Physics I

Chapter 1: Measurement

1.1: What is Physics?

1.2: Measuring Things

1.3: International System of Units

1.4: Changing Units

1.5: Length

1.6: Significant Figures and Decimal Places

1.7: Time

1.8: Mass

Chapter 2: Motion Along a Straight Line

2.1: Motion

2.2: Position and Displacement

2.3: Average Velocity and Average Speed

2.4: Instantaneous Velocity and Speed

2.5: Acceleration

2.6: Constant Acceleration – A Special Case

2.7: Free Fall Acceleration

2.8: Graphical Integration in Motion Analysis

Chapter 3: Vectors

3.1: Vector vs. Scalar, Dot Product, Cross Product, Adding and Subtracting Vectors

3.2: Components of Vectors

3.3: Unit Vectors

3.4: Adding Vectors by Components

3.5: Vectors and the Laws of Physics

3.6: Multiplying Vectors

Chapter 4: Motion in 2D and 3D

4.1: Position and Displacement

4.2: Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity

4.3: Average Acceleration and Instantaneous Acceleration

4.4: Projectile Motion

4.5: Uniform Circular Motion

4.6: Relative Motion in One Dimension

4.7: Relative Motion in Two Dimensions

Chapter 5: Force and Motion

5.1: Newtonian Mechanics

5.2: What are Forces, 3 Basic Physics Dimensions, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Different Types of Forces, Free Body Diagrams

5.3: Applying Newton’s Laws

5.4: Work Done on a System by an External Force

5.5: Conservation of Energy

Chapter 6: Center of Mass and Linear (1D) Momentum

6.1: Center of Mass

6.2: Newton’s Second Law for a System of Particles

6.3: Linear Momentum

6.4: Linear Momentum of a System of Particles

6.5: Collision and Impulse

6.6: Conservation of Linear Momentum

6.7: Momentum and Kinetic Energy in Collisions

6.8: Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension

6.9: Elastic Collisions in One Dimension

6.10: Collisions in Two Dimensions

6.11: Systems with Varying Mass – A Rocket

Chapter 7: Rotation

7.1: Rotational Variables

7.2: Are Angular Quantities Vectors?

7.3: Rotations with Constant Angular Acceleration

7.4: Relating the Linear and Angular Variables

7.5: Equilibrium and Requirements

7.6: Center of Gravity

7.7: Some Examples of Static Equilibrium

7.8: Indeterminate Structure

7.9: Elasticity

Chapter 8: Angular Momentum and Torque

Chapter 9: Equilibrium and Elasticity

Chapter 10: Gravitation

Chapter 11: Fluids

Chapter 12: Oscillations

Chapter 13: Waves

Chapter 14: Electric Fields and Electric Potential

Chapter 15: Circuits and Capacitance

Chapter 16: Magnetic Fields

Chapter 17: Electromagnetism and Maxwell’s Equations

Chapter 18: Diffraction and Images

Chapter 19: Relativity

Chapter 20: Nuclear Physics

Link to Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics, 10th Edition by Halliday and Resnick