Physics 121 Notes

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Labs will start Thursday 09/08/22. Please read lab #1 before coming to class.

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Fall 2022 Final Exam Information:

Physics 121 Final Exam: TBA

There are 6 problems on the exam. Each problem is 24 points. The final exam is out of 144 points.

Exam Topics

1. Electrostatics: Charges, electric fields and forces; electric potential energy, electric potential, work, electric dipoles

2. Resistor Circuits: Current, electric potential, electric fields, resistance, resistors in series & parallel, conservation of energy (loop rule) , conservation of charge (node/junction rule), and power

3. RC Circuits: Capacitors, capacitance, capacitors in series & parallel, time constants, charging & discharging capacitors

4. Magnetism: Magnetic fields, magnetic forces, charges, electric forces & electric fields, electric potentials, electric work, work-kinetic energy theorem

5. Magnetism: Mangnetic forces & magnetic fields, currents, ohm's law, Newton's laws of motion

6. Faraday's law: Resistance, resistors, current, ohm's law, electric potential, faraday's law, magnetic flux.