Jacaranda Physics 1: VCE units 1 & 2

✍ Scribed by Dan O’Keeffe, Graeme Lofts, Peter Pentland, Ross Phillips

• Publisher: Jacaranda
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 365
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About eBookPLUS and studyON
About this book
Acknowledgements
UNIT 1
CHAPTER 1 Heat, temperature and internal energy
Measuring temperature
Explaining heat: the kinetic theory of matter
Thermal equilibrium
Laws of thermodynamics
Specific heat capacity
Chapter review
CHAPTER 2 Energy in transit
Transfer of energy
Convection inside the Earth
Chapter review
CHAPTER 3 The physics of climate change
Energy in balance
Chapter review
CHAPTER 4 Current electricity
Electric circuits
Current
Voltage
Energy transformed by a circuit
Power delivered by a circuit
Providing energy for the circuit
Resistance
Chapter review
CHAPTER 5 Circuit analysis
What happens in an electric circuit?
Circuit rules
Series and parallel circuits
Non-ohmic devices in series and parallel
Power in circuits
Transducers and sensors
Chapter review
CHAPTER 6 Using electricity
Electricity in the real world
A shocking experience
Safety in household circuits
Chapter review
CHAPTER 7 Radioactivity and the nucleus
Natural nuclear radiation
What is nuclear radiation?
Types of nuclear radiation
Half-life
Radioactive series
Nuclear transformations
Discovering the structure of the atom
The stability of nuclei
Nuclear energy
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Chapter review
CHAPTER 8 Subatomic particles
The discovery of subatomic particles
Matter and light
Chapter review
CHAPTER 9 The origin of atoms
A long story!
Discovering the universe of galaxies
The Doppler effect
Einstein and general relativity
The birth of atoms
Chapter review
UNIT 2
CHAPTER 10 Analysing movement
Describing movement
Instantaneous speed and velocity — using graphs
Acceleration
Chapter review
CHAPTER 11 Forces in action
Describing a force
An attraction to the Earth
Friction — what a drag!
Compression and tension
Forces in pairs
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
The net force
Explaining motion: forces in and out of balance
Forces in two dimensions
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Newton’s second law and tension between connected bodies
Momentum and impulse
Torque or turning effect of a force
Equilibrium or keeping still
Types of structures: cantilevers
Chapter review
CHAPTER 12 Mechanical interactions
Impulse and momentum in collisions
The concept of energy
Getting down to work
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Conservation of total mechanical energy and efficiency
Power
Chapter review
CHAPTER 13 Practical investigations
What is the benefit to you?
What is involved?
Selecting a topic
Submitting a research proposal
Variables
Selecting your measuring instruments
Finding patterns
Handling difficulties
Safety
Writing a report
Presenting as a digital poster
Topics
OPTIONS
CHAPTER 14 What are stars?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 15 Is there life beyond our solar system?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 16 How do forces act on the human body?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 17 How can AC electricity charge a DC device?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 18 How do heavy things fly?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 19 Are fission and fusion viable nuclear energy power sources?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 20 How is radiation used to maintain human health?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 21 How do particle accelerators and colliders work?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 22 How can human vision be enhanced?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 23 How do instruments make music?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 24 How can performance in ball games be improved?
Chapter review
CHAPTER 25 How does the human body use electricity?
Chapter review
Investigations
Appendix 1: Skill checks
Appendix 2: Periodic table of the elements
Appendix 3: Some useful astronomical data
Glossary
Answers to numerical questions
Index