Name ___________________ # ______ | Date __________ |
Section _____________ |
St. Mary's H.S. Physics |
Geometry and Trigonometry for Regents Lab Worksheet |
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I. Vector - quantity with magnitude (size) and direction Ex) 5 meters East, 4m/s West, 5 Newtons South | |
Displacement - Distance and direction from Start to Finish
Ex 1) What’s the distance?_______What’s the displacement ________
1) Draw and LABEL the vector diagram (1 cm = 1 meter)
showing the man's walk and label the displacement vector
(1 point).
2) What is the man's displacement? ________________ (1 point)
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A. Velocity Components |
V = 40 m/s 1) Carefully draw and label the horizontal and vertical components of this velocity vector (2 points). 2) Measure the angle between the horizontal and the vector __________ (1 point) 3) What formula on the reference table would you use to find the horizontal component of the vector?
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5) Draw the resultant of the following pairs of vectors. (2 points) | |||||||||||||||||
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5) Draw the angle of reflection into the diagram on the right. (1 point) |
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B) Refraction - the bending of light caused when light changes media | |
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1) Draw the normal into the diagram above. (use a dotted
line) (1 point) 2) What is the angle of incidence? ______________ (1 point) 3) What is the angle of refraction? _______________ (1 point) 4) Label the angle of incidence in the diagram above with the symbol q in (1 point) 5) Label the angle of refraction in the diagram above with the symbol q ref (1 point) |
Magnetism |
1) In the gray region, draw the flux lines created by these two magnets (1 point) |
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2) Draw the flux lines ON and AROUND the bar magnet below. (1 point) |
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III. Waves |
1) Measure the following properties of the wave below. (report your measurements with the correct significant digits that show the accuracy of your measuring device)
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2) If the frequency of this wave is 10 Hz, what is the speed of the wave?
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points) 3) Draw a second wave on the picture above that has the same amplitude but twice the frequency of the original. (1 point)
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