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Physical Science 112

Required references:

1. Kenealy's Text : Available in Bookstore.

2. Tahsiri's Lecture Notes and Practice exam questions / problems. : Available in copying center, Campus Bookstore,.

Select and learn for exams the following "Buzz Words" for each chapter as discussed in the lectures

Astronomy: (Text Chapt 1-7)

Astronomy "Buzz Words" References: Please click on 1) Encyclopedia 2) Glossary 3) Glossary 4) Astronomy 5) Physical Science


Chapter 1 "Buzz Words": Celestial Sphere, Constellation, Horizon, Altitude, Celestial Meridian, Prime Meridian, Asimuth, Zenith, North and South Celestial Pole, North Star (Polaris), Angular measurement. Do THE 1.
Chapter 2 "Buzz Words": Latitude, Longitude, Equator, Greenwich, Zero Latitude, Zero Longitude, Horizon and the apparent motion of the stars, The Big Dipper and the North star(Polaris), How to find the Latitude and the Longitude for LB.
Chapter 3: "Buzz Words": Earth, Planets, Scientific notation, Astronomical Distances, Light year, our nearest star, Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy and our location within it, Local Group, Cluster and Supercluster of Galaxies.
Chapter 4 : "Buzz Words":
Earth three motion(Self rotation, Orbital motion, Precession), Sideral day, Solar day, Apparent motion of Sun, Annual motion of Sun, the Zodiac, Reason for the seasons, the Ecliptics plane, Summer and winter Soltices, Spring and Fall Equinoxes, Sun's intensity, changes of Sun's location along the eastern horizon during the year, Changes in altitude angle of Sun in the sky. Do THE 2.
Chapter 5 : "Buzz Words": Moon's revolution, Sideral month and Synotoc(lunar month), Apparent motion of Moon and Sun, Easterly motion of Moon, Daily Moon rise and Moon set, Lunar phases, Moon's self rotational periods, Solar and Lunar Eclipses. Do THE 3.
Chapter 6 and 7: "Buzz Words":
Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Aristarchus, Ptolemy,(Epicycles), Copernicus(Retrograde motion), Tycho Brahe, Galileo, Newton, Bode's Rule, Elliptical orbits, Kepler's First, Second and Third Law of planetary motion, .

Physics : (Text Chapters 8-19)

Physics "Buzz Words" References: Please click on 1) Encyclopedia 2) Physical Science 3) Physics For Beginners 4) Physics Tutorial


Chapter 8 : "Buzz Words": Location, Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Constant velocity, Ave speed, Instantaneous speed, Acceleration, Slope, Plot displacement verses time, Plot velocity verses time, Constant acceleration, Constant deccleleration, Speeding up, Slowing down, Changing direction, Vector, Direction and Magnitude, Vector addition, Motion along a curve. Equations of motion, Free fall equations of motion, Centripetal acceleration. Do THE 5A.
Chapter 9 : "Buzz Words":
Vectors ( magnitude, resultant and direction), Free Falling object, Surface gravity, Projectile motion, Constant Horizontal Motion, Range of a projectile, Circular motion, Centripetal acceleration, Magnitude of any center seeking acceleration, Free fall equations of motion.
Chapter 10 : "Buzz Words": Mass, Inertia, Unit of mass and force, Net force, Newton first law(the law of Inertia), Newton's second law, Newton's third law(action and reaction), Impulse and Momentum, Conservation of momentum.
Chapter 11 : "Buzz Words":
Four fundamental forces,
Universal Law of Gravity, Centripetal Force and velocity of planet, Acceleration g near the Earth surface, Determination of mass of the Earth, Free fall and the air friction, Weight, Apparent weight and Weightlessness, Free fall of Moon toward Earth. Equations of motion for a free falling object.
Chapter 12 : "Buzz Words":
Kinetic Energy, A change in momentum, A change in energy, Work, Unit of work, Potential energy, Work Energy and Conservation of Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy (9) Spring potential energy, Work done by a friction force, Conservation of energy. Work and Energy equation, Roller Coaster.
Chapter 13 : "Buzz Words":
Force of frictions, Force of sliding friction, Force of static friction.
Chapter 14: "Buzz Words":
Delete.
Chapter 15: "Buzz Words":
Energy transfer by matter and waves, Simple harmonic waves, Transverse and Longitudinal waves, Reflection of a transverse pulse at closed and open bounderies, Wavelength, Amplitude, Period, Frequency, Speed of a wave, Superpositions of two waves, Standing waves, Interference and Diffraction of waves.
Chapter 16: "Buzz Words":
Pressure, pressure under liquid, barameter, Temperature scale, Gas law; PV = NkT, Boyl's law; PV=constant. Charl's law, Releations between Work and change in volume, Avogadro's number, Number of atoms and molecules in a sample.
Chapter 17 : "Buzz Words":
Joule's experiment, heat, Specific heat, Unit of heat, Heat transfer, Kinetic theory of matter, Microscopic model, PV = 2/3 N(ave K.E), Macroscopic model, PV = Nk T, ( Ave K.E) = 3/2 k T, Degree of freedom.
Chapter 18 : "Buzz Words":
Atoms, Matter, Molecule's rotation, vibration and translation, Evaporation, Relations between kinetic energy and temperature, Phase transitions, Change of state ( solid, liquid, gas, plasma), Bouyant force, Archimedes principle.
Chapter 19 : "Buzz Words": Hyrogen atom, electron cloud, Size of an atom, Coulomb's law, Conductor, Insulator, Electric potential, Electric energy, Voltage, DC current, Electric circuits, Circuits in series and parallel, AC current, Car battery, Experimental facts about electricity and magnetism, Electromagnetic energy, Electromagnetic waves, E-fields, B- fields, Electromagnetic spectrum, v = wavelength x frequency. Do THE 6.

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