Let's Review: Physics-The Physical Setting

by Lazar, Miriam A.

• ISBN13: 9780764126857
• ISBN10: 0764126857
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

Designed primarily to give high school students in New York State extra preparation for the Regents exams, this book reviews all high school level physics topics, including mo-tion, forces and Newton's laws, vector quantities and applications, circular motion and gravitation, properties of matter, electric current and circuits, electromagnetism, waves and sound, light and optics, solid-state physics and semiconductors, nuclear energy, and much more. The book also presents two recent New York State Regents exams with an-swers. This review book makes an excellent classroom complement to Barron's Regents Exams and Answers Book for the physics exam.

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. 11
Motion in One Dimension	p. 14
Motion Defined	p. 14
Graphing an Object's Motion	p. 15
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. 38
Introduction	p. 39
What Is a Force?	p. 39
Measuring Forces Using Hooke's Law	p. 39
Newton's First Law of Motion	p. 40
Newton's Second Law of Motion	p. 42
Weight	p. 43
Normal Forces	p. 43
Frictional Forces	p. 44
The Coefficient of Kinetic Friction	p. 46
Newton's Third Law of Motion--Action and Reaction	p. 48
Questions	p. 49
Vector Quantities and Their Applications	p. 56
Introduction	p. 57
Displacement, and Representation of Vector Quantities	p. 57
Vector Addition	p. 58
Vector Subtraction	p. 62
Resolution of Vectors	p. 63
Using Resolution to Add Vectors	p. 65
Static Equilibrium	p. 66
Inclined Planes	p. 69
Motion in a Plane (Two-Dimensional Motion)	p. 72
Questions	p. 76
Circular Motion and Gravitation	p. 87
Introduction	p. 88
Circular Motion	p. 88
Kepler's Laws	p. 91
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation	p. 92
Satellite Motion	p. 94
Weight and Gravitational Force	p. 95
The Gravitational Field	p. 96
Questions	p. 97
Momentum and Its Conservation	p. 111
Momentum	p. 111
Newton's Second Law and Momentum	p. 112
Conservation of Momentum	p. 113
Conservation of Momentum and Newton's Third Law	p. 115
Questions	p. 115
Work and Energy	p. 122
Work	p. 123
Power	p. 126
Energy	p. 126
Simple Machines and Work	p. 135
Questions	p. 136
Internal Energy and the Properties of Matter	p. 149
Internal Energy and Work	p. 150
Temperature and Temperature Scales	p. 151
Heat and Internal Energy	p. 152
The Gas Phase	p. 154
Liquids and Solids	p. 161
Change of Phase	p. 161
The Laws of Thermodynamics	p. 163
Questions	p. 164
Static Electricity	p. 176
What Is Electricity?	p. 177
Electric Charges?	p. 178
Conductors and Insulators	p. 179
Charging Objects	p. 180
The Electroscope	p. 181
Coulomb's Law	p. 182
The Electric Field	p. 183
Electric Field Lines (Lines of Force)	p. 184
Electric Field Strength	p. 187
Potential Difference	p. 188
Electric Potential	p. 190
Field Strength and Potential Difference	p. 191
The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment	p. 193
Capacitance	p. 194
Questions	p. 195
Electric Current and Circuits	p. 213
Introduction	p. 214
Electric Current	p. 214
Current and Potential Difference	p. 215
Resistance	p. 216
Electric Circuits and Ohm's Law	p. 218
Power and Energy in Electric Circuits	p. 221
Series Circuits	p. 223
Parallel Circuits	p. 226
Questions	p. 230
Magnetism; Electromagnetism and Its Applications	p. 245
Introduction	p. 247
General Properties of Magnets	p. 247
Magnetic Fields	p. 248
Electromagnetism	p. 249
Electromagnetic Induction	p. 261
Lenz's Law	p. 264
Questions	p. 268
Waves and Sound	p. 290
Definition of Wave Motion	p. 291
Types of Waves	p. 292
Characteristics of Periodic Waves	p. 293
Speed of a Wave	p. 294
Reflection	p. 295
Refraction	p. 299
Interference	p. 300
Standing Waves	p. 302
Resonance	p. 302
Beats	p. 303
Diffraction	p. 304
Doppler Effect	p. 304
Questions	p. 306
Light and Geometric Optics	p. 327
Introduction	p. 328
Polarization of Light	p. 329
Speed of Light	p. 330
Visible Light	p. 330
Reflection	p. 331
Refraction	p. 341
Diffraction and Interference of Light	p. 355
Questions	p. 359
Solid-State Physics	p. 396
Introduction	p. 397
Conduction in Solids	p. 397
Theories of Conduction in Solids	p. 398
Extrinsic Semiconductors: Doping	p. 399
Junction Diodes	p. 401
Transistors	p. 404
Integrated Circuits	p. 406
Questions	p. 406
Modern Physics	p. 419
Introduction	p. 420
Black-Body Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis	p. 420
The Photoelectric Effect	p. 421
The Compton Effect	p. 424
Matter Waves	p. 425
Models of the Atom	p. 426
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity	p. 432
Questions	p. 442
Nuclear Energy	p. 465
Introduction	p. 467
Nucleons	p. 467
Nuclear Symbols	p. 467
Isotopes	p. 468
Nuclear Masses	p. 468
Average Binding Energy per Nucleon	p. 470
Nuclear Forces	p. 471
Nuclear Reactions	p. 471
Radioactive Decay and Half-Life	p. 476
Induced Nuclear Reactions	p. 478
Fundamental Particles and Interactions	p. 482
Questions	p. 483
Glossary	p. 497
Answers to Questions for Review	p. 509
New York State Reference Tables for Physical Setting: Physics	p. 517
Summary of Equations for New York State Physical Setting: Physics Regents Examination	p. 524
Answering Short Constructed Response and Free-Response Questions	p. 528
The New York State Physical Setting: Physics Regents Examination	p. 638
Physical Setting/Physics Regents Examination
January 2003	p. 646
June 2003	p. 673
Answers to Regents Examinations	p. 698
Index	p. 700
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