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,.
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 "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.