Download ACUTUS MENS – Semester 2 AM #1 Define wave. Give 3 examples

ACUTUS MENS – Semester 2
AM #1
1. Define wave.
2. Give 3 examples of media.
3. What 2 things can waves travel through?
4. What does a wave carry?
AM#2
1. What kind of waves require a medium?
2. What kind of waves do NOT require a medium?
3. What do we call waves that are produced by a combination of longitudinal and transverse
waves?
4. What is amplitude? Why is it significant?
5. What is frequency? Why is it significant?
AM #3
1. How do we calculate wave speed?
2. What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?
3. Differentiate between reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
4. What is interference? Explain the two types of interference.
5. What is a standing wave? Give an example.
6. Explain resonance. Give an example.
AM#4
1. What kind of wave is a sound wave?
2. How does sound travel?
3. In what direction do sound waves travel?
4. Define a medium.
AM#5
1. What are the 3 sections of the ear?
2. What are the 3 bones in the middle ear called?
3. What is responsible for transmitting sound electrically to the brain?
4. Predict what may have happened if a person has lost their hearing (answers will vary).
5. What are the 3 kinds of instruments?
AM #6
1. What is pitch? How is it related to frequency?
2. What do we call sounds that have a frequency too high to hear?
3. What happens when a jet breaks the sound barrier?
4. Describe the Doppler effect .
5. Define noise.
AM #7
1. Define loudness. What is the unit used to measure loudness?
2. How are amplitude and frequency related?
3. What is used to change a longitudinal sound wave into a transverse wave?
4. What is an echo?
5. What surface reflects an echo the best?
AM #8
1. What is an electronic echo called?
2. What do we call the process of using sound to locate an object?
3. What medical procedure allows us to “see” inside the body without surgery?
4. Define a sonic boom.
5. What are the 2 kinds of standing waves?
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AM #9
1. Define sound quality.
2. Define noise.
3. What is an electromagnetic wave?
4. Define radiation.
5. What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
6. List the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum in order from longest to shortest.
7. Differentiate between the 2 kinds of reflection.
AM#10
1. Compare absorption to scattering.
2. What is refraction? Give an example.
3. Define diffraction.
4. What are the three things light can do?
5. What are the 3 kinds of objects and how do they relate to light?
6. When we look at an object, what color do we see?
7. What happens to the other colors?
AM #11
1. What are the three primary colors of light?
2. When the 3 primary colors of light are combined in equal amounts, what do they create?
3. What is pigment?
4. What are the three primary pigment colors?
5. When the three primary pigments are added together in equal amounts, what is the result?
6. Compare the primary colors of light to the primary colors of pigments.
7. Draw a convex and concave lens/mirror.
AM #12
1. What is a plane mirror?
2. Which type of lens magnifies?
3. Which type of lens make images appear fine and crisp?
4. What are the 2 most common vision problems?
5. What is the function of the following parts of the eye: retina, pupil, lens, optic nerve, cornea,
iris?
6. Name 3 ways light affects your life (answers will vary).
AM#13
1. What are the properties of a magnet?
2. What are the opposite ends of a magnet called?
3. What is magnetic force?
4. Explain how a magnetic field works.
5. How can a magnet lose its’ magnetic alignment? (How can you destroy a magnetic field?)
6. How can you create a magnet?
7. How is the Earth like a magnet?
8. Explain the relationship between north and south poles on a magnet.
AM#14
1. How does a compass work?
2. What happens when you break a magnet?
3. Give an example of a magnetic light show.
4. What is generated when charges flow through a wire?
5. What is the unit used to express the amount of charge that flows through a wire?
6. What does an electric current produce? What happens if the current reverses?
7. What can electrical current flow through?
AM #15
1. Define an electric circuit.
2. What are the 3 components to a circuit?
3. Compare a conductor to an insulator and give an example of each.
4. What happens when you flip a switch?
5. What is resistance?
6. What object is used to help control resistance?
7. Give an example of how resistance is very useful in our lives.
8. Compare a series and a parallel circuit. Use drawings if necessary.
AM #16
1. What are the characteristics of a superconductor?
2. How does an electric motor function?
3. What is a galvanometer?
4. What is an armature?
5. What is the function of a commutator?
6. How does an electric generator work?
AM#17
1. What function does a transformer serve?
2. What is ferromagnetic material and how is it used in electromagnets?
3. How does an electromagnet function?
4. What is the coil called that is used in an electromagnet?
5. How can you increase or decrease the power/strength of an electromagnet?
6. Give an example of an electromagnet.
AM #18
1. What does the law of electric charges state?
2. How are an electric force and an electric field related?
3. Describe 3 ways to charge an object. Give examples.
4. What kind of device can detect a charge?
5. Explain static electricity and electric discharge.
6. In relation to electricity, what does it mean to be grounded?
7. Compare AC to DC.
AM #19
1. What is voltage and how it related to energy?
2. What unit is used to express voltage?
3. Why do batteries vary in voltage?
4. How does resistance factor in with insulators and conductors?
5. If you wanted maximum voltage what kind of wire would you want? Does temperature play a
part?
6. What does Ohm’s Law state?
7. What unit to we use to measure resistance?
AM #20
1. Define electric power. What unit is used to express electric power?
2. One kilowatt (kW) equals how many watts?
3. Give examples of series and parallel circuits.
4. What is a fuse?
5. How are circuit breakers used in our homes?