Chapter 1 Physics: The Science of Matter and Energy |
Multi-Lab: Think Physics! |
1.1 Physics: A Window on the Universe |
1.2 Strategies for Problem-Solving Success |
1.3 Inquiry, Experimentation, and Measurements |
Investigation 1-A: Analyzing a Pendulum |
Investigation 1-B: Analyzing Pendulum Data |
Chapter 1 Review |
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Unit 1: Kinematics |
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Chapter 2 Describing Motion |
Multi-Lab: Winning the Race |
2.1 Picturing Motion |
2.2 Displacement and Velocity |
2.3 Constant, Average, and Instantaneous Velocity |
Quick Lab: Maintaining a Constant Pace |
Quick Lab: Velocity and Time Intervals |
Quick Lab: Rocket Motion |
2.4 Acceleration |
Quick Lab: Graphing the Motion of a Van |
Canadians in Physics: Balancing Forces in Structural Engineering |
Investigation 2-A: Acceleration Due to Gravity |
Chapter 2 Review |
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Chapter 3 Analyzing Motion |
Multi-Lab: Pushed Around |
3.1 Mathematical Models of Motion |
Investigation 3-A: Stop on a Dime |
3.2 Vectors in a Plane |
3.3 Relative Velocities |
Investigation 3-B: Go with the Flow |
Careers in Physics: "The Breath of Life" |
The Art of Animation |
Chapter 3 Review |
Unit 1 Review |
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Unit 2: Dynamics |
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Chapter 4 Introducing Forces |
Multi-Lab: Predicting Motion |
4.1 Inertia |
4.2 Common Forces |
Investigation 4-A: Interactions of Objects |
Quick Lab: How Sticky is Your Shoe? |
Chapter 4 Review |
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Chapter 5 Newton's Laws |
Multi-Lab: Thinking Physics |
5.1 Inertia and Newton's First Law |
5.2 Motion and Newton's Second Law |
Investigation 5-A: Force and Acceleration |
Quick Lab: Best Angle for Pulling a Block |
Quick Lab: The Vector Nature of Force |
5.3 Reaction Forces and Newton's Third Law |
Careers in Physics: The Physics of a Car Crash |
Quick Lab: The Slippery Slope |
5.4 Momentum and Newton's Laws |
Quick Lab: Designing Crumple Zones |
Chapter 5 Review |
Unit 2 Review |
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Unit 3: Momentum and Energy |
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Chapter 6 Work, Power, and Efficiency |
Multi-Lab: Sources of Energy |
6.1 Work and Energy |
Quick Lab: Cart Bungee |
Quick Lab: Elevator Versus a Ramp |
6.2 Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem |
Quick Lab: Pulling a Cart |
6.3 Potential Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem |
Investigation 6-A: Force and Spring Extension |
6.4 Power and Efficiency |
Multi-Lab: Investigating Power |
Investigation 6-B: Muscle Efficiency and Energy Consumption |
Chapter 6 Review |
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Chapter 7 Conservation of Energy and Momentum |
Multi-Lab: Energy Transformations in Springs |
7.1 Energy Transformation |
Investigation 7-A: Conservation of Energy of a Falling Mass |
Investigation 7-B: Energy Transformations of a Pendulum |
Quick Lab: The Energy of a Spring and Mass System |
Physics & Society: Pole Vaulting: The Art of Energy Transfer |
7.2 Conservation of Total Energy |
Investigation 7-C: Mechanical and Thermal Energy |
7.3 Conservation of Momentum |
Investigation 7-D: Examining Collisions |
7.4 Technological Implications |
Careers in Physics: Science of the Sole |
Physics & Technology: The Physics of Car Safety |
Quick Lab: Safety First |
Chapter 7 Review |
Unit 3 Review |
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Unit 4: Waves |
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Chapter 8 Waves Transferring Energy |
Investigation 8-A: Waves in a Spring |
8.1 Vibrations |
Quick Lab: Natural Frequency of a Mass on a Spring |
8.2 Wave Behaviour |
8.3 Interference of Waves |
Quick Lab: Do Waves Pass Through or Bounce Off Each Other? |
Investigation 8-B: Wave Speed in a Spring |
Quick Lab: Standing Waves in a Thin Piece of Wood |
8.4 Waves in Two Dimensions |
Quick Lab: Waves on the Surface of Water |
Quick Lab: Diffracting Water Waves |
Physics & Technology: Poseidon's Powerhouse: Converting Waves to Watts |
Chapter 8 Review |
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Chapter 9 Sound Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation |
Multi-Lab: Properties of Sound and Light |
9.1 Production and Propagation of Sound and Electromagnetic Waves |
9.2 Factors Related to the Speed of Waves |
Quick Lab: At the Speed of Sound |
Investigation 9-A: Verifying Snell's Law |
Quick Lab: Observing Total Internal Reflection |
Quick Lab: Determining the Critical Angle |
9.3 Interference of Waves and Related Properties |
Quick Lab: Resonance Lengths of a Closed Air Column |
Investigation 9-B: Determining the Speed of Sound in Air |
Quick Lab: Locating Interference Between Two Loudspeakers |
Quick Lab: Diffraction of Sound |
Investigation 9-C: Young's Double-Slit Experiment |
Careers in Physics: Sounds From The Seabed |
Chapter 9 Review |
Unit 4 Review |
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Unit 5: Force, Motion, Work, and Energy |
