Download Final Exam Review Sheet (Physics Semester)

PSA Final Exam Review Sheet (Physics Semester)
General Comments:
Know all the variables in the equations on the equation sheet.
Know the SI (metric) unit for each variable on the equation sheet.
Chapter 1:
What is a bar graph?
What is a line graph?
What is a circle graph?
What does a slope show on a graph?
What are the steps in the scientific method?
How does the scientific method work if your hypothesis is correct?
How does the scientific method work if your hypothesis is wrong?
What are the different kinds of variables?
What does it mean to have a controlled experiment?
What are scientific models and why are they important?
Know the relative size of different measurements.
Chapter 11:
What is average speed?
How do you calculate the average speed of an object?
What is acceleration?
How do you calculate the acceleration of an object?
Know the difference between positive acceleration and negative acceleration.
Chapter 12:
What is a force?
What is inertia?
Which of Newton's laws relates to inertia? Know how to apply it to examples.
What are balanced forces?
What are unbalanced forces?
What does equilibrium mean?
What is friction?
What two ways can you increase an object's air resistance?
Know how to determine the net force on an object and how it will influence the motion of the object.
How is acceleration related to net force and mass? Which of Newton's laws describes this
relationship?
Be able to use Newton's Second Law of Motion to do calculations.
What is the difference between weight and mass?
Be able to calculate weight.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion? How does it apply to examples?
What is momentum?
Chapter 15:
What is potential energy?
How do you calculate gravitational potential energy?
What is kinetic energy?
How do you calculate kinetic energy?
What is mechanical energy and how does it relate to PE and KE?
Can you explain how potential energy and kinetic energy are related for different examples, such as,
a roller coaster, pendulum, dropping ball, etc.?
Explain how different sloped ramps would influence the final speed of an object at the bottom and the
amount of time required to reach the bottom, assuming they start at the same height and the
ramp is frictionless.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? Be able to apply it to examples.
What are the main types of energy? Know examples of each.
Chapter 17:
What is a mechanical wave?
What is a medium?
What is the amplitude of a wave?
What is the frequency of a wave?
What is the period of a wave?
What is the wavelength of a wave?
What are reflection, refraction, and diffraction?
How are frequency and wavelength related for different sounds?
What is resonance?
How does resonance influence a sound?
What does supersonic mean?
How do different types of media influence the speed of sound?
What is the Doppler Effect?
EQUATION SHEET
Physical Science in Action Semester Assessment (Physics)
v=d
t
a = vf - vi
t
g = 9.8 m/s2
a = FNET
m
w=mxg
PE = mgh
KE = ½ mv2
v = fλ
λ=v
f
f=1
T