UIV Physics in one flashcard quiz

Definition of Mass

Definition of Weight

What is the unit of measurement used for mass?

What is the unit of measurement used for weight?

What is the equation linking mass, weight and gravitational field strength?

What is a scalar quantity?

What is a vector quantity?

What is the equation linking, mass, force and acceleration?

What is a resultant force?

What is energy measured in?

What is the equation for efficiency?

How would you portray wasted and used energy?

If all forces acting on an object are in equilibrium then the object is .......

What is radiation?

Does radiation require a solid, liquid or a gas?

Can radiation be reflected? If so what are the best and worst surfaces for reflecting?

What is a good reflector of heat not good at?

How do hot and cold objects emit and absorb radiation?

What is convection?

In what substances can convection currents occur?

Why can convection currents not occur anywhere else?

What is an experiment you could do to show convection currents?

What is conduction?

How does heat conduction in metals work?

How would you increase the thermal energy transferred every second?

What are poor conductors called?

What are some examples of insulators?

What materials are usually good conductors?

Why are some insulators poor at conducting?

How would you measure thermal transfer?

What is Brownian motion?

What is internal energy?

What is kinetic theory?

How do convection currents work? (Use the potassium manganate experiment)

What is inside an atom?

What is the charge in protons, electrons and neutrons.

How do you transfer electrons?

How do you create static charge?

What is induced charge?

What are examples of induced charges?

What are the dangers of electrostatics?

How would you avoid this?

What is resistance?

What is resistance measured in?

What is the equation to work out resistance?