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Exam 3- Physics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The fluid at the bottom of a container is... | under more pressure than the fluid at the top |
| Absolute zero may be regarded as that temperature at which... | molecular motion in gas would be the minimum possible |
| The physics of a refrigerator most closely resembles the physics of... | a heat engine |
| The working substance (for refrigerant) used in most refrigerators is a... | gas that is easy to liquefy |
| Heat is absorbed by the refrigerant in a refrigerator when it... | vaporizes |
| A refrigerator gives off... | more heat than it absorbs from its contents |
| The greater entropy of a system of particles, | the less the order of the system |
| The charge on an electron... | is always the same |
| A positive electric charge... | repels other positive charges |
| Coulomb's law for the force between electrical charges belongs in the same general category as... | Newton's law of gravitation |
| The electric force between a proton and an electron... | is stronger than the gravitational force between them |
| An atom consists of a... | small positive nucleus surrounded at distance by electrons |
| The particle easiest to remove from an atom is a(n)... | electron |
| An object has a positive electrical charge whenever... | it has a deficiency of electrons |
| A solid conductor is one... | whose electrons are free to move about |
| Superconductors... | have no electrical resistance |
| The electrical energy lost when a current passes through a resistance... | becomes heat |
| All magnetic fields originate in... | moving electrical charges |
| The force on an electron that moves in a curved path must be... | one or more of these |
| In a drawing of magnetic field lines, the weaker the field is, the... | farther apart the field lines are |
| A moving electric charge produces... | both an electric and a magnetic field |
| The magnetic field of a bar magnet resembles most closely the magnetic field of... | a wire loop carrying a direct current |
| The magnetic field lines around a long, straight current-carrying wire are... | concentric circles around the current |
| The nature of the force that is responsible for the operation of an electric motor is... | magnetic |
| A transformer can change... | the voltage of an alternating current |