Unit 1 Describing Motion:Kinematics in One Dimension 1
Lesson 1 Scalars and Vectors 1
Lesson 2 Distance and Displacement 3
Lesson 3 Speed and Velocity 6
Lesson 4 Acceleration 9
Lesson 5 Position-Time Graphs and Velocity-Time Graphs 13
Lesson 6 Kinematics Equations and Problem-Solving 19
Lesson 7 Motions due to Gravity--Free Fall 23
Unit 2 Vector Addition 27
Lesson 1 Addition of Vectors-Graphical Methods 27
Lesson 2 Multiplications of a Vector by a Scalar and Subtraction of Vectors 30
Lesson 3 Components of Vectors 31
Unit 3 Newton Motion Law 36
Lesson 1 Newton s First Law of Motion 36
Lesson 2 Newton s Second Law of Motion 39
Lesson 3 Newton s Third Law of Motion 44
Unit 4 Momentum and Its Conservation 48
Lesson 1 Impulse and Momentum 48
Lesson 2 Conservation of Momentum 53
Unit 5 Work And Energy 58
Lesson 1 Work 58
Lesson 2 Power 62
Lesson 3 Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem 64
Lesson 4 Potential Energy 68
Lesson 5 The Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy 74
Unit 6 Thermal Physics 78
Lesson 1 Temperature and Kinetic Molecular Theory 78
Lesson 2 The Gas Laws 81
Lesson 3 The Equation of State of an Ideal Gas 85
Lesson 4 Laws of Thermodynamics 87
Unit 7 Electric Fields 91
Lesson 1 Charges 91
Lesson 2 Electric Force and Coulomb s Law 94
Lesson 3 Electric Field Intensity 96
Lesson 4 Electric Field Lines 99
Lesson 5 Lighting Strikes 101
Lesson 6 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential 103
Lesson 7 The Capactors 105
Unit 8 Electricity 109
Lesson 1 Electric Current 109
Lesson 2 P.D.,Voltage and E.M.F. 112
Lesson 3 Resistance and Ohm s Law 115
Lesson 4 Power and Work in Electrical Circuits 118
Lesson 5 Resistors in Series an Parallel 120
Lesson 6 Sources of E.M.F.-Internal Resistance 122
Unit 9 Magnetic Fields 125
Lesson 1 Introducing Magnetic Field 125
Lesson 2 The Field Lines and the Cause of Magnetic Fields 127
Lesson 3 Magnetic Field Strength 130
Lesson 4 Magnetic Field and Moving Charges 133
Lesson 5 The Hall Effect 136
Unit 10 Electromagnetic Induction 139
Lesson 1 Introducing Electromagnetic Induction 139
Lesson 2 The Magnitude of Induced E.M.F.-Faraday s Law 142
Lesson 3 Lenz s Law 144
Lesson 4 E.M.F.Induced in a Rotating Coil 147
Lesson 5 Describing Alternating Current 150
Lesson 6 Introducing Electromagnetic Waves 153
Unit 11 Optics 157
Lesson 1 The Speed of Light 157
Lesson 2 Reflection 160
Lesson 3 Refraction 164
Lesson 4 Image Formation by Lenses(I) 167
Lesson 5 Image Formation by Lenses(II) 171
Lesson 6 The Eye 174
Unit 12 The Nature of Light 178
Lesson 1 Wave-Particle Duality of Light 178
Lesson 2 Light Is a Type of Electromagnetic Waves 180
Lesson 3 Young s Double Slit Experiment 183
Lesson 4 The Photoelectric Effect 186
Unit 13 Basic Nuclear Physics 189
Lesson 1 Modem Atom Model 189
Lesson 2 What the World Is Made of and What Holds It together? 192
Lesson 3 Searching for the Atom s Structure 196
Lesson 4 Radioactity and Radioactive Particles 198
Lesson 5 Radioactivity Decay 201
Lesson 6 Nuclear Reactions 205
Appendix I Keys 209
Appendix II Vocabulary 212
Appendix III The Reference Books 230