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Students explore and understand the importance of units, which identify what a specific number represents. Examples of types of measurements, commonly used symbols, fundamental units, and unit conversions are given in this chapter.
Categories: Science , Mathematics , Physics , Measurement
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: vectors , per second , correct units , force of gravity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Units and Problem Solving
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Students are introduced to energy conservation and the conservation laws that govern our universe. Physicists have identified five conservation laws, which are discussed in this chapter.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Energy , Kinetic Energy
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: gravity , ug , molecules , electrons
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Energy Conservation
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This chapter covers one-dimensional motion, velocity, acceleration, and deceleration.
Categories: Science , Physics , Kinematics , Mechanics
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: s2 , slope , straight line , parabola
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
One-Dimensional Motion
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This chapter discusses parabolic and projectile motion, acceleration, and velocity.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: velocity , acceleration due to gravity , projectile motion , direction changes
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Two-Dimensional and Projectile Motion
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Students learn about Newton's Law's through the study of motion, acceleration, and force.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics , Newton's First Law
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: constant velocity , force of gravity , acceleration due to gravity , magnitude
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Newton's Laws
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Centripetal force is introduced through the study of force, velocity changes, net-forces, applied forces, and acceleration.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Circular Motion , Center of Gravity
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: centripetal acceleration , geosynchronous orbit , velocity vector , instantaneous velocity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Centripetal Forces
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This chapter introduces momentum conservation through the study of motion, mass, velocity, force of gravity, and collision.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics , Momentum
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: initial momentum , momentum conservation , magnitude , bolts
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Momentum Conservation
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The law of conservation of energy and the law of conservation of momentum is introduced through the study of energy and force.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Energy
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: period of time , gained energy , graph , momentum
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Energy and Force
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The third conservation law is conservation of angular momentum. Conservation of angular momentum is explored through the concepts of rotational velocity, rotational inertia, angular momentum, torque, linear, and rotational motion.
Categories: Physics , Science , Circular Motion , Mechanics
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: radius , rotational motion , linear motion , northern latitudes
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Aug. 09, 2011 02:11 PM
Rotational Motion
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Simple harmonic motion (SHM) concepts are presented in this chapter through the study of periodic motion, oscillation, restorative force, frequency, amplitude, and kinetic energy.
Categories: Science , Physics , Sound and Light , Vibrations and Waves
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: gravity changes , force changes , hz , tangential component
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Simple Harmonic Motion
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Wave motion and sound is presented through harmonic motion, longitudinal and transverse waves, constructive and destructive interference, sound and water waves.
Categories: Science , Physics , Sound and Light , Vibrations and Waves
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: water molecule , harmonic oscillators , travels , oscillate
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Wave Motion and Sound
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Students are introduced to electricity through the study of the conservation of charge. Other concepts such as electromagnetism, the Coulomb electric force, the law of gravity, charged objects, electric force, and potential energy are presented.
Categories: Science , Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Fields and Potential
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: positive charge , orbits , free electrons , attractive force
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Electricity
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Electric circuits - batteries and resistors are presented through the study of Ohm's Law, electric currents, electric fields, voltage, current, resistance, AC and DC power.
Categories: Science , Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: dc power , voltage dc , resistance , current times
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Electric Circuits: Batteries and Resistors
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Magnetism is studied through the concepts of electromagnetic force, the Coulomb electric force, electric current, magnetic fields, electricity, the right and left hand rules.
Categories: Science , Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electromagnetic Induction
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: magnetic fields , magnetic field , electric current , negative charge
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Magnetism
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Students learn about electric circuits - capacitors through the study of electric potential, electrical charge, dielectric constants, and capacitance.
Categories: Science , Electric Circuits , Electricity and Magnetism , Physics
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: logarithmic , exponentially , electric potential , discharges
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jul. 01, 2011 11:58 AM
Electric Circuits: Capacitors
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Students study advanced topics in electric circuits through the study of modern circuitry including diodes, inductors, transistors, operational amplifiers, and other chips.
Categories: Science , Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: voltage drop , collector voltage , diodes , transistor
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Electric Circuits: Advanced Topics
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Light is studied through the concepts of light waves, electromagnetic radiation and fields, electrons, photons, Fermat’s Principle, refraction, diffraction, scattering and color absorption, and dispersion.
Categories: Science , Physics , Sound and Light , Lenses
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: violet , perception , absence of light , principle
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Light
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We study fluids and apply the concepts of force, momentum, and energy. The concept of conservation of energy density in place of conservation of energy is presented as well as Archimedes’ Principle, Pascal’s Principle, Bernoulli’s Principle.
Categories: Science , Physics , Properties of Matter , Liquids
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: specific gravities , algebraic sum , archimedes’ principle , pascal’s principle
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Fluids
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Thermodynamics and heat engine concepts are presented through the study of heat, molecular kinetic energy, energy transfer, laws of thermodynamics, temperature of a gas, Adiabatic process, entropy, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Categories: Physics , Heat , Thermodynamics , Entropy
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: molecules , efficiency , atmosphere , pressure forces
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Thermodynamics and Heat Engines
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Students are introduced to special and general relativity through Einstein's Theory of Relativity and concepts such as Lorentz time dilation and length contraction, the speed of light, curvature of spacetime, black holes, and event horizons.
Categories: Physics , Special Relativity , Energy , Length
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: sequence , spacetime , event horizon , speed of light
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Special and General Relativity
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Radioactivity and nuclear physics are introduced through the study of fission and fusion, alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, and radioactive decay.
Categories: Science , Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Atom
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: number of protons , decays , radioactive material , half life
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
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Particle physics is introduced through the concepts of matter, particles, subatomic particles, the Standard Model, CPT symmetry, fermions, bosons, leptons, quarks, and four fundamental forces in nature.
Categories: Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Atom , Atomic Nucleus
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: ups , leptons , interactions , forces of nature
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Standard Model of Particle Physics
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Feynman diagrams are used to calculate the probability of collisions, annihilations, or decays of particles. Drawing Feynman diagrams is the first step in visualizing and predicting the subatomic world.
Categories: Science , Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Nuclear Fission
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: electromagnetic radiation , cpt symmetry , time diagram , horizontal axis
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Feynman Diagrams
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This chapter introduces quantum mechanics, the description of how the universe works on the very small scale. The foundation of quantum mechanics was developed on the observation of wave-particle duality.
Categories: Science , Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Quantum
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: potential energy , energy conservation , atom , frequency
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
Quantum Mechanics
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This chapter discusses the physics of global warming as a manifestation of the second law of thermodynamics, as well as solar radiation, terrestrial radiation, and global surface temperature.
Categories: Science , Physics , Heat , Temperature, Heat, and Expansion
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: greenhouse gases , vapor , water , energy
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Mar. 25, 2011 11:55 AM
The Physics of Global Warming
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Answers to Selected Problems
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Equations and Fundamental Concepts
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The People's Physics Book is intended to be used as one small part of a multifaceted strategy to teach physics conceptually and mathematically.

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