Note. Each chapter includes Key Terms; Matching, Multiple-Choice, Fill in the Blank, and Short-Answer Questions; Visual Connection; Applying Your Knowledge; Exercises; Answers to Confidence Exercises; Answers to Questions; and On the Web | |
Measurement | |
The Physical Sciences | |
The Scientific Method and Attitude Highlight: The "Face" on Mars | |
The Senses | |
Standard Units and Systems of Units A Spotlight On: Fundamental Quantities | |
More on the Metric System | |
Derived Units and Conversion Factors Highlight: Is Unit Conversion Important? It Sure Is. | |
Significant Figures | |
Motion | |
Defining Motion | |
Speed and Velocity | |
Acceleration Highlight: Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa | |
Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion | |
Projectile Motion | |
Force and Motion | |
Force and Net Force | |
Newton\'s First Law of Motion | |
Newton\'s Second Law of Motion | |
Newton\'s Third Law of Motion | |
Newton\'s Law of Gravitation Highlight: The "Fourth Law of Motion": The Automobile Air Bag A Spotlight On: Newton\'s Laws of Motion Highlight: Some Effects of Apparent Weightlessness on the Human Body | |
Momentum | |
Work and Energy | |
Work | |
Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy | |
Conservation of Energy | |
Power | |
Forms and Sources of Energy Highlight: Fill It Up...with Hydrogen | |
Temperature and Heat | |
Temperature | |
Heat Highlight: Freezing from the Top Down | |
Specific Heat and Latent Heat | |
Heat Transfer | |
Phases of Matter | |
The Kinetic Theory of Gases Highlight: Hot Gases: Aerosol Cans and Popcorn | |
Thermodynamics | |
Waves | |
Waves and Energy Propagation | |
Wave Properties | |
Electromagnetic Waves | |
Sound Waves Highlight: Noise Exposure Limit | |
The Doppler Effect | |
Standing Waves and Resonance | |
Optics and Wave Effects | |
Reflection | |
Refraction and Dispersion | |
Spherical Mirrors Highlight: The Rainbow: Dispersion and Internal Reflection | |
Lenses | |
Polarization | |
Diffraction and Interference Highlight: Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) | |
Electricity and Magnetism | |
Electric Charge and Current Highlight: Photocopiers | |
Voltage and Electrical Power | |
Simple Electric Circuits and Electrical Safety | |
Magnetism Highlight: Electrical Safety | |
Electromagnetism Highlight: Physics "Factinos" | |
Atomic Physics | |
Early Concepts of the Atom | |
The Dual Nature of Light Highlight: Albert Einstein | |
Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom | |
Microwave Ovens, X-Rays, and Lasers Highlight: Fluorescence and Phosphorescence | |
Heisenberg\'s Uncertainty Principle | |
Matter Waves Highlight: Electron Microscopes | |
The Electron Cloud Model of the Atom A Spotlight On: The Changing Model of the Atom | |
Nuclear Physics | |
Symbols of the Elements | |
The Atomic Nucleus | |
Radioactivity and Half-Life A Spotlight On: At | |
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