All Science Tests are on Wednesday, June 17 th. Students who take more than one Science class will take their second science final on Thursday, June 18 from 8:00-10:00 AM in the Library. The Honors Physics Final covers all material from Marking Periods 3 and 4. How to use this Study Guide: As you go through the different bullets, cross off the key words, key concepts, and examples that you know well. When you are finished with the list, go over the bullets you had trouble with over and over again. Study hard! Do well! Rotational Kinematics and Torque Key Terms: Angular Displacement, Angular Velocity, Angular Acceleration, Radian vs Revolution, Torque, Moment of Inertia, Angular Kinetic Energy, Angular Momentum, Centripetal Acceleration, Centripetal Force How is rotational different than translational motion? What is a radian? o What is the relationship between radius and a radian? o How many radians are in a circle? How many degrees per radian? o How do you convert from revolutions per minute to radians per second? What is the rotational equivalent to: o Displacement o Velocity o Acceleration o Force What are the formulas for: o Linear Displacement o Linear Velocity o Linear Acceleration o Centripetal Acceleration o The New Kinematic Equations What is the formula for force? o How do you use this formula? o What are the units for torque? What is a moment of inertia? How do we find total kinetic energy of an object rolling down a hill?
Gravitation Key Terms: Period, Frequency, Semimajor Axis, Newton s Law of Universal Gravitation, Kepler s 1 st Law, Kepler s 2 nd Law, Kepler s 3 rd Law, Ellipses, Eccentricity, Focus (of an ellipse), Semimajor Axis, Geosynchronous What is Newton s Law of Universal Gravitation? o Are objects repulsed or attracted? Does gravity point downwards or inwards? o What is the formula? What is the value of G? What is Kepler s First Law? o What shape is traced out by rotating bodies? o What celestial body is located at the focus? What is Kepler s Second Law? o How do objects behave as they most closer to the Sun than farther from the Sun? What is Kepler s Third Law? o What is the formula that represents Kepler s Third Law? What is T? What is R? What is a geosynchronous orbit? o What are examples of objects that have this type of orbit? Electric Charge and Electric Fields Key Terms: Electric Charge, Positive, Negative Opposite, Proton, Neutron, Electron, Ion, Coulomb, Electrical Conductor, Electrical Insulator, Static Electricity, Charging by Contact, Grounding, Induction, Electric Force, Superposition, Electric Fields, Test Charge What are the properties and behaviors of charges? o How do like charges behave? o How do dissimilar charges behave? o How are ions created? Why are electrons important in discussing electricity? o What is the charge of an electron? What is a Coulomb? o What is the charge of a neutron? o What is the charge of a proton?
Electric Charge and Electric Fields (continued) How do charges flow? o What is a conductor? What are some examples of conductors? o What is an insulator? What are some examples of insulators? What is static electricity? o Why does it occur? What are some examples of when static electricity forms? What is electrical induction? o How would one induce an electric charge on a metal sphere and a grounding wire? What is Coulomb s Law? o What is the formula for Coulomb s law? What do the variables mean in the formula? What is k equal to? What is this formula similar to? o What does µ represent? o How does one solve problems for Coulomb s Law? What is electric force? o How does one solve problems for electric force? How do you solve for the net magnitude and direction of a force acting on a charged particle? What is an electric field? o What is a test charge? o What is the formula for the strength an electric field? What are the implications of a positive electric field? What are the implications of a negative electric field? o What are electric field lines? How do particles react when they are farther from a field? o What does a positive-positive field look like? o What does a negative-negative field look like? o What does a positive-negative field look like?
Simple Harmonic Motion Fineman Honors Physics Final Study Guide Key Terms: Equilibrium Position, Vibrating, Oscillate, Hertz What is simple harmonic motion? o What factors affect the motion of a pendulum? What is the formula for a pendulum? How do you solve for each variable in the formula? o What factors affect the motion of a mass-spring system? What is the formula for a mass-spring system? How do you solve for each variable in the formula? Waves Key Terms: Sine Curve, Crest, Trough, Wavelength, Amplitude, Transverse, Longitudinal, Surface Wave, Superposition, Interference Pattern, Constructive Interference, Destructive Interference, Beat, Reflection, Standing Wave, Fundamental Frequency, Harmonic, Node, Antinode, Doppler Effect, Blue Shift, Red Shift, Barrier Wave, Bow Wave, Shock Wave, Sonic Boom How fast do waves travel? o What is the formula for this? How do you solve for each variable in the formula? o What is the speed of sound in air? What assumptions do we make about air when we say it travels this fast? What does amplitude and frequency affect in sound? o What is the speed of light? What else travels at this speed? What does amplitude and frequency affect in sound? What is a transverse wave? o What are some examples of waves that SOLELY behave like a transverse wave? What is a longitudinal wave? o What are some examples of waves that SOLELY behave like a longitudinal wave? What is an interference pattern? o What is constructive interference? o What is destructive interference? What is complete destructive interference? What are beats? o Why do they occur? o What is the formula that describes beat frequencies?
Waves (continued) o What is the sound frequency threshold for humans? What happens when a wave hits the boundary between two objects? o What happens when this boundary is rigid? o What happens when this boundary is non-rigid? What are standing waves? o Why do they occur? o What is a node? Why does it occur? o What is an antinode? Why does it occur? o How do you determine the harmonic of a standing wave? What is a fundamental frequency? How do you find all other subsequent harmonic frequencies? What is the Doppler Effect? o Why does it occur? o When does it occur? o What types of things are affected by the Doppler Effect? What is a blue shift? Why does it happen? When does it happen? What is a red shift? Why does it happen? When does it happen? o What is the formula for the Doppler Effect? What does a plus-sign in the numerator represent? What does a negative-sign represent? What does a negative-sign in the denominator represent? What does a positive-sign represent?