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Sound, light, heat, quantum physics and so on. Let's get physical!

folder Astronomical Physics (1) folder Atomic and Subatomic Physics (7)
folder Electromagnetic Spectrum and Optics (5) folder Energy and Thermodynamics (5)
folder General Physics (15) folder Laws and Theories of Physics (8)
folder Quantum and Orbital Mechanics (4)


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Some sample questions from this category:

* He said all matter in motion has a wavelike nature.
* His theory, simplified, was that the electrons in the atom move in precisely determined orbits.
* What Greek letter is used to denote frequency?
* If you have light of 5500 Angstroms, what color is it?
* The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that it is impossible to determine accurately what of fast moving particles simultaneously?
* The principal quantum number is represented by what variable?
* Which of the following is an actual name for a quark?
* Who received the Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric effect (light behaves like a particle)?
* What orbital has the most (7) possible orientations in space?
* What kind of animal did Erwin Schrodinger contemplate using in his famous thought experiment?
* The energy required to increase the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit is known as a Btu. For what does this abbreviation stand?
* Who invented the first closed-tube thermometer, in 1713?
* At what temperature does the Rankine scale begin?
* You are cooking scrambled eggs in a cast iron frying pan, and you have noticed the handle has grown rather warm. What type of heat transfer is demonstrated within the pan in this example?
* What is the term for the amount of disorder in a system?
* What type of reaction evolves heat?
* What is the Law of Constant Heat Summation, which is used to calculate the change in the amount of heat within a system, better known as?
* If one mole of silver weighs 108 grams and its heat of vaporization is 250 kJ/mol, how much energy is given off if 20 grams of silver are condensed to liquid at its boiling point?
* At standard temperature and pressure, what is the heat of formation of water vapor?
* Not including the Zeroth Law, how many laws of thermodynamics exist?

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