06.21: Which of the f8tn8 z)i*h cmvt hgw1(ollowing is not one of the seven fundamental SI units using the Mti* gmvn( cz8)th 81hwKS system?

  95.15: If the unit for force is F, the unit for velocity is V, and ;mw:lpj2e 8hwcxjc7 /the unit for time is T, then the unit for ene cj 87/cw2:hpxjm; lewrgy is:

  98.16: If the unit for force is F, the unit for velocity V, and th(ta 4h(jp+r sde unit for time T, then the unit f(p +h4tjrs da(or momentum is:

  02.25: If M represents units of mass, L represents uni9 zxgi )m:(kwtl 6jco(ts of length, and T represents units of time, the dimension of 6c)itwlk:g xm(oj( 9z power would be:

  06.32: The kW.hr is a uniiih ; uygow;/ad;b45st of:

  08.10: Which of the following could be a correct unit for preusjp7tp 54t(h*jus4 assure?

  96.01: A light year is a unit :gm lc,ej9xkmb:64 0q1 jagspof:

  13.04: A scientist calculated a quantity th rz*byuty v2k-(i uj1kg(tkj9.l/ui-at was equal to one light-year. Which u1-tii(tgv/bk *(k 2 lrz .y9ujku- yjone of the following choices represents the type of quantity that the scientist calculated?

  11.02: Albert Einstein's h/cbe5l1tcf,2 n b1,sc/zl u vmost famous equation is $E=mc^2$. The unit for the quantity represented by E can be written as which one of the following options?

  04.02: The SI unit of force is named the newton in honor of Sir Isaa nnbsne6 m+ q /*6zf.b/h;unonc Newton's contributions to physics. Which of the following combination of units is the equivalent snzu/; n en nf 6*/qbbnh.+om6of a newton?

  09.03: Which one of the following quantities can have its unit exprmx v.x8s*k4y*agxu; f essed as $ \frac{kg\,m}{s^2} $?

  09.30: In terms of the 7 fundamental SI units, the Ohm is written asy 2jg q-sur*7n:

  13.44: Which one of the following terms/quantitie 8ch :,t1cko,m(cujfr s is most closely associated with "the measure of the resistance of an object to lenc1 ,8 ,tcf:kcm jh(ourgth change under lengthwise tension or compression."?

  97.03: A student working on an energy conservatioaot n 8xgq-t-a6s wsh):su+n2 n problem has obtained the answ2 tn8 -sw:sa+t )oangq6hs-x uer $50\;J s^2/m^2$. The student has solved for:

  16.01: Which one of the following choices represents the smallest amount of uv*l7w:;)dle yolyv85zqbc3d,5xpytime?*l;8xl 35:ly zcw)pb57qd d,y ueovv y

  16.14: A scientist obtaw/l , wh7n9 ghvdqgr, 8aai59uins an answer that has units equivalent to those from computing the square root of the ratio of 5 /alhw,7vwrgdqh,9gia89 nu the Universal Gravitational constant to Coulomb's constant. Which one of the following choices has these same units?

  12.46: There is a quanti5mome,) gf/ 5 vbc- 45dyh/wkp;fsqv xty called the Planck time $t_{planck}$ which is computed in terms of constants as $t^2_{Planck} = \frac{\hbar G}{c^n}$ where $\hbar$ is Planck's constant divided by $2\pi$, $G$ is the Universal Gravitational Constant, and $c$ is the speed of light. In order for this expression for time to be consistent, what is the numerical value of $n$, the power to which the speed of light is raised?

  07.08: What does one obtain by div;ih*u 6r6t)g bjolqg )iding the distance of 12 Mm by the time of 4 T 6h) q*uojl6rb)t; ggis?

  17.01: A scientist computes a mx(yhltdk).3aaea8kko) , 8 sspeed as $12 \; mm/3 \; μs$. Which one of the following choices represents this same speed?

