Friday, June 7, 2013

Final Exam List of Topics

Here are the chapters covered on the final exam

1.  Chap 8 Fluids
2.  Chap 9 heat
3.  Chap 10 thermodynamics
4.  Chap 11 waves
5.  Chap 13 Light and Reflection (optics)
6.  Chap 14 Refraction (also optics)
7.  Chap 16 Electric Forces and Fields (electrostatics)
8.  Chap 17 Electric Energy and Current (up to page 610)



Here are the study guides for each:


Fluids Test Concepts

1.  What defines a fluid?
2.  difference between liquid and gas
3.  calculate buoyant force  given density and volume
4.  True things about floating objects 
5.  True things about submerged objects
6.  units of pressure (4)
7.  Pascal's Principle
8.  P = F/A all relationships
9.  calculate pressure (Pa)  given force and dimensions of area (cm squared or m squared)
10.  calculate force given pressure and area
11.  gauge pressure v absolute pressure
12.  pressure v (depth, density) relationship
13.  calculate gauge pressure given absolute pressure and atmospheric
14.  calculate absolute pressure given gauge and atmospheric
15.  A1 V1 = A2V2 calculate one variable given other 3
16 calculate new speed of fluid given change in pipe diameter as a ratio
17.  in pipes where diameter changes know what happens to pressure 
18.  hydraulic lift calculate maximum mass to be raised given two areas and an input mass
19.  calculate absolute pressure at a depth in meters below water given atmospheric pressure and density of the water



Heat Test Concepts


1. Molecular reason for temperature increase
2. Internal energy definition and understanding of what is happening
3. Kinetic energy of molecules temperature relationship
4. General temperature volume relationship for liquids and known exceptions (water 0 degress C to 2 degrees C)
5. Final Temperature calculation when mixing equal masses of same substance with known temperature of each
6. Familiarity with widely used Temperature scales temperature
7. Temperature increases in Celsius changed into Farenheit increases
8. Common point between C and F scales and MP BP of water for each
9. Heat definition
10. Three heat transfer methods
11. how house insulation works
12. PE KE U relationship
13. Find delta T if Q, M, C are known
14. Description of Temperature during a phase change vs during a phase
15. Interpret heating of water diagram all three phases including calculating M, C, Q or delta T
16. Calculate C to F C to K
17. Calorimetry calculation between hot metal and water Solve for C of metal
18 Calorimetry calculation between hot metal and water Solve for T final of metal and water


Thermodynamics

1.  1.  calculate work given P and delta V in a gas
2.  Know isothermal, isovolumetric and isobaric, and adiabatic terms
3.  sign conventions for Q and W on pg 343 table 1
4.  first law of thermodynamics
5.  efficiency  equations (3)


Waves and Vibrations


1.  Definition of Simple harmonic Motion and Energy conversion in SHM
2.  What happens to acceleration  in  SHM (Simple Harmonic Motion) when displacement is increased or decreased by a factor ?
3.  In a mass spring system or pendulum at maximum displacement things that are true.
4.  In a mass spring system or pendulum at minimum  displacement things that are true.
5.  amplitude calculation in a pendulum given total angle of swing
6.  relationship between frequency and period .
7.  relationship between frequency and cycles per second or hertz?
8.  What happens to the period in a pendulum if the frequency changes from 30 hz to 90 hz?
9.  What happens to the period in a pendulum if the length changes from 10 m to 90 m?
10.  By what factor should the length of a pendulum change in order to have 5 X the period?
11.  By what factor should the length of a pendulum change in order to have 5 X the frequency?
12.  What changes if the pendulum's length is changed?
13.  Calculate the "a" due to gravity using a pendulum.   You also have to know by what factor it would change.  Ex if period is 2X normal this would happen if gravity were 1/4 of normal.   Know your formulas.
14.  Calculate a spring constant
15.  Calculate period given frequency
16.  Calculate period of a pendulum
17.  Calculate frequency of a wave  given wavelength and speed.
18  Calculate period of a wave given wavelength and speed



Refraction Test Review concepts

1.   Memorize three formulas:  index of refraction,  snell's law and critical angle
2.  calculate angle of refraction using snell's two indices of refraction, and an incident angle
3.  calculate an index of refraction using the speed in the material
4.  Describe and calculate refraction bending in terms of the normal  when given different indices for two mediums
5.  calculate the critical angle
6.  Solve for object distance given q and f  for either diverging or converging lens
7.  Solve for object distance given f and the height of image and object.  Substitution required
8.  Solve for magnification given p and q
9.  Know the sign conventions for diverging and converging lenses
10.  Draw an image formed by converging lens when object is in various positions
11.  Draw an image formed by diverging lens

Electrostatics Test Review Concepts

1.  Be able to write out the Coulomb's Law Formula, E field Formulas (there are two)
2.  Explain how to get an induced charge and relate it to lightning 
3.  Find the size and direction of a force given two charges, a distance and K
4.  Know your prefixes, nano, centi, milli, micro, kilo
5.  Find the size and direction of the resultant force when three charges form two forces that are perpendicular
6.  Find the size and direction of the resultant force when three charges form two forces that are nonperpendicular
7. Calculate the resulting E field on a point charge when the vectors are linear.
8  Calculate the resulting E field on a point charge when the vectors are perpendicular
9.  Calculate the resulting E field on a point charge when the vectors are  non perpendicular