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Chapter 10 Applications of Forces |
Multi-Lab: Location of Force Affects Motion |
10.1 Using Vector Components to Analyze Motion |
Quick Lab: Maintaining Equilibrium |
10.2 Multiple Masses |
Investigation 10-A: Atwood's Machine |
10.3 Static Equilibrium and Torque |
Quick Lab: Build a Mobile |
10.4 Collisions and Explosions |
Investigation 10-B: Collisions in Two Dimensions |
Chapter 10 Review |
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Chapter 11 Projectiles and Circular Motion |
Multi-Lab: Motion in Two Dimensions |
11.1 Projectile Motion |
Investigation 11-A: The Components of Projectile Motion |
Quick Lab: Maximum Range of a Projectile |
Careers in Physics: Tackling Biofilms with Computers |
11.2 Uniform Circular Motion |
Investigation 11-B: Verifying the Circular Motion Equation |
Careers in Physics: Physics Goes to the Fair |
Chapter 11 Review |
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Chapter 12 Universal Gravitation |
Quick Lab: Kepler's Empirical Equations |
12.1 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation |
Investigation 12-A: Orbital Speed of Planets |
12.2 Planetary and Satellite Motio |
Physics & Technology: Simulating Microgravity |
Chapter 12 Review |
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Chapter 13 Simple Harmonic Motion |
Investigation 13-A: A Projectile Spring |
13.1 Describing Periodic Motion |
Investigation 13-B: The Period of a Mass on a Spring |
Quick Lab: Measuring the Value of g, the Acceleration Due to Gravity |
13.2 Motion Under a Linear Restoring Force |
Investigation 13-C: Position, Velocity, and Acceleration and Simple Harmonic Motion |
Quick Lab: Graphing the Motion of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator |
Chapter 13 Review |
Unit 5 Review |
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Unit 6: Electric, Gravitational, and Magnetic Fields |
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Chapter 14 Fields and Forces |
Quick Lab: A Torsion Balance |
14.1 Laws of Force |
Investigation 14-A: The Nature of the Electrostatic Force |
Quick Lab: Graphical Analysis of Coulomb's Law |
14.2 Describing Fields |
Canadians in Physics: Gravity: A Matter of Time |
14.3 Fields and Potential Energy |
Careers in Physics: Seeing Inside Storms |
Careers in Physics: "Good Seeing" |
Chapter 14 Review |
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Chapter 15 Electric Energy and Circuits |
Investigation 15-A: Potential Differences along Current-Carrying Conductors |
15.1 Electric Potential Difference |
Careers in Physics: The Write Stuff |
15.2 Electric Current |
15.3 Resistance to Flow of Charge |
Investigation 15-B: Current, Resistance, and Potential Difference |
15.4 Series and Parallel Circuits |
Investigation 15-C: Internal Resistance of a Dry Cell |
15.5 Electric Power and Energy |
Chapter 15 Review |
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Chapter 16 Magnets, Motors, and Generators |
Multi-Lab: Magnetic Interactions |
16.1 Electricity and Magnetism |
Investigation 16-A: Magnetic Field around a Straight Conductor |
Investigation 16-B: Magnetic Field around a Helix |
16.2 Magnets and Motors |
Investigation 16-C: The Motor Effect |
Canadians in Physics: Dr. Zahra Moussavi |
16.3 Electromagnetic Induction and Generators |
Investigation 16-D: Faraday's Discovery |
Investigation 16-E: Induced Currents |
Physics & Society: MRI Technology |
Chapter 16 Review |
Unit 6 Review |
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Unit 7: Waves and Modern Physics |
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Chapter 17 Special Theory of Relativity |
Quick Lab: Generating Electromagnetic Fields |
17.1 Troubles with the Speed of Light |
17.2 The Basics of the Special Theory of Relativity |
Careers in Physics: Not Even the Sky's the Limit! |
17.3 Mass and Energy |
Chapter 17 Review |
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Chapter 18 Early Quantum Theory |
Investigation 18-A: Discharging an Electroscope |
18.1 The Particle Nature of Light |
18.2 Light Particles and Matter Waves |
Chapter 18 Review |
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Chapter 19 Quantum Theory and the Atom |
Investigation 19-A: Identifying Elements by Their Emission Spectra |
19.1 The Bohr Atom |
Quick Lab: Estimating the Size of the Nucleus |
19.2 The Quantum Mechanical Atom |
Physics & Technology: Atoms and Lasers |
Careers in Physics: The Invisible Universe |
Chapter 19 Review |
Unit 7 Review |
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Unit 8: Nuclear Physics |
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Chapter 20 The Nucleus and Radioactivity |
Multi-Lab: Radioactive Decay |
20.1 Nuclear Mass and Energy |
20.2 Radioactivity |
Chapter 20 Review |
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Chapter 21 Nuclear Energy |
Quick Lab: Survey and Discussion about Nuclear Power |
21.1 Fission and Fusion |
21.2 Nuclear Reactors |
Careers in Physics: Nuclear Safety Supervisor |
Chapter 21 Review |
Unit 8 Review |