Test Bank For Conceptual Physics 12th Edition by Paul G Hewitt Title Page Copyright Page Contents Conceptual Physics Photo Album To the Student To the
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[Show More] Instructor Acknowledgments 1 About Scienc e 1.1 Scientific Measurements How Eratosthenes Measured the Size of Earth Size of the Moon Distance to the Moon Distance to the Sun Size of the Sun Mathematics—The Language of Science 1.2 Scientific Methods The Scientific Attitude 1.3 Science, Art, and Religion PSEUDOSCIENCE 1.4 Science and Technology RISK ASSESSMENT 1.5 Physics—The Basic Science 1.6 In Perspective PART ONE: Mechanics 2 Newton’s First Law of Motion–Inertia 2.1 Aristotle on Motion 2.2 Galileo’s Experiments 2.3 Newton’s First Law of Motion 2.4 Net Force and Vectors 2.5 The Equilibrium Rule 2.6 Support Force 2.7 Equilibrium of Moving Things 2.8 The Moving Earth 3 Linear Motion 3.1 Motion Is Relative 3.2 Speed 3.3 Velocity 3.4 Acceleration 3.5 Free Fall 3.6 Velocity Vectors 4 Newton’s Second Law of Motion 4.1 Force Causes Acceleration 4.2 Friction 4.3 Mass and Weight 4.4 Newton’s Second Law of Motion 4.5 When Acceleration Is g—Free Fall 4.6 When Acceleration Is Less Than g—Nonfree Fall 5 Newton’s Third Law of Motion 5.1 Forces and Interactions 5.2 Newton’s Third Law of Motion 5.3 Action and Reaction on Different Masses 5.4 Vectors and the Third Law 5.5 Summary of Newton’s Three Laws 6 Momentum 6.1 Momentum 6.2 Impulse 6.3 Impulse Changes Momentum 6.4 Bouncing 6.5 Conservation of Momentum 6.6 Collisions 6.7 More Complicated Collisions 7 Energy 7.1 Work 7.2 Potential Energy 7.3 Kinetic Energy 7.4 Work–Energy Theorem 7.5 Conservation of Energy 7.6 Machines 7.7 Efficiency 7.8 Sources of Energy 8 Rotational Motion 8.1 Circular Motion 8.2 Rotational Inertia 8.3 Torque 8.4 Center of Mass and Center of Gravity 8.5 Centripetal Force 8.6 Centrifugal Force 8.7 Angular Momentum 8.8 Conservation of Angular Momentum 9 Gravity 9.1 The Universal Law of Gravity 9.2 The Universal Gravitational Constant, G 9.3 Gravity and Distance: The Inverse-Square Law 9.4 Weight and Weightlessness 9.5 Ocean Tides 9.6 Gravitational Fields 9.7 Black Holes 9.8 Universal Gravitation 10 Projectile and Satellite Motion 10.1 Projectile Motion 10.2 Fast-Moving Projectiles—Satellites 10.3 Circular Satellite Orbits 10.4 Elliptical Orbits 10.5 Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion 10.6 Energy Conservation and Satellite Motion 10.7 Escape Speed PART TWO: Properties of Matter 11 The Atomic Nature of Matter 11.1 The Atomic Hypothesis 11.2 Characteristics of Atoms 11.3 Atomic imagery 11.4 Atomic Structure 11.5 The Periodic Table of the Elements 11.6 Isotopes 11.7 compounds and Mixtures 11.8 Molecules 11.9 Antimatter 12 Solids 12.1 Crystal Structure 12.2 Density 12.3 Elasticity 12.4 Tension and Compression 12.5 Arches 12.6 Scaling 13 Liquids 13.1 Pressure 13.2 Pressure in a Liquid 13.3 Buoyancy 13.4 Archimedes’ Principle 13.5 what Makes an object Sink or Float? 13.6 Flotation 13.7 Pascal’s Principle 13.8 Surface Tension 13.9 Capillarity 14 Gases 14.1 The Atmosphere 14.2 Atmospheric Pressure 14.3 Boyle’s law 14.4 Buoyancy of Air 14.5 Bernoulli’s Principle 14.6 Plasma PART THREE: Heat 15 Temperature, Heat, and Expansion 15.1 Temperature 15.2 Heat 15.3 Specific Heat capacity 15.4 The High Specific Heat Capacity of Water 15.5 Thermal Expansion 16 Heat Transfer 16.1 Conduction 16.2 Convection 16.3 Radiation 16.4 Newton’s law of Cooling 16.5 The Greenhouse Effect 16.6 Climate Change 16.7 Solar Power 16.8 Controlling Heat Transfer 17 Change of Phase 17.1 Phases of Matter 17.2 Evaporation 17.3 Condensation 17.4 Boiling 17.5 Melting and Freezing 17.6 Energy and Changes of Phase 18 Thermodynamics 18.1 Thermodynamics 18.2 Absolute Zero 18.3 First Law of Thermodynamics 18.4 Adiabatic Processes 18.5 Meteorology and the First Law 18.6 Second Law of Thermodynamics 18.7 Energy Tends to Disperse 18.8 Entropy PART FOUR: Sound 19 Vibrations and Waves 19.1 Good Vibrations 19.2 Wave Description 19.3 Wave Motion 19.4 Wave Speed 19.5 Wave Interference 19.6 Doppler Effect 19.7 Bow Waves 19.8 Shock Waves 20 Sound 20.1 Nature of Sound 20.2 Sound in Air 20.3 Reflection of Sound 20.4 Refraction of Sound 