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DO NOT LOSE THIS PACKET! The following syllabus contains the IB Physics Topics/Options and subtopics that we will cover
throughout the year, as well as corresponding sections in our textbook. There is 1 or more Problem Set(s) assigned to each IB
Topic/Option.
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Each problem set is worth 25 points.
As we progress through the school year, I will announce when each Problem Set is due.
On the day it is due, I will collect them all AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD.
I will then select 5 problems (occasionally 6 or 7) that I will grade.
I will grade the same 5 problems for all students in the class.
Each section of IB Physics may have a different set of 5 problems randomly chosen.
Students may turn in Problem Sets late, losing 20% of the points earned if submitted up to 1 day late, and an additional 10%
for each additional day. A different set of 5 problems may be randomly chosen for all Problems Sets that are turned in late.
Since you will not have nightly homework assignments from the textbook, it is of the utmost importance that you are working on the
Problem Sets regularly. Very little time, if any, will be spent during class discussing these homework problems. DO NOT PUT OFF
COMPLETING ALL THE PROBLEMS UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY ARE DUE! THERE WILL BE QUIZZES WITH
THESE SAME TYPES OF PROBLEMS DURING EACH UNIT, OFTEN BEFORE THE PROBLEM SET IS DUE.
Although I realize you that many of you will solve these problems in small groups or with the assistance of your peers, the expectation is
that everyone’s solutions will be those of his/her own. If numerous solutions/answers are identical to those of a classmate, or to those of
other sources (such as the textbook’s author), a grade of zero will be given for that problem set.
YEAR 1
PHYSICS AND PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT: TOPIC 1
THE REALM OF PHYSICS (RANGE OF MAGNITUDES OF QUANTITIES IN OUR UNIVERSE),
MEASUREMENT AND UNCERTAINTIES (THE SI SYSTEM OF FUNDAMENTAL AND DERIVED
UNITS, UNCERTAINTY AND ERROR IN MEASUREMENT, UNCERTAINTIES IN CALCULATED
RESULTS, UNCERTAINS IN GRAPHS), VECTORS AND SCALARS
 Sections 1.1 – 1.5
Problem set 1: Pg 6 # 15, 16, 18-23; Pg 13 # 1, 2; Pg 36 # 4, 8, 9, 11-16, 18 Pg 19 # 1-6, 12-16;
MECHANICS: TOPIC 2
(AND FORCES AND FIELDS: TOPIC 6 AND MOTION IN FIELDS: TOPIC 9)
KINEMATICS, FORCES AND DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY, POWER, UNIFORM CIRCULAR
MOTION, GRAVITAIONAL FORCE, PROJECTILE MOTION, GRAVIATIONAL FIELD, POTENTIAL,
AND ENERGY, ORBITAL MOTION
 Sections 2.1 – 2.11
Problem set 2: Pg 45 # 1-6, 11, 12; Pg 57 # 1-8, 10-12, 14, 16-19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31
Problem set 3: Pg 46 #8-10, Pg 28 # 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16; Pg 139 # 1-4, 7, 9-12, 18, 19
Problem set 4: Pg 73 #1-4, 6, 7-10, 12, 13; Pg 84 # 1-6, 9-17, 21, 23;
Problem set 5: Pg 112 # 1-13, 15-20, 23-27
Problem set 6: Pg 95 # 1-5, 7, 8, 12-17, 22, 24; Pg 124 # 1-10, 16-18;
Problem set 7: Pg 130 # 1-8; Pg 152 # 1-3, 5-7, 9, 15-17, 21, 23-26
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THERMAL PHYSICS: TOPIC 3
THERMAL CONCEPTS, THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER (SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY, PHASE
CHANGES, LATENT HEAT, AND KINETIC MODEL OF AN IDEAL GAS)
 Sections 3.1-3.2
Problem set 8: Pg 161 #1-5; Pg 171 #1-8, 10, 13, 15-18
THERMAL PHYSICS: TOPIC 10
THERMODYNAMICS (GAS LAWS), PROCESSES (THE 1 ST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS), 2ND LAW
OF THERMODYNAMICS AND ENTROPY
 Sections 3.3 and 3.4
Problem set 9: Pg 181 # 1-3, 6-9, 11-15; Pg 192 # 1-11, 13
OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES: TOPIC 4
KINEMATICS OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (SHM), ENERGY CHANGES DURING SHM,
FORCED OSCILLATIONS AND RESONANCE, WAVE CHARACTERISTICS, AND WAVE
PROPERTIES
