INS Physics Topics: Winter 2003

Units: SI units, unit conversions, consistent units
Trig:  trig functions, inverse trig functions, Pythagorean theorem
Vectors: vector addition, x-y components
Displacement
Velocity
Acceleration
Kinematics in 1D
Kinematics in 2D
Projectile motion
Newton's Laws of Motion
Gravitational force
Normal force
Frictional force & coefficients of friction
Work
Mechanical energy: Kinetic and Graviational Potential
Power
Conservation of energy
Mass as energy, energy as mass
Waves: defintion, types, characteristics
Sound

Study Aides for Final Exam

Homework problems
Workshop problems
Lab handouts
Examples done in lecture and workshop
Practice exam
 

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Last modified: March 3, 2003
By: Cathy French, frenchca@evergreen.edu