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AQA A-Level Physics 3.6 Further mechanics and thermal physics overview quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Why does an object moving in a circle at constant speed have an acceleration?

  2. What is the correct expression for the centripetal force on a mass mm moving at speed vv in a circle of radius rr?

  3. Which statement defines simple harmonic motion?

  4. What is the period of a mass-spring system with m=0.25m = 0.25 kg and spring constant k=100k = 100 N/m?

  5. As the amount of damping on a driven oscillator increases, what happens to the resonance peak?

  6. Resonance occurs when which condition is met?

  7. How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of 0.500.50 kg of water (c=4200c = 4200 J/kg/K) by 2020 K?

  8. Which of these is an assumption of the molecular kinetic theory model of an ideal gas?

  9. The mean kinetic energy of a gas molecule is given by which expression?

  10. Using pV=nRTpV = nRT, find the pressure of 0.200.20 mol of gas in 0.00500.0050 m3^3 at 300300 K (R=8.31R = 8.31).

  11. What is the link between linear speed vv and angular speed ω\omega for circular motion of radius rr?

  12. In simple harmonic motion, where is the kinetic energy of the oscillator at its maximum?