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Scientific Calculator Summer 2001, homwork/solutions MCQ Sample Exam for Spring 2002Physics 3C Scores for Midterm and Final

Useful Websites for Physics 3C

1) Optics-Modern Physics	2) Light-Modern Physics	3) Optics-Modern Physics	4) General Physics/ Astronomy
5) Light-Optics	6) Optics-Modern Physics	7) Special Relativity	8) Quantum Physics (Audio)
9) Quantum-Nuclear Physics	10) Modern Physics	11)Pressure , Pascal's Principle , Fluid	12) Buoency , Bernoulli Vicosity
13) Simple Harmonic Motion	14) HyperPhysics My favorite	15) Radio wave Microwaves Infrared Visible light Ultraviolet X-ray Gamma -ray	16) ABC of the nuclear science  17) Atomic absorption and emission spectra 18) Atomic line spectrum
1) In class Examples 1 2 3 4 5 6	Lect notes on Bohr's H-atom One Two Three

WEEK/DATE	TOPICS	CHAPTERS	HOMEWORK	HW Solutions	Quizzes-Exams	Quiz Solutions
1:April 1-5	Oscillatory Motion	12	4, 10, 13, 20, 22, 51	Chapt 12	No Quiz
2:April 8-12	Fluid Mechanics	15	5, 11, 14, 19, 30, 52	Chapt 15	Q1: Chapter 12, 15	Quiz 1
3:April 15-19	Reflection&Refraction	25	25: 15, 20, 30, 41, 53	Chapt 25	Q2: Chapter 15, 25	Quiz 2
4:April 22- 26	Image Formation, Mirrors, Lenses	26	13, 16, 17, 24, 32, 54	Chapt 26	Q3: Chapter 26	Quiz 3
5:April 29-May 3	Wave Optics	27	6, 11, 14, 16, 27, 30	Chapt 27	Exam: 12,15,25,26	Exam solutions
6:May 6-10	Mechanical Waves	13 and 14	13: 6, 10, 14, 25, 32	Chapt 13	No Quiz	No Quiz
7:May 13-17	Mechanical Waves Electromagnetic Wave	13, 14 24	14: 1, 8, 14, 20. 24: 5, 7, 8, 20, 23, 32, 33	Chapt 14, Chapt 24	Q4: Chapters 27, 13	Quiz 4
8:May 20-24	Quantum Physics	28	2, 8, 13, 18, 26, 37	Chapt 28	Q5:Chapters 14, 24	Quiz 5
9:May 27-31	Atomic Physics	29	29: 2, 4, 7, 39, 51	Chapt 29	Q6: Chapter 28	Quiz 6
10:June 3-7	Atomic and Nuclear Physics	29 and 30	30: 5, 13, 15, 19, 24, 28	Chapt 30	Final Review
11:June 10-14	Final Week	Final Week	Final Week	Final Week	Final Week

Note: The preceding is my planned schedule as of the first day of classes. I reserve the right to make changes. I will try to give you adequate notice but you must check this sight for any changes everyday.
 

Final Exams: Friday, June 14, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Chapters: 12 -13 -14 -15 and 24 - 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- 30

Note: The preceding is my planned schedule as of the first day of classes. I reserve the right to make changes. I will try to give you adequate notice.
 
 

Gneral Websites

• 1) Koehler Biophysics (Excellent site for biology major )
• 2) Physics Lectures (Lectures on general physics)
• 3) Giancoli (General physics) (Lectures, Exams and MCQs)
• 4) Physics 2000 (Interesting and very informative site)
• 5) How Things Works Course Page (Excellent site for physics questions with answers)
• 6) Physical Sicence Resources

