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If you could be careful enough, you could set up the universe to
evolve exactly as planned.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 201?pts If there was no nuclear force nuclei would all explode.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 211?pts By volume the universe is mostly:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 221?pts To tell the temperature of a star you must be close enough to use a
thermometer.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 231?pts We will never see another universe.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 241?pts A black hole in space is black because:
| It is the center of the Universe |
| It's the dark side of the FORCE |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 251?pts When we look at distant objects we are looking into the past.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 261?pts Our sun is a _____________.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 271?pts The Earth is a _______________.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 281?pts The Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe refers to:
| Is in contrast to the competing Little Bang Theory |
An explosion throwing all the matter in the universe away from some
central point |
| The sudden appearance of new matter |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 291?pts Suns and Stars are the same thing.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 301?pts The Solar System was probably formed by:
| The near collision of two suns |
| A dust cloud condensing to form the sun and planets |
| The Sun capturing other remains of the Big Bang |
| A small explosion of the Sun |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 311?pts If it is big and goes around a sun, it is a:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 321?pts Anything orbiting anything is a _____________.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 331?pts The universe has about ____________________ galaxies in it.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 341?pts A necessary condition for a gas cloud to become a star is:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 351?pts If it has 100,000,000,000 stars it is a:
| There aren't that many stars |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 361?pts It is possible that all stars have planets.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 371?pts The Steady State theory of the origin of the universe refers to:
| A universe that produces new matter and space continuously |
| Is in contrast to the AC theory |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 381?pts Our sun will eventually become a:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 391?pts If we look far enough we might see another universe.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 401?pts Which is a few light hours across?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 411?pts Which should be connected in series?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 421?pts A charged particle moving in a magnetic field ends up going:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 431?pts Which is not an amplifier by my definition?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 441?pts To convert a changing magnetic field into an electrical signal, you
use
Flag this QuestionQuestion 451?pts Which kind of field produces a force perpendicular to the field?
lines?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 461?pts Which is closest to the resistance of a stove using 11 amps at 11.0
volts?
| your father when you ask to use the car |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 471?pts The _____________ consists of a star and several planets.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 481?pts Magnetic fields are always produced by:
| Changing gravitational fields |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 491?pts If a battery produces 20 amps at 12 volts, the power is:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 501?pts Which is not an amplifier by my definition?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 511?pts Which is closest to the current of a 220 Watt light used in the
home?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 521?pts A diode is not an amplifier because it uses no
Flag this QuestionQuestion 531?pts Which system doesn't use feedback?
| My water reservoir control |
| Fielder running after a fly ball |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 541?pts Two identical electrical charges:
| Get married and have little charges |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 551?pts A generator worked backward would probably act like a
Flag this QuestionQuestion 561?pts A diode acts like a
Flag this QuestionQuestion 571?pts The "cheap Christmas Tree Light Syndrome" (when one light goes out,
they all go out) results from connecting the lights in:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 581?pts Which of the following is not a resistor?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 591?pts Current is:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 601?pts The hot electrode in a triode is to
| Produce light for photo resistors |
| Produce light to warn you that the equipment is on |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 611?pts MKS
A possible unit of force in the MKS system is:
kg.
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Flag this QuestionQuestion 621?pts MKS UNIT OF MASS
The unit of mass in the MKS system is
Flag this QuestionQuestion 631?pts METRIC UNIT
The basic unit of length in the metric system we use is:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 641?pts DRAGON POWER
A typical dragon can lift 300 pounds of Knight-in-Armor 20 feet in
2 seconds. What is one dragon power?
