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  1. ______________ If Marchleen walks east from the gym towards the bookstore, which number changes on her GPS: the north latitude OR the east longitude number?
  2. _________ _________ Aprileen walked from E 158° 09.657' to E 158° 09.474'. How far did Aprileen walk in minutes?
  3. _________ _________ While walking from E 158° 09.657' to E 158° 09.474' Mayleen measured a distance of 358 meters. Calculate the number of meters per minute.
  4. ______________ Is Micronesia presently experiencing an El Niño or a La Niña?
  5. ______________ In which condition are Pohnpei and Kosrae most likely to experience tropical storms and typhoons: El Niño or a La Niña?
  6. ______________ In which condition are Pohnpei and Kosrae most likely to experience droughts (no rain) in the months of January, February, and March: El Niño or a La Niña?
  7. A RipStik was swizzled ("wiggled") across a poster pad paper. The sinusoidal swizzle wave can be seen in the diagram below.
    RipStik swizzle sine wave 10 cm 40 cm RipStik rider

    λ = _________ _________ Determine the wavelength λ of one wave of the RipStik swizzle wave.
  8. a = _________ _________ Determine the amplitude a of the RipStik swizzle wave.
  9. τ = _________ _________ The RipStik took a duration of 0.40 seconds to travel the 40 centimeters seen on the diagram above. Determine the period τ for the RipStik swizzle wave.
  10. f = _________ _________ Calculate the RipStik swizzle wave frequency f.
  11. ѵwave = _________ _________ Use the wavelength λ and frequency f to calculate the velocity ѵwave of the RipStik swizzle wave.
  12. _________ How many wavelengths in all are there on the "paper" above?
  13. _________ _________ For the laboratory seven data on the following graph, what is the experimental speed of sound?
    Speed of sound data background rectangle major grid lines axes x-axis and y-axis linear regression line Linear regression equation manually placed y = 318.76 x + 12.89 data points as circles text layers Speed of sound data Echo flight time versus distance time (s) distance (m) y-axis labels 0 14 28 43 57 71 85 99 114 128 142 x-axis labels 0.00 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.18 0.23 0.27 0.32 0.36 0.41 0.45
  14. _____________ Given that the actual (that predicted by theory, also known as the theoretic value) speed of sound was 350 m/s, determine the percentage error.
  15. _____ A laser is beamed into a semi-circular dish of water.
    Will the light come out at A or B?
    Laser into a semi-circular plastic dish bg rect dish hemi circle cover dish edge laser laser emitter laser A B
  16. In the diagram, draw the path of a light ray from the penny to the eye.
    Image depth versus object depth measurement diagram for physical science laboratory Eye eye water objects (coin?) container air water penny opaque container penny
  17. Plot the following data on the graph provided and draw a linear best fit line through the data points on the graph.
    Optical image depth

    Data

    image dist i (cm)object dist o (cm)
    00
    1013
    2026
    3039
    4052
    background rectangle major grid lines axes text layers Depth of a coin below the surface of water image dist i (cm) object dist o (cm) y-axis labels 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 x-axis labels 0 10 20 30 40 50
  18. ______________ Calculate the slope of the linear best fit line. The slope is the experimental index of refraction for the material.
  19. ______________ The above material is reported to have a theoretic index of refraction of 1.33. What is the percentage error for the slope you calculated based against a theoretic value of 1.33?
  20. Referring to the following images, fill in the blanks with the correct letter from the terminology list:
    1. ______________
    2. ______________
    3. ______________
    4. ______________
    5. ______________

    collision coalescence diagram collision coalescence diagram
  21. Use the space at the bottom of the page to compare and contrast nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and presbyopia.

percent error= (experimental−theoretic) theoretic
distance d = velocity ѵ * time t
period τ = 1 ÷ (frequency f )
velocity ѵ = wavelength λ * frequency f

Terminology list:
A. Bergeron process precipitation
B. coalescence
C. collision
D. collision-coalescence precipitation
E. condensation
F. conduction
G. convection
H. evaporation
I. orographic precipitation
J. precipitation
K. radiation