Demos and Animations

• Simple Harmonic Motions
• 1) Hook's Law horizontal restoring force demo
• 2) Hook's law vertical restoring force demo
• 3) Hook's law horizontal oscillations with x(t) and v(t) plots
• 4) Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion
• 5) Circular motion and SHO
• 6) Pendulum animation
• 7) Pendulum simulations
• 8) Period of a pendulum
• 9) Vertical oscillation
• 10) Spring force and SHO
• 11) Pendulum and mass spring oscillations
• 12) The SHO and energy simulations
• Fluid
• 1) Buoyant Force
• 2) Bernoulli's Principles demo
• 3) The Eye Pressure
• 4) Virtual Applet with simulations
• Optics
• 1a) Propagation of electromagnetic wave
• 1b) Electromagnetic Waves of different wavelength
• 1c) Light wave carries energy
• 1d) The origin of light
• 1e) Polarization of light waves
• 2) wavelength
• 2a) Spectrum
• 3) Wavelength and the Index of Refraction Click next to continue with simulations
• 4) Virtual prism and Refraction
• 5) Refraction and Snell's Law animation
• 5a) Refraction of Light Simulation
• 5b) Snelll's Law
• 6) Snell's Law animation
• 7) Refraction of light
• 8) Reflection and Refraction animations
• 8a) Total Internal Reflection
• 8b) Applications of Total Internal Reflection
• 8c) Rainbow and fiber optic
• 8d) Rainbow Physics
• 8e) Diverging mirror
• 9) Convex lens
• 10) Concave lens
• 10a) Image formed by a Converging lense
• 10b) Image formed by a Diverging lense
• 10c) Image formation and Ray tracing animations
• 10d) Image Formation - Ray Tracing Basics
• 10e) Lense combination
• 11) Double slits simulations
• 11a) Double slits experimen
• 11b) Double slits in action
• 12) Wavelengh Measurement
• 12a) Diffraction
• 13) Single slit diffraction
• 14) Diffraction Gratings
• 15) Multimedia in Optics
• 16) Physics Zone Lectures in Optics
• Waves
• 1) What is a wave
• 2) Wave amplitude
• 3) Wave low and high frequency
• 4) Draw wave
• 5) Longitudinal and Transverse Wave Motion
• 6) Transverse Travelig Wave Applet
• 7) Superposition of Waves
• 8) Supperposition of two waves applet
• 7) Reflection of Waves from Boundaries
• 9) Longitudinal wave
• 10) The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
• 11) Doppler effect
• 12) Doppler effect animation
• 13) Doppler effect.(Best) animation
• 14) Doppler effect with sound
• 15) An example of Doppler effect
• 15a) Doppler effect
• 16) Sound beats
• 17) Standing wave formation
• 18) Standing waves animations with text
• 19) Nodes and Anti-Nodes
• 20) First, Second, Third Harmonics
• 21) sound wave and Music
• 22) Guitar string and longitudinal waves
• 23) Sound wave s and Eardrum
• 24) All kind of Wave Animations
• Electromagnetic waves
• 1) Electromagnetic induction
• 2) What are electromagnetic waves
• 3) Electromagnetic wave propagation
• 4) Electromagnetic waves
• Modern Physics
• 1) Photoelectric animation
• 1a) Photoelectric effect and stopping potential
• 2) The Bohr Model
• 3) The Origin of Light
• 4) The Compton Effect
• 5) The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
• 6) Particle in a box wave functions
• 7) particle in a box probability distributiions
• 8a) Bohr's radiation
• 8bAbsorption and emission of radiation by an atom
• 8c) Atomic absorption
• 9) Electron configurations
• Nuclear Physics
• 1a) Nucleus of an atom
• 1b) Mass defect
• 1c) Nuclear reaction
• 1d) Alpha-Beta -Gamma decay
• 2) Radioactive decay
• 3) Radio active decay half life
• 4a) Half life plot
• 4b) Radiocarbon dating
• 5) Nuclear chain reactions
• 6) Nuclear reactor in operation
• 7) Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
• Miscellaneous topics with animations
• 1) Physics Demos with explanation Excellent site
• 2) Brain Pop
• 3) Virtual Applet with simulations
• 4) How an electron microscope works
• 5) The laser

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