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#1. What is the function of a voltmeter?
#2. Does the total amount of current change from the positive to the negative terminal?
Because current is conserved.
#3. What is the function of a resistor?
#4. What do we call energy that is stored in moving objects?
#5. What is the approximate radius of an atom?
#6. Which descriptions are correct?
Select all that apply:
#7. How is renewable energy usage changing as a percentage of total energy production worldwide?
#8. A train is travelling at 45 miles per hour. The driver puts on the brakes in order to stop at the station. Where is the kinetic energy of the train being transferred to?
#9. What is this component?
#10. What is an electrical fault?
#11. What is this Sankey Diagram showing?
#12. What do we call energy that is stored in objects that are at high altitude?
#13. Find the volume of a silver block that has a mass of 159g and a density of 10.49 g/cm³. Give your answer in cm³ and to 1 decimal place.
#14. Is natural gas renewable?
#15. What the the most dense state of matter?
#16. Scientists measuring a radioactive source would also be measuring background radiation. How would scientists accurately measure the radioactivity of a source whilst ignoring the influence of background radiation?
#17. What is the purpose of the earth wire in a plug?
#18. Complete the sentence: In the UK the domestic electricity supply has a frequency of ... Hz and is about ..... V.
#19. In 1897 JJ. Thomson did a series of experiments that led to the discovery of which particles?
#20. Energy can be transferred to useful and non-useful forms. Which of the following are non-useful transfers of energy?
Select all that apply:
#21. Which of the following is the source of coal?
#22. Which of the following describes the Plum Pudding Model of atomic structure?
#23. What is the function of a cell?
#24. What is a beta particle?
#25. An object with a mass of 5kg is 100m above the ground and has 35 J of gravitational potential energy. What will happen to the gravitational potential energy if the mass was increased to 10kg?
#26. What is the purpose of fuses and circuit breakers?
#27. Which of the following is the correct equation for density?
#28. What are the units we use for measuring energy?
#29. Is oil a fossil fuel?
#30. Which of the following is an advantage of crude oil?
#31. Calculate the change in height of the tennis ball in the following scenario. A ball weighs 0.15kg - the change in GPE is 100 J - the gravitational field strength is 10N/kg. Answer to 1dp and include units. ? If you do not know the GPE equation, it is listed below the quiz
#32. What is this component?
#33. Electrons are negatively charged, so they move to which terminal of a battery or cell?
#34. What the the least dense state of matter?
#35. Complete the sentence. Power is the rate at which.....
#36. Which process fits the description? The warmer parts of a fluid rise and set up a current.
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#37. A student sets up a parallel circuit with two lamps, two switches and a power source. Each lamp is on a separate route, with a switch placed before it. If one switch is turned off, will the lamp on the other route remain on?
#38. What do we call energy that is stored in chemicals?
#39. Medical staff often need to monitor their exposure to radiation from things like x-rays. Which device made of photographic film is sometimes worn by medical staff?
#40. How can electrons change orbits?
#41. Is tidal power renewable?
#42. What do we call energy that is stored inside atoms?
#43. What is the approximate radius of a nucleus?
#44. Which device do we usually use to measure the radioactivity of a source?
#45. What do we use to slow the rate of heat loss out of a house?
#46. Using the equation ρ = m/V, calculate the density of a gold bar that has a mass of 25kg and a volume of 0.0013m³. Answer to 1 decimal place and give your answer in kg/m³. ? The units for density are kg/m³, do not include them in your answer
#47. Fill in the blank - Thermal conductivity is the ability of a material to conduct or pass on heat through ........ with another material?
#48. What is the name of the phase change from solid to gas?
#49. Which is the correct definition for non-renewable energy resources?
#50. What is the name of the phase change from liquid to solid?
#51. What is an ion?
#52. What is an isotope?
#53. What is background radiation?
#54. What state of matter has particles which are close together and move around each other?
#55. An object with a mass of 5kg is raised to 100m above the ground and has 500 J of gravitational potential energy. What will happen to the gravitational potential energy if the mass was increased to 16.3kg? Calculate the change in GPE where the gravitational field strength is 1 N/kg. Include units. ? If you do not know the GPE equation, it is listed below the quiz
#56. What is this component?
#57. Ernest Rutherford fired positive particles at a thin gold foil and showed that most of atoms is empty space. Which particles did he fire at the gold foil?
#58. What are fossil fuels?
#59. Is nuclear fusion renewable?
#60. Radon gas diffuses out of soil and rocks and may build up in houses. What steps can we take to reduce the risk of radon gas in the home?
Select all that apply:
#61. Is this a parallel or series circuit?
#62. The melting point of gallium is 29.8˚C and the boiling point is 2204˚C. What state is gallium at 25˚C?
#63. Which of the following is an advantage of non-renewable energy sources?
#64. Which form of radiation is moderately ionising?
#65. What is the single largest source of background radiation?
#66. What is this component?
#67. What is the function of a switch?
#68. How can we upgrade our windows to reduce heat loss?
#69. Is this a parallel or series circuit?
#70. Are ammeters connected in series or in parallel?
#71. Which factors affect the amount of radon in the air?
Select all that apply:
#72. Which component is described: A glass tube with a thin wire inside that melts if too much current passes through it, breaking the circuit.
#73. What are positrons?
#74. What state of matter has particles which are far apart and move around independently?
#75. A GM tube is often connected to a counter which clicks each time radiation is detected. What do we call the number of clicks per second or minute?
#76. Are voltmeters connected in parallel or series?
#77. Why does the temperature of a material stay constant during the transition from liquid to gas?
#78. What is potential difference measured in?
#79. Is natural gas a fossil fuel?
#80. Are most light waves visible to the human eye?
#81. What is this component?
#82. What is a battery?
#83. Which of the following are problems with using biofuels as a replacement for oil?
Select all that apply:
#84. Which of the following are reasons why hydroelectric dams are problematic?
Select all that apply:
#85. Is wind power renewable?
#86. What is the name of the phase change from gas to solid?
#87. Where does naturally occurring radon gas come from?
#88. Using the kinetic energy equation - calculate the kinetic energy of a car with a mass of 1200kg travelling at 10 m/s. Include units. ? If you do not remember the kinetic energy equation it is listed below the quiz.
#89. What is the boiling temperature of water?
#90. Using the equation: Efficiency = useful energy/total energy, calculate the efficiency in the following scenario. Useful energy = 55 J, Total energy = 100 J. Answer to 2dp.
#91. Does a circuit need to be closed for current to flow?
#92. What is the mass number of an element?
#93. Ionising radiation can penetrate materials. Which is the correct order of types from least penetrating to most penetrating?
#94. Cavity walls are often used to reduce heat loss through walls - why is this effective?
#95. What is the function of an LED?
#96. What is the function of a variable resistor?
#97. Which of the following statements is correct?
#98. Switches are both a functional and a safety component of a circuit. Complete the sentence: When switches are closed, no ........ flows around a circuit.
#99. Renewable energy resources mostly get their energy from the same source what is this source?
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#100. Which of the following is a difference between circuit breakers and fuses?
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