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In the x-ray beam spectrum graph below:

The inverse square law describes the relationship between ____________ and beam intensity.

The total number of x-ray photons in a beam is referred to as the:

Provide an example of the concept of Conservation of Mass, being sure to identify the inputs, outputs, and change in storage.  The “bank account” example was provided in lecture, where the inputs include your paycheck and income from your garage sale, your outputs are the bills you pay and money spent on groceries, and the change in storage is the amount by which your bank account balance changes each month. 

X-ray quantity increases in direct proportion to increases in ____.

If a filament electron leaves the tungsten atom with 15 keV of energy and the brems photon produced was 65 keV, how much energy did the incoming filament electron have?

What are the two types of target interactions that can produce x-rays? [Type1]; [Type2]

In the United States alternating current goes through a complete cycle every ____ second.

When a metallic conductor is colder:

Regarding the diagram, answer the following questions. (1 point for each question)      a. What type of circuit is this? [type]      b. What is the total circuit resistance? [totalR] include units      c. What is the amperage across R2? [amps2] include units            d. What is the total circuit current? [ampstotal] include units