PHYS:1200 Lecture Presentations, Review Questions & Exercises
The lecture presentations are posted here as PowerPoint presentations (.ppt) and in multi-page PDF format (.pdf). For each lecture, a Review and Exercise assignment is also posted. The assignments will not be collected or graded, but are provided as an aid in learning the lecture material.
| DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE | REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES |
| M AUG 25 | Introduction | L1.ppt L1.pdf | Basic
math review scientific notation, and unit conversions |
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UNIT 1 MECHANICS |
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| W AUG 27 | Mechanics 1 Galileo's law of inertia |
L2.ppt L2.pdf | RQE M-1 |
| F AUG 29 | Mechanics 2 gravity and free fall |
L3.ppt L3.pdf | RQE M-2 |
| M SEPT 1 | Labor Day No Class | ||
| W SEPT 3 | Mechanics 3 motion with constant acceleration, free fall |
L4.ppt L4.pdf | RQE M-3 |
| F SEPT 5 |
Mechanics 4 |
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| M SEPT 8 | Mechanics 5 Newton's Second Law |
L6.ppt L6.pdf | RQE M-5 |
| W SEPT 10 | Mechanics 6 Newton's Third Law momentum |
L7.ppt L7.pdf | RQE M-6 |
| F SEPT 12 | Mechanics 7 Collisions |
L8.ppt L8.pdf | RQE M-7 |
| M SEPT 15 | Mechanics 8 work and energy centripetal force |
L9.ppt L9.pdf | RQE M-8 |
| W SEPT 17 | Mechanics 9 torque and rotation rotational inertia |
L10.ppt L10.pdf | RQE M-9 |
| F SEPT 19 | Mechanics 10 angular velocity rotational momentum |
L11.ppt L11.pdf | RQE M-10 |
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END OF MATERIAL COVERED IN EXAM 1 |
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| M SEPT 22 |
Review practice Exam 1 |
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| W SEPT 24 |
EXAM 1 ON LECTURES 1 - 11 |
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| UNIT 2 FLUIDS | |||
| F SEPT 26 | Fluids 1 states of matter pressure atmospheric pressure variation of pressure with depth |
L12.ppt L12.pdf | RQE F-1 |
| M SEPT 29 | Fluids 2 Pascal's principle Archimedes principle buoyant force |
L13.ppt L13.pdf | |
| W OCT 1 | Fluids 3 fluid flow Bernoulli's principle |
L14.ppt L14.pdf | RQE F-3 |
| F OCT 3 | Fluids 4 airplanes and curveballs viscosity surface tension |
L15.ppt L15.pdf | RQE F-4 |
| UNIT 3 THERMODYNAMICS | |||
| M OCT 6 | Thermodynamics
1 World energy use heat, work, and temperature |
L16.ppt L16.pdf | |
| W OCT 8 | Thermodynamics
2 thermal expansion thermometers heat transfer |
L17.ppt L17.pdf | RQE T-2 |
| F OCT 10 | Thermodynamics
3 heat transfer by radiation thermal radiation greenhouse effect Climate change |
L18.ppt L18.pdf | RQE T-3 |
| M OCT 13 | Thermodynamics
4 change of phase 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics heat engines order and disorder |
L19.ppt L19.pdf | RQE T-4 |
| UNIT 4 VIBRATION AND WAVES | |||
| W OCT 15 | Vibration &
Waves 1 resonance phenomena simple pendulum simple harmonic motion springs |
L20.ppt L20.pdf | RQE V&W-1 |
| F OCT 17 | Vibration &
Waves 2 simple harmonic oscillator mechanical waves sound |
L21.ppt L21.pdf | RQE V&W-2 |
| M OCT 20 | Vibration &
Waves 3 periodic wave relation sound waves speed of sound musical instruments wave interference |
L22.ppt L22.pdf | RQE V&W-3 |
| END OF MATERIAL COVERED IN EXAM 2 | |||
| W OCT 22 |
Review practice Exam 2 |
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| F OCT 24 |
EXAM 2 ON LECTURES 12 - 22 |
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| UNIT 5 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM | |||
| M OCT 27 | Electricity
& Magnetism 1 electric charge, electric force conductors and insulators static electricity frictional charging |
L23.ppt L23.pdf | RQ&E E&M -1 |
| W OCT 29 | Electricity
& Magnetism 2 conservation of charge electrostatic shielding liquid and gaseous conductors current, voltage and resistance batteries |
L24.ppt L24.pdf | RQ&E E&M -2 |
| F OCT 31 | Electricity
& Magnetism 3 resistance, Ohm's Law heat produced in resistors direct current (DC) circuits |
L25.ppt L25.pdf | RQ&E E&M -3 |
| M NOV 3 | Electricity
& Magnetism 4 alternating current (AC) electricity generation electrical transmission hazards of electricity |
L26.ppt L26.pdf | RQ&E E&M -4 |
| W NOV 5 | Electricity
& Magnetism 5 magnetism permanent magnets electromagnets magnetic fields and forces applications |
L27.ppt L27.pdf | RQ&E E&M -5 |
| F NOV 7 | NO CLASS | ||
| M NOV 10 | Electricity
& Magnetism 6 electromagnetic induction electromagnetic waves |
L28.ppt L28.pdf | RQ&E E&M -6 |
| UNIT 6 LIGHT AND OPTICS | |||
| W NOV 12 | Light and
Optics 1 the speed of light index of refraction bending of light- refraction total internal reflection |
RQ&E L&O-1 | |
| F NOV 14 | Light and
Optics 2 dispersion atmospheric scattering law of reflection images formed by plane, convex, and concave mirrors |
L30.ppt L30.pdf | RQ&E L&O-2 |
| M NOV 17 | Light and
Optics 3 image formation by lenses the human eye corrective lenses for near and far-sightedness |
L31.ppt L31.pdf | RQ&E L&O-3 |
| W NOV 19 | Light and
Optics 4 wave nature of light polarization interference diffraction |
L32.ppt L32.pdf | RQ&E L&O-4 |
| F NOV 21 | NO CLASS | ||
| Monday Nov. 24 - Friday Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| UNIT 6 MODERN PHYSICS | |||
| M DEC 1 | Modern Physics
1 failures of classical physics atomic structure photoelectric effect quantum concept - photons the Bohr atom atomic spectra |
L33.ppt L33.pdf | RQ&E MP-1 |
| W DEC 3 | Modern Physics
2 electron wavelength uncertainty principle x rays and gamma rays lasers medical imaging CAT scans and MRI |
L34.ppt L34.pdf | RQ&E MP-2 |
| F DEC 5 | Modern Physics
3 structure of the nucleus nuclear terminology, isotopes nuclear force, radioactivity alpha, beta, and gamma rays half-life nuclear medicine |
L35.ppt L35.pdf | RQ&E MP-3 |
| M DEC 8 | Modern Physics
4 biological effects of radiation nuclear energy nuclear fission, nuclear fusion nuclear chain reaction nuclear reactors atom bomb, hydrogen bomb |
L36.ppt L36.pdf | RQ&E MP-4 |
| W DEC 10 | Review Practice FE | ||
| F DEC 12 | Review Practice FE | ||
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FINAL EXAM:
Wednesday December 17,
12:30 P -2:30 P in LR-1 VAN |
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