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FlexBook: Basic Physics
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This chapter covers the basic units used in physics, guidelines for using units, and their importance within physics.
Categories: Linear Motion , Acceleration , Velocity , Physics
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: watts , miles , newtons , si
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Physics , Sound and Light , Color , Light
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: longitudinal , medium , period , waves
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Basic Physics-SHM Wave
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This chapter covers the nature of light, polarization, and color.
Categories: Physics , Sound and Light , Color , Light
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: light , gamma rays , ultraviolet , electromagnetic waves
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Physics , Sound and Light , Color , Mirror Optics
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: law of reflection , fermat's principle , internal reflection , lenses
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Kinematics , Linear Motion , Velocity , Newton's First Law
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: accleration , force , deceleration , mass
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Kinematics , Linear Motion , Acceleration , Free Fall
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: distance , positive acceleration , negative velocity , positive position
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Physics , Mechanics , Kinematics , Projectile Motion
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: two-dimensional motion , parabolic motion , initial velocity , projectile motion
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Mechanics , Kinematics , Momentum , Conservation of Momentum
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: force , motion , mass , velocity
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Mechanics , Energy , Kinetic Energy , Mechanical Energy
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: joules , watts , meters per second , power
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Boiling , Condensation , Evaporation , Freezing
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: contract , internal energy , temperature , energy transfer
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Mechanics , Circular Motion , Center of Gravity , Center of Mass
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: centripetal acceleration , centripetal force , circular motion , net force
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Mechanics , Universal Gravitation , Gravity and Distance , Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: universal law of gravitation , gravity , acceleration , force
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits , Electric Current
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: electromagnetism , coloumb , positive , negative
Created: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 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: Physics , Electricity and Magnetism , Electric Circuits , Electric Current
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation , CK-12 Community
Tags: speed of light , voltmeter , circuit , voltage source
Created: Sep. 17, 2009 09:33 PM
Last Edited: Jun. 16, 2010 02:35 PM
Basic Physics-DC Electric Circuits
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