20.5 Forced Vibrations 20.6 Resonance 20.7 Interference 20.8 Beats 21 Musical Sounds 21.1 Noise and Music 21.2 Pitch 21.3 Sound Intensity and Loudness 21.4 Quality 21.5 Musical Instruments 21.6 Fourier Analysis 21.7 From Analog to Digital PART FIVE: Electricity and Magnetism 22 Electrostatics 22.1 Electricity 22.2 Electric Charges 22.3 Conservation of Charge 22.4 Coulomb’s Law 22.5 Conductors and Insulators 22.6 Charging 22.7 Charge Polarization 22.8 Electric Field 22.9 Electric Potential 23 Electric Current 23.1 Flow of Charge and Electric Current 23.2 Voltage Sources 23.3 Electrical Resistance 23.4 Ohm’s Law 23.5 Direct Current and Alternating Current 23.6 Speed and Source of Electrons in a Circuit 23.7 Electric Power 23.8 Lamps 23.9 Electric Circuits 24 Magnetism 24.1 Magnetism 24.2 Magnetic Poles 24.3 Magnetic Fields 24.4 Magnetic Domains 24.5 Electric Currents and Magnetic Fields 24.6 Electromagnets 24.7 Magnetic Forces 24.8 Earth’s Magnetic Field 24.9 Biomagnetism 25 Electromagnetic Induction 25.1 Electromagnetic Induction 25.2 Faraday’s Law 25.3 Generators and Alternating Current 25.4 Power Production 25.5 Transformers 25.6 Self-Induction 25.7 Power Transmission 25.8 Field Induction PART SIX: Light 26 Properties of Light 26.1 Electromagnetic Waves 26.2 Electromagnetic Wave Velocity 26.3 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 26.4 Transparent Materials 26.5 Opaque Materials 26.6 Seeing Light—The Eye 27 Color 27.1 Color in Our World 27.2 Selective Reflection 27.3 Selective Transmission 27.4 Mixing Colored Lights 27.5 Mixing Colored Pigments 27.6 Why the Sky Is Blue 27.7 Why Sunsets Are Red 27.8 Why Clouds Are White 27.9 Why Water Is Greenish Blue 28 Reflection and Refraction 28.1 Reflection 28.2 Law of Reflection 28.3 Refraction 28.4 Cause of Refraction 28.5 Dispersion and Rainbows 28.6 Total Internal Reflection 28.7 Lenses 28.8 Lens Defects 29 Light Waves 29.1 Huygens’ Principle 29.2 Diffraction 29.3 Superposition and Interference 29.4 Thin-Film Interference 29.5 Polarization 29.6 Holography 30 Light Emission 30.1 Light Emission 30.2 Excitation 30.3 Emission Spectra 30.4 Incandescence 30.5 Absorption Spectra 30.6 Fluorescence 30.7 Phosphorescence 30.8 Lamps 30.9 Lasers 31 Light Quanta 31.1 Birth of the Quantum Theory 31.2 Quantization and Planck’s Constant 31.3 Photoelectric Effect 31.4 Wave–Particle Duality 31.5 Double-Slit Experiment 31.6 Particles as Waves: Electron Diffraction 31.7 Uncertainty Principle 31.8 Complementarity PART SEVEN: Atomic and Nuclear Physics 32 The Atom and the Quantum 32.1 Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus 32.2 Discovery of the Electron 32.3 Atomic Spectra: Clues to Atomic Structure 32.4 Bohr Model of the Atom 32.5 Explanation of Quantized Energy Levels: Electron Waves 32.6 Quantum Mechanics 32.7 Correspondence Principle 33 The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity 33.1 X-rays and Radioactivity 33.2 Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Rays 33.3 Environmental Radiation 33.4 The Atomic Nucleus and the Strong Force 33.5 Radioactive Half-Life 33.6 Radiation Detectors 33.7 Transmutation of Elements 33.8 Radiometric Dating 34 Nuclear Fission and Fusion 34.1 Nuclear Fission 34.2 Nuclear Fission Reactors 34.3 The Breeder Reactor 34.4 Fission Power 34.5 Mass–Energy Equivalence 34.6 Nuclear Fusion 34.7 Controlling Fusion PART EIGHT: Relativity 35 Special Theory of Relativity 35.1 Motion Is Relative 35.2 Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity 35.3 Simultaneity 35.4 Spacetime and Time Dilation 35.5 Addition of Velocities 35.6 Length Contraction 35.7 Relativistic Momentum 35.8 Mass, Energy, and E = mc[sup(2)] 35.9 The Correspondence Principle 36 General Theory of Relativity 36.1 Principle of Equivalence 36.2 Bending of Light by Gravity 36.3 Gravity and Time: Gravitational Red Shift 36.4 Gravity and Space: Motion of Mercury 36.5 Gravity, Space, and a New Geometry 36.6 Gravitational Waves 36.7 Newtonian and Einsteinian Gravitation Epilogue APPENDIX A: On Measurement and Unit Conversions APPENDIX B: More About Motion APPENDIX C: Graphing APPENDIX D: Vector Applications APPENDIX E: Exponential Growth and Doubling Time Odd-Numbered Answers Show Less [Show Less]