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PHYSICS 12 - Detailed Course Outline
- Prescribed Learning Outcomes The following is a list of “Prescribed Learning Outcomes” for Physics 12, as defined by the British Columbia
Ministry of Education. The knowledge and skills outlined are those that you can expect to be tested on the
provincial exam in June.
Textbook references have been given for Physics (9th Edition), Cutnell and Johnson. There may be some minor
modifications throughout the year, and some additional material will be given in the form of notes and handouts.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have read and reviewed all sections, including those that are not dealt
with in depth in class.
UNIT A: Vector Kinematics in Two Dimensions (Vectors and relative velocity) - Text: Chapter 1 to 3
You should be able to:
- identify scalars and vectors
- identify the resultant vector and component vectors on vector diagrams
- write vector equations describing the vector addition of two or more velocities or displacements
- write vector equations describing the subtraction of two velocities or displacements
- use graphical methods to resolve a vector into two perpendicular components
- resolve a vector into components using trigonometry
- use graphical methods or trigonometry to add or subtract vectors
- describe relative velocity
- use vector analysis to determine velocities, displacement, and time of travel for navigational problems
- gather and organize data, produce and interpret graphs, and determine relationships between variables
UNIT B: Vector Kinematics in Two Dimensions (Motion with constant acceleration)
Text: Chapters 3
You should be able to:
- identify situations involving the use of kinematics
- solve problems involving: displacement, initial velocity, final velocity, average velocity, acceleration, time
- describe the shape of the path taken by a projectile fired at some angle above the horizon if friction is negligible
- determine from experimental data that the horizontal motion of a projectile is independent of its vertical motion
if friction is negligible
- demonstrate that the horizontal velocity of a projectile is constant if friction is ignored
- state that a projectile experiences a constant downward acceleration due to gravity if friction is negligible
- resolve a projectile’s velocity into horizontal and vertical components
- solve projectile motion problems involving: range, maximum height, time of flight, displacement, velocity,
acceleration
UNIT C: Dynamics (Forces) - Text: Chapter 4
You should be able to:
- state Newton’s laws of motion
- identify workplace and community situations involving Newton’s three laws
- apply Newton’s laws of motion to common situations
- solve problems involving: force, mass, acceleration
- describe force as a vector quantity
- define gravitational field strength
- solve problems involving: the force of gravity (weight), gravitational field strength, mass
- solve problems involving: force of friction, coefficient of friction, normal force
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UNIT D:
Vector Dynamics (Two-dimensional dynamics) - Text: Chapter 4
You should be able to:
- resolve a force into two orthogonal components
- determine the magnitude and direction of a force given its two orthogonal components
- determine the net force from two or more forces
- construct free-body diagrams for objects in various situations
- use free-body diagrams to solve problems involving balanced or unbalanced forces
- solve problems involving objects on inclines
UNIT E:
Work, Energy, and Power - Text: Chapter 6
You should be able to:
- define work, and solve problems involving: work, force, displacement
- determine graphically the amount of work done on objects by constant or linearly varying forces
- define energy
- state the work-energy theorem
- differentiate between kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy and give examples of each
- solve problems involving: kinetic energy, mass, gravitational potential energy, height, velocity
- state the law of conservation of energy and apply it to real-life situations
- define power
- solve problems involving: power, work, time, efficiency
UNIT F: Momentum (One-dimensional momentum) - Text: Chapter 7 (omit 7.5)
You should be able to:
- define momentum and impulse
- state that momentum and impulse are vector quantities
- identify and compare momenta of common objects
- solve problems involving: net force, time, impulse, velocity, mass, momentum
- state the law of conservation of momentum
- determine whether a collision is elastic or inelastic
- solve problems related to collisions or explosions involving: mass, initial velocity, final velocity, momentum
UNIT G: Momentum (Two-dimensional momentum)
Text: Chapter 7.4
You should be able to:
- analyze conservation of momentum in two dimensions
- give examples of common situations involving momentum and impulse
- solve problems for two objects involved in an oblique collision or for a stationary object exploding into no more
than three fragments involving: mass, momentum, velocity, impulse
UNIT H: Equilibrium - Text:
Chapters 9.1 – 9.2
You should be able to:
- define translational equilibrium
- use free-body diagrams and vector analyses to determine the sum of the forces acting at a single point on an
object
- solve problems for common objects in translational equilibrium
- define torque and identify situations involving the application of torque
- solve problems involving: torque, force, lever arm
- define center of gravity and determine its location for objects of uniform shape and density
- define rotational motion
- determine the sum of the forces and the torque on an object
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- define static equilibrium
- demonstrate that in static equilibrium, any location can be chosen as the pivot point
- solve problems for common objects in static equilibrium
UNIT I: Circular Motion - Text:
Chapter 5 (omit 5.4)
You should be able to:
- describe the velocity of an object moving in uniform circular motion at any point in that motion
- demonstrate that the acceleration of an object may result in a change in direction with no change in speed
- define centripetal acceleration and centripetal force
- solve problems involving: centripetal force, speed, radius of revolution, period of revolution, object’s mass
- analyze and describe the forces acting on common objects in circular motion
UNIT J: Gravitation - Text: Chapter 4.7, 6.3, handout (Serway) on GPE at planetary magnitudes
You should be able to:
- state Newton’s law of universal gravitation
