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Chapters 4-5
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10/15/2011

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4-2 On the Celsius Tempature Scale

a. zero means there is not temperature

b. 80° is twaice as hot as 40°

c. the number related to the boiling and freezing of water

d. there are more degrees than on the Fahrenheit scale

Definition
The numbers related to the boiling and freezing of water
Term

4-3. Interal energy refers to the

a. translation kinetic energy of gas molecules

b. total potential and kinetic energy of the molecules

c. total vibration , rotational, and translationl kinetic energy of molecules.

d. average of all types of kinetic energy of the gas molecules

Definition
b. total potential and kinetic energy of the molecules
Term

4-6. The specific heat of copper is 0.093 cal/gCO, and the specif heat of aluminum is 0.22 cal/gCQThe same amount of energy applied to equal masses, say, 50.0 g of copper and aluminum,will result in
a. a higher temperature for copper.
b. a higher temperature lor aluminum.
c. the same temperature for each metal.
d. unknown results.

Definition
a. a higher temperature for copper
Term

4-7. The specific heat of water is 1.00 , and the specific heat of ice is 0.500 callgCn The same amount of energy applied to equal masses, say, 50.0 g of water and ice, will result in (assume the ice does not melt)
a. a greater temperature increase for the water.
b. a greater temperature increase for the ice.
c. the same temperature increase for each.
d. unknown results.

Definition
b. a greater temperature increase for the ice.
Term

4-8. The transfer of heat that takes by the movement of groups of molecules with higher kinetic energy is
a. conduction.
b. convection.
c. radiation.
d. sublimation.

Definition
B. Convection
Term

4-11. The evaporation of water cools the surroundings. and the condensation of this vapor
a. does nothing.
b. warms the surroundings.
c. increases the value of the latent heat of vaporization.
d. decreases the value of the latent heat of vaporization.

Definition
b. warms the surroundings
Term

4-12. The heat involved in the change of phase from solid ice to liquid water is called
a. latent heat of vaporization.
b. latent heat of fusion.
c. latent heat of condensation.
d. none of the above.

Definition
b. latent heat of fusion
Term

4-13. The energy supplied to a system in the form of heat, minus the work done by the system, equal to the change in internal energy. This statement describes the
a. first law of thermodynamics.
b. second law of thermodynamics.
c. third law of thermodynamics.

Definition
a. first law of thermodynamics.
Term

4-14. If you want to move heat from a region of cooler temperature to a region of warmer temperature, you must supply energy. This is described by the
a. first law of thermodynamics.
b. second law of thermodynamics.
c. third law of thermodynamics.

Definition
b. second law of thermodynamics.
Term

4-15. More molecules are returning to the liqUid state than are leaving the liquid state. This process is called
a. boiling.
b. freezing.
c. condensation.
d. melting.

Definition
c. condensation.
Term

4-16. The temperature of a gas is proportional to the
a. average velocity of the gas molecules.
b. internal potential energy of the gas.
c. number of gas molecules in a sample.
d. average kinetic energy of the gas molecules.

Definition
d. average kinetic energy of the gas molecules.
Term

4-18. Using the Kelvin temperature scale, the freezing point of water is correctly written as
a. 0 K.
b. 0°K
c. 273 K.
d. 273°K

Definition
C. 273 K.
Term

The specific heat of soil is 0.20 kcal/kgC°, and the specific heat water is 1.00 kcal/kgC°. This means that if 1 kg of soil and 1 kg of water each receives 1 kcal of energy, ideally.
a. the water will be warmer than the soil by O.SeC.
b. the soil will be 4°C wanner than the water.
c. the soil will be SoC warmer than the water.
d. the water will warm by l°e. and the soil will warm by 0.2'

Definition
b. the soil will be 4°C wanner than the water.
Term

4-22. Latent heat is "hidden" because it
a. goes into or comes out of internal energy.
b. is a fluid (caloric) that cannot be sensed.
c. does not actually exist.
d. is a form of internal kinetic energy.

Definition
a. goes into or comes out of internal energy.
Term

4-23. As a solid undergoes a phase change to a liquid, it
a. releases heat while remaining at a constant temperature.
b. absorbs heat while remaining at a constant temperature.
c. releases heat as the temperature decreases.
d. absorbs heat as the temperature increases.

