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Physics 150 Exam 1 with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Explosion - correct answer✔✔When a lot of stored energy is suddenly converted into heat in a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




confined space
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Energy - correct answer✔✔ability to do work, anything that can be converted into heat
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Heat - correct answer✔✔something that raises the temp. of a material, as measured by a
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thermometer



1,000 calories - correct answer✔✔How many calories are in 1 Cal?
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1 - correct answer✔✔How many calories are in a Watt hour?
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1,000 Calories - correct answer✔✔How many Calories are in 1 kWh?
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4,000 J - correct answer✔✔How many Joules are in 1 Cal?
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3.6 million J - correct answer✔✔How many Joules are in 1 kWh?
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TNT releases energy quickly - correct answer✔✔Why do you use TNT for explosions instead of
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choc chip cookies? |||\\\ |||\\\




Choc chip cookies - correct answer✔✔What has more energy per gram: TNT or choc chip
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cookies?

,15 times - correct answer✔✔How many times more energy does gas have than TNT?
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Battery - correct answer✔✔-stores its energy in chemical form |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




-uses energy to release electrons from atoms-- electrons carry energy along wires and deliver it
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to another place
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80% - correct answer✔✔What percent of energy is lost as heat when running a motor with
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gasoline?



15% - correct answer✔✔What percent of energy is lost as heat when running a motor with
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battery?



340 times - correct answer✔✔How many times less energy does a car battery have than
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gasoline?



26 times - correct answer✔✔How many times more energy does hydrogen have than
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gasoline?



water - correct answer✔✔What waste products does hydrogen create?
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hydrogen and oxygen - correct answer✔✔What is used as fuel in a fuel cell? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




chemical directly to electrical - correct answer✔✔A hydrogen fuel cell converts ___________
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energy directly to ____________ energy |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




must be recharged or discarded - correct answer✔✔What happens to a battery once the
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chemical has been used up? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\

,3x more energy - correct answer✔✔Per gram, how does the energy in liquid hydrogen
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compare to gasoline? |||\\\ |||\\\




3x less energy - correct answer✔✔per gallon, how does the energy in liquid hydrogen
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compare to gasoline? |||\\\ |||\\\




not very dense - correct answer✔✔How dense is hydrogen?
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low weight - correct answer✔✔For energy storage for astronauts, is it more important that
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the fuel takes up less space or has low weight?
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yes - correct answer✔✔Does it take energy to obtain hydrogen?
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means of transporting energy - correct answer✔✔Is hydrogen a source of energy or a means
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of transporting energy?
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can be more efficient and have better pollution control devices - correct answer✔✔Why
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would a hydrogen economy be less important than gas? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




no - correct answer✔✔Does gas explode?
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30 million times - correct answer✔✔How much times more energy does U-235 have than
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TNT?



forces inside nucleus - correct answer✔✔Where does energy in U-235 come from?
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a million times more - correct answer✔✔For the same weight of fuel, how much more energy
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do nuclear reactions release compared to chemical or food reactions?
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, hundreds of years - correct answer✔✔How long can the coal that we have last?
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3 times more - correct answer✔✔How much more does gasoline cost than natural gas?
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Kinetic energy - correct answer✔✔energy of motion
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potential energy - correct answer✔✔energy that is stored |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Nuclear energy - correct answer✔✔energy stored between parts of the atomic nucleus
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Gravitational energy - correct answer✔✔energy an object has at high altitude, released when
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it falls
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Power - correct answer✔✔rate of energy release
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energy/time - correct answer✔✔Power= |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




1 J/sec - correct answer✔✔1 watt
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1 kW - correct answer✔✔1,000 Joules/second
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energy is conserved - correct answer✔✔1st law of thermodynamics
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chemical and potential - correct answer✔✔Most useful forms of energy economically
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