What to Review for the Final Exam Physics I 1 st Semester

What to Bring Calculator #2 Pencil Note Page (81/2” x 11”) Practice Packet –If complete at least 80% and turn in by day of final will get to participate in any curve added to final.

What to Study? What to Study? Chapters 1-4 (YOUR Book - Black) Chapters 1-5 (OLD Book – Red) (used as a reference in class) Unit 1 – Introduction & Physics Skills (10%) Unit 2 – Describing Motion (15%) Unit 3 – Accelerated motion (15%) Unit 4 – Free Fall (15%) Unit 5 – Vectors (15%) Unit 6 – Projectile Motion (15%) Unit 7 – Force (15%) *Refer to your book, notes, power points (on Moodle), problem sets study guides, section reviews, and Phyz-Faxs when studying Checked out to you Link to online book on Moodle and available in class

Physics Skills (10%) –What is physics The study of mass and energy and their interactions –Science vs. technology Problem solving process vs. a product –Scientific method, variables Order of the steps What is a hypothesis and its purpose Control vs. experimental groups Independent vs. dependent variables

–Math skills Graph reading skills, calculating slope –Liner, direct, indirect (inverse) relationships Using right triangle rules and trig functions Significant figures Scientific notation Algebraic manipulation of equations –Metric system Know the common units of measure and prefixes –gram, meter, second or hour, Newton, etc. –milli, centi, kilo, mega, etc. –Perform simple conversions »i.e., meters to kilometers kilograms to grams hours to seconds

Motion (15%) –Point of reference and frame of reference –Distance vs. displacement –Speed vs. velocity –Apply the principles of constant motion to explain situations and make predictions –Motion word problems i.e, speed, distance, velocity, displacement and time of travel –Motion graphs Position-time graph –Meaning of slope Velocity time graph –Meaning of slope and area under line

Acceleration (15%) –Recognize when something accelerates –Apply the principles of accelerated motion to explain situations and make predictions –Solve acceleration problems i.e, acceleration, final velocity, initial velocity, displacement, and time of travel –Acceleration-time graphs Meaning of area under the line

Free Fall (15%) –Know the value of g –Apply the principles of free fall acceration to explain situations and make predictions –Solve free fall word problems i.e, time of fall, distance fell, landing velocity, maximum height reached if tossed.

Vector Addition (15%) –Difference between vectors and scalars –Graphical method of vector addition –Analytical method of vector addition –Crossing river and plane navigation problems –Add multiple vectors (e.g., forces) acting on a single object –Apply the principles of vector addition to explain situations and make predictions

Projectile Motion (15%) –Describe the trajectory of a projectile –X and Y components of velocity and displacement –When is V y max or minimum –Predict affects of angle of launch on range (d x ) and height obtained (d y ) for the projectile –Independence of X and Y –Solve projectile word problems –Apply the principles of projectile motion to explain situations and make predictions

Force (15%) –Define what a force is –Recognize when an unbalanced force is present and what affect it will have on an object –Newton’s Laws of Motion Apply the laws to explain situations and make predictions Name the laws by number Solve force word problems F = ma a = F/m –Contact vs. field forces Which is a push or gravity? Action - Reaction