University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
PHYS 100B | General Physics II
Academic year:

2023
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1
Author:

Myla N.

Practice Quiz 6 1) You are a passenger on a spaceship. As the speed of the spaceship increases, you would observe A) the length of your spaceship getting shorter. B) the length of your spaceship getting longer. C) the length of your spaceship varying erratically. D) nothing unusual about the length of your spaceship. Answer: D 2) A spaceship, traveling at 0.560c towards a stationary enemy station, shoots a projectile towards the station with a speed of 0.100c relative to the spaceship. What is the speed of the projectile relative to the station? A) 0.575c B) 0.600c C) 0.625c D) 0.660c Answer: C 3) Two spaceships approach Earth from the same direction. One has a speed of 0.21c and the other a speed of 0.34c, both relative to Earth. What is the speed of one spaceship relative to the other? A) 0.13 c B) 0.14 c C) 0.15 c D) 0.16 c Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 29-4 4) What is the relativistic momentum of a 0.456-kg rest mass moving at 1.20 × 108 m/s? A) 5.47 × 107 kgΧm/s B) 5.57 × 107 kgΧm/s C) 5.87 × 107 kgΧm/s D) 5.97 × 107 kgΧm/s Answer: D 5) The value of a wavelength in the Balmer series is 374.9 nm. What is the value of n? A) 6 B) 3 C) 10 D) 12 Answer: D 6) What is the wavelength associated with the electron in the n = 6 state of hydrogen? A) 2.99 × 10- 9 m B) 3.11 × 10-9 m C) 3.99 × 10-9 m D) 1.99 × 10- 9 m Answer: D 7) What is the kinetic energy of an electron in the n = 3 Bohr orbit? A) 2.71 × 10- 19 J B) 3.20 × 10-19 J C) 2.42 × 10-19 J D) 6.10 × 10- 19 J Answer: C