PHY 2060
Exam 1 — Fall 2007
Exam 1 will take place in NPB 1002 from 8:30 to 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, September 20. Please try to arrive by 8:25 a.m. You should bring writing implements, and you may use one formula sheet and an electronic calculator. No other papers or electronic devices may be used during the exam.
The exam will consist of 10 questions in a format similar to past semesters' exams (see the exams page for samples). Question 1 will be in multiple-choice format, while the remaining questions will consist of problems requiring a written solution. These questions may address any of the material covered in class through Thursday, September 13. These topics are listed below, along with the most closely related sections of the text.
Motion in One Dimension
- Kinematic variables in three dimensions: position, velocity, and acceleration (Sec. 2–3)
- One-dimensional kinematics: graphing position, velocity, acceleration versus time (Sec. 2–4)
- Motion with constant acceleration (Sec.2–5)
- Freely-falling bodies (Sec.2–6)
- Mathematical technique: Taylor series.
Force and Newton's Laws
- Newton's laws of motion (material from Secs. 3–2 through 3–6)
- Technique for analyzing problems using Newton's laws (Sec. 3–5)
- Application of Newton's laws in one dimension (Sec. 3–8)
- Reference frames and relative motion, the Galilean transformation between inertial frames (Secs. 3–2 and 4–6)
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
- Projectile motion (Secs. 4–1 and 4–3, plus additional material on expressing y as a function of x)
- Drag forces: one-dimensional motion and terminal velocity, qualitative discussion of projectile motion with air resitstance (Sec. 4–4)
- Circular motion: radial and tangential components of the velocity and acceleration (lecture notes)
- Uniform circular motion (Sec. 4–5)
Relativistic Kinematics
- The postulates of special relativity (Sec. 20–2)
- Time dilation (Sec. 20–3)
- Length contraction (Sec. 20–3)
- The Lorentz transformation (Secs. 20–4, 20–5, and 20–7 excluding the Doppler effect)
- The Lorentz velocity transformation (Sec. 20–6)