PHY 2060
Final Exam — Spring 2008
The final exam will take place in NPB 1002 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 1. Please try to arrive by 7:55 p.m. You should bring writing implements, and you may use an electronic calculator and as many as four formula sheets. No other papers or electronic devices may be used during the exam.
The exam will consist of 10 questions in a format similar to the mid-term exams (see the exams page). The questions may address any of the topics covered in class throughout the semester. Four or five questions will focus on material covered since the third exam. These topics are listed below, along with the most closely related sections of the text.
Potential Energy
- Conservative forces (Sec. 12–1)
- Potential energy (Sec. 12–2)
- Conservation of mechanical energy (Sec. 12–3)
- Energy conservation in rotational motion (Sec. 12–4)
Conservation of Energy
- Internal energy (Sec. 13–2)
- Frictional work (Sec. 13–3)
- Conservation of energy (Sec.13–4)
- Relativistic energy (Sec. 20–9)
Gravitation
- Newton's law of gravitation (Sec. 14–2)
- The shell theorems (Secs. 14–5, 14–4)
- Gravitational potential energy (Sec. 14–6)
- Motion of planets and satellites (Sec. 14–7)
Oscillations
- Oscillating systems (Sec. 17–1)
- Simple harmonic motion (Secs. 17–2 through 17–4)
- Simple and physical pendulums (parts of Sec. 17–5)