  08.12: In one year, there are approximatel zgicp8;r*/yl y $31.5 \times 10^7 \; s$, Which of the following representations using metric prefixes is equivalent to this value?

  11.03: The distance of one thousand meters can bn41k96/dxii :)npvtjeqx 0 dxsbi:3i e written as one kilometer. Which one of the following choices best represents a distance of o9xx :0 iin)e6 pjin1qddv/bkxti:3s4ne million meters?

  12.01: Which one of tij9yiua2mps 0- 2j9yw je 6z,vhe following lengths is the largest?

  13.01: Red light from a laser is noted to have a wavelengfxnl i1b1wdc+p;7c k 1th of 632.8 nanometers. Which one of the following choices best repre lx;d kwcb17i1npfc1 +sents the meaning of the prefix nano?

  14.01: An FM radio station sends a kgfgg rv2k 6ie0mce58k4x h ,2signal with a frequency of $99.99 \times 10^6 \; Hz$. Which one of the following choices best represents this frequency expressed using metric prefixes?

  15.01: Which one of the fo9y, w 9lb tygti2ls6wm42yeg 2llowing choices correctly represents a length of $3.00 \; mm$ ?

  14.18: A rectangular block of wood has a mass oh stzsi7+8uaar0 6w/of 17.8 gram and dimensions of length: 3.00 cm, width: 4.00 cm, and heighuz 7h/oista08sa r +6wt: 2.00 cm. Which one of the following choices correctly gives the average density of the block?

  11.09: Which of the following 9-p g jzoo/5gg b).0x/wr7jr0 mlvakmchoices best represents the speed of 60.0 miles/hr rewrrmj /mv5 l ro0a0o.jgk7w)/xg 9zp -gbitten in units of km/day?

  12.03: Which of the following choices best repr ck6 j.5hrog ;9tifuqls2 m;k5:lnc*t esents the value of the speed of light using units of miles/week?2nsiur65 c:lf; tj gl ko*5tm.9;k qhc

  15.06: A car travels at 20.0 miles/hr. Which one of the following choices bt-lfy92x/y z+x4po cedh ,j f1est representsyf 4c2x-y+/pfd1zxl j eht9,o the speed of the car in SI units of m/s?

  09.02: A room has a floor area 9,f3bj6 z6gazai3:vck )vqhsof $25 \; m^2$. What is this area written in $cm^2$?

  06.01: The mass of an object is recordeew8bzhd i6( ;2ah,ci ed as $m = 2.10 \times 10^4 \; kg$. This mass has been recorded with how many significant digits?

  09.04: The length measurwax2 3onp5 *swement $L = 0.01230 \; cm$ has how many significant digits?

  10.03: The following 3 me9l;p 9ban 7y t-hktqvzhmj8:.asurements of length are given: $L_1 = 22.05\;m$, $L_2 = 6.1123\;m$, $L_3 = 89.6\;cm$. What is the sum of these measurements using rules of proper significant digits?

  16.04: The following four length fj jzaue9n30: measurements are recorded: $5.4 \times 10^{−1}\;m$, $5.4 \times 10^{0}\;m$, $5.40 \times 10^{1}\;m$, and $5.400 \times 10^{−2}\;m$. Which one of the following choices best represents the sum of these values using the rules of significant digits?

  11.04: The following 2 measurements oflength are recorded from an experimenk+1e2cr 5+meo8 3x m gngmf2.nhp-w* i+slj cqts: $L_1 = 4.57 \times 10^3 \; m$ and $L_2 = 2.130 \times 10^2 \; m$. Using the rules of significant digits, what is the sun ($L_1 + L_2$) of these measurements?

  17.17: The following lengths are added together: hss3g:ghv 7je 5cew8f3n8h1 fkg51yy $L_1 = 8.36 \times 10^1 \; m$, $L_2 = 9.20 \times 10^2 \; m$, $L_3 = 1.39 \times 10^{−1} \; m$, and $L_4 = 2.1 \times 10^0 \; m$. How many significant digits are in the resulting sum?