Definition

b. absorbs heat while remaining at a constant temperature.

Term

4-25. The work that a heat engine is able to accomplish is ideally equivalent to the
a. difference between the heat supplied and the
heat rejected.
b. heat that was produced in the cycle
c. heat that appears in the exhaust gases.
d. sum total of the heat input and the heat output.

Definition

a. difference between the heat supplied and the
heat rejected.

Term

4-27. Which of the following contains the most heat?
a. A bucket of water at O°C.
b. A barrel of water at O°C.
c. Neither contains any heat since the temperature is zero.
d. Both have the same amount of heat.

Definition

b. A barrel of water at O°C.

Term

4-28. Any tiime a temperature difference occurs. you can expect a cold to move to where it is warmer, such as cold moving into a warm house.
a warm house during the winter.
b. heat movement from any higher-temperature region.
c. no energy movement unless it is hot enough, such as the red-hot heating element on a stove.

Definition

b. heat movement from any higher-temperature region.

Term

4-30. The specific  heat of copper is roughly three times as great as the specitic heat of gold, Which of the following is true for equal masses of copper and gold?
a. If the same amount of heat is the copper will become
hotter.
b. Copper heats up three times as f.ast as gold.
c. A piece stores three times as much heat at the same
temperature.
d. The temperature is three times that

Definition

c. A piece stores three times as much heat at the same
temperature.

Term

4-34.Radiation is the only method of heat transfer that can take place in a
a. solid.
b. liquid.
c. gas.
d. vacuum.

Definition

d. vacuum.

Term

4-36. When you add heat to a substance, its temperature
a. always increases.
b. sometimes decreases.
c. might stay the same.
d. might go up or down, depending on the temperature.

Definition

c. might stay the same.

Term

4-38. At temperatures above freeZing, the evaporation rate can equal the condensation rate only at
a. very high air temperatures,
b. mild temperatures.
c. low temperatures.
d. any temperature.

Definition
d. any temperature.
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40. vVhich of the following has the greatest value for liquid water?
a. Latent heat of fusion.
b. Latent heat of vaporization
c. Both are equivalent
d. None of the above is correct.

Definition

b. Latent heat of vaporization

Term

4- 43. The heat deatb of the universe in the future is when the universe is supposed to
a. have a high temperature that will kill all living things
b. have a high temperature that will vaporize all matter in it.
c. freeze at a uniform low temperature.
d. use up the universal supply of entropy.

Definition

c. freeze at a uniform low temperature.

Term

5-L A back·and·forth motion that repeats itselfis a
a, spring,
b, vibration,
c. wave.
d. pulse,

Definition
b, vibration,
Term

2, The number of vibrations that occur in 1 s is called
a, a period.
b. frequency,
c. amplitnde,
d. sinusoidal.

Definition

b. frequency,

Term

5-3. Frequency is measured in units of
a. time.
b. cycles.
c. hertz.
d. avis.

Definition
c. hertz.
Term

5-4. The maximum displacement from rest to the crest or from rest to the trough of a wave is called
a. wavelength.
b. period.
c. equilibrium position.
d. amplitude.

Definition
d. amplitude.
Term

5-5. A wave with motion perpendicular to the direction that the wave is moving is classified as a
a. longitudinal wave.
b. transverse wave.
c. water wave.
d. compression wave.

Definition
b. transverse wave.
Term

5-6. Your brain interprets a frequency as a sound with a certain
a. speed.
b. loudness.
c. pitch.
d. harmonic.

Definition
c. pitch.
Term

5-7. Sound waves with frequencies greater than 20,000 Hz are
a. infrasonic waves.
b. supersonic waves.
c. ultrasonic waves.
d. impossible.

Definition
c. ultrasonic waves.
Term

5-8. Generally, sounds travel faster in
a. solids.
b. liquids.
c. gases.
d. vacuums.

Definition

a. solids.

Term

5-9. Sounds travel faster in
a. warmer air.
b. cooler air.
c. Temperature does not influence the speed of sound.
d. a vacuum

Definition

a. warmer air.

Term

5-10. The bending of a wave front between boundaries is
a. reflection.
b. reverberation.
c. refraction.
d. dispersion.

Definition
c. refraction.
Term

5-11. A reflected sound that reaches the ear within 0.1 s after the original sound results in
a. an echo.
b. reverberation.
c. refraction.
d. confusion.

