Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Classical Mechanics
What are kinematics in one dimension?
How is kinematics applied to two dimensions?
Is there a relationship between forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion?
What are the dynamics of uniform circular motion?
Is there a relationship between work and energy?
Is there a relationship between impulse and momentum?
What is rotational kinematics?
What is elasticity and what is its relationship to simple harmonic motion?
Thermal Physics
What is the difference between temperature and heat?
What is Kinetic Theory and how does it arrive at the Ideal Gas Law?
Wave Motion
What is the principle of linear superposition and how does it describe interference phenomena?
Electricity and Magnetism
What are electric forces and what are electric fields?
What is the relationship between electric potential energy and the electric potential?
What is the relationship between magnetic forces and magnetic fields?
What is electromagnetic induction?
What are alternating currents?
Light and Optics
What are electromagnetic waves?
What are mirrors and how what is the principle of the reflection of light?
What is the refraction of light and how do lenses and optical instruments take advantage of this?
What is interference and what is the wave nature of light?
Modern Physics
What is special relativity?
What is the relationship between particles and waves?
What is the nature of the atom?
What is radioactivity and how does it lead to the field of nuclear physics?
What is the relationship between ionizing radiation, nuclear energy, and elementary particles?
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