10344950025 | first law of thermodynamics | ΔU = Q - W | 0 | |
10344950026 | Equation for heat transfer | q= mcΔT | 1 | |
10344950027 | specific heat of water | 1 cal/g*K | 2 | |
10344950028 | Equation for phase change | q=mL | 3 | |
10344950029 | Isovolumetric process | W= 0 so ΔU= Q | 4 | |
10344950030 | isobaric process | No significance to first law | 5 | |
10344950031 | isothermal process | ΔU=0 so Q=W(sys) | 6 | |
10344950032 | adiabatic process | Q=0 so ΔU= -W(sys) | 7 | |
10344950033 | Change in Entropy Equation | ![]() | 8 | |
10345984943 | Kinematic Equation VAT | ![]() | 9 | |
10345984944 | Kinematic Equation VAX | ![]() | 10 | |
10345984945 | Kinematic equation TAX | ![]() | 11 | |
10345984946 | centripetal force | ![]() | 12 | |
10345984947 | centripetal acceleration | ![]() | 13 | |
10345984948 | Torque | r*Fsin(θ) | 14 | |
10345984949 | Continuity Equation and it's significance | Q(flow rate) = V1A1 =V2A2 Flow rate remains constant | ![]() | 15 |
10345984950 | Bernoulli's Equation with conservation of energy | P1 + (1/2)ρv1^2 + ρgh1 = P2 + (1/2)ρv2^2 + ρgh2 | ![]() | 16 |
10345984951 | Density of water | 1000 kg/m^3 | 17 | |
10345984952 | Pascal's Principle | ![]() | 18 | |
10345984953 | buoyant force | ρfluid*Vobject*g | 19 | |
10345984954 | elastic potential energy | ![]() | 20 | |
10345984955 | Nonconservative work = | ΔE = ΔU + ΔK | 21 | |
10345984956 | Name two non-conservative forces | Air resistance Friction | 22 | |
10345984957 | How to find work in PV diagrams | Area under the curve | 23 | |
10345984958 | work energy theorem | Wnet= ΔK | 24 | |
10345984959 | Density equation | ρ=m/V | ![]() | 25 |
10345984960 | Absolute/hydrostatic pressure | P(o) + ρgd Atm pressure + density of fluid*gravity*depth | 26 | |
10345984961 | Archimedes principle | Fb=ρVg= mg upward buoyant force equal in magnitude to weight of displaced fluid | 27 | |
10345984962 | What does Poseuille's law show? | Pressure gradient is inversely proportional to radius of tube; affected to the 4th power | 28 | |
10373993746 | Coulomb's Law | ![]() | 29 | |
10374000328 | How to get Electric field from Coulomb's Law | divide Coulomb's Law by charge "q" | 30 | |
10374001143 | Electric Field | Fe/q | ![]() | 31 |
10374002846 | What do positive and negative electric potential energy represent? | + = work input to move charges; system became more unstable - = negative work to move charges; system became more stable | 32 | |
10374004899 | How to get electric potential energy from Coulomb's Law? | Multiply by distance | 33 | |
10374005367 | electric potential energy | ![]() | 34 | |
10374012425 | what is electric potential? | the electric potential energy per unit charge | 35 | |
10374013636 | electric potential | V= U/q | ![]() | 36 |
10379341280 | potential difference | ΔV = Vb-Va | 37 | |
10379342003 | Difference between electric potential and potential difference? | Electric potential is the ratio of electric potential energy per charge potential difference is the difference in electric potential between two points and tells us the tendency for movement | 38 | |
10379353291 | Units for 1 Tesla | (N)(s)/(m)(C) | 39 | |
10379360537 | what creates a magnetic field? | A moving charge | 40 | |
10379361922 | Magnetic field for a straight current-carrying wire | ![]() | 41 | |
10379364488 | Magnetic field for a circular current-carrying wire | *just no pi | ![]() | 42 |
10379372256 | magnetic force | ![]() | 43 | |
10379659126 | Magnetic force on a straight current carrying wire | θ = angle between L and B | ![]() | 44 |
10379804711 | I (current) = | charge over time, Q/t | 45 | |
10379829808 | Resistance equation | ![]() | 46 | |
10379839868 | Ohm's Law | V = IR | 47 | |
10379840387 | Power in term of voltage and current | P=IV =I^2R = V^2/R | 48 | |
10379843132 | resistors in a series | ![]() | 49 | |
10379843439 | resistors in parallel | ![]() | 50 | |
10379854167 | capacitance | ![]() | 51 | |
