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FlexBook: People's Physics Book
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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: Measurement , Scale , Speed , Temperature
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: vectors , per second , correct units , force of gravity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Units and Problem Solving
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: Mechanics , Energy , Kinetic Energy , Mechanical Energy
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: gravity , molecules , ug , electrons
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Energy Conservation
This chapter covers one-dimensional motion, velocity, acceleration, and deceleration.
Categories: Kinematics , Linear Motion , Acceleration , Free Fall
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: parabola , straight line , accelerate , instantaneous velocity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
One-Dimensional Motion
This chapter discusses parabolic and projectile motion, acceleration, and velocity.
Categories: Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics , Projectile Motion
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: acceleration due to gravity , air resistance , projectile motion , horizontal direction
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Two-Dimensional and Projectile Motion
Students learn about Newton's Law's through the study of motion, acceleration, and force.
Categories: Mechanics , Kinematics , Newton's First Law , Inertia
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: vector , state of motion , vectors , accelerate
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Newton's Laws
Centripetal force is introduced through the study of force, velocity changes, net-forces, applied forces, and acceleration.
Categories: Mechanics , Circular Motion , Center of Gravity , Center of Mass
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: orbital period , tangential , vectors , rotation
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Centripetal Forces
This chapter introduces momentum conservation through the study of motion, mass, velocity, force of gravity, and collision.
Categories: Mechanics , Kinematics , Momentum , Conservation of Momentum
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: velocity vector , external forces , initial momentum , force of gravity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Momentum Conservation
The law of conservation of energy and the law of conservation of momentum is introduced through the study of energy and force.
Categories: Energy , Kinetic Energy , Mechanical Energy , Potential Energy
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: momentum , impulse , area under the curve , period of time
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Energy and Force
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: Circular Motion , Center of Gravity , Center of Mass , Rotational Mechanics
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: radius , rotational motion , linear motion , northern latitudes
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Rotational Motion
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: Physics , Sound and Light , Vibrations and Waves , Science
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: kinetic energy , potential energy , tangential component , force changes
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Simple Harmonic Motion
Wave motion and sound is presented through harmonic motion, longitudinal and transverse waves, constructive and destructive interference, sound and water waves.
Categories: Physics , Sound and Light , Vibrations and Waves , Science
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: water molecule , travels , oscillate , vibrations
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Wave Motion and Sound
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: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Fields and Potential , Science
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: protons , ions , volts , stripped
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Electricity
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: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits , Electric Current
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: electric circuits , current times , power voltage , resistors in parallel
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Electric Circuits: Batteries and Resistors
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: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electromagnetic Induction , Magnetism
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: electric current , negative charge , magnetic , magnetic forces
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Magnetism
Students learn about electric circuits - capacitors through the study of electric potential, electrical charge, dielectric constants, and capacitance.
Categories: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits , Science
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: rc circuit , magnetic material , repelling , repulsion
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Electric Circuits: Capacitors
Students study advanced topics in electric circuits through the study of modern circuitry including diodes, inductors, transistors, operational amplifiers, and other chips.
Categories: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits , Science
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: transistor , passive , diodes , collector voltage
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Electric Circuits: Advanced Topics
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: Physics , Sound and Light , Lenses , Light
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: magnetic fields , brightness , cones , perception
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Light
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: Physics , Properties of Matter , Liquids , Pressure
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: density of water , gravitational potential energy , mass density , gravitational energy
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Fluids
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: Heat , Thermodynamics , Entropy , First Law of Thermodynamics
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: heat engine , horizontal axis , isobaric , ideal gas law
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Thermodynamics and Heat Engines
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: Special Relativity , Energy , Length , Momentum
Grades:
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: sequence , spacetime , lorentz , speed of light
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Special and General Relativity
Radioactivity and nuclear physics are introduced through the study of fission and fusion, alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, and radioactive decay.
Categories: Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Atom , Atomic Nucleus
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: atomic number , atom , atomic number 1 , atomic number 2
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
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: Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Atom , Atomic Nucleus , Radioactivity
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: nuclear force , up quark , gluons , nucleons
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Standard Model of Particle Physics
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: Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Nuclear Fission , Nuclear Fusion
Grades:
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: traveling backwards , backwards in time , collision diagrams , time axes
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Feynman Diagrams
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: Physics , Atomic and Nuclear Physics , Quantum , Radioactivity
Grades:
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: electron , photon , potential energy , kinetic energy
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Quantum Mechanics
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: Physics , Heat , Temperature, Heat, and Expansion , Thermodynamics
Grades:
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: co2 , radiation , atmosphere , maximum
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
The Physics of Global Warming
Supplemental materials
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Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags:
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Answers to Selected Problems
Supplemental materials
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Grades:
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags:
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:01 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:55 PM
Equations and Fundamental Concepts
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