Physics 2010/3010, Concepts of Physical Science

Day 1 Aug 23

Units		 Day 2 Aug 25

Motion		 Day 3 Aug 27

Motion		 Day 25 Oct 18

Heat		 Day 26 Oct 20

Temperature		 Day 27Oct 22

Phase changes
Day 4 Aug 30

2-Dimens Motion		 Day 5 Sep 1

Gravity acceleration		 Day 6Sep 3

Forces		 Day 28 Oct 25

Heat transfer		 Day 29 Oct 27

Heat engines		 Day 30 Oct 29

2nd law of thermo
Day 7 Sep 6

Holiday		 Day 8 Sep 8

Forces		 Day 9Sep 10

Newton's laws		 Day 31 Nov 1

2nd Law of Thermo		 Day 32 Nov 3

Electric forces and charges		 Day 33 Nov 5

Electric circuits
Day 10 Sep 13

Fluids		 Day 11 Sep 15

Fluid pressure		 Day 12 Sep 17

Buoyancy, Archimedes		 Day 34 Nov 8

Electric circuits		 Day 35 Nov 10

Electric circuits		 Day 36 Nov 12

Electric circuits
Day 13 Sep 20

Circular motion		 Day 14Sep 22

Circular motion		 Day 15Sep 24

Work, energy		 Day 37 Nov 15

Electro- magnetism 		Day 38Nov 17

Electro- magnetism		 Day 39 Nov 19

Waves, sound
Day 16Sep 27

Work, energy		 Day 17 Sep 29

Energy and power		 Day 18Oct 1

Momentum		 Day 40Nov 22

Waves, sound		 Day 41 Nov 24

Thanksgiving holidays 		Day 42 Nov 26

Thanksgiving holidays
Day 19 Oct 4

Impulse and momentum		 Day 20Oct 6

Collisions		 Day 21Oct 8

Rotational motion		 Day 43Nov 29

Waves, sound		 Day 44 Dec 1

Light, images		 Day 45 Dec 3

Light, images
Day 22 Oct 11

Midterm		 Day 23Oct 13

Torques, equilibrium		 Day 24Oct 15

Rotational motion		 Day 46Dec 6

Light, vision		 Day 47Dec 8

Atomic structure 		Day 48 Dec 10

Spectra, holograms
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Syllabus
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Chapter 1: Units and Measurement

What quantities must you measure to describe completely the motion of a ball tossed into the air?

What units are used to specify these quantities?

What are the three most commonly used systems of units?

What are the three fundamental mechanical quantities which form the basis for all mechanical measurement?

What are the prefixes used with powers of ten to denote 1000x and 1/1000?

Hands on: How does the time to roll a sphere down an incline depend on the height of the incline? (This will be done by measurement only at this point; it will be discussed later in the course.)		 Index
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Chapter 2: Description of Motion

If you know the acceleration of an object, how do you find its speed and distance traveled at any given time? (Assume straight-line motion, constant acceleration.)

Assuming constant acceleration, show a complete set of motion equations which will describe any motion meeting this condition.


A ball is thrown upward with a velocity of 30 m/s. Find its height and velocity after 1 second. Find its maximum height. Find its total time of flight when it reaches its original height.


If you drop one ball and launch another horizontally at the same time from the same height, will they hit the ground at the same time?


If you fire a bullet horizontally and drop another simultaneously, which will hit the ground first?


 *Motion equations

*Motion calculation

*Solving equations

*Motion explorer

*Vertical trajectory

*Free fall

*Horizontal trajectory

*Bullet drop

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Chapter 3: Motion

Describe the motion of an object in free fall near the surface of the earth.


Relate the basic set of motion equations to trajectory motion, neglecting air friction.


How can you predict whether the baseball is going to clear the fence? What do you need to know?


 *Vertical trajectory

*Free fall

*Motion equations

*Trajectory equations

*Clearing the fence

*Trajectory over flat ground

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