10379855238 | capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor | ![]() | 52 | |
10379859350 | electric field of a parallel plate capacitor | ![]() | 53 | |
10379860897 | potential energy stored in a capacitor | ![]() | 54 | |
10379869036 | capacitors in series | ![]() | 55 | |
10379869279 | capacitors in parallel | ![]() | 56 | |
10418553036 | velocity of a wave | ![]() | 57 | |
10418579080 | angular frequency (w) | ![]() | 58 | |
10418647512 | speed of sound | ![]() | 59 | |
10418656914 | Doppler equation | ![]() | 60 | |
10418658285 | How to determine which sign to use for the Doppler equation | top one when moving toward the object; bottom when moving away | 61 | |
10418661041 | what do the sound waves due to the Doppler effect look like? | The sound waves in front of the moving car are compressed and the waves behind the moving car are stretched apart | 62 | |
10418671129 | Intensity | Power/ Surface Area | 63 | |
10418675025 | relationship between intensity and amplitude | I is proportional to Amp squared | 64 | |
10418675360 | relationship between intensity and distance | I is proportional to inverse of distance squared | 65 | |
10418686151 | frequency of a wave = | v/ƛ | 66 | |
10421819505 | Spontanious/Nonspontaneous? galvanic/voltaic cell electrolytic cell concentration cell | glavani/voltaic and concentration = spontaneous electrolytic = non-spontaneous | 67 | |
10421822207 | Relationship between emf and Gibbs free energy | opposites | 68 | |
10421840464 | Faraday constant/ one faraday (F_ | 10⁵ C/ mol e⁻ | 69 | |
10421884738 | emf equation | E(red, cathode) - E (red, anode) | 70 | |
10421891678 | ∆G and emf equation | ∆G = -nFε n= number of moles of electrongs exchanged F = faradays constant | 71 | |
10421934719 | ∆G and equilibrium constant, K | ∆G = -RTlnKeq | 72 | |
10421992684 | speed of light equation | c = fƛ | 73 | |
10421995512 | speed of light | c = 3 x 10⁸ m/s | 74 | |
10422006618 | what does the law of reflection say? | The angle (from the normal) at which light hits the medium is the angle at which it leaves | 75 | |
10422012536 | real vs. virtual image | real - if light is actually converging at the image virtual - light only appears to be coming from the image | 76 | |
10422023485 | 1/f(focal length) = | 1/o(object distance) + 1/i(image distance = 2/r(radius of curvature | 77 | |
10422028695 | magnification = | - i/o | 78 | |
10422029689 | plane mirrors have a focal length of what? | infinity | 79 | |
10422032604 | (-) and (+) magnification | (-) = inverted image (+) = upright image | 80 | |
10422039696 | diverging mirrors always produce what kind of image? | virtual, upright, and reduced | 81 | |
10422044091 | inverted images are always ___ and upright images are always ___? | real; virtual | 82 | |
10422046887 | (-) radius of curvature and (-) focal length refers to what kind of mirror/lens? | convex/diverging | 83 | |
10422050109 | Snell's Law (2) | n = c/v n1sinθ1 = n2sinθ2 | 84 | |
10422055887 | when light enters a medium with a higher index of refraction, it bends ___ the normal | toward | 85 | |
10422089851 | power of a lens | P = 1/f | 86 | |
10422226185 | sin(60) sin(30) sin(45) | root 3/2 1/2 root 2/2 | 87 | |
10422243185 | image produced by a convex mirror when object is further away than focal point and closer than focal point? | further - real, inverted image closer - virtual, upright image | 88 | |
10422955910 | energy of a photon | E = hf | 89 | |
10422962715 | Kmax of a dislodged equation is what? | The energy of a photon (hf) - work function (hfthreshold) | 90 | |
10423102718 | alpha particle | Helium nucleus with 2 protons and 2 neutrons | 91 | |
10423104011 | β particle | electron | 92 | |
10423107122 | β(-) decay and β(+) decay | β⁻ : neutron becomes a proton and a β⁻ leaves β⁺ : proton becomes a neutron and a β⁺ leaves | 93 | |
10423112581 | gamma decay | emission of ˠ-rays; energy is released but atom is kept the same | 94 |
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