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OPW Test 5
Our Physical World Test Five
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acceleration due to gravity | 9.8m/s2 |
| The ability to do work | Energy |
| Velocity | Distance over time with direction |
| F=ma | Second law of motion |
| Unit of current | Ampere |
| SI unit of work | Newton meter |
| Food unit of energy | Calorie |
| Type of force required to produce motion | Unbalance or net |
| USCS unit of work | foot pound |
| half-life | time for half the atoms to decay |
| includes amount and direction | vector |
| SI unit of power | watt |
| includes temperature and mass | heat |
| nuclei are split | fission; found in nuclear reactors |
| action/reaction | third law of motion |
| most penetrating radioactivity | gamma |
| produced by vibrations | sound |
| inertia | first law of motion |
| removes heat from a nuclear reactor | coolant |
| has wave-like and particle-like properties | light |
| biggest and slowest radioactive particle | alpha particle |
| kgm^2/s^2 | joule |
| involves the shift of charges or electrons | electricity |
| form of energy associated with energy or particles emitted from the nucleus of an atom | nuclear |
| speed | distance over time |
| unit of resistance | olm |
| ability to do work | energy |