Chapter
1
1.
Detect when interactions are taking place
2. Add and subtract vectors
3. Find the magnitude of a vector
4. Find a unit vector in a particular direction
5. Multipy a vector by a scalar
5. Find the scalar (dot) product of two vectors
6. Determine the average velocity of an object from the change in position
7. Predict a new position of an object using the average velocity
8. Determine the instantaneous velocity
9. Give the definition of momentum and the nonrelativistic approximation for momentum
Chapter
2
1.
Give the statement of the Momentum Principle
2. Apply the Momentum Principle to solve problems
3. Use the Position Update Formula and the Momentum Principle to calculate motion
4. Use Conservation of Momentum to solve problems, including collision problems
Chapter
3
1.
Calculate motion when the forces are not constant
2. Use the gravitational force law
3. Predict the motion of objects interacting gravitationally
4. Apply Reciprocity
Chapter
4
1.
Use the ball-spring model of a solid to relate microscopic and macroscopic quantities
2. Calculate the length of an interatomic bond from the density of a material
3. Relate the effective interatomic bond strength to Young's modulus
4. Use derivative form of the Momentum Principle
5. Calculate static problems
6. Use the perpendicular and parallel components of the change in momentum to predict motion
7. Calculate curving motion
8. Understand and use the analytic solution for a mass-spring system
9. From the microscopic quantities, calculate the speed of sound in a solid
Chapter
5
1.
Give the statement of the Energy Principle
2. Calculate Work from the definition
3. Calculate the rest, kinetic, and total energy of a particle
4. Understand the properties of potential energy
5. Calculate the gravitational potential energy of a system, and use it in a problem of motion
6. Calculate the electrical potental energy, and use it in a problem
7. Identify the most useful system in a problem, and understand the different approaches to problems, given the system
Chapter
6
1.
Identify and use the potential energy of an ideal spring-mass system
2. Draw the potential energy of a pair of neutral atoms
3. Understand the meaning of the path independence of potential energy
4. Write the Energy Principle with thermal energy included
5. Write and use the definition of power
6. Understand the concept of open and closed systems
7. Calculate using multiple choices of system for a given problem
8. Include energy dissipation in problems, including air resistance and friction
9. Understand and state the idea of irreversiblility
Chapter
7
1.
Identify and use the quantized energy levels for the hydrogen atom.
2. Calculate the spectral lines emitted from quantum systems that have been excited by an electron beam.
3. Calculate the dark spectral lines from a material due to photon absorption
4. Use a simple model of matter to calculate the quantized energy levels of a material.
5. Identify the typical energy spacings due to electronic, vibrational, rotational, nuclear, and hadronic interactions
Chapter
8
1.
Calculate the center-of-mass position of a multiparticle object
2. Apply the Momentum Principle for multiparticle systems
3. Calculate the total kinetic energy in a multiparticle system
4. Calculate the translational and relative kinetic energy in a multiparticle system
5. Use the point particle system to obtain information about the center-of-mass motion
6. Analyze point particle and real systems
Chapter
9
1.
Identify elastic and inelastic collisions
2. Calculate head0-on collisions
3. Calculate the scattering of objects in 3D
Chapter
10
1.
Give the definition of angular momentum
2. Calculate angular momentum from the definition
3. Give a statement of the Angular Momentum Principle
4. Apply the Angular Momentum Principle to solve problems
5. Calculate the Moment of Inertia for simple systems
6. Give the definition of torque
7. Calculate torque from the definition
8. Calculate problems with zero and non-zero net torque
Chapter
11
1.
State the fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics
2. Calculate the number of ways of arranging q quanta in N oscillators
3. State the Second Law of Thermodynamics
4. Give definition of and calculate entropy
5. Calculate the temperature from the derivative of the entropy
6. Calculate the specific heat by taking derivative of energy
7. Calculate the probability of finding energy E in system in thermal contact with large reservoir
8. Calculate the speed distribution of a gas
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