Gen. Physics 1

• Calculate the moment of inertia


  • About a given axis of single-object and multiple-object systems
• Exploit analogies between pure translational motion and pure rotational motion

  • To infer rotational motion equations (e.g., rotational kinematic equations, rotational kinetic energy, torque-angular acceleration relation)
• Calculate magnitude and direction of torque

  Using the definition of torque as a cross product
• Describe rotational quantities


  • Using vectors
• Apply the rotational kinematic relations


  For systems with constant angular accelerations
• Solve static equilibrium problems


  In contexts such as, but not limited to, see-saws, mobiles, cable-hinge-strut system, leaning ladders, and weighing a heavy suitcase using a small bathroom scale
• Determine angular momentum


  Of different systems
• Recognize whether angular momentum is conserved or not

  Over various time intervals in a given system
• Perform an experiment involving static equilibrium


  And analyze the data—identifying discrepancies between theoretical expectations and experimental results when appropriate
• Solve rotational kinematics and dynamics problems


  In contexts such as, but not limited to, flywheels as energy storage devices, and spinning hard drives
• Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

  A law that describes the gravitational force between any two objects with mass
• Gravitational field


  The region around a mass where a test mass will experience a gravitational force
• Gravitational potential energy


  The potential energy an object has due to its position in a gravitational field
• Escape velocity


  The minimum velocity an object needs to escape the gravitational pull of a planet or other body
• Orbits


  The curved path an object takes around another object due to gravity
• Use Newton's law of gravitation


  To infer gravitational force, weight, and acceleration due to gravity
• Determine the net gravitational force


  On a mass given a system of point masses
• Gravitational field


  The physical significance of the gravitational field
• Apply the concept of gravitational potential energy


  In physics problems
• For circular orbits, relate Kepler's third law of planetary motion

  To Newton's law of gravitation and centripetal acceleration
• Solve gravity-related problems


  In contexts such as, but not limited to, inferring the mass of the Earth, inferring the mass of Jupiter from the motion of its moons, and calculating escape speeds from the Earth and from the solar system
• Periodic Motion


  Motion that repeats itself at regular intervals
• Simple harmonic motion


  • Spring-mass system, simple pendulum, physical pendulum
• Relate the amplitude, frequency, angular frequency, period, displacement, velocity, and acceleration

  Of oscillating systems
• Simple harmonic motion


  The necessary conditions for an object to undergo simple harmonic motion
• Analyze the motion of an oscillating system

  Using energy and Newton's 2nd law approaches
• Calculate the period and the frequency

  Of spring mass, simple pendulum, and physical pendulum
• Damped and Driven oscillation


  Underdamped, overdamped, and critically damped motion
• Resonance


  The conditions for resonance
• Perform an experiment involving periodic motion


  And analyze the data—identifying discrepancies between theoretical expectations and experimental results when appropriate
• Mechanical wave


  Longitudinal wave, transverse wave, periodic wave, and sinusoidal wave
• From a given sinusoidal wave function


  Infer the (speed, wavelength, frequency, period, direction, and wave number
• Calculate the propagation speed, power transmitted

  By waves on a string with given tension, mass, and length
• Apply the inverse-square relation


  Between the intensity of waves and the distance from the source
• Describe qualitatively and quantitatively

  The superposition of waves
• Apply the condition


  For standing waves on a string
• Relate the frequency (source dependent) and wavelength of sound


  With the motion of the source and the listener
• Solve problems involving sound and mechanical waves


  In contexts such as, but not limited to, echolocation, musical instruments, ambulance sounds
• Perform an experiment investigating the properties of sound waves


  And analyze the data appropriately—identifying deviations from theoretical expectations when appropriate
• Specific gravity


  The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance, usually water