Physics by example / Tim Prichard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prichard, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Brown Dog Books, [2019]

Summary:

At the time of writing Tim Prichard has nearly 30 years' experience as a science teacher in several schools both in the UK and abroad, covering the entire age and ability range, including A level Physics and Chemistry. The author has found students revise and consolidate their knowledge best if they have access to a wide variety of worked examples to study from. Physics by Example is based upon this concept with each topic having a short introduction followed by around ten example questions. Each question has a full "step by step", easy to follow solution, including hints and and tips to help the student understand the methodology for each question. At the end of each section there is a self testing exercise with answers to help the students consolidate their knowledge. Prichard Guides work best if they are used in conjunction with the student's own notes to support their own learning. These guides provide a huge resource of model questions and answers which have been tried and tested in classrooms across the UK and abroad, as they have been the basis of the author's lessons for nearly three decades, have been very successful and are still being used in lessons today.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Energy

Energy transformations

The conservation of energy

Energy and work done

Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE)

Kinetic Energy (KE)

Elastic Potential Energy and Hooke's Law

Efficiency

Movement of heat and energy resources

Alternative energy resources

Specific heat capacity

Electricity

Static electricity

Electric current

Current, voltage and electrical resistance

Ohm's Law

Series and parallel circuits

Domestic electricity

Electrical power

Magnets and electricity

Magnetism produced by an electric current

The electric motor

Generators and making electricity from movement and magnetism

Alternators

Transformers

Current and power in transformers

Radioactivity and Matter

Radioactivity and matter

Matter

Density

The Gas Laws

Charles' Law

The combined gas equation

Change of state

Latent heat

Specific latent heat of fusion

Forces

Scalar and vector quantities

What happens if forces act at an angle to each other?

Resolving forces in two components (vertical and horizontal)

Newton's laws of motion

Moments and turning forces

Gears

Centre of mass (gravity)

Motion graphs

Acceleration

Newton's second law and its relationship between force, mass and acceleration

Momentum

Momentum and collisions

The force of impact during a collision

Pressure

Pressure in liquids

Waves

Reflection

Colours of light and lenses

Space and the Universe

Red shift

Background microwave radiation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83952-035-3