PHY 100 Midterm: PHYS 100 University of Rochester P100 2009S Exam 2 Solutionss
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Please read the problems carefully and answer them in the space provided. Write on the back of the page, if necessary. Show your work where requested in order to be considered for partial credit. In problems where you are requested to show your work, no credit will be given unless your work is shown. Scores: ___/30, ___/4, ___/4, ___/4, ___/4, ___/4, ___/4, ___/5, ___/6, ___/5, ___/10, ___/10, ___/10. You walk into a room that is contaminated with radioactive material. Which of the four fundamental forces binds the nucleus together, and which binds the atom. Quarks interact with other particles in nature via the strong nuclear force: the weak nuclear force, gravitation, all of the above. the electromagnetic force. Carbon is: an element, a chemical compound, made up entirely of protons, chemically inert (unreactive), never found in stars. A nuclear fusion process occurs and is described by the equation below.
