Although you may use your one-page formula sheet on the Semester

Exam, there is insufficient time to look up every item. You MUST

know your concepts for this exam! Study all previous copies of

website notes and all chapter summaries in your textbook!

Here are some things to be sure you must know:

I. Physics Introduction: Significant Digits, Metric System, Scientific

Notation, Order of Magnitude, Percent Error, Vectors, Resultants and

Equilibrants.

II. Mechanics: Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration,

Gravity, Motion Graphs, and Free Fall.

III. Dynamics: Newton's Laws, Fundamental Forces, Inertia, Mass &

Weight, Forces on Incline, Friction, Inclined Plane, Parallel Forces,

Center of Mass, and Center of Gravity.

IV. Rotational Mechanics: Rotation, Angular Quantities, Rotational

Inertia, Torques, Equilibrium, Translational, and Rotational.

V. Two Dimensional Motion: Trajectories, Projectiles, Circular Motion,

Gravitation, Kepler's Laws, and the Pendulum.

VI. Mechanics II: Momentum, Work, Power, Energy, Mechanical

Advantage by Forces (MA) and by Distances (IMA), Efficiency,

Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, and Simple Machines.

VII. Fluid Mechanics: Pressure, Atmospheric, Total Force,

Hydraulics, Buoyancy, Lift, States of Matter, and Density.

VIII. Thermodynamics: Temperature Scales, Calories, Expansion,

Charles' Law, Boyle's Law, Gas Laws, Heat Exchange, Specific Heat,

Warming Curve of H2O, Heat of Fusion, and Heat of Vaporization.

And still, we need these steps to solve any problem in Physics:

(i) read the problem and identify the given variables

(ii) determine what you are asked to solve for

(iii) find the correct motion formula to use

(iv) use algebra to isolate the unknown

(v) substitute-in the given information and simplify.

Here is a good Semester Review to study first. Online Review #1