Complete the mcq:
Relativity
1. A conclusion from special relativity is that events that are simultaneous in one inertial frame
are simultaneous in all inertial reference frames.
are simultaneous in all inertial frames moving at the same speed.
may not be simultaneous in another inertial reference frame.
are simultaneous in inertial reference frames moving in the same direction.
are simultaneous in inertial reference frames moving in the opposite direction.
2. A spaceship is observed from the Earth to be moving toward a star at a speed of 0.80 c. If the distance from the spaceship to the star is 1.6 light-years as measured from earth, how long does an observer on Earth find that it takes for the space ship to reach the star?
2.0 years
2.1 years
1.6 years
1.2 years
0.96 years
3. A spaceship is observed from the Earth to be moving toward a star at a speed of 0.80 c. If the distance from the spaceship to the star is 1.6 ly as measured from earth, how much time passes on the space ship while traveling to the star?
2.0 years
2.1 years
1.9 years
1.2 years
0.96 years
4. How fast is a particle moving if its kinetic energy is equal to its rest energy?
0
0.57 c
0.75 c
0.87 c
0.50 c
5. If the momentum of an electron is 1.53 MeV/c, what is its kinetic energy?
1.53 Mev
1.02 Mev
1.44 Mev
1.10 Mev
2.59 Mev
6. The rest energy of a proton is 938.3 MeV. What is the kinetic energy of a proton moving at 0.80 c?
1564 Mev
1251 Mev
938.3 Mev
2502 Mev
626 Mev
7. A star like the sun has a luminosity of 3.9E+26 W. How much mass must be turned into energy each second to produce this power?
1.3E+18 kg
4.3E+9 kg
5.7E+5 kg
5.9E+6 kg
1.5E+11 kg
8. An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 1.02 Million Volts. If the rest energy of the electron is 0.51 MeV, how fast is the electron moving?
0.57 c
0.30 c
0.67 c
0.90 c
0.94 c
Early Quantum Physics and the Photon
1. A 1.00-milliWatt laser produces photons of wavelength 633 nm. How many photons per second does the laser emit?
6.33 E+10
1.27 E+12
3.18 E+15
4.28 E+16
1.60 E+19
2. Monochromatic light shines on a surface with work function of 1.80 eV. The maximum kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons is 0.62 eV. What is the wavelength of the monochromatic light?
200 nm
2000 nm
689 nm
602 nm
512 nm
3. Electrons are accelerated through a potential difference of 90.0 kV and directed at a tungsten target to produce x-rays. What is the shortest wavelength of the x-rays produced?
669 picometers
508 picometers
72.6 picometers
13.8 picometers
14.3 picometers
4. An x-ray photon with wavelength 15.0 picometers is scattered at 84.0 degrees by an electron. What is the wavelength of the scattered photon?
31.0 picometers
14.9 picometers
1.57 picometers
17.2 picometers
12.8 picometers
5. In a Compton scattering experiment, the scattered photon has a wavelength of 6.55 picometers. If the scattering angle is 50 degrees, what is the energy of the incident photon?
1.43 Mev
218 Mev
380 Mev
117 Mev
66.3 Mev
6. The orbits of the electron in the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom are those in which the electron _______________ is quantized in integral multiples of h/2pi.
kinetic energy
potential energy
total energy
linear momentum
angular momentum
7. What is the wavelength of a photon emitted when an electron in hydrogen goes from the n = 4 state to the n = 1 state?
323 nanometers
156 nanometers
121 nanometers
103 nanometers
97.3 nanometers
8. What is the energy of a photon emitted in a transition from the n = 3 state to the n= 2 state in the He+1 ion?
15.1 eV
7.56 eV
3.78 eV
2.12 eV
1.89 eV
Quantum Physics
1. If an electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 100 V, what is its de Broglie wavelength, in meters?
2.55 E-9
1.23 E-10
0.529 E-10
8.67 E-9
1.20 E-15
2. What is the energy of a photon that has the same wavelength as an electron with energy 1.60 E-15 J?
10.0 keV
101 keV
55.3 keV
5.53 keV
6.77 keV
3. A particle in a one dimentional box with zero point energy E1 = 4 eV, undergoes a transition from the third excited state to the second excited state emitting a photon. What is the energy of the photon?
4 eV
16 eV
20 eV
28 eV
260 eV
4. If the orbital angular momentum quantum number is 3, how many values are possible for the orbital magnetic quantum number?
9
7
5
4
3
5. For an orbital angular momentum quantum number of 4, what is the magnitude of the orbital angular momentum?
4 h/2 pi
3 h/2 pi
sqrt(6) h/2 pi
sqrt(12) h/2 pi
sqrt(20) h/2 pi
6. If the ground state configuration of an atom is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^4, what is the atomic number of the at
14
10
8
4
3
7. What is the typical thermal energy of an electron in a solid at room temperature?
0
0.001 eV
0.025 eV
0.273 eV
1.00 eV
8. What is the wavelength of an electron in the n = 2 state of the hydrogen atom?
5.2 E-11 m
1.66 E-10 m
3.32 E-10 m
6.65 E -10 m
1.33 E -9 m
Nuclear Physics
1. Isotopes of an element have the same number of ________ but different numbers of _______.
neutrons, protons
electrons, protons
protons, neutrons
neutrons, electrons
protons, electrons
2. How many atoms are in one gram of Al 27?
1.63E25
6.02E22
1.51E23
2.23E25
2.23E22
3. What is the binding energy of C 12? The mass of an atom of C 12 is 12 u (exactly), of an atom of H 1 is 1.007825 u, and of a neutron is
1.0086649 u.
137 Mev
104 Mev
92.2 Mev
46.1 Mev
7.68 Mev
4. Al 28 decays by beta-minus decay. What is the daughter nucleus?
Mg 28
Al 27
Na 24
Si 28
Si 27
5. Al 26 decays by beta-plus decay. What is the daughter nucleus?
Al 27
Al 25
Mg 26
Si 26
Al 25
6. The half-life of P 30 is 2.50 minutes. If a sample of P 30 has 1.60E10 nuclei present initially, after 10.0 minutes how many remain?
0.80E10
0.40E10
0.20E10
0.10E10
0.05E10
7. In the reaction He 4 + Be 9 -> n + C 12, how much energy is released or absorbed? The mass of He 4 is 4.0026032 u, the mass of Be 9 is 9.0121821 u, the mass of n is 1.0086649 u, and the mass of C 12 is 12.0000000 u
4.21 Mev absorbed
4.21 Mev released
5.70 Mev absorbed
5.70 Mev released
6.34 Mev released
8. The fusion reaction H 2 + H 3 -> He 4 + 1n releases 17.6 MeV of energy. The mass of H 2 is 2.01410 u, the mass of He 4 is 4.00260 u, and the mass of 1n is 1.00866 u. What is the mass of H 3?
2.99716 u
3.01605 u
3.03494 u
3.04221 u
2.99982 u