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What is represented by the area under a graph of force against distance?
work
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What letter represents absolute refractive index?
n
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For total internal reflection, does light have to go into a more or less dense medium?
less
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Using thin wire is a way to prevent what dispersion?
modal
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What word means same frequency/wavelength and a constant phase difference?
coherent
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When light passes through a gap it will diffract and...
interfere
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A vector has direction and...
magnitude
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A ... is a pair of equal and opposite forces acting on a body, but not along the same line.
couple
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If a body in ... equilibrium is displaced then released, it returns to its equilibrium position
stable
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What is distance in a given direction?
displacement
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What is defined as change of distance per unit time?
speed
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What is defined as change of displacement per unit time?
velocity
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What does S represent in SUVAT
distance
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Newton's third law: When two objects interact, they exert ... and opposite forces on each other
equal
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If a string is stretched beyond its ... limit, it does not regain its initial length when the force applied to it is removed
elastic
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What waves are waves in which the direction of vibration to the particles is parallel to the direction the wave travels?
longitudinal
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The ... of a vibrating particle is its distance and direction from its equilibrium position
displacement
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The ... difference between two particles vibrating at the same frequency is the fraction of a cycle between the vibrations of the two particles
phase
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What radiation consists of fast-moving electrons?
beta
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What does the P in PET stand for?
positron
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What is the antiparticle of the electron
positron
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What is the mass of an object multiplied by its velocity?
momentum
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A negatively charged particle with a rest mass over 200 times the rest mass of the electron
muon
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In any reaction what total number is conserved?
baryon
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Any process of creating ions is called...
ionisation
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The lowest energy state of an atom is its ... state
ground
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Material ... is is because the speed of light in the glass of the optical fibre depends on the wavelength of light travelling through it
dispersion
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What kind of current is cell emf divided by total circuit resistance?
cell
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