Definition
b. reverberation.
Term

5-12. The wave front of a refracted sound bends toward
a. warmer air.
b. cooler air.
c. the sky, no matter what the air temperature.
d. the surface of Earth, no matter what the air temperature

Definition
b. cooler air.
Term

5-13. Two in-phase sound waves with the same amplitude and frequency arrive at the same place at the same time, resulting in
a. higher frequency.
b. refraction.
c. a new sound wave with greater amplitude.
d. reflection.

Definition
c. a new sound wave with greater amplitude.
Term

5-14. Two out of-phase sound waves with the same amplitude and frequiency arrive at the same place at the same time, resulting in
a. a beat.
b. cancellation of the two sound waves.
c. a lower frequency.
d. the bouncing of one wave.

Definition
b. cancellation of the two sound waves.
Term

5-15. Two sound waves of equal amplitude with slightly different frequiencies will result in
a. an echo.
b. the Doppler effect.
c. alternation of loudness of sound known as beats.

d. two separate sounds

Definition
c. alternation o floudness of sound known as beats.
Term

5-16. Two sound waves of unequal amplitudes with different frequencies will result in
a. an echo.
b. the Doppler effect.
c. alternation of loudness known as beats.
d. two separate sounds.

Definition
d. two separate sounds.
Term

5-17. The energy of a sound wave is proportional to the rate of energy transferred to an area perpendicular to the waves, which is called
the sound
a. intensity
b. loudness.
c. amplitude.
d. decibel.

Definition
a. intensity
Term

18. A decibel noise level of 40 would be most likely found
a. during a calm day in the forest.
b. on a typical day in the library.
c. in heavy street traffic.
d. next 10 a pneumatic drill.

Definition
b. on a typical day in the library.
Term

5-19. A resonant condition occurs when
a. an external force matches a natural frequency.
b. a beat is heard.
e. two out-of-phase waves have the same frequency.
d. a pure tone is created.

Definition
An external Force matches a natural frequency
Term

5-20. The fundamental frequency of a string is the
a. shortest wavelength harmonic possible on the string.
b. longest standing wave that can fit on the string.
c. highest frequency possible on the string.
d. shortest wavelength that can fit on the string.

Definition
Longest standing wave that can fit on the string.
Term

5-21. The fundamental on a vibrating string is what part of
a wavelength?
a. 1/4
b. 1/2
e. 1
d. 2

Definition
 1/2
Term

5-22. Higher resonant frequencies that occur at the same time as the fundamental frequency are called
a. standing waves.
b. confined waves.
e. oscillations.
d. overtones.

Definition
Overtones.
Term

5-23. A moving source of sound or a moving observer experiences the apparent shift frequency in called
a. fundamental frequency
b. Doppler effect.
c. wave front effect.
d. shock waves.

Definition
Doppler effect.
Term

5-24. Does the Doppler effect occcur when the observer is moving and the source of sound is staitionay?
a. Yes, the effect is the same.
b. No, the source must be
c. Yes, but the change of pitch effects is reversed in this case.

Definition
Yes, the effect is the same.
Term

25. A rocket traveling at three times the speed of sound is traveling at
a. sonic speed.
b. Mach speed.
c. Mach 3.
d. subsonic speed.

Definition
Mach 3
Term

5-26. A longitudinal mechanical wave causes particles of a material to move
a. back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
b. perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
c. in a circular motion in the direction the wave is moving.
d. in a circular motion opposite the direction the wave is moving.

Definition
Back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
Term

5-27. A transverse mechanical wave causes particles of a material to move
a. hack and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
b. perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
c. in a circular motion in the direction the wave is moving.
d. in a circular motion opposite the direction the wave is moving.

Definition
perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
Term

5-28. Transverse mechanical waves will move only through
a. solids.
h. liquids.
c. gases.
d. All of the above are correct.

Definition
solids.
Term

5-29. Longitudinal mechanical waves will move only through
a. solids.
b. liquids.
c. gases.
d. All of the above are correct.

Definition
All of the above are correct
Term

5-30. A pulse of jammed-together molecules that quickly moves away
from a vibrating object
a. is called a condensation.
b. causes an increased air pressure when it reaches an object.
c. has a greater density than the surrounding air.
d. All of the above are correct.

