General Physics I / PES 111 Spring 2009
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Review Test 1 Review Test 2 Review Test 3
Physics: the Fundamental Science
Falling Objects and Projectile Motion
Newton's Laws: Explaining Motion
Circular Motion, the Planets and Gravity
Chapter 1: Systems of Measurements
wednesday jan. 21, 2009
1 - 1 Units
1 - 2 Conversion of Units
1 - 3 Dimensions of Physical Quantities
1 - 4 Scientific Notation
1 - 5 Significant Figures and Order of Magnitude
friday jan. 23, 2009
1 - 6 Vectors
1 - 7 General Properties of Vectors
Basic Definitions
Addition of Displacement Vectors
Multiplying a Vector by a Scalar
Components of Vectors
Unit Vectors
PART I MECHANICS
Chapter 2: Motion in One Dimension
monday, jan. 26, 2009
2 - 1 Displacement, Velocity, and Speed
2 - 2 Acceleration
wednesday, jan. 28, 2009
2 - 3 Motion with Constant Acceleration
2 - 4 Integration
Chapter 3: Motion in Two & Three Dimensions
friday, jan. 30, 2009
3 - 1 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
monday, feb. 02, 2009
Section 3 - 2 Special Case 1: Projectile Motion
wednesday, feb. 04, 2009
Section 3 - 3 Special Case 2: Circular Motion
Chapter 4 Newton’s Laws
friday, feb. 06, 2009
4 - 1 Newton's First Law: The Law of Inertia
Inertial Reference Frames
monday, feb. 09, 2009
4 - 2 Force & Mass
The Fundamental Interactions of Nature
Combining Forces
Mass
wednesday, feb. 11, 2009
4 - 3 Newton's Second Law
4 - 4 The Force Due to Gravity: Weight
4 - 5 Contact Forces: Solids, Springs, & Strings
Solids
Springs
Strings
friday, feb. 13, 2009
4 - 6 Problem Solving: Free-Body Diagrams
4 - 7 Newton's Third Law
4 - 8 Problem Solving: Problems with Two or More Objects
monday, february 16th, 2009 Test 1 (Chapters: 1, 2, 3, & 4)
Chapter 5 Additional Applications of Newton's Laws
wednesday, feb. 18, 2009
5-1 Friction
Static Friction
Kinetic Friction
friday, feb. 20, 2009
Rolling Friction
Solving Problems Involving Static, Kinetic, & Rolling Friction
Friction, Cars, & Antilock Brakes
monday, feb. 23, 2009
5 - 2 Drag Forces
5 - 3 Motion Along a Curved Path
Unbanked & Banked Curves
wednesday, feb. 25, 2009
*5 - 4 Numerical Integration: Euler's Method
5 - 5 The Center of Mass
*Finding the Center of Mass by Integration
Motion of the Center of Mass
Chapter 6: Work and Kinetic Energy
friday, feb. 27, 2009
6-1 Work Done by a Constant Force
The Work - Kinetic-Energy Theorem
6 - 2 Work Done by a Variable Force - Straight-Line Motion
Work Done by a Spring that Obeys Hooke's Law
monday, march 02, 2009
6 - 3 The Scalar Product
Work in Scalar-Product Notation
6 - 4 Work - Kinetic - Energy Theorem - Curved Paths
*6 - 5 Center-of-Mass Work
Chapter 7 Conservation of Energy
wednesday, march 04, 2009
7 - 1 Potential Energy
Conservative & Nonconservative Forces
Potential-Energy Functions
7 - 2 The Conservation of Mechanical Energy
friday, march 06, 2009
7 - 3 The Conservation of Energy
The Work-Energy Theorem
Problems Involving Kinetic Friction
Problems Involving Chemical Energy
monday, march 09, 2009
7 - 4 Mass & Energy
Nonrelativistic (Newtonian) Mechanics & Relativity
7 - 5 Quantization of Energy
wednesday, march 11th, 2009 Test 2 (Chapters: 5, 6, & 7)
Chapter 8: Conservation of Linear Momentum
friday, march 13, 2009
8 - 1 Conservation of Linear Momentum
8 - 2 Kinetic Energy of a System
monday, march 16, 2009
8 - 3 Collisions
Impulse & Average Force
Collisions in One Dimension
wednesday, march 18, 2009
Collisions in Two & Three Dimensions
*8 - 4 Collisions in the Centre-of-Mass Reference Frame
friday, march 20, 2009
8 - 5 Continuously Varying Mass & Rocket Propulsion
march 23rd - 27th 2009
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Chapter 9: Rotation
monday, march 30, 2009
9-1 Rotational Kinematics: Angular Velocity & Angular Acceleration
9-2 Rotational Kinetic Energy
9-3 Calculating the Moment of Inertia
Systems of Discrete Particles
The Parallel-Axis Theorem
Proof of the Parallel-Axis Theorem
wednesday, april 01, 2009
9-4 Newton's Second Law for Rotation
Calculating Torques
Torque Due to Gravity
friday, april 03, 2009
9-5 Application of Newton's Second Law for Rotation
Nonlip Conditions
9-6 Rolling Objects
Rolling Without Slipping
Chapter 10: Angular Momentum
monday, april 06, 2009
10 - 1 The Vector Nature of Rotation
The Vector Product
10 - 2 Torque & Angular Momentum
The Gyroscope
wednesday, april 08, 2009
10 - 3 Conservation of Angular Momentum
*10 - 4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
friday, april 10th, 2009
Test 3
Review: (Chapters: 8, 9, & 10)
Chapter 12: Static Equilibrium & Elasticity
monday, april 13th, 2009
12-1 Conditions for Equilibrium
12-2 The Center of Gravity
wednesday, april 15th, 2009
12-6 Stability of Rotational Equilibrium
12-8 Stress & Strain
Part II Oscillations & Waves
Chapter 14: Oscillations
friday, april 17th, 2009
monday, april 20th, 2009
wednesday, april 22nd, 2009
friday, april 24th, 2009
monday, april 27th, 2009
wednesday, april 29th, 2009
friday, may 01st, 2009
monday, may 04th, 2009
wednesday, may 06th, 2009
friday, may 08th, 2009
monday, may 11th, 2009
wednesday, may 13th, 2009
friday, may 15th, 2009
monday, may 18th, 2009
Chapter 11: Gravity
11-1 Kepler's Laws
11-2 Newton's Law of Gravity
11-3 Gravitational Potential Energy
11-4 The Gravitational Field "g"
Chapter R: Special Relativity
R-1 The Principle of Relativity & the Constancy of the Speed of Light
R-1 The Principle of Relativity & the Constancy of the Speed of Light
Test 4
(Chapters: 12, 14, 11, & R)
1:40 pm - 4:10 pm Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
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Sample Chapters:
Describing Motion; Thomas Griffith 5e McGraw Hill
Forces & Newton's Laws of Motion; Cutnell & Johnson 7e, Wiley Publishers
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