Its About Time

Tiger Invitational
February 7
th
, 2009
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,. Turn in all e/am materials 0hen 1ire)te1. "issing e/am materials 0ill result in
imme1iate 1is2uali3i)ation o3 the team in 2uestion.
2. Ina**ro*riate 1ra0ings, )omments or ans0ers 0ill result in 1is2uali3i)ation o3
the team 3rom this event.
4. 5ou may se*arate the *ages but they A must be resta*le1 at en1 o3 the test.
I3 they are not, I 0ill ta6e o33 2 *ts.
7. Only the ans0ers *rovi1e1 on the Ans0er Sheet +not s)ra* *a*er or the test-
0ill be )onsi1ere1.
8. (oint values 3or ea)h 2uestion are sho0n. Tie brea6er are liste1. +T,9T,0-.
:. ;hen the time is u*, the time is up. Continuing to 0rite a3ter the time is u*
ris6s imme1iate 1is2uali3i)ation.
7. %nless other0ise state1 the terms se)on1, minute, hour, 1ay, month, an1 year
0ill re*resent the )ommon 1aily usage o3 these terms.
60 second = 1minute 60 minutes = 1 hour 24 hours = 1 day 365.25 days = 1 year

g=9.8m/sec
2
c=3*10
8
m/sec G=6.67*10
11
!*m
2
/"g
2
h=6.63*10
34
#*sec m
sun
=1.99*10
30
"g
m
moon
=7.36*10
22
"g m
$arth
=5.98*10
24
"g
mean $arth%un distance=1.496*10
11
m=1&' mean $arth(oon distance=3.84*10
8
m
(atching) For 1-18 choose from the following list of dates for when each event happened. You
may choose to use dates more than once. (1/2 point each)
1! 1"## 1$" 1$82 1$8" 1$8% 1%$8 1%&$ 1%8%
1&" 1&!2 188 18#1 18&% 188# 1! 1!2! 1!$$
1. 'le(ander )ain of *atten in +aithness is granted the first )ritish patent for driving a cloc, using
an electric current.
2. +hristiaan -uygens invents the .alance spring for porta.le time,eepers at the same time as
/o.ert -oo,e claims the same invention and e(pounds his law - ut tensio sic vis - for the
properties of springs.
". +hristiaan -uygens0 Horologium1 pu.lished.
#. 2li 3erry1 cloc,ma,er of 4lymouth1 +onnecticut undertoo, to ma,e #1 wooden cloc,
movements at 5# each mar,ing the .eginning of mass production.
$. French /evolutionary +alendar .egan at mid night .etween 21 and 22 6eptem.er .ut was not
formally adopted until # Frimaire year 77.
%. 8alileo recogni9ed the isochronous properties of the pendulum.
&. 8emma Frisius of :ouvain first suggests that a cloc, could .e used to esta.lish differences in
longitude.
8. 7nternational conference agrees 8reenwich as degrees longitude and esta.lishes the
international date line and 2# time 9ones.
!. 7saac ;ewton pu.lishes Principia.
1. <acopo =ondi .uilt a stri,ing cloc, in 4adua which automatically stri,es the e>uinoctial hours
rather than canonical hours.
11. <ohn -arrison0s manuscript1 in which he e(plains how he used the o.servation of a star giving
him sidereal time and .y ad?usting the result .y " minutes $# seconds arrived at mean solar time.
12. :ouis 2ssen and <.@. 4arry0s first atomic cloc, installed at the ;ational 4hysics :a.oratory at
3eddington. Ased to synchroni9e a >uart9-crystal cloc,.
1". 4aris 7nternational 2(hi.ition includes a spea,ing cloc, with human voice reproduced .y a
phonograph.
1#. 4ope 8regory B7770s calendar reform adopted in most catholic states in 2urope .ut not universally
so.
1$. 6anford Flemming introduces time-9ones in 'merica for the railway system.
1%. 6u 6ung0s planetary machine.
1&. 3ycho )rahe1 Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnamata pu.lished.
18. *arren '. Carrison0s first Duart9-crystal controlled cloc,.