| Lots, but nothing like one Maiden-Fair power. |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 651?pts CLAWS-AMA
Your precocious five year old brings in her new toy, which is a
glaring red plastic machine. There is a lever marked INPUT and a claw
labeled OUTPUT. You are told that moving INPUT causes OUTPUT to move
only 1/10 as far. On the other hand OUTPUT claws eight times as hard
as INPUT is pushed. What is the AMA?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 661?pts FPS SYSTEM
The natural unit of power in the FPS system is:
slug sec/ft
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Flag this QuestionQuestion 671?pts CLAWS-IMA
Physics 10 Mechanics - Ken Cheney - V. 5:27/C COPY 1 PAGE 3
Your precocious five year old brings in her new toy, which is a
glaring red plastic machine. There is a lever marked INPUT and a claw
labeled OUTPUT. You are told that moving INPUT causes OUTPUT to move
only 1/10 as far. On the other hand OUTPUT claws eight times as hard
as INPUT is pushed. What is IMA?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 681?pts POSSIBLE VELOCITY
A possible velocity is:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 691?pts If a machine is 90% efficient where does the missing 10% go?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 701?pts VELOCITY DEFINED
I claim velocity is best defined as:
| The alternative to a well-reasoned argument |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 711?pts EFFICIENCY GUIDELINES
Efficiency has to do with:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 721?pts Watts are:
| The Motown Sound producers |
| People who speak out against environmental protection |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 731?pts ENERGY
Energy may be measured in:
N/m per m
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Flag this QuestionQuestion 741?pts CLAWS-EFFICIENCY
Your precocious five year old brings in her new toy, which is a
glaring red plastic machine. There is a lever marked INPUT and a claw
labeled OUTPUT. You are told that moving INPUT caused OUTPUT to move
only 1/10 as far. On the other hand OUTPUT claws eight times as hard
as INPUT is pushed. What is the % efficiency?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 751?pts AMA IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING
AMA accounts for:
| The use of simple machines |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 761?pts MKS ACCELERATION
A possible acceleration in the metric system is:
| yards/century per century |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 771?pts GRAVITY IS
| = 9.8m/sec per sec. g is: |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 781?pts AMA
Mechanical Advantage refers to
Flag this QuestionQuestion 791?pts CLAWS-AMA
Your precocious five year old brings in her new toy, which is a
glaring red plastic machine. There is a lever marked INPUT and a claw
labeled OUTPUT. You are told that moving INPUT causes OUTPUT to move
only 1/10 as far. On the other hand OUTPUT claws eight times as hard
as INPUT is pushed. What is the AMA?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 801?pts SYSTEM OF UNITS MATCH GAME
A pound/ft^2 is NOT similar to:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 811?pts It is easier to prove than to disprove a theory.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 821?pts In which discipline can a theory be "proved"
Flag this QuestionQuestion 831?pts An economist develops a new theory of inflation. It is clear and
very logical. His assumptions seem self-evidently true. He says that
the implications are too important to wait for tests of his predictions
-- his recommendations must be adopted by the government at once. A
physical scientist would probably respond to this by saying:
| Do what you want, I'm moving to Mars next week. |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 841?pts A "Law" is absolutely true now and forever.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 851?pts In which discipline do you suppose it is easiest to do good science?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 861?pts If you follow the rules of "The Scientific Method" you to can be a great scientist for sure.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 871?pts If funds are short (for a business or government agency) and something must be cut
which will have the greatest long term effect?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 881?pts The quality of a theory is best judged by its:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 891?pts "Science was invented in Europe about 1600.??
What might explain why it was not invented at other places and times?
| Lack of respect for authority in Europe |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 901?pts If you had to choose just one item to describe "Science" which would it is?
Flag this QuestionQuestion 911?pts Waves bounce off other waves.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 921?pts A bat uses high frequencies:
Flag this QuestionQuestion 931?pts We can hear but not see around corners because
| The amplitudes are different |
| The speed of light is slower than that of sound |
| Light has a shorter wavelength |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 941?pts Only specifically shaped waves can be separated and recombined to
interfere.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 951?pts Only specifically shaped waves can be separated and recombined to
interfere.
Flag this QuestionQuestion 961?pts If two things meet and cancel out at some places, you conclude they
are acting:
| You redo your calculations |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 971?pts The bright and dark pattern Young got in his double slit experiment
proved:
| He should have used more slits |
| He had a poor light source |
| Light acts like a particle |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 981?pts Diffraction refers to:
| Waves canceling or adding to each other |
| Waves bending around the corners of obstacles. |
| A mathematical operation taught in calculus |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 991?pts If a star is coming toward you, the light which reaches you is
traveling:
| The same velocity as usual |
Flag this QuestionQuestion 1001?pts The property of light waves that leads to the phenomenon of color is their: