Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Exam Prep

A few links to conceptual and actual practice problems and further info...

In general, your best bet is to check out the first couple of chapters in The People's Physics Book. The questions at the end of the units & problem-solving chapter and the one-dimensional motion chapter are comperable to what you can expect to see on the exam.

Other helpful links for conceptual understanding and practice problems:
  • General Summary from the Saint Mary's (Manhasset NY ) website.
  • Position, velocity and Acceleration at the fabulous Fear of Physics website

  • Stuff to know:
    • Units, Scientific Notation, Significant Digits
    • Distance vs. Displacement, Scalar vs. Vector
    • Vectors, vector addition, Vector Diagrams
    • Average Velocity, Constant Velocity, Instantaneous Velocity
    • Free Fall, Up & Down Free Fall
    Does everything fall at the same rate?

    Motion / Graphing Motion:
    (Velocity, Distance, Acceleration)
  • The physics of motion along a line
  • Describing motion with words
  • Describing Motion with Diagrams
  • Free Fall and the Acceleration of Gravity
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