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 Poiseuille s law * Fick s law ** 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 except *, 9.10 Transport Phenomena except ** 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 (Boltzmann formula not included, S = k ln W) Not included: Carnot engine, 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 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: 21.9 Hertz s Confirmation of Maxwell s Predictions, 21.10 Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna, 21.11 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves (theory needed, but no formulas), 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 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 24.7 Single-slit diffraction 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 (conditions of the eye only near and farsightedness) 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