Definition
All of the above are correct.
Term

5-31. The characteristic of a wave that is responsible for what you interpret as pitch is the wave
a. amplitude.
b. shape
c. frequency

d. height

Definition
Frequency
Term

5-32. Sound waves travel faster in
a. solids as compared to liquids.
b. liquids as compared to gases.
c. warm air as compared to cooler air.
d. All of the above are correct.

Definition
All of the above are correct
Term

5-33. The difference between an echo and a reverberation is
a. an echo is a reflected sound; reverberation is not.
b. the time interval between the original sound and the
reflected sound.
c. the amplitude of an echo is much greater.
d. reverberation comes from acoustical speakers, echoes come from cliffs and walls.

Definition
Reverberation comes from acoustical speakers, echoes come from cliffs and walls.
Term

5-34. Sound interference is necessary to produce the phenomenon known as
a. resonance.
b. decibels.
c. beats.
d. reverberation.

Definition
beats.
Term

5-35. The fundamental frequency of a standing wave on a string has
a. one node and one antinode.
b. one node and two antinodes.
c. two nodes and one antinode.
d. two nodes and two antinodes.

Definition
Two nodes and one antinode
Term

5-36. An observer on the ground will hear a sonic boom from an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
a. only when the plane breaks the sound barrier.
b. as the plane is approaching
c. when the plane is directly overhead
d. after the plane has passed by

Definition
After the plane has passed by
Term

5-37. What comment is true about the statement that "the human ear hears sounds originating from vibrating objects with a frequency between 20 and 20,000 Hz"?
a. This is true only at room temperature.
b. About 95 percent hear in this range, while some hear outside
the average limits.
c. This varies, with females frequencies hearing above 20,000 Hz.
d. Very few people hear this whole range, which decreases
with age.

Definition
Very few people hear this whole range, which decreases
with age.
Term

38. A sound wave that moves through the air is
a. actually a tiny sound that the ear magnifies
b. pulses of increased and decreased air pressure.
c. a transverse wave that carries information about a sound.
d. a combination oflongitudinal and transverse wave
patterns.

Definition
Pulses of increased and decreased air pressure.
Term

5-39. During a track and field meet, the time difference between seeing the smoke from a starter's gun and hearing the bang would be less
a. on a warmer day.
b. on a cooler day.
e. if a more powerful shell were used.
d. if a less powerful shell were used.

Definition
On a warmer day.
Term

5-40. What is changed by destructive interference of a sound wave?
a. Frequency
b. Phase
c. 40. What is changed by destructive interference of a sound
wave?
a. Frequency
b. Phase
c. Amplitude
d. Wavelength
d. Wavelength

Definition
 Amplitude
Term

5-41. An airplane pilot hears a slow beat from the two engines of his plane. He increases the speed of the right engine and now  hears a slower beat.

What should the pilot now do to eliminate the beat?
a. Increase the speed of the left engine.
b. Decrease the speed of the right engine.
c. Increase the speed of both engines.
d. Increase the speed of the right engine.

Definition
Increase the speed of the right engine.
Term

5-42. Resonance occurs when an external force matches the
a. interference frequency.
b. decibel frequency.
c. beat frequency
d. natural frequency.

Definition
beat frequency.
Term

5-43. The sound quality is different for the same-pitch note produced by two different musical instruments, but you are able to recognize the basic note because of the same
a. harmonics.
b. fundamental frequency.
c. node positions.
d. standing waves.

Definition
Fundamental frequency.
Term

5-44. What happens if the source of a sound is moving toward you at a high rate of speed?
a. The sound will be traveling faster th,m from a stationary source.
h. The sound ,yill be moving faster only in the direction of travel.
c. You will hear a higher frequency but people in the source will not.
d. All observers in all directions will hear a higher frequency.

Definition
You will hear a higher frequency but people in the source will not.
Term

5-45. What happens if you are moving at a high rate of speed toward
some people standing next to a stationary source of a sound? You will hear
a. a higher frequency than the people you are approaching will
hear.
b. the same frequency as the people you are approaching will
hear.
c. the smne frequency as when you and the source are not moving.
d. higher frequency, as will all observers in all directions.