- apply Newton’s law of universal gravitation to solve problems involving: force, mass, distance of separation
- describe the gravitational field of a body in terms of an inverse square relationship
- indicate that work required to move an object in a gravitational field is given by the area below a graph of
gravitational force versus distance of separation
- define gravitational potential energy
- solve problems involving: gravitational potential energy relative to zero at infinity, mass, distance of separation
- calculate the work required to change the separation distance between objects
- analyze and describe orbiting systems in terms of universal gravitation and centripetal forces
- solve problems involving orbiting systems
- calculate the total energy of an orbiting object
UNIT K: Electrostatics (Electric force and electric field)
Text: Chapter 18.1 to 18.7, 18.11
You should be able to:
- state Coulomb’s law
- solve problems using Coulomb’s law for two point charges, involving: electric force, charge, distance of
separation, Coulomb’s constant
- calculate the net electric force on a point charge due to two other point charges
- define electric field
- calculate the net electric field at any point on a line containing two point charges
- describe the electric field lines for simple charge distributions
- describe situations that produce uniform or non-uniform electric fields
- solve problems for a charge in an electric field, involving: force, charge, electric field
UNIT L: Electrostatics (Electric potential energy and electric potential)
Text: Chapter 19.1 to 19.4, 19.7
You should be able to:
- define the following: electric potential energy, electric potential, electric potential difference
- solve problems for a charge in an electric field, involving: electric potential difference, electric potential energy,
charge
- solve problems for a uniform electric field, involving: electric potential difference, electric field, distance
between two locations in a field
- solve problems for two point charges, involving: electric potential energy, charge, distance of separation,
Coulomb’s constant
- calculate the work required to move a charge between two locations in an electric field
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- solve problems using the law of conservation of energy for a charge in an electric field, involving: speed, mass,
charge, distance, work, electric field, electric potential difference
- apply the principles of electrostatics to qualitatively explain the operation of a cathode-ray tube (CRT)
- solve problems for no more than two point charges, involving: electric potential relative to zero at infinity,
charge, distance
UNIT M: Electric Circuits (Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws)
Text: Chapter 20.1, 20.2, 20.6 to 20.10, 20.15
You should be able to:
- define electric currents
- solve problems involving: current, time, charge
- relate conventional current direction to the direction of electron flow in a conductor
- define resistance in terms of Ohm’s law
- solve problems involving: electric potential difference, current, resistance
- calculate the total (equivalent) resistance for resistors connected in parallel, series, or a combination
- state Kirchhoff’s laws and apply them to circuits containing one source of electric potential difference
- demonstrate the ability to construct circuits from schematic diagrams
- demonstrate the correct placement and use of an ammeter and voltmeter in a circuit
- define electromotive force (emf), terminal voltage, and internal resistance
- solve problems using: terminal voltage, electromotive force (emf), internal resistance, current, electric potential
difference
UNIT N: Electric Circuits (Power and energy)
Text: Chapter 20.4
You should be able to:
- define electric power
- solve problems involving: electric power, electric potential difference, current, resistance, efficiency
- compare energy consumption of various household electrical appliances
- explain why electric energy is transmitted through transmission lines at high potential
UNIT O: Electromagnetism (magnetic forces)
Text: Chapter 21.1 to 21.3, 21.5, 21.7
You should be able to:
- state the rules that explain how magnetic poles interact with each other
- determine the direction of the magnetic field lines for a permanent magnet
- use the right-hand rule to determine the magnetic field direction for a current-carrying wire or a solenoid
- determine the direction of the force exerted on a current-carrying conductor or a moving charge that is within a
magnetic field
- solve problems for current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field, involving: magnetic force, current,
length of conductor in the field, magnetic field
- solve problems for a charge moving through a magnetic field, involving: magnetic force, charge, magnetic field,
centripetal force, mass, radius
- apply the principles of electromagnetism to quantitatively explain the operation of a cathode-ray tube
- solve problems for a solenoid, involving: current, magnetic field (in the center of the solenoid), number of turns
per meter of solenoid
- give examples of practical uses for solenoids in the home and workplace
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UNIT P: Electromagnetism (Magnetic induction)
Text: Chapter 22.1 to 22.5, 22.7 (back emf), 22.9, 22.10
You should be able to:
- solve problems for a conductor moving perpendicularly through a uniform magnetic field, involving:
electromotive force (emf) between the ends of the conductor, speed of the conductor, magnetic field, length of the
conductor
- define magnetic flux
- calculate the magnetic flux through a loop of wire placed parallel or perpendicular to a magnetic field
- identify, from appropriate diagrams, situations that would produce an induced emf in a coil
- apply Faraday’s law to solve problems involving: time, change of flux, induced emf, number of turns
- apply Lenz’s law to determine the direction of the induced current in a loop of wire
- qualitatively describe how a generator uses induction to produce an electric current
- define back emf
- solve problems for DC motors involving: current, back emf, armature resistance, voltage to motor
- give evidence of current fluctuations due to back emf in common applications of motors
- solve problems for an ideal transformer, involving: primary voltage, secondary voltage, number of primary
windings, number of secondary windings, primary current, secondary current
- identify a transformer as step-up or step-down
- give examples of the use of transformers in the home, workplace, and community