1!. *hat does 8C3 stand forE (1pt) 21. *hat does 3'7 stand forE (1pt)
2. *hat does A3+ stand forE (1pt) 22. *hat does +2 stand forE (1pt)
2". -ow many seconds in one yearE (1pt)
2#. 7f the sun suddenly ceased to shine1 how many seconds would it ta,e 2arth to .ecome dar,E
(1pt)
2$. ' drop of water contains 1.&F1
21
molecules. 7f the water evaporated at the rate of one
million molecules per second1 how many years would it ta,e for the drop to completely
evaporateE (1pt)
2%. *hen is the ne(t full moon of 2! in 8C3E (2pts)
2!. 6tarting in the 1%
th
century and ending in the 1!
th
century <apan considered one day to .e
made of how many hoursE (1pt)
2&. *hat is the name of the cloc, part shown a.oveE (2pts)
28. *hat is the purpose of this cloc, partE (1pt)
". )esides the num*er of hours1 what was different a.out these <apanese hours compared to
standard hoursE )e specific. (1pt)
"1. -ow many days were in an '9tec monthE (1pt)
"2. *ho made the cloc,s -11 -21 -"1 -#1 and -$E (1pt)
"". *hy did the cloc,ma,er in >uestion G"2 .uild these cloc,sE )e specific. (1pt)
"#. 7f it is !H a.m. 2 Carch 2! in
4hiladelphia1 4'1 A6'1 what time is it in
6an =iego1 +'E (1pt)
"$. 7f it is !H a.m. 1! Carch 2$ in
-onolulu1 -awaii1 what time is it in =enver1
+IE (1pt)
"%. 7f it is !H a.m. 1! Carch 2! in
-onolulu1 -awaii1 what time is it in
+hicago1 7:E (1pt)
"&. 7f it is !H a.m. & Fe.ruary 2! in
;ew 3ripoli1 4'1 what time is it in Ja.ul1
'fghanistanE (1pt)
"8. ' person in a roc,et moving away from the 2arth at !$K the speed of light o.serves 2.1
hours of time passing. -ow much time is o.served .y a stationary o.server on 2arthE (1pt)
"!. 3he current definition of the 67 time
unit of a second is .ased on a given num.er
of periods for which isotopeE (1/2pt)
#. 3he current definition of the 67 time
unit of a second is .ased on an isotope at
what temperature in JelvinE (1/2pt)
#1. ' pro?ectile is launched from the ground on 2arth with an initial velocity of "m/sec at an
angle of %degrees. ;eglecting air resistance1 how long until the pro?ectile returns to the
groundE (1pt)
#2. 3he decomposition of a certain insecticide in water follows first-order ,inetics with a rate
constant of 1.#$yr
1
at 12
o
+. ' >uantity of this insecticide is washed into a la,e on <une 11
leading to a concentration of $.F1
&
g/cm
"
. 'ssume that the average temperature of the la,e is
12
o
+. *hat is the concentration of the insecticide on <une 1 of the following yearE %ho+ +or"
(2pts)
#". -ow long will it ta,e for the concentration of the insecticide to drop to ".F1
-&
g/cm
"
E
%ho+ +or" (2pts)
##. *hat is the current & digit <ulian =ate
for today (Fe. &
th
1 2!)E (1pt)
#$. *hat is the standard +alendar =ate for
the <ulian =ate 2"%!!1%E (1pt)
)ased on the velocity vs time graph a.ove answer >uestions #% and #&.
#%. -ow long would it ta,e to travel 1 mE
(1pt)
#&. -ow long would it ta,e to travel ! mE
(1pt)
#8. 4lanet B is 2. times the distance from the 6un that 2arth is. -ow standard 2arth years1
how long does it ta,e for 4lanet B to circle the 6un onceE (2pts)
#!. 3o the nearest minute1 what is the current difference in time .etween a 6idereal Year and a
3ropical YearE (1pt)
$. -ow many days does it ta,e @enus to ma,e one or.ital period around the sunE (1pt)
$1. 7f &$.g of a radioactive sample decays to ".g in ".$ years1 what is the half-life of this
su.stanceE %ho+ +or"(2pts)
$2. ' river flows south at # m/sec and is #$ m wide. ' .oat can move at "m/sec on still water.
7f this .oat leaves the east .an, of the river and travels west1 how long does it ta,e to get to the
other sideE (1pt)
$". 7f a simple pendulum is made with a 1.
,g mass hanging from the end of a 2. m
string of negligi.le mass1 what is the period
of the pendulumE (1pt)
$#. 7f a simple pendulum is made with a #.
,g mass hanging from the end of a 2. m
string of negligi.le mass1 what is the period
of the pendulumE (1pt)