OAPT Grade 11 Physics Contest
Tuesday May 4, 2010

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OAPT Contest Topics 2010 Transition

Based on the Ontario Curriculum for SPH3U Revision 2009

Note to Teachers:

After much discussion, it was decided that the contest this year will only target topics which are common to both the old and the new curriculum. In this way, we intend to avoid penalizing students and teachers who may only be subject to a partial transition this year.

Topics that will be included in the contest this year are outlined in red in the list below. Topics in black will not be included this year, but will return next year.

Best regards,

Rolly Meisel rollym@vaxxine.com
Contest author

Kinematics (6 questions)

·  time, distance, position, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration

·  position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs

·  one dimensional kinematics problems using
   vav = (v1 + v2)/2, Δ d = ((v1 + v2)/2) Δ t, and Δ d = v1Δ t + ½ a(Δ t)2

·  terminal velocity

·  distance, position and displacement using vector diagrams uniform acceleration equations

·  uniform and non-uniform linear motion in one and two dimensions

·  projectile motion in two dimensions

·  constant, average and instantaneous quantities

·  work with position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs

 

 

Forces (6 questions)

·  Newton's Laws of Motion

·  free-body diagrams

·  vector diagrams

·  gravity, weight and free-fall

·  static and kinetic friction

 

 

Energy and Society (5 questions)

·  force, work and displacement

·  transformations of energy in physical systems

·  conservation of energy

·  power

·  energy input, output and efficiency

·  mass-energy equivalence

·  heat problems involving Q = mcΔ T, Q = mLt and Q = mLv

·  heating and cooling curves

·  nuclear fission and fusion

·  kinetic molecular theory

·  conduction, convection and radiation

·  nuclear isotopes

·  nuclear radiation and half-life

·  nuclear reactors

 

 

Waves and Sound (5 questions)

·  longitudinal and transverse waves

·  cycle, frequency, period, amplitude, phase, wavelength

·  superposition of waves

·  interference, standing waves, beats and resonance

·  vibrating air columns

·  vibrating strings

·  speed of waves in a medium

·  the Doppler Effect (qualititive terms only)

·  speed of sound in warm and cold air

 

 

Electricity and Magnetism (6 questions)

·  direct and alternating current

·  current flow and electron flow

·  potential difference and resistance

·  power and energy in electrical circuits

·  series, parallel, and mixed circuits

·  Ohm's Law

·  Kirchhoff's Laws

·  Oersted's principle

·  magnetic field around a straight conductor

·  magnetic field around a solenoid

·  the motor principle

·  Faraday's Law

·  Lenz's Law and the right-hand rule

·  generators

·  transformers

·  transmission of electrical energy

 

 

Current Events in Physics (1 question)

·  a question based on a current event in physics as reported in the popular media

 

 

Current Nobel Prize in Phyiscs (1 question)

·  a question based on the winner of the current Nobel Prize in physics

 

Updated March 7, 2010

 

Questions

  1. Can a supertanker float in a bathtub?
  2. A bug hits the car windscreen. Which exerts the greater force, the bug or the windscreen?
  3. How long does it take an electron to get from the wall socket to the television?
  4. Throw two indentical balls vertically with the same speed, one up and one down. Which hits the ground with the greater speed?