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This chapter covers the basic units used in physics, guidelines for using units, and their importance within physics.
Categories: Physics , Linear Motion , Acceleration , Velocity
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: meters per second , units , newtons , miles
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Units
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This chapter covers objects in harmonic motion, which are defined as objects that return to the same position after a fixed period of time. Objects in harmonic motion have the ability to transfer some of their energy over large distances.
Categories: Science , Physics , Sound and Light , Color
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: constructive interference , waves , period , frequency
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-SHM Wave
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This chapter covers the nature of light, polarization, and color.
Categories: Science , Physics , Sound and Light , Color
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: polarization , x-ray , gamma rays , ultraviolet
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Light Nature
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This chapter covers reflection, refraction, mirrors and lenses, and these concepts apply to Fermat's principle.
Categories: Science , Physics , Sound and Light , Color
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: fermat's principle , internal reflection , diverging , convering
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Optics
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This chapter covers the basics of force as understood through Newton's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Law of Motion.
Categories: Science , Mechanics , Physics , Kinematics
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: accleration , force , deceleration , mass
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Force
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This chapter covers the speed and velocity of objects in space. Velocity is speed with a direction, making it a vector quantity. If an object’s velocity changes with time, the object is said to be accelerating.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: distance , displacement , positive acceleration , negative velocity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Motion
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This chapter covers parabolic motion of a thrown object, known as projectile motion. Motion in one direction is unrelated to motion in other perpendicular directions.
Categories: Science , Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: two-dimensional motion , parabolic motion , initial velocity , projectile motion
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Projectile Motion
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This chapter covers momentum which is the product of mass and velocity. Momentum can be exchanged from one object to another through a collision.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics , Momentum
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: deceleration , motion , mass , velocity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Momentum
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This chapter explains energy as a measure of the amount of or potential for movement in something. The total amount of energy in the universe is always the same.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Energy , Kinetic Energy
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: closed system , power , potential energy , open system
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Energy
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This chapter explains heat as a form of energy transfer. Materials do not contain heat. They contain internal energy that can be transferred (i.e. heat) from one body to another.
Categories: Physics , Heat , Change of Phase , Boiling
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: temperature , internal energy , contract , expand
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Heat
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This chapter covers the basics of circular motion. In the absence of a net force, objects move in a straight line. Forces which cause objects to turn around continuously in a circle are known as centripetal forces.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Circular Motion , Center of Gravity
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: centripetal acceleration , centripetal force , circular motion , acceleration
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Circular Motion
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This chapter covers gravity and how it relates to laws of physics governing motion, spcifically the Universal Law of Gravitation.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Universal Gravitation , Gravity and Distance
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: earthly bodies , moon , earth , motion
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Gravity
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This chapter explores the fourth of the 5 conservation laws in physics, the conservation of charge. There are two charges, + and -, and the symmetry of the electric charge indicates that the total charge in the universe remains the same.
Categories: Science , Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: electrostatics , electrons , volts , voltage
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-Electrostatics
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This chapter explores electric currents through voltage and resistance as they apply to Ohm's Law, the main equation for electric circuits.
Categories: Science , Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: resistors , circuit , voltage source , voltmeter
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Feb. 24, 2011 12:19 PM
Basic Physics-DC Electric Circuits
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CK-12 Basic Physics is intended to be used as one small part of a multifaceted strategy to teach physics conceptually and mathematically.

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