9. A Volt is a unit of: [a] voltage [b] resistance [c] current [d] power

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### Physics Multiple-Choice Questions

#### Question 9
**A Volt is a unit of:**
- [a] voltage  
- [b] resistance  
- [c] current  
- [d] power  

#### Question 10
**A wire is wrapped around a nail. If you are looking at the point of the nail the current is flowing in a clockwise direction, which end of the nail is the N-pole of the electromagnet created?**
- [a] head  
- [b] point  
- [c] the middle of the nail  

#### Question 11
**The reason a baseball player follows through when hitting the ball is to:**
- [a] increase the force of the bat  
- [b] increase the impulse of the ball  
- [c] increase the momentum on the ball  

#### Question 12
**Electrical appliances, lights, and the like in our homes are connected in:**
- [a] series  
- [b] parallel  
- [c] both in series and in parallel  

#### Question 13
**When resistors are put in series with each other, their overall resistance is:**
- [a] larger than that of any individual resistor  
- [b] the same as the average resistance of the resistors  
- [c] smaller than the resistance of any of the resistors individually  

#### Question 14
**What is the force on an electron traveling South at 3500 m/s through a 3T magnetic field directed north.**  
- [a] 0 N  
- [b] 1.68 N  
- [c] 1.68 x 10^-15 N  

#### Question 15
**According to Ohm’s law (by definition):**
- [a] P = IR  
- [b] V = I / R  
- [c] V = IR  
- [d] R = IV  

#### Question 16
**A rifle is fired and a 0.2 kg bullet is released at a velocity of 300 m/s. What is the recoil velocity of the gun? (what is the best setup in order to solve this problem?)**
- [a] m₁v₁i = m₁v₁r + m₂v₂r  
- [b] m₁vᵢ = m₂v₂  
- [c] 0
Transcribed Image Text:### Physics Multiple-Choice Questions #### Question 9 **A Volt is a unit of:** - [a] voltage - [b] resistance - [c] current - [d] power #### Question 10 **A wire is wrapped around a nail. If you are looking at the point of the nail the current is flowing in a clockwise direction, which end of the nail is the N-pole of the electromagnet created?** - [a] head - [b] point - [c] the middle of the nail #### Question 11 **The reason a baseball player follows through when hitting the ball is to:** - [a] increase the force of the bat - [b] increase the impulse of the ball - [c] increase the momentum on the ball #### Question 12 **Electrical appliances, lights, and the like in our homes are connected in:** - [a] series - [b] parallel - [c] both in series and in parallel #### Question 13 **When resistors are put in series with each other, their overall resistance is:** - [a] larger than that of any individual resistor - [b] the same as the average resistance of the resistors - [c] smaller than the resistance of any of the resistors individually #### Question 14 **What is the force on an electron traveling South at 3500 m/s through a 3T magnetic field directed north.** - [a] 0 N - [b] 1.68 N - [c] 1.68 x 10^-15 N #### Question 15 **According to Ohm’s law (by definition):** - [a] P = IR - [b] V = I / R - [c] V = IR - [d] R = IV #### Question 16 **A rifle is fired and a 0.2 kg bullet is released at a velocity of 300 m/s. What is the recoil velocity of the gun? (what is the best setup in order to solve this problem?)** - [a] m₁v₁i = m₁v₁r + m₂v₂r - [b] m₁vᵢ = m₂v₂ - [c] 0
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