PHYU 145: LIFE SCIENCES 1: Reading, Homework, Quiz, Exam SCHEDULE        

                                                               

Week 1                                           Motion in One Dimension  Chapter 2, sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Velocity, acceleration, falling objects

Problems due Jan. 12                  Chap. 2: 4, 8, 13, 17, 24, 26, 37, 59. Enrichment: 31, 46

 

Week 2                                           Vectors  Chapter 3, sections 1,2,3,4.

Problems due Jan. 12             Chap. 3:  6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 68.  Enrichment  11, 12, 13, 14.

Motion and Vectors: Quiz  Jan. 13 

 

Week 3 (Jan. 17 holiday)             Forces, Newton's Laws  Chapter 4, sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

                                                        Newton's Laws, weight, friction

Problems due Jan. 19            Chap. 4: 3, 6, 10, 15, 19, 24, 66 plus supplement.  Enrichment:  33, 67

Vectors and Forces: Quiz  Jan. 20

 

Week 4                                           Equilibrium  Chapter 9, sections 1,2,3; Chap 8, sec 4; Chap. 7, sec 8,9

Problems due Jan. 26              Chap. 9: 3, 19, 30, 32, 33, 35, 72 plus supplement. Enrichment: 15, 31, 34

Vectors, Forces, & Torques in Equilibrium: Quiz  Jan. 27

                                                       

Week 5                                           Circular Motion  Chapter 5, sections 1,2,3,4,5

Problems due Feb. 2               Chap. 5:  1, 4, 8, 17, 19 plus supplement. Enrichment: 15

Circular Motion: Quiz  Feb. 3

 

Week 6                                           Work-Energy Theorem, Power  Chapter 6, sections 1,2,3,10.

Problems due Feb. 9              Chap. 6: 2, 3, 5, 15, 18, 20, 65, 67, 78 plus supplement. Enrichment 12, 62

Work and Energy: Quiz  Feb. 10

 

Week 7                                           Potential Energy, Conservation of Energy  Chapter 6, sections 4,5,6,7.

Problems due Feb. 16             Chap. 6: 26, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 42, 85.  Enrichment 45, 82

Work, Energy Conservation, Potential Energy:  Quiz  Feb. 17

 

Week 8                                           MIDTERM EXAM    Feb. 24

Week 9                                           (Spring Break)

 

Week 10                                         Fluid Statics Chapter 10, sections 1,2,3,4.

                                                        Density and specific gravity, pressure in fluids, gauge and absolute pressure.

Problems due Mar. 9               Chap. 10: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10.

Fluid Statics: Quiz  Mar. 10

 

Week 11                                         Fluid Statics (continued) Chapter 10, sections 5,6,7.

                                                        Pascal’s Principle, measurement of pressure, buoyancy and Archimedes’ principle.

Problems due Mar. 16           Chap 10: 12, 13,16,18,20,23,25,33.

Fluids:   Quiz  Mar. 17

 

Week 12                                         Fluid Dynamics Chapter 10, sections 8,9,10,11,12, 14.

Fluids in motion, Bernoulli’s equation with applications, Viscosity, Poiseuille’s law with applications, surface tension, pumps

Problems due Mar. 23             Chap 10: 35,39,40,43,46,56,55,58.   Enrichment 61.

Fluid Dynamics: Quiz  Mar. 24

 

Week 13                                         Temperature and Kinetic Theory Chapter 13. Sections 1,2,3,4 Temperature, thermal equilibrium, gas laws, ideal gas law.

Problems due Mar. 30             Chap. 13: 2,4,8,13.   Enrichment 26,27.

Temperature and Kinetic Theory:  Quiz Mar. 31  

 

Week 14                                         Temperature and Kinetic Theory (continued) Chapter 13. Sections 6,7, 8, 9, 10. Avogadro’s number, kinetic theory.

Problems due Apr. 6               Chap. 13: 31,34,39,40,41,50,58. Enrichment: 51, 60, 61, 62.

Ideal Gas and Kinetic Theory: Quiz  Apr. 7

 

Week 15                                         Heat Chapter 14. Sections1,2,3,4. Heat, specific heat, heat transfer, conduction.

Problems due Apr. 13               Chap. 14:  1,3,7,9,11,12,17,20.

 

 

Week 16                                 FINAL EXAM  (Apr. 15, 18-22)