Below is an outline of topics with sample questions for the 4th MP Quarterly.

This should be used as a

guide and not as your only source of study material - please reference your notes and assignments for
studying. You need to be proficient in unit conversions for all problems. As always, all units must be in
MKS unless otherwise stated.

1) Define: mechanical wave, transverse wave, longitudinal wave, surface wave, electromagnetic wave.
2) Describe sound waves. What determines the pitch of sound?
3) Define the principle of superposition.
4) What is the energy of a wave related to?
5) What characteristic of a wave depends on the medium?
6) What do waves transfer?
7) How is amplitude related to the energy of a wave?
8) Understand what happens to a reflected wave when it passes from a more dense medium to a less dense medium and
when it passes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium.
9) A sound wave has a frequency of 192 Hz and travels the length of a football field, 91.4 m, in 0.271 s.
a) What is the speed of the wave? (337 m/s)
b) What is the wavelength of the wave? (1.76 m)
c) What is the period of the wave? (0.00521 s)
d) If the frequency was changed to 442 Hz, what would be the new wavelength? (0.76m)

1) Solve problems involving Ohm's Law, Electrical Energy, and Electrical Power.
a) A lamp draws a current of 0.5 A when it is connected to a 120 V source. What is the resistance of the lamp? (240 Ω)
What is the power consumption of the lamp? (60 W)
b) What is the maximum current that should be allowed in a 5.0 W, 220 Ω resistor? (0.15 A)
2) Know what is meant by conventional current.
3) Know the functions of the parts of a circuit: battery, wire, ammeter, voltmeter, resistor, and capacitor.
4) Know about brightness of a bulb in both a series and a parallel circuit. What happens when you add a bulb in series?
What if a bulb is added in parallel?
5) Know the characteristics of series and parallel circuits (no combo circuits).
6) Be able to solve a series circuit problem and a parallel circuit problem.
a) Solve for: total resistance, total current, the current through each resistor, and the voltage through each resistor.
i) Series Circuit ii) Parallel Circuit

(RT = 30 Ω, IT = 2.0 A (R T = 2 Ω, IT = 20.0 A

I1, I2, I3 = 2.0 A I 1= 8 A, I2 = 2 A, I3 = 10.0 A
V1 = 12 V, V2 = 28 V, V3 = 20 V) V1/2/3 = 40 V)
1) Understand magnetism concepts and how it is the result of moving charge.
2) Understand how Earth is a magnet. Where are the magnetic poles located on Earth?
3) Know what the magnetic field looks like around a bar magnet as well as between 2 like poles and 2 unlike poles.
4) What happens to a compass needle when you place a compass around a bar magnet?
5) Be able to use the RHR to determine the direction of force when velocity and Magnetic Field direction are known.
6) Be able to use the RHR for a current carrying wire.
7) When will a charge feel a force in a magnetic field?
8) Which end of the electromagnet would be the north end?

1) List the components of the EM Spectrum in order of increasing frequency.

2) What happens to wavelength when frequency increases?
3) Which color in the visible light spectrum has the highest frequency?
4) A typical light wave has a wavelength of 580 nm. What is the frequency of the wave? (5.2 x 10 14 Hz)
5) Portion of electromagnetic waves A, B, and C are represented below.

a) Which electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency?

b) Which electromagnetic wave has the highest energy?