  15.11: Two length measurementowm:4 ;ahd m/ns are made and recorded as $L_1 = 84.55 \; cm$ and $L_2 = 33.55 \; cm$. Two other length measurements are made and recorded as $L_3 = 1.750 \; cm$ and $L_4 = 1.250 \; cm$. These measurements are used to compute the quantity ($L_1$ + $L_2$) − ($L_3$ + $L_4$) using the rules of significant figures. Which one of the following choices best represents the correct result to this calculation?

  16.04: The following four length measurementsy7on5tc 9x b6y are recorded: $5.4 \times 10^{−1} \; m$, $5.4 \times 10^0 \; m$, $5.4 \times 10^1 \; m$, and $5.4 \times 10^2 \; m$. Which one of the following choices best represents the sum of these values using the rules of significant digits?

  17.17: The following length are added qzs 6hi9 q5)vttogether: $L_1 = 8.36 \times 10^1 \; m$, $L_2 = 9.20 \times 10^2 \; m$, $L_3 = 1.39 \times 10^{−1} \; m$ and $L_4 = 2.1 \times 10^0 \; m$. How many significant digits are in the resulting sum?

  05.30: A scientist measures the dimensions of a rectangular solid to berkv9. 3v3j rbl $1.000\;mm \times 20.00\;cm \times 5.00\;cm$. Using proper scientific notation and significant digits, what is the volume of the box in units of $m^3$?

  12.05: A solid rectangular box is measured68 ikk t (d:65 t52kxbk*ou0ivbyu ajq to have length $L=13.34\;cm$, width $W=8.45\;cm$ and height $H=3.36\;cm$. Which one of the following choices best represents the volume of the box using proper significant digits?

  13.13: Which one of the following choices represents the qu4ph ;ib*;v xq.bc6s measurement with the most v s4xc;b hu*i6 ;q.pbqnumber of significant digits?

  10.04: Which of the following relationship correctly ranks the three giveu4y )f;b)ryi kddd9 ;pn speeds from least to greatest? y4i)rpykd 9 )bf;u;ddThe speed are given as $v_1 = 1.25 \times 10^{-4} \; cm/\mu s$, $v_2 = 0.076 \; Mm/week$, $v_3 = 9.50\; km/day$

  06.12: Experimental data are t8isg*y:s 76 y wm8fzwn za9f1oaken. Which of the following statements is correctis o1w 7g mw z8y8*:6fanz9syf about the precision and accuracy of the data?

  14.02: In the laboratory, a student makes the following 6 measur, wbl3pg p 332o4nfpn;m) xa ddl0*icoements for the length of an object: 5.05cm, 5.06cm, 5.07cm, 5.06cm, 5.07cm and 5.09cm. Using the rules of significant digits, which one of the following choices correctly represi3manl2ow3l0,3)cpb* f;gpdx pod 4nents how she should express the average length of the object?

  07.01: A standard centimeter ruler is showl6z3k6wq /llsa(px 6pn. Which recorded value is the most correct for th6q w(6/ 6ax3kzppllsl e location of the shaded object’s right end?

  18.07: What is the percent uncertainty in the mc:wvcg22.fnb- a zm + vvof-n9easurement $2.54 \pm 0.16 \; cm$?

  19.17: A sphere has a radius orl8:)(uxn jb g lq :mav1pm/-vf $1.96 \pm 0.01 \;m$. What is the approximate uncertainty in its volume?

  95.17: Which is a vector quans :fi cvk3/ -(-yzxt)3shqj q-xuy5pxtity?

  98.01: Which of the +re9xwv-*b, bksx,nvo* /kg ifollowing is not a vector quantity?

  05.01: Which quantity l yf1gueha3 5+is not a scalar?

  08.01: Which of the followint w2:na-w om3ug quantity is a vector?

