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Hooke's Law
Describe the energy transfers whi...,
Extension is to the force applied,
Describe hooke s law
9  cards
Charge and Current
Current is,
Voltage acts like a that pushes t...,
Resistance
22  cards
Properties of Materials
What does toughness mean and what...,
What is elastic deformation,
What is plastic deformation
12  cards
Charge, Current, and Potential Difference
What is current what does it depe...,
Describe why drift velocity is ne...,
The number of charge carriers per...
9  cards
Circuits
Describe why there is potential e...,
What is joule heating and how doe...,
What is power what are its units ...
17  cards
Uncertainty, Accuracy + Precision
How can uncertainty bars be creat...,
What is accuracy,
What is precision
6  cards
Stress, Strain, and Young Modulus
What is stress whats the formula,
Why is stress useful as a measure...,
What is the yield stress what hap...
11  cards
Ceramics
Ceramics are made up of or bonds,
The bonds in ceramics are dl whic...,
What are bricks made from
19  cards
Testing Materials
What is stress,
What does stress depend on,
What is the yield stress
20  cards
Resistivity and Conductivity
When length doubles what happens ...,
When cross sectional area doubles...,
What sort of properties are resis...
16  cards
Properties of sensors
What is range,
What is response time,
What is sensitivity
4  cards
Polymers - C5
Polythene can reach a strain of w...,
What is the structure of polythen...,
Cross links can be added to polym...
12  cards
Ceramics and Glass - C5
Glass has a r structure and is he...,
What plates are ceramics made up of,
What is monocrystalline
13  cards
Glasses and Composites - C5
Name 5 types of composite,
Modern composites can be made sr ...,
What are benefits to composites
10  cards
Metals I - C5
Define amorphous,
Define crystalline,
Define polycrystalline
12  cards
Metals II - C5
How do dislocations reduce ductil...,
Alloys increase dy and cn resistance,
Why is the model of a whole plane...
11  cards
Conduction model and non-ohmic sensors
What are insulators and what is a...,
What are semi conductors how many...,
What are thermistors
10  cards
C3 - Resistivity and Conductivity
Where do superconductors score on...,
Where do metals and metal alloys ...,
Where do semi conductors score on...
12  cards
C3 - Current, Charge, and Time
What determines electrical proper...,
What is a current,
Whats the formula for charge total
11  cards
C3 - Emf and Internal Resistance
Where do charges move and how is ...,
What is emf and what is it the su...,
How is voltage lost in the cell
9  cards
Standing Waves
Standing waves can form in air co...,
How do standing waves form in ins...,
In flutes whats the longest wavel...
13  cards
Standing Wave Properties
If a wave with a crest travels to...,
How is a standing wave formed and...,
When are particles in phase for a...
7  cards
Motion Experiments
How do you determine g with ticke...,
How do you determine g with a ste...,
How do you determine g with light...
6  cards
Rayleigh's Oil Drop
How can estimations be used,
How is the experiment done,
What is the volume of the drop an...
4  cards
Metals 1 - C5
What is a crystalline metal,
What is a polycrystalline metal,
What are grains
10  cards
Metals II
Name properties of metals,
What is a metal lattice made up o...,
What is polycrystalline
9  cards
Standing Waves
Describe how a standing wave is c...,
For standing waves to be produced...,
What calculates the resonant freq...
11  cards
Diffraction
What happens to waves as they pas...,
When the aperture is much bigger ...,
When aperture length is a number ...
10  cards
Light - wave or particle?
What did the photoelectric effect...,
What is the first formula for energy,
The higher the frequency the more...
6  cards
Drift Velocity, Insulators, Semi-Conductors, and Conductors
How do metallic bonds work and ho...,
When pd is applied to a conductor...,
What is the drift velocity formula
8  cards
Forming Images with Lenses
Describe what happens to light in...,
How do lenses change the nature o...,
If a lens is more powerful how ar...
4  cards
Photoelectric Effect
Whats the photoelectric effect,
Summarise the physics behind the ...,
What are three conclusions of the...
7  cards
Potential Dividers key info
In a circuit from which terminal ...,
With kirchoffs second law in mind...
2  cards
Quantum Behaviour of Electrons
What did louis de broglie theorise,
Whats the equation for de broglie...,
What sort of wave can the de brog...
6  cards
Terminal Velocity
What types of friction are there,
How would terminal velocity be re...,
How would terminal velocity be re...
5  cards
Iterative Diagrams
What is the formula for accelerat...,
What are advantages and disadvant...,
What is an iterative what is an i...
4  cards
What I learned from MC Kinematics
Force for the formula power is,
In projectiles multiply the chang...,
If a question says the efficiency...
3  cards
Pixels
How does imaging work,
What is binary,
How many bits are needed for 256 ...
10  cards
Polarisation
What do polarising lenses do,
What are features of em waves,
What is the wavelength range for ...
13  cards
SIGNALLING - Digitising a Signal
What does a signal do,
Name two examples of signals,
How are signals digitised
8  cards
Sampling
Whats sampling,
What is quantisation error,
Whats resolution
6  cards
Sampling Rate and Bit Rate
What was once a consequence for t...,
Whats sampling frequency,
How can a varying signal be accur...
11  cards
What I learned from OCR papers about Signals
Whats bandwidth,
When a question asks you to inter...,
How can the number of oscillation...
4  cards
Boltzmann Factor
0  cards
Signalling and Hearing
How can the most sensitivity to s...,
What effect does hearing loss hav...
2  cards
Refractive Index
What is the practical for determi...,
What did huygens find as evidence...,
What happens when light travels t...
4  cards
Phase difference
What is superposition,
What are dead spots,
How can teachers become quieter w...
11  cards

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