Physics High School

Senior Contributing Authors

Paul Peter Urone, California State University, Sacramento
Roger Hinrichs, State University of New York, College at Oswego

Contributing Authors

Fatih Gozuacik, Pennsylvania Department of Education
Denise Pattison, East Chambers ISD
Catherine Tabor, Northwest Early High School

Chapter 1 What is Physics?
• Introduction
• 1.1 Physics: Definitions and Applications
• 1.2 The Scientific Methods
• 1.3 The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 2 Motion in One Dimension
• Introduction
• 2.1 Relative Motion, Distance, and Displacement
• 2.2 Speed and Velocity
• 2.3 Position vs. Time Graphs
• 2.4 Velocity vs. Time Graphs
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 3 Acceleration
• Introduction
• 3.1 Acceleration
• 3.2 Representing Acceleration with Equations and Graphs
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 4 Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Introduction
• 4.1 Force
• 4.2 Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia
• 4.3 Newton's Second Law of Motion
• 4.4 Newton's Third Law of Motion
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 5 Motion in Two Dimensions
• Introduction
• 5.1 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods
• 5.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods
• 5.3 Projectile Motion
• 5.4 Inclined Planes
• 5.5 Simple Harmonic Motion
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 6 Circular and Rotational Motion
• Introduction
• 6.1 Angle of Rotation and Angular Velocity
• 6.2 Uniform Circular Motion
• 6.3 Rotational Motion
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 7 Newton's Law of Gravitation
• Introduction
• 7.1 Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
• 7.2 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 8 Momentum
• Introduction
• 8.1 Linear Momentum, Force, and Impulse
• 8.2 Conservation of Momentum
• 8.3 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 9 Work, Energy, and Simple Machines
• Introduction
• 9.1 Work, Power, and the Work–Energy Theorem
• 9.2 Mechanical Energy and Conservation of Energy
• 9.3 Simple Machines
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 10 Special Relativity
• Introduction
• 10.1 Postulates of Special Relativity
• 10.2 Consequences of Special Relativity
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 11 Thermal Energy, Heat, and Work
• Introduction
• 11.1 Temperature and Thermal Energy
• 11.2 Heat, Specific Heat, and Heat Transfer
• 11.3 Phase Change and Latent Heat
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 12 Thermodynamics
• Introduction
• 12.1 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Equilibrium
• 12.2 First law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Energy and Work
• 12.3 Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy
• 12.4 Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Engines, Heat Pumps, and Refrigerators
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 13 Waves and Their Properties
• Introduction
• 13.1 Types of Waves
• 13.2 Wave Properties: Speed, Amplitude, Frequency, and Period
• 13.3 Wave Interaction: Superposition and Interference
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 14 Sound
• Introduction
• 14.1 Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength
• 14.2 Sound Intensity and Sound Level
• 14.3 Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
• 14.4 Sound Interference and Resonance
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 15 Light
• Introduction
• 15.1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• 15.2 The Behavior of Electromagnetic Radiation
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 16 Mirrors and Lenses
• Introduction
• 16.1 Reflection
• 16.2 Refraction
• 16.3 Lenses
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 17 Diffraction and Interference
• Introduction
• 17.1 Understanding Diffraction and Interference
• 17.2 Applications of Diffraction, Interference, and Coherence
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 18 Static Electricity
• Introduction
• 18.1 Electrical Charges, Conservation of Charge, and Transfer of Charge
• 18.2 Coulomb's law
• 18.3 Electric Field
• 18.4 Electric Potential
• 18.5 Capacitors and Dielectrics
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 19 Electrical Circuits
• Introduction
• 19.1 Ohm's law
• 19.2 Series Circuits
• 19.3 Parallel Circuits
• 19.4 Electric Power
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 20 Magnetism
• Introduction
• 20.1 Magnetic Fields, Field Lines, and Force
• 20.2 Motors, Generators, and Transformers
• 20.3 Electromagnetic Induction
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 21 The Quantum Nature of Light
• Introduction
• 21.1 Planck and Quantum Nature of Light
• 21.2 Einstein and the Photoelectric Effect
• 21.3 The Dual Nature of Light
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Problems
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 22 The Atom
• Introduction
• 22.1 The Structure of the Atom
• 22.2 Nuclear Forces and Radioactivity
• 22.3 Half Life and Radiometric Dating
• 22.4 Nuclear Fission and Fusion
• 22.5 Medical Applications of Radioactivity: Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
• Key Equations
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response

Chapter 23 Particle Physics
• Introduction
• 23.1 The Four Fundamental Forces
• 23.2 Quarks
• 23.3 The Unification of Forces
• Key Terms
• Section Summary
Chapter Review
o Concept Items
o Critical Thinking Items
o Performance Task
Test Prep
o Multiple Choice
o Short Answer
o Extended Response