  10.02: Which of the following ipz. zj.b /y)b qqo9*dc5qm:c/ewy uv9s not a vector quantity?

  11.16. Which of the following is not ; i x e*oejz7zw0 (h9u;9zoukma vector quantity?

  12.12: Which of the following is a5nmz6+k b b7 w0f8x,gqqjd: ai scalar quantity?

  14.09: Which of the following is nb:k.yqp1/ my8 f op,stot a scalar quantity?

  15.03: Which of the following is not a vector quldo tb8 p.vd ch:2q/u+zd/ 9huantity?

  17.03: Which one of the fologtzcn231m gy2)rw;p lowing choices is a vector quantity?

  06.02: How tall is a flagpole if the su/8k8zd f6zb; m c 0(ddkcui*dcn is at a $53^{\circ}$ angle above the horizon and the shadow is 8.0 meters long?

  99.06: An airplane with air speed 120 km/h is heading duer pe3md196fgf rx:-m1e8jbr( yd8z rh north in a wind blowing due east at 50 kr89pf83z grh xddf:1 bme jrm(-16reym/h. What is the ground speed of the plane?

  97.40: A boat is traveling at 6.0 kmy13kzzzsuiu s91x, ;+lq/u gl /h $30^{\circ}$ W of N with respect to a river. The river is flowing at 3.0km/h from W to E. As observed from shore, the boat is traveling

  02.03: An airplane takes off and flies 300 milcvq 0v.p1p4w dt4 .sb5cipii 1es at an angle of $30^{\circ}$ north of east. It then changes direction and flies 600 miles due west before landing. In what direction is the plane’s landing point from its starting point?

  15.36: Rain falls vertically at 12.0 m/s with respect to a stad2/u b6jvk kn.tionary observer. A car is moving at an angle of 40° below the horizontal with respect to the observer. A passenger sitting/nbu. vd62jkk in the car notes that the rain makes an angle of 29.0° with the vertical. What is the car's speed with respect to the observer?

  07.02: How thick is the average page of a physics text bf+i z:if9kd 39h4gs jrook in micrometers?

  09.01: Approximately how many seconds is itcvnz(z+ma5j59e si a3 until the PhysicsBowl takes place in the yearcvn35+ m (z5a9eiz saj 2109 ?

  10.01: The very first PhysicsBowl took place in 1985. Approximately how many sect8q7pn)- xuddonds ago did students cot)x d8 nu7pd-qmpete in this first contest?

  06.11: The number of seconds from now untx2+twodpdeits/-v2 8 il the beginning of the next millenniumts+e/ twdxopdv i82 2- (year 3000) can be approximated as $10^x$. What is $x$?

  11.01: Which one of the following choices best represents the average mass k6v , f.)ikbqhe)1tfrof an ak .fhv b)f 1)6iekr,qtdult human male?

  11.21: Which one of the following choices best represents the time itjm5 ap ij+4fkthn /;f1 takes for light coming fr1m f/t;ijjk+p 5hn4 afom the Moon’s surface to reach the Earth?

  01.09: The 1st Law of Th)qz a+rvajtm9oa8e 5(ermodynamics is a simple statement of the Law of the Conseeaqj a5+98m rozvt()arvation of Energy. It was first announced about the time of

  06.05: Newton’s First Law isosg6o+ qla,p 8i05smq based on the experimental work of which person, whos6l,58mios qaq0o+gp rolled spheres down and up inclines?

  94.04: Newton’s First Lsvukd ld8+a47 a;c 0ghaw is based in part on the work of:

  04.01: In chronological order (earliest to latest), place the followin+5jww :im0ssqg events:
Event A: Henry Cavendish's experiment.
Event B: Newton's work leading towards the Law of Universal Gravitation.
Event C: Tycho Brahe takes astronomical data.
Event D: Nicolaus Copernicus proposes the heliocentric theory.
Event E: Johannes Kepler's work on the orbit of Mars.

