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Topics for the Final Exam
Knowledge of basic math concepts is expected (conversions, units, trigonometry, vectors, etc.)
Chapter 2.
displacement, velocity, acceleration
motion in one dimension with constant acceleration, freely falling objects
Chapter 3.
vectors and their properties, vector addition
displacement, velocity, and acceleration in two dimensions
projectile motion
Not included: 3.5 Relative velocity
Chapter 4.
Newton’s laws
forces, addition of forces
application of Newton’s laws
forces of friction (static, kinetic)
motion and equilibrium on inclines
Chapter 5.
Work
Kinetic Energy and the Work–Energy Theorem
Gravitational Potential Energy
Spring Potential Energy
Systems and Energy Conservation
Power
Not included: 5.7 Work Done by a Varying Force
Chapter 6.
Momentum and Impulse
Conservation of Momentum
Collisions (elastic and inelastic)
Not included: 6.4 Glancing Collisions and 6.5 Rocket Propulsion
Chapter 7.
Angular Speed and Angular Acceleration
Rotational Motion Under Constant Angular Acceleration
Relations Between Angular and Linear Quantities
Centripetal Acceleration
Newtonian Gravitation
Not included: 7.6 Kepler’s Laws
Chapter 8.
Torque
Torque and the Two Conditions for Equilibrium
Relationship Between Torque and Angular Acceleration
Rotational Kinetic Energy
Angular Momentum
Not included: 8.3 The Center of Gravity, Calculation of Moments of Inertia for Extended Objects
Chapter 9.
Density and Pressure
The Deformation of Solids
Variation of Pressure with Depth
Pressure Measurements
Buoyant Forces and Archimedes’ Principle
Fluids in Motion
Not included: Shear Modulus: Elasticity of Shape, Bulk Modulus: Volume Elasticity, 9.8 Other Applications
of Fluid Dynamics, 9.9 Surface Tension, Capillary Action, and Viscous Fluid Flow, 9.10 Transport
Phenomena
Chapter 10.
Temperature and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Thermometers and Temperature Scales
Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids
Macroscopic Description of an Ideal Gas
Not included: 10.5 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Chapter 11.
Heat and Internal Energy
Specific Heat
Calorimetry
Latent Heat and Phase Change
Not included: 11.5 Energy Transfer, 11.6 Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases,
Chapter 12.
Work in Thermodynamic Processes
The First Law of Thermodynamics
Thermal Processes (isobaric only)
The Second Law of Thermodynamics (no calculations)
Reversible and Irreversible Processes (no calculations)
Entropy, entropy and disorder (no calculations)
Not included: 12.6 Human Metabolism
Chapter 13.
Hooke’s Law
Elastic Potential Energy
Comparing Simple Harmonic Motion with Uniform Circular Motion
Position, Velocity, and Acceleration as a Function of Time
Motion of a Pendulum
Waves
Frequency, Amplitude, and Wavelength
Interference of Waves (no calculations)
Not included: 13.6 Damped Oscillations, 13.9 The Speed of Waves on Strings, 13.11 Reflection of Waves
Chapter 14.
Producing a Sound Wave
Characteristics of Sound Waves
The Speed of Sound (only formula 14.4 is needed)
Energy and Intensity of Sound Waves
Spherical and Plane Waves
The Doppler Effect
Interference of Sound Waves (no calculations)
Not included: 14.8 Standing Waves and the rest of the chapter after this.
Chapter 15.
Properties of Electric Charges, Insulators and Conductors, Coulomb’s Law, The Electric Field, Electric flux
Not included: 15.7 The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment, 15.8 The Van de Graaff Generator, Gauss’s Law
Chapter 16.
16.1 Potential Difference and Electric Potential, 16.2 Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point
Charges, 16.3 Potentials and Charged Conductors, 16.4 Equipotential Surfaces, 16.6 Capacitance, 16.7
The Parallel-Plate Capacitor, 16.8 Combinations of Capacitors, 16.9 Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor,
16.10 Capacitors with Dielectrics
Not included: 16.5 Applications
Chapter 17.
Not included: 17.2 A Microscopic View: Current and Drift Speed, 17.7 Superconductors, 17.8 Electrical
Activity in the Heart, Electrocardiograms,
Chapter 18.
Not included: 18.6 – 18.8
Chapter 19.
Not included: 19.10 Magnetic Domains
Chapter 20.
Not included: 20.4 Generators, inductance of a coil and solenoid (Eq 20.10 and 20.11)
Chapter 21.
Not included: 21.8 Maxwell’s Predictions, 21.9 Hertz’s Confirmation of Maxwell’s Predictions, 21.10
Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna, 21.11 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves, 21.13
The Doppler Effect for Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 22.
Not included: 22.5 The Rainbow, Huygens’ Principle Applied to Reflection and Refraction (but Huygen’s
principle is needed),
Chapter 23.
Not included: 23.5 Atmospheric Refraction, Eq. 23.7 and 23.8
Chapters 24-29.
Included:
24.1, 24.2, 24.6, 24.7
25.2, 25.3, 25.4,
27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5 (no calculation/equation, just the principle), 27.6 (de Broglie formula)
28.2 (no equations), 28.3 (no equations), 28.4, 28.5, 28.6 (no equations), 28.7
29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4
Not included:
24.3 Change of Phase Due to Reflection
24.4 Interference in Thin Films
24.5 Using Interference to Read CDs and DVDs
24.8 The Diffraction Grating
24.9 Polarization of Light Waves
25.1 The Camera
25.5 The Telescope
25.6 Resolution of Single-Slit and Circular Apertures
25.7 The Michelson Interferometer
all of Chapter 26
electron microscope
27.7 The Wave Function
27.8 The Uncertainty Principle
28.1 Early Models of the Atom
29.5 Natural Radioactivity
29.6 Nuclear Reactions
29.7 Medical Applications of Radiation
Possible essay topics:
Definitions and laws from all chapters
25.2 The Eye
27.2 The Photoelectric Effect and the Particle Theory of Light
27.3 X-Rays
27.5 The Compton Effect (no calculation/equation, just the principle)
28.2 Atomic Spectra (no calculation/equation, just the principle)
28.3 The Bohr Model (no calculation/equation, just the principle)
28.4 Quantum Mechanics and the Hydrogen Atom
28.5 The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table
28.6 Characteristic X-Rays (no calculation/equation, just the principle)
28.7 Atomic Transitions and Lasers