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Side A ------ Side B
Does the frequency of a simple pendulum depend on its mass, the acceleration due to gravity, or its length? ------ Two of these.
Energy transfer by convection is primarily restricted to... ------ Fluids.
A plasma differs from a gas in that... ------ It is electrically conducting.
A node is a position of... ------ Minimum amplitude.
Atmospheric pressure is caused by the... ------ weight of the atmosphere.
When you touch a cold piece of ice with your finger, energy flows... ------ From your finger to the ice.
The volume of matter comes mostly from its... ------ Electrons.
Caruso is said to have made a crystal chandelier shatter with his voice. This is a demonstration of... ------ Resonence.
Pour a liter of water at 40 degrees C into a liter of water at 20 degrees C and the final temperature of the water becomes... ------ At or about 30 degrees C.
As a helium-filled balloon rises in the air, it becomes... ------ Bigger.
A wave oscillates up and down two complete cycles each second. If the wave travels at an average distance of 6 meters in one second, its wavelength is... ------ 3 m.
The pressure in a liquid depends on liquid... ------ Depth and density.
Doubling the linear size of an object multiplies its area by... ------ 4 and its volume by 8.
Which has the greater density, a lake full of water or a cup full of lake water? ------ Both have the same density.
Airplane flight best illustrates... ------ Bernoulli's Principle.
When a pendulum clock at sea level is taken to the top of a high mountain, it will... ------ Lose time.
Your feet feel warmer on a rug than on your tile floor because your rug... ------ Is a better insulator than your tile.
The moderate temperature of islands throughout the world has much to do with the water's... ------ High specific heat.
An observer on the ground hears a sonic boom which is created by an airplane flying at a speed... ------ Greater than the speed of sound.
The approximate range of human hearing is... ------ 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz.
Sound travels faster in... ------ Steel.
A wooden block has a mass of 1000 kg and a volume of 2 cubic meters. What is the block's density? ------ 500 kg per cubic meter.
A standing wave occurs when... ------ A wave reflects upon itself.
A liter of hot water will cool to room temperature faster in a... ------ Black pot.
Substances absorb heat energy by the process(es) of... ------ Conduction, radiation, and convection.
Most of the matter in the universe is in the... ------ Plasma state.
Two equal sized buckets are filled to the top with water. One of the buckets has a piece of wood floating in it, making its total weight... ------ Equal too the weight of the other bucket.
Which of these atoms has the greatest number of electrons: uranium, carbon, gold, helium, or iron? ------ Uranium.
the phenomenon of beats results from sound... ------ Interference.
One of the main reasons one can walk barefoot on red-hot coals without burning their feet has to do with... ------ Low thermal conductivity of the coals.
A rock suspended by a string weighs 5 N out of water and 3 N when submerged. What is the buoyant force on the rock? ------ 2 N.
What makes an element distinct? ------ The number of protons.
Atoms heavier than hydrogen were made by... ------ Nuclear fusion.
On a windy day, atmospheric pressure... ------ Decreases.
Like a transverse wave, a longitudal wave has... ------ Amplitude, frequency, wavelength, and speed.
The fact that a thermometer "takes its own temperature" illustrates... ------ Thermal equilibrium.
A temperature difference if 10 degrees C is also equal to a temperature difference of 10 on the... ------ Kelvin scale.
The vibrations of a transverse wave move in a direction... ------ At right angles to the direction of wave travel.
A spring is stretched by 10 cm by a suspended 1-kg block. If two such springs side by side are used to suspend the block, ,so each spring supports half the weight of the block, then each spring will stretch... ------ 5 cm.
If the volume of an object were to double while its mass stays the same, its density would... ------ halve.

Side A ------ Side B
Does the frequency of a simple pendulum depend on its mass, the acceleration due to gravity, or its length? ------ Two of these.
Energy transfer by convection is primarily restricted to... ------ Fluids.
A plasma differs from a gas in that... ------ It is electrically conducting.
A node is a position of... ------ Minimum amplitude.
Atmospheric pressure is caused by the... ------ weight of the atmosphere.
When you touch a cold piece of ice with your finger, energy flows... ------ From your finger to the ice.
The volume of matter comes mostly from its... ------ Electrons.
Caruso is said to have made a crystal chandelier shatter with his voice. This is a demonstration of... ------ Resonence.
Pour a liter of water at 40 degrees C into a liter of water at 20 degrees C and the final temperature of the water becomes... ------ At or about 30 degrees C.
As a helium-filled balloon rises in the air, it becomes... ------ Bigger.
A wave oscillates up and down two complete cycles each second. If the wave travels at an average distance of 6 meters in one second, its wavelength is... ------ 3 m.
The pressure in a liquid depends on liquid... ------ Depth and density.
Doubling the linear size of an object multiplies its area by... ------ 4 and its volume by 8.
Which has the greater density, a lake full of water or a cup full of lake water? ------ Both have the same density.
Airplane flight best illustrates... ------ Bernoulli's Principle.
When a pendulum clock at sea level is taken to the top of a high mountain, it will... ------ Lose time.
Your feet feel warmer on a rug than on your tile floor because your rug... ------ Is a better insulator than your tile.
The moderate temperature of islands throughout the world has much to do with the water's... ------ High specific heat.
An observer on the ground hears a sonic boom which is created by an airplane flying at a speed... ------ Greater than the speed of sound.
The approximate range of human hearing is... ------ 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz.
Sound travels faster in... ------ Steel.
A wooden block has a mass of 1000 kg and a volume of 2 cubic meters. What is the block's density? ------ 500 kg per cubic meter.
A standing wave occurs when... ------ A wave reflects upon itself.
A liter of hot water will cool to room temperature faster in a... ------ Black pot.
Substances absorb heat energy by the process(es) of... ------ Conduction, radiation, and convection.
Most of the matter in the universe is in the... ------ Plasma state.
Two equal sized buckets are filled to the top with water. One of the buckets has a piece of wood floating in it, making its total weight... ------ Equal too the weight of the other bucket.
Which of these atoms has the greatest number of electrons: uranium, carbon, gold, helium, or iron? ------ Uranium.
the phenomenon of beats results from sound... ------ Interference.
One of the main reasons one can walk barefoot on red-hot coals without burning their feet has to do with... ------ Low thermal conductivity of the coals.
A rock suspended by a string weighs 5 N out of water and 3 N when submerged. What is the buoyant force on the rock? ------ 2 N.
What makes an element distinct? ------ The number of protons.
Atoms heavier than hydrogen were made by... ------ Nuclear fusion.
On a windy day, atmospheric pressure... ------ Decreases.
Like a transverse wave, a longitudal wave has... ------ Amplitude, frequency, wavelength, and speed.
The fact that a thermometer "takes its own temperature" illustrates... ------ Thermal equilibrium.
A temperature difference if 10 degrees C is also equal to a temperature difference of 10 on the... ------ Kelvin scale.
The vibrations of a transverse wave move in a direction... ------ At right angles to the direction of wave travel.
A spring is stretched by 10 cm by a suspended 1-kg block. If two such springs side by side are used to suspend the block, ,so each spring supports half the weight of the block, then each spring will stretch... ------ 5 cm.
If the volume of an object were to double while its mass stays the same, its density would... ------ halve.