  06.39: Chronologically, order the following events from earliest 74q,u;m xi4x w o:j xp2quzu5ato most recent:2i44ou7xaqpqu5; jw: xu,xm z
Event A: Albert Einstein describes the photoelectric effect with light as a particle
Event B: Isaac Newton’s theory on optics
Event C: James Clerk Maxwell derives that light is an electromagnetic wave
Event D: Thomas Young’s double slit experiment demonstrating light as a wave

  16.08: In the history of physics, the names om-iveh* ;2jbyn,q,(* iqp ymNicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, James Clerk Maxwell, and Isaac Newton are very recognizable. Which one of the following choices correctly orders these names chronologically by the approximate dates of each pep,,iv ( h*mm*q;n2 qe ibj-yoyrson’s scientific work (ending with the most recent)?

  12.32: To whom was the first Nobel Prize in physics:p9/b xpowdg8 awarded?

  94.23: Albert Einstein 0hzoa vj+o7b pc ty+mm6 o0cd /mlqk)ygj:58) won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on:

  13.19: Which physicist won the Nobel Prfx h3v,;*uh,zk y7)ml aroa3kize in physics partly for the explanation of the photoelectr *ovyk,;3) frxul3ah hk,m7za ic effect?

  08.11: Which person has won 7r .* ;ljyvnfym/hm9 wa Nobel Prize in physics?

  95.23: A Brief Histo - npyzsrc5(p;a:8 jxqry of Time is the title of a book written by:

  04.11: The most convincisq,-u30o ;xjxsz i1 rayav6lu;/y-snw.)es k ng proof of the fact that electrical charge comes fundamental sized units was provided by the w q;svy.0w36u1ysj ,eiaru)x n;s-l k x a/zo-sork of

  07.32: What does LASER stand fop(npelh9rf44c,yjzk*8) j4j titg2d4d0 mgvr?

  11.20: The transistor is a solid piece of semiconducting material with manv3.m+:m 3,ad l hcenpcy applications in electronics. The initial development of transistors and the Nobel Prize awarded for its invention occurred3aclp 3.hc mm+d, :evn closest to which calendar year?

  14.06: MRI is a commonly used acronym for a medical diagnostic techniq0a2 )fu c;qaqq6,nd r.xs5 iikue. MRI stands for a iqf5q;d.nc)uaxq i 0s 6k,2rwhich one of the following choices?

  94.13: The purpose of the December 1993 space shzt*s-(+xccx2 m0nxk b uttle Endeavor mission was to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The ss*2c +b-nm kxx(zc0xthuttle astronauts corrected the major problem of the telescope when they: A. replaced an improperly ground lens.

  10.13: The Large Hadron Collicx/drp 5fgu0- der (LHC) is the largest particle accelerator in the world. To whichxcr-/pg fd0 5u of the following countries would you have to travel in order to visit the LHC?

  11.11: The largest particle accelerator in the world is ca-na0y1j 06 tl wy*jmmqlled the LHC. What does LHC stand fo ymwq0ml1 an0j*ytj-6r?

  13.11: There was great excitement in the physic c5+g)9m y/kteallnx8 s community because of an announcement from the LHC during the summer of 2012. Which one of the following choic9k5lm+ y e8xg/)nac ltes best represents the reason for the excitement?

  14.19: In 2013, the Nobel Prize in physics was aj a5osc87j/z6u7 n qjv7c t:ap g-z3wxwarded "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental par- sc7n 7c p: 65t7x3zvaugw ajqj/jo8zticle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider". The winners were François Englert and

  15.20: Which one of the following choices best repr s;58-laertd s4 mqa-nft44ovesents the work for which the 2014 Nos8e5tv ;s 4-q adomlfrt44- nabel Prize in Physics was awarded?

  16.28: Recent excitement in the physics community came from the F5vyi-wd/uqv3y 7ejy.ebruary, 2016 announcement from LIGO3 .5vy-q 7vjueydy/wi that