Barron's Let's Review Physics: The Physical Setting

by Lazar, Miriam A.

• ISBN13: 9780764142079
• ISBN10: 0764142070
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

This detailed manual reviews all topics covered in the New York State high school curriculum for physics and prepares students to pass the Regents Physics Exam. Topics covered include a general introduction, motion in one dimension, forces and Newton’s laws, vector quantities and their applications, circular motion and gravitation, momentum and its conservation, work and energy, the properties of matter, static electricity, electric current and circuits, magnetism and electromagnetism, waves and sound, light and geometric optics, solid-state physics, modern physics from Planck’s hypothesis to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, and nuclear energy. One recently-given actual Regents Physics Exam is also presented with an answer key.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction to Physics	p. 1
Physics Is . . .?	p. 1
Measurement and the Metric System	p. 2
Scientific Notation	p. 3
Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Digits	p. 4
Order of Magnitude	p. 7
Graphing Data	p. 7
Direct and Inverse Proportions	p. 9
Mathematical Relationships within Right Triangles	p. 11
Questions	p. 12
Motion in One Dimension	p. 14
Motion Defined	p. 14
Graphing an Object's Motion	p. 14
Displacement	p. 15
Velocity	p. 16
Acceleration	p. 18
The Equations of Uniformly Accelerated Motion	p. 19
Freely Falling Objects	p. 21
Motion Graphs Revisited	p. 22
Questions	p. 27
Forces and Newton's Laws	p. 45
Introduction	p. 46
What Is a Force?	p. 46
Measuring Forces Using Hooke's Law	p. 46
Newton's First Law of Motion	p. 47
Newton's Second Law of Motion	p. 49
Weight	p. 50
Normal Forces	p. 50
Frictional Forces	p. 51
The Coefficient of Friction	p. 53
Newton's Third Law of Motion-Action and Reaction	p. 55
Questions	p. 56
Vector Quantities and Their Applications	p. 68
Introduction	p. 69
Displacement, and Representation of Vector Quantities	p. 69
Vector Addition	p. 70
Vector Subtraction	p. 74
Resolution of Vectors	p. 75
Using Resolution to Add Vectors	p. 77
Static Equilibrium	p. 78
Inclined Planes	p. 81
Motion in a Plane (Two-Dimensional Motion)	p. 84
Questions	p. 88
Circular Motion and Gravitation	p. 117
Introduction	p. 118
Circular Motion	p. 118
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation	p. 121
Satellite Motion	p. 123
Weight and Gravitational Force	p. 123
The Gravitational Field	p. 124
Questions	p. 125
Momentum and Its Conservation	p. 144
Momentum	p. 144
Newton's Second Law and Momentum	p. 145
Conservation of Momentum	p. 146
Conservation of Momentum and Newton's Third Law	p. 148
Questions	p. 148
Work and Energy	p. 159
Work	p. 160
Power	p. 163
Energy	p. 163
Internal Energy and Work	p. 172
Questions	p. 172
Static Electricity	p. 200
What Is Electricity?	p. 201
Electric Charges	p. 202
Conductors and Insulators	p. 203
Charging Objects	p. 204
The Electroscope	p. 205
Coulomb's Law	p. 206
The Electric Field	p. 207
Electric Field Lines (Lines of Force)	p. 208
Electric Field Strength	p. 211
Potential Difference	p. 212
Electric Potential	p. 214
The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment	p. 216
Questions	p. 216
Electric Current and Circuits	p. 238
Introduction	p. 239
Electric Current	p. 239
Current and Potential Difference	p. 240
Resistance	p. 241
Electric Circuits and Ohm's Law	p. 243
Power and Energy in Electric Circuits	p. 246
Series Circuits	p. 248
Parallel Circuits	p. 251
Questions	p. 255
Magnetism; Electromagentism and Its Applications	p. 283
Introduction	p. 284
General Properties of Magnets	p. 284
Magnetic Fields	p. 285
Electromagnetism	p. 286
Electromagnetic Induction	p. 291
Questions	p. 292
Waves and Sound	p. 302
Definition of Wave Motion	p. 303
Types of Waves	p. 304
Characteristics of Periodic Waves	p. 305
Speed of a Wave	p. 306
Reflection	p. 307
Refraction	p. 311
Interference	p. 313
Standing Waves	p. 314
Resonance	p. 314
Diffraction	p. 315
Doppler Effect	p. 315
Questions	p. 317
Light and Geometric Optics	p. 346
Introduction	p. 347
Polarization of Light	p. 347
Speed of Light	p. 349
Visible Light	p. 349
Reflection	p. 349
Refraction	p. 352
Diffraction and Interference of Light	p. 361
Questions	p. 363
Modern Physics	p. 390
Introduction	p. 391
Black-Body Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis	p. 391
The Photoelectric Effect	p. 392
The Compton Effect	p. 395
Models of the Atom	p. 396
Energy and Mass	p. 402
Questions	p. 403
Nuclear Energy	p. 419
Introduction	p. 420
Nucleons	p. 420
Nuclear Symbols	p. 421
Isotopes	p. 422
Nuclear Masses	p. 422
Average Binding Energy per Nucleon	p. 424
Nuclear Forces	p. 425
Nuclear Reactions	p. 429
Induced Nuclear Reactions	p. 429
Fundamental Particles and Interactions	p. 430
Questions	p. 433
Glossary	p. 446
Answers to Questions for Review	p. 454
New York State Reference Tables For Physical Setting: Physics	p. 547
Summary of Equations for New York State Physical Setting: Physics Regents Examination	p. 554
Answering Short Constructed Response and Free-Response Questions	p. 558
The New York State Physical Setting: Physics Regents Examination	p. 562
Physical Setting/Physics Regents Examination June 2009	p. 571
Index	p. 601
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