Not capable of exchanging energy or matter with surroundings
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Gravitational Potential Energy
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Mechanical Advantage
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Heat of Transformation
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Where L is the heat required to change phase of 1 kg of substance
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Bernoulli's Equation
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Closed Systems
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Can exchange energy, but not matter with surroundings
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Length Change Equation
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Open Systems
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Can exchange both matter and energy with surroundings
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Gravitational Force
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Vector
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Numbers with magnitude and direction
Displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force
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Buoyant Force
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Torque
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Elastic Potential Energy
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Newton's Third Law
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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
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Average Speed
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Work
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Measured in J or kg*m^2/s^2
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Critical Speed
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Entropy
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A measure of disorder or randomness.
Measured in J/mol*K
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Centripetal Acceleration
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Inclined Planes
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Top is for parallel and bottom is for perpendicular
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Specific Heat
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Newton's First Law
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A body will remain at rest or continue to move with constant velocity unless acted upon by a force.
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Volumetric Thermal Expansion
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Venturi Effect
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Translational Equilibrium
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Vector sum of all forces is 0
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Pressure
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Measured in Pa
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Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
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When one object is in thermal equilibrium with another, and the second is in thermal equilibrium with a third, the first and third are also in thermal equilibrium
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Weight (Fg)
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Measure of gravitational force on an object's mass
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Newton's Second Law
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An object of mass m will accelerate when the vector sum of the forces results in some nonzero resultant force vector
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Flow Rate
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Density of Water
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1 g/cm^3 = 1000 kg/m^3
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Center of Mass
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Linear Motion
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Mass
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Amount of matter in the object
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Acceleration
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Scalars
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Have magnitude but no direction
Distance, speed, energy, pressure, mass
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Power
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Measured in W or J/s or kg*m^2/s^3
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First Law of Thermodynamics
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Heat
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Quantity of energy transferred between two objects
Measured in J or kg*m^2/s^2
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Rotational Equilibrium
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Occurs when an object's net torque is zero
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Absolute Pressure
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Specific Gravity
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Poiseuille's Law
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Can calculate laminar flow
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Potential Energy
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Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object
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Pascal's Principle
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Sinusoidal Waves
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Individual particles oscillate back and forth with a displacement
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Total Mechanical Energy
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Section 2
(50 cards)
Constructive Interference
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Waves are perfectly in phase and displacements and amplitude add together
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Voltage
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ΔV = Vb - Va = Wab/q
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Capacitance
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Measured in F or 1 C/V
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Resistors in Parallel
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Vp = V1 = V2
1/Rp = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + ...
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Electric Field
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Power in Electric Circuits
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Current
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Measured in A or 1 C/s
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Intensity
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Measured in W/m^2
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Propagation Speed
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Parallel Plate Capacitor
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e0 = 8.85 x 10^-12 F/m
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Speed of Light
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3.00 x 10^8 m/s
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Electric Potential
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V = U/q
Measured in V or 1 J/C
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Timbre
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Quality of the sound
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Focal Length
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1/f = 1/o + 1/i = 2/r
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Dipole Moment
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Measured in C*m
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Concave Surface
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Center of curvature is in front of the mirror
Converging mirror
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Electromagnetic Radiation
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Gamma Ray, X Ray, UV, Visible, IR, Microwave, FM, AM, Long Radio Waves
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Frequency (f)
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Number of wavelengths passing a fixed point per second
Measured in Hz
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Capacitors in Series/Parallel
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1/Cs = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + ...
Cp = C1 + C2 + C3
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Destructive Interference
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Waves are perfectly out of phase and displacements counteract each other
Amplitude is the difference between the waves
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Resistors in Series
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Vs = V1 + V2 + ...
Rs = R1 + R2 + ...
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Ohm's Law
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Coulomb's Law
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Coulomb's Constant = 8.99 x 10^9 N*m/C^2
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Lensmaker's Equation
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Magnetic Force
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Magnetic Force on a Wire
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Image
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Real image i
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Dielectric Capacitance
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Virtual Image
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Light only appears to be coming from position but does not converge there
Negative distance and behind the mirror
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Visible Region
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400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red)
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Sinusoidal Waves
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Individual particles oscillate back and forth with a displacement
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Snell's Law
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n = c/v
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Magnetic Field
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No pi if it's a circular loop
u0 = 4pi 10^-7 Tm/A
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Potential Energy in Capacitor
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Uniform Electric Field
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Transverse Waves
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Direction of particle oscillation is perpendicular to the propagation
Electromagnetic waves such as visible light, microwaves, and x-rays
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Sound Level
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Traveling Wave
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Moving wave that reflects when it reaches the fixed boundary causing eventual interference
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Speed of Sound
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Angular Frequency
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Measured in radians/second
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Electric Potential Energy
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Period
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T = 1/f
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Convex Surface
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Center of curvature is behind the mirror
Diverging mirror
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Longitudinal Waves
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Particles oscillate parallel to the direction of propagation
Sound Waves
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Real Image
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Light converges at position of image
Positive distance and in front of the mirror
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What frequencies can humans hear?
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20Hz to 20000Hz
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Resistance
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Measured in ohms
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Magnification
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Negative is inverted and positive is upright
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Wavelength ƛ
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Distance from one max (crest) to the next
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Doppler Effect
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f' > f if source and detector are moving toward each other
f > f' if they're moving away
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