IB SL Physics Semester Two

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power source, conductor, load

three components of a circuit

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power source

a battery or outlet is a

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conductor

a wire is a

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load

a resistor is a

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+

for a SERIES circuit:

total VOLTAGE = voltage 1 _ voltage 2 _ …

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=

for a SERIES circuit:

total CURRENT = current 1 _ current 2 _ …

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+

for a SERIES circuit:

total RESISTANCE = resistance 1 _ resistance 2 _ …

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=

for a PARALLEL circuit:

total VOLTAGE = voltage 1 _ voltage 2 _ …

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+

for a PARALLEL circuit:

total CURRENT = voltage 1 _ voltage 2 _ …

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parallel resistance

in circuits, which equation uses reciprocals?

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+

for a PARALLEL circuit:

1/ total RESISTANCE = 1/ resistance 1 _ 1 / resistance 2 _ …

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V=IR

equation for voltage

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P=IV

equation for power

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charge

absence of elections = positive (+), surplus of electrons = negative (-), or neutral (0); tends to cancel

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+

charge of protons

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-

charge of electrons

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0

neutrons

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friction contact polarization induction

four ways to charge:

1) charge by __________

2) charge by _________

3) ____________

4) _______________

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charge by friction

when one objects takes the charge of another (touching, movement)

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charge by contact

when one negatively charged object transfer half of its electrons to another (touching)

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polarization

when placing a negatively charged object next to another forces the electrons to repel from the object (no touching)

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induction

when placing a negatively charged object next to another forces the electrons to repel from the object (no touching), then grounding the negative charge to capture it

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repel attract

in the F = Kq*q/(r²) equation, positive forces [attract/repel] and negative forces [attract/repel]

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electric field

an area in space where an object could potentially experience a force

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gravitational electric magnetic

the three types of field

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voltage (V)

electrical “pressure”

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voltage

electric potential is also called

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voltage

potential difference is also called

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voltage

electromagnetic force is also called

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volts

voltage is measured in

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resistance (R)

ability to inhibit electrical flow

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ohms

resistance is measured in

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Current (I)

electrical “flow”

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Amperes

current is measured in

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electric force

energy per unit charge

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newtons/coulomb

electricity is measured in

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electric power

energy per unit time

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Watts

electric power is measured in

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material temperature length CSA

4 factors that influence resistance

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resistivity

every material has its own _______(p)

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higher

higher temperature = ________ resistance

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more

more length = ______ resistance

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lower

higher cross sectional area (CSA) = _________ resistance

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increases

batteries in a series [increases/decreases] voltage

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parallel

multiple batteries in a ________ circuit have an increased lifetime (replace less often)

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series

multiple batteries in a _______ circuit have an increased voltage

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internal resistance

resistance within an object which is NOT a resistor, such as wire, battery, ammeter, voltmeter

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0

ideal internal resistance for a wire

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0

ideal internal resistance for a battery

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0

ideal internal resistance for a ammeter

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infinity

ideal internal resistance for a voltmeter

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no field

in a regular conductor there is ___ net motion, but with voltage ________ is fast

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no electrons

in a regular conductor there is ___ net motion, but with voltage ________ move slow

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north south

magnetic field lines go from ______ to _____

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domains

magnetic fields occur when a materials magnetic ________ are aligned

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force on a moving charge

right hand rule #1

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field

right hand rule #1 says the fingers are _____

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force

right hand rule #1 says the palm is _____

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direction of moving charge

right hand rule #1 says the thumb is _____

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+ -

right hand is [+/-], left hand is [+/-]

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field around a current-carrying wire

right hand rule #2

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field

right hand rule #2 says the fingers are _____

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current

right hand rule #2 says the thumb is _____

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uniform circular motion

circular motion at a constant speed

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velocity acceleration

in uniform circular motion, speed is constant while angular _________ and angular _______________ are constantly changing

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period

time taken for the object to complete one full circle

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centripetal force

the corresponding force (resultant force) which causes the centripetal acceleration

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0

work done by the centripetal force

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direction

points towards the center of the circle/perpendicular to the instantaneous velocity

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centripetal accelertation

the acceleration which gives rise to a circular motion

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up down charm strange top bottom

what are the six quarks

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quark

subatomic particle which makes up protons and neutrons, among others

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electron muon tauon electron neutrino muon neutrino tauon neutrino

what are the six leptons

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lepton

category of subatomic particle which includes electron

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photon fluon graviton W+ W- Z0

what are the six force exchange particles

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bayon

something made of THREE quarks

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hadron

something made of quarks

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down down up

quark composition of a neutron

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up up down

quark composition of a proton

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meson

something with one quark and one antiquark

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fermion

made of quarks and leptons, non-integer spin

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boson

make of force exchange particles and quarks, integer spin

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antiparticles charge spin

all particles have associated _________ which possess the opposite ________ and ________

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charge baryon lepton strangeness

the ______, ________ number, ________ number, and _____________ must be conserved

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mass defect

The difference between the mass of an atom and its constituent parts’ mass

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binding energy

the amount of work required to separate the nucleons inside the nucleus

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radioactivity

happens within unstable nuclei (are too big or the neutron/proton ratio is too large/small)

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spontaneous random

radioactivity is both _______ and _________

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can’t

it [can/can’t] be predicted when a specific nucleus will decay

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half--life

time it takes for half of a substance to decay

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isotope

the same element with varying neutrons

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alpha beta- beta-+ gamma

the four types of radioactivity

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alpha

this type of decay occurs with large nuclei >82 protons

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alpha particle element

for alpha decay, release an _______ __________ and change the _________

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beta- decay

occurs when the neutron/proton ratio is too high

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same proton antineutrino

for beta- decay, the mass number stays the _______, the ________ number increases, and add an _______________

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electron

subatomic particle associated with beta- decay

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same neutron electron neutrino

for beta+ decay, the mass number stays the _______, the ________ number increases, and add an _______________

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beta +

occurs when neutron/proton ratio is too low

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positron

subatomic particle associated with beta+ decay

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