Definition
a higher frequency than the people you are approaching will
Term
Newton's First Law of Motion 
Definition
states that in order for the motion of an object to change, a force must act upon it, a concept generally called inertia.
Term
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
Heat flows from objects with higher temperature to objects with cooler temperature
Term
Newton's Third Law of Motion
Definition
states that any time a force acts from one object to another, there is an equal force acting back on the original object. If you pull on a rope, therefore, the rope is pulling back on you as well.
Term
Heat Pump
Definition
Turns Work into Heat
Term
Heat Engine
Definition
Turns Heat into Work
Term
Conduction
Definition
is when heat flows through a heated solid.
Term
Convection
Definition
is when heated particles transfer heat to another substance, such as cooking something in boiling water.
Term
Radiation 
Definition
is when heat is transferred through electromagnetic waves, such as from the sun.
Term
condensation -
Definition
Process gas to liquid
Term
sublimation
Definition
Process - solid to gas
Term
vaporization
Definition
Process - liquid to gas
Term
Doppler Effect
Definition

Approchaing - Shifted to Higher Freq

Receding - Shifter to Lower Freq

Supersonic Speed - Shock wave and sonic boom produced.

Term

Doppler Effect

Blue Shift

Definition
A Shift to shorter waves as a light source approches the observer
Term

Doppler Effect

Red Shift

Definition
A Shift to Longer waves as a light source moves away from the observer
Term
What is Mach
Definition
Speed of Sound
Term
Electromatic Waves
Definition

Transverse Consits of Vibrating Electrical and Magnetic Fields that occillate Pepperdicular to each other

Speed = C=3.00X108 m/s

Radio Wave 106

Term
Radio Waves
Definition

AM 800Khz = 8.00x105Hz

FM 90.0Mhz = 9.0x107Hz

Formula C/F=108m/s/1014Hz = 310-6Hz

Term
Visible Light
Definition

is expressed in Nano Meters NM

1nm=10-9m

Range extends form approxm 400 to 700NM

Term
Joule
Definition
4.184 kcals
Term
Watt
Definition
W=J*(QH-PL)
Term
Heat Formula
Definition
Q=mcΔT
Term
Radar and Sonor Formula
Definition
d=tv/2
Term
Infrasonic
Definition

Less than 20Hz

Elephants

Term
Audible Sound
Definition

20Hz to 20,000Hz

People

Term
Ultrasonic
Definition

Greater than 20KHz

Bats and Dolphins

Term
logintudinal
Definition
Sound Waves needs a medimun to transfer through
Term
Refraction
Definition
Bend of light waves
Term
Reverbiration is
Definition
Less than .1 second
Term
Echo
Definition
Is greater than .1 second
Term
Echo Calcuation
Definition
devide by 2
Term

Longitudinal Wave

 

Definition
Partical Motion and the waves Velocity are parallel to each other
Term
Transverse Wave
Definition
Partical motion and wave Velocity perpendicular to each other
Term
Hurtz
Definition

Hz=1/s

One Hurtz = One cycle per second

Term
Frquency
Definition

1/T

If a wave hs a Freq of f=4Hz then 4 full wave lengths will pass in one second

Term
λ
Definition
= one wave length in meters
Term
Ice Point Boiling Point
Definition

C   0°   100°

F 32°   212°

K 273   373 

 

to Convert from F to K must first convert to C

Term
Entropy
Definition

a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death).


Absolute 0

Term
Evaporation
Definition
Cooling due to change Phase
Term
Latent Heat
Definition
Phase transition
Term
Temptature is
Definition
a Measure of Hotness and Coldness
Term
Cohesion
Definition
Attraction force of LIKE mocueules
Term
Adhesion
Definition
Attraction Force Of UNLIKE Molceules
Term
Specific Heat Steam
Definition
.5 cal/gC°
Term
Specific Heat Water
Definition
1.00 cal/gC°
Term
Latent of Fusion
Definition
Is the heat involved in a solid-liquid
Term
Phase Change
Definition

Melting or Feezing

Lf 800 cal/g

Term
Latent heat of Vaporization
Definition

Is the heat involved in Liquid to gas phase change

Lv= 540 cal/g

Term
1st Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
 The energy Supplied to a Thermodynamic system is the form of heat minus the work done
Term
2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
Heat flows from objects wiht a higher Temp to objects with cooler temps
Term
Wavelegeth is
Definition
measured between two Adjecent Crest.
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