 Sections 4.1 – 4.3
Problem set 10: Pg 209 #1-4, 6, 8-10, 13, 14, 16-18, 24, 25, 27-29, 31-33, 35-37
Problem set 11: Pg 225 #3-8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19; Pg 250 #1, 2, 4-10, 14-16, 18
WAVE PHENOMENA: TOPIC 11
STANDING/STATIONARY WAVES, DOPPLER EFFECT, DIFFRACTION (DIFFRACTION AT A
SINGLE SLIT), RESOLUTION, POLARIZATION
 Sections 4.4 – 4.9
Problem set 12: Pg 236 #1-3, 5-8, 10; Pg 256 # 1-3, 5, 7-16;
Problem set 13: Pg 278 # 1-4, 6-8, 11-14, 18; Pg 242 #1-7; Pg 265 # 1-4; Pg 270 # 1-5
SUMMER YEAR1/YEAR 2
YEAR 2
ELECTRIC CURRENTS: TOPIC 5 (AND FIELDS AND FORCES: TOPIC 6)
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE, CURRENT, RESISTANCE, ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, ELECTRIC
FORCE, ELECTRIC FIELD, POTENTIAL AND ENERGY, MAGNETIC FORCE AND FIELD
 Sections 5.1 - 5.6
Problem Set 14: Pg 287 # 1-7, 9, 11; Pg 296 # 1, 4-6, 9-12; Pg 307 # 1, 3-8, 10, 12, 13
Problem Set 15: Pg 316 # 6-10, 12-19; Pg 328 # 1-4, 6, 9, 11-13, 17, 22, 34-37
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ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION: TOPIC 12
INDUCED ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (EMF), ALTERNATING CURRENT, TRANSMISSION OF
ELECTRICAL POWER
 Sections 5.7 and 5.8
Problem Set 16: Pg 344 # 2-4, 6, 7, 9-15, 23; Pg 357 # 1, 2, 4-10; Pg 365 # 1-5, 7
ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS: TOPIC 7
THE ATOM (ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND NUCLEAR STRUCTURE), RADIOACTIVE DECAY
(RADIOACTIVITY AND HALF-LIFE), NUCLEAR REACTIONS, FISSION, AND FUSION
 Sections 6.1 – 6.3
Problem Set 17: Pg 372 # 1, 3, 5-9; Pg 379 # 3-5, 8-13; Pg 387 # 1, 2, 5-7, 10; Pg 412 # 6-14
QUANTUM PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS: TOPIC 13
QUANTUM PHYSICS (THE QUANTUM NATURE OF RADIATION, THE WAVE NATURE OF
MATTER, ATOMIC SPECTRA AND ATOMIC ENERGY STATES), NUCLEAR PHYSICS
(RADIOACTIVE DECAY)
 Sections 6.4 – 6.6
Problem Set 18: Pg 395 # 1-10; Pg 404 # 1, 3-9, 11-13
RELATIVITY: OPTION H
INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVITY (FRAMES OF REFERENCE), CONCEPTS AND POSTULATES OF
SPECIAL RELATIVITY, RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS (TIME DILATION LENGTH CONTRACTION),
SOME CONSEQUENCES OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY (THE TWIN PARADOX, VELOCITY ADDITION,
MASS AND ENERGY), EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT SPECIAL RELATIVITY, RELATIVISTIC
MOMENTUM AND ENERGY, GENERAL RELATIVITY (THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE,
SPACETIME, BLACK HOLES, GRAVITATIONAL RED-SHIFT), EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT GENERAL
RELATIVITY
 Option H1 – H5
Problem Set 19: Pg 650 #1-5, 10; Pg 661 #1-7, 11, 13; Pg 669 #1-9
Problem Set 20: Pg 675 #1-11, 13, 15; Pg 686 #1, 4-12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24,
(BIO)MEDICAL PHYSICS: OPTION I
THE EAR AND HEARING, MEDICAL IMAGING (X-RAYS, ULTRASOUND, NMR AND LASERS),
RADIATION IN MEDICINE
 Option I1 – I3
Problem Set 21: Pg 698 #1-7, 9; Pg 710 # 1-6, 8; Pg 717 #1-7
ENERGY, POWER, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: TOPIC 8
ENERGY DEGRADATION AND POWER GENERATION, WORLD ENERGY RESOURCES, FOSSIL
FUEL POWER PRODUCTION, NON-FOSSIL FUEL POWER PRODUCTION (NUCLEAR POWER,
SOLAR POWER, HYDROELECTRIC POWER, WIND POWER, WAVE POWER), GREENHOUSE
EFFECT (SOLAR RADIATION, THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT), GLOBAL WARMING
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 Sections 7.1 and 7.2
Problem Set 22: Pg 430 # 2-8, 15, 17-27, 29, 30
Problem Set 23: Pg 450 # 1-10, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23-25, 28-30, 32-36
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: TOPIC 14
ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL SIGNALS, DATA CAPTURE, DIGITAL IMAGING USING CHARGECOUPLED DEVICES (CCDs)
 Sections 8.1 and 8.2
Problem Set 24: Pg 461 # 1-4, 6-8, 10, 13-15, 19
Problem Set 25: Pg 468 # 1-8, 15-18, 22-25