Conceptual Physics

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Conceptual Physics

• Final Exam Review---2nd Semester

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What is the test going to be like?

• 78 multiple choice questions.
• You will provide your answers on a Scantron
  bubble sheet.
• You will be able to use the test packet to do any
  scratch work necessary.
• You will have the entire period to complete the
  test (85 minutes).
• You must bring a calculator and a pencil!
• A formula sheet will be provided.

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What should I be doing to prepare?

• Complete the study guide. This will help you to
  identify your strengths and weaknesses.
• Get organized Organize your binderlooking over
  old materials will help! Get pencils ready,
  locate a calculator.
• Be in class this week! Ask questions while you
  are in class!
• Come in for the review session after school
  TOMORROW!! (235-315)
• Attend Raider Aid (there is a physics teacher
  available every day this week!)
• Study at home by yourself or with a friend.

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What do I need to know?

• The definitions and units for all vocabulary
  discussed this semester.
• Conceptual ideas related to all topics covered
  this semester. (Not all questions involve
  calculationsthey test your understanding of the
  idea)
• When and how to use formulas. You will NOT need
  to memorize them!

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What do I need to know?

• Acceleration
• Identify patterns in graphs and use them to
  describe the motion of an object.
• Position-time, velocity-time and
  acceleration-time.
• Identify direction, velocity and acceleration for
  an object.
• Know what slope, y-intercept and area under the
  line represent on all 3 types of motion graphs.
• Calculate displacement, distance, time,
  acceleration and velocity with equations OR
  graphs.

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What do I need to know?

• Projectile Motion
• Know the rate of acceleration for projectiles.
  (g9.8 m/s/s)
• Know the velocity/acceleration of a projectile at
  the peak of its path.
• Calculate distance, time, velocity and range
  from word problems using formulas.

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What do I need to know?

• Forces
• Identify types of forces present.
• Identify correctly drawn FBDs.
• Know the difference between mass and weight.
• Calculate
• weight using Fgmg
• force friction using Ff Fnµ
• Calculate Fnet using FBDs.
• Know the difference between Coulombs Law and the
  Universal Law of Gravitation.

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What do I need to know?

• Newtons Laws
• Know the major ideas expressed in all 3 of
  Newtons Laws of motion
• Use Newtons Laws to determine the outcome of a
  situation including the action of an object or
  the amount of force experienced by an object.
• Calculate Fnet or acceleration using Newtons 2nd
  Law. (Fma)

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What do I need to know?

• Energy
• Identify the 4 major types of energy.
• Identify correctly drawn energy bar charts.
• Calculate Eg, Ek or Ee using equations.
• Calculate Ee using an equation or a graph.
• Find the k-value for a spring with a graph
  (slope) or the Fkx formula.
• Find F, x or k using the Fkx formula.
• Using energy conservation, find velocity, time,
  or height for a given object.