Course

by completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

you define internal energy, thermal energy, and heat transfer

you state the first law of thermodynamics

you find the work by a gas as it expands along a path on a pressure vs. volume graph

you calculate change in internal energy for various thermal processes

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you state the second law of thermodynamics in more than one form

you calculate the efficiency of a heat engine

you calculate the Carnot efficiency

you calculate the work done in one cycle of a heat engine

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you explain the difference between reversible and irreversible processes

you calculate the change in entropy

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you sketch electric fields for various point charges using lines of force

you sketch the distribution of charge on various objects that contain a charge

you calculate the electric field at a point in space given the location of two or three point charges

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you calculate potential difference between two points in an electric field

you calculate work done on charges moving between two points in an electric field

you find electric potential between parallel charged plates

you calculate the charge on a capacitor

you determine the distance traveled by a charged particle between parallel charged plates given an initial velocity

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you determine drift velocity given current, charge and length of wire

you calculate cost to heat given appropriate data

you calculate voltage, current and resistance in various simple circuits

you analyze numerous series and parallel circuits

you properly connect multimeters in circuits to measure voltage , current, and resistance

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you state the junction rule and loop rule

you find the current through each resistor in a complex network

you find the unknown resistance in terms of known resistors in a wheatstone bridge

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you draw magnetic field lines for bar magnets and current carrying conductors

you find the direction of a magnetic field, given force and velocity vectors

you draw the direction of magnetic force acting on an object given the velocity vector with respect to the magnetic field vector

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you calculate the velocity of a charged particle in a velocity selector

you find the force per unit length on a wire emersed in a magnetic field

you find the force per unit length between parallel wires

you find the magnetic field along the center axis of a solenoid and circular loop of wire

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you find the magnetic flux of a closed loop conductor at various orientations in a magnetic field

you find the induced emf according to Faraday's Law of magnetic induction for a rotating loop of wire

you find the direction of induced current for closed loops and solenoids given the direction of motion of a magnet

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you draw the current vs. time graph of a generator

you calculate the maximum emf of a generator

you draw the voltage vs. time graph of a generator

you define back emf

you find the current in the coils of a motor, accounting for the back emf

you explain how Lenz's Law applies to back emf

you determine the direction of self-induced current and voltage

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you define eddy currents

you calculate primary and secondary voltages, currents, and number of turns

you calculate change in flux and induced voltage

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you state Einstein's two postulates of the special theory of relativity

you state the principle of Newtonian relativity

you define an inertial reference frame

you give examples of simultaneity

you calculate dilation and length contraction

you explain the twin paradox

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you identify data and perform calculations involving torque, moment of inertia, and angular acc.

you convert angular values into appropriate corresponding linear values and vise versa

you apply conversation of energy to angular and linear motion events

you apply conservation of momentum to angular and linear motion events

you calculate work involved in angular and linear motion events

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you find the period, wavelength, amplitude, frequency and velocity of a periodic wave

you find the phase angle between two given points on a wave

you identify the crest and trough of a wave

you define constructive and destructive interference

you find the vector resultant of two waves

you distinguish between fixed-end and free-end reflection

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you name and define the elastic and inertial properties of air

you find the frequency, velocity and wavelength of sound in air

you find the frequency, velocity and wavelength of sound, when the sound is transmitted into a new medium

you find the intensity and intensity level of sound

you find sound power at the threshold of hearing and the threshold of pain

you calculate the observed frequency accounting for doppler affects

you draw standing waves

you calculate harmonic frequencies

you calculate possible frequencies given the number of beats

by completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

you explain how light travels through a vacuum

you find the velocity, wavelength and frequency of light

you draw ray diagrams illustrating the path of light through a thin film and a prism

you calculate the shift of light from its original path in a thin film

you find the critical angle for a substance surrounded by air and water

you draw a ray diagram illustrating dispersion in a prism

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you identify real and virtual images

you find the object distance, image distance, and magnification for convex and concave mirrors

you find the object distance, image distance and magnification for various converging and diverging lenses

you find the focal length of various lenses

you find the actual depth given the apparent depth of an object in a fluid when viewed directly above in air

you find the image distance and magnification for a system of lenses

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you calculate the wavelength of light using a double slit interference pattern

you find the separation between the first and second order maxima in a double slit interference pattern

you calculate the difference in path length to bright and dark fringes

you find the separation between the first order maxima of different wavelengths

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you draw transverse wave rays, which illustrate thin film interference

you find the wavelength of light illuminating a thin film that experiences minimal and strong reflection

you explain Newton's rings

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you find the width of the central maxima

you find the distance of dark fringes

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you find the distance between the lens and film

you find the magnification

you find the diameter of the lens

you calculate f-number

you find the factor of the change in light, due to change in shutter speed and f-number

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you find the power of the correcting lens for the myopic and hyperopic eye

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you calculate distance based on fringe count

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you find the wavelength of two closely spaced spectral lines

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you define thermal radiation

you calculate the energy in electron volts of a photon

you find wavelength given energy of a photon

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you find the work function

you find the cut off frequency

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you find the velocity of an electron given its wavelength

you find the de Broglie wavelength given the velocity

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you calculate minimum uncertainty in position

you calculate speed based on measurement precision