PHYSICAL SCIENCE 110
"Physical Science"

Spring 2021

Imperial Valley College

Synchronous Class Instructions
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Course Information and Syllabus

MECHANICS
First Lecture Class Nores
Aristotle and Galileo
Galileo Experiments

Hammer and Feather Experiment on the Moon
Scalars and Vectors
Mass and Weight
Normal Force and Net Force
Mechanical Equilibrium


Second Lecture Class Nores
Speed abd Velocity
Acceleration
Acceleration of Gravity
Falling Distance

Free Fall Table (doc)
Free Fall Table (jpg)


Third Lecture Class Nores
Acceleration Review
Newton's First and Second Laws of Mottion
Newton's Third Law of Mottion


Fourth Lecture Class Nores
Vector Addition


Fifth Lecture Class Nores
Work and Power
Kinetic Energy
Work-Energy Theorem
Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy


Sixth Lecture Class Nores
Inclined Plane
Levers and Levers - MA and Lever Examples
Pulleys and Pulleys - MA and Pulley Examples


Seventh Lecture Class Nores
Circle and Sphere Area
Light Brightness
Newton's Law of Gravity
Forces at Different Distances


Questions on the Concepts.

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THERMODYNAMICS
Thermal Energy
Temperature Scales and Absolute Zero
Laws of Thermodynamics
Methods of Heat Movement
Conduction Convection Radiation
Quantity of Heat
Page One Page Two Page Three
Change of Phase
Page One Page Two
Temperature-Phase-Diagram

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ELECTRICITY
Electric Force
Atoms
Coulomb's Law and Electric Potential
Coulumb's Law Electric-Potential Electric-Potential-II
Circuits
Page One Page Two
Series Circuits Parallel Circuits
Circuit Resistance Circuits Summary
Electrical Power

Properties of Series and Parallel Circuits.

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WAVES
Waves I and Waves II and Waves III
Types of Waves and Sound Waves
Resonance
Reflection
Refraction and Refractive Index
Total Internal Reflection

TIR and Snells Law. Not required.

Dispersion and Chromatic Aberration
Diffraction
Light and Materials and Why is the sky bluw?


Nature of Light-I
History of Light
Nature of Light-II
Electro-Magnetic Spectrum


Animations by Dr. Dan Russell, Pennsylvania State University
What is a Wave?
Longitudinal and Transverse Waves.
Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms.

Check out this movie: Jet Flying at Mach-1.
Wave Addition and Beats
Tuning Fork Vibrations


Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Resonance at Work!

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MODERN PHYSICS
Atoms II
U-235 Fission
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Understanding Fission and Fusion Equations
Radio-Isotopic Dating

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Properties of Spectra
The Mystery of Emission-Line Spectra
Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectra
Examples of Emission-Line Spectra

Solar Fraunhofer Lines
Solar-Type Spectra
Prominent Fraunhofer Lines
Identifying Lines in the Solar Spectrum
Our Sun's Fraunhofer spectrum

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