P2 Quiz

P2 Physics Quiz...on Static Electricity and Radiation.

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  • Created by: Rebecca
  • Created on: 16-01-11 13:30
What causes Static Electricity?
Friction
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If you rub a polythene rod with a duster, what happens?
Electrons move from the duster to the rod
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If you rub a perspex rod with a duster, what happens?
Electrons move from the rod to the duster
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What is the current?
The rate of flow of electrical charge
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What happens if the potential different gets big enough on an isolated object?
A spark jumps across the gap
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What happens if the colour of the perspex rod changes from red to green?
Nothing
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Who came up with the 'plum pudding' model of an atom?
J J Thomson
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Who came up with the model of the atom that we use today?
Ernest Rutherford
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What charge does an electron have?
Negative
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What are alpha particles?
Helium Nucleii
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What is the mass and charge of a alpha particle?
Mass:4, Charge: 2
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What in a beta particle?
An electron
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Where does the majority of background radiation come from?
Radon Gas
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Why would a miner have an increased risk of getting certain types of cancer?
As the rocks around him emit radiation
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What is a common isotope that is used in Nuclear fission?
Uranium-235
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What is the temperature that is needed to allow Nuclear Fusion to happen?
10,000,000 degrees
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If you rub a polythene rod with a duster, what happens?

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Electrons move from the duster to the rod

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If you rub a perspex rod with a duster, what happens?

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Card 4

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What is the current?

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What happens if the potential different gets big enough on an isolated object?

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Diamanti

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your question are wrong and you are ill informed

Rebecca

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'your question are wrong' doesn't make sense!

Which ones?

Please reply so I can correct them! I have copied them out of the revision guide we got from school. Anyway, how can I improve, Diamanti? :)

:) PurpleJaguar (: - Team GR

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Yay only got one wrong :) Good quiz :)

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