blue because of ____________.
Q5) A ________ lens is used to compensate for hyperopia.
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Chapter 10: Atomic Physics
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Q1) A quantum of electromagnetic radiation is a __________.
Q2) The energy of a photon is _________ proportional to its frequency and __________proportional to its wavelength.
Q3) The energy of the most energetically possible photon emitted is 10.2 eV.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The smallest energy of an absorbed photon that will raise a hydrogen atom from its ground state to its first excited state is 13.6 eV.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The __________ states that a particle cannot be precisely localized.
Q6) In a laser the emitted light is __________.
Q7) The chemical composition of stars can be determined from lines in their spectra. A)True B)False
Q8) As the intensity of light is increased in a photoelectric effect experiment,the energy of the emitted electrons increases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Nuclear Physics
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Q1) The type of nuclear reaction taking place in stars is A)cold fusion.
B)fusion.
C)fission.
D)beta decay.
Q2) The half-life of uranium-232 is 70 years.The time for 3/4 of a sample of uranium-232 to decay is
A)35 years.
B)70 years.
C)125 years.
D)140 years.
E)none of the above.
Q3) The splitting of a large nucleus into two smaller nuclei upon absorbing a neutron is A)nuclear fission.
B)nuclear fusion.
C)neutron activation.
D)nuclear emission.
E)beta decay.
Q4) An alpha particle is another name for a(n)__________.
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Chapter 12: Special Relativity and Elementary Particles
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Q1) A particle with an integral spin is a A)boson.
B)lepton.
C)fermion.
D)hadron.
E)muon.
Q2) What is different between a particle and its antiparticle?
A)opposite electric charge
B)opposite strangeness
C)opposite charm
D)all of the above
Q3) The prediction from special relativity that the length of a moving object will be shortened in the direction of motion is
A)time dilation.
B)length contraction.
C)the equivalence of mass and energy.
D)the principle of relativity.
E)none of the above.
Q4) Since the mass of an object is the same for all observers,it is a relativistically ____________ quantity.
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