Physics 110 Spring 2025
Notes
Week #1
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This is the formula sheet that will be used for the quizzes and exams.
There will be NO lab in the first week of class. Lab will start in week #2.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Quiz #1 on will be on Friday, April 4, 2025 and will cover unit conversions and the definitions of motion. In particular Ch. 1, sections 1.1 - 1.7 and Ch. 2, sections 2.1 - 2.4.
1D Motion powerpoint slides
Week #2
Lab will start this week, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Please read lab #1 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Quiz #2 on will be on Friday, April 11, 2025 and will cover vectors and projectile motion. In particular Ch. 2, section 2.7 and Ch. 3, sections 3.1 - 3.2 & 3.4 - 3.6.
Vertical Motion Problems from class.
Projectile Motion problems from class.
Week #3
Lab #2 will be on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Please read lab #2 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center is open this week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Exam #1 will be on Friday, April 18, 2025 and will cover Ch. 1, sections 1.1 - 1.7 , Ch. 2, sections 2.1 - 2.7, Ch. 3 sections 3.1 - 3.7, Ch. 4 sections, 4.1 - 4.7 & Ch. 5 sections 5.2 - 5.5. The exam will have 3 problems and each problem will have 4 parts. The exam has 12 parts total. The exam consists of worked problems and short answer questions.
Week #4
Lab #3 will be on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Please read lab #3 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Quiz #3 on will be on Friday, April 25, 2025 and will circular motion and forces. In particular Ch. 3, section 3.7 and Ch. 6, sections 6.1 - 6.3.
Circular Motion problems.
Week #5
Lab #4 will be on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Please read lab #4 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Quiz #4 on will be on Friday, May 2, 2025 and will work, work-kinetic energy theorem, potential energies, and conservation of energy. In particular Ch. 6, sections 6.5 and Chapter 10, sections 10.1 - 10.6
Conservation of Energy problems for class.
Week #6
Momentum Problems for class.
Physics Help center is open this week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Exam #2 will be on Wednesday May 7, 2025 and will cover Ch. 3, sections 3.7, Ch. 6 sections 6.1 - 6.7, & 6.5, Ch. 8 sections 8.3 & 8.4, Ch. 9 sections, 9.1 - 9.6 & Ch. 10 sections 10.1 - 10.6, & 10.9. The exam will have 3 problems and each problem will have 4 parts. The exam has 12 parts total. The exam consists of worked problems and short answer questions.
There will be no lab on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
There will be no class on Friday, May 9, 2025 for Steinmetz Day.
Week #7
Lab #5 will be on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Please read lab #5 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
There will be no class on Friday, May 16, 2025. I will be out of town.
Week #8
Lab #6 will be on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Please read lab #6 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Quiz #5 on will be on Friday, May 23, 2025 and will cover rotational motion and rotational and translational statics. In particular Ch. 7, sections 7.1 -7.3, & 7.5 - 7.7, and Ch. 8, sections 8.1 - 8.3, & 8.5.
Rotational and translational statics problems for class.
Week #9
Lab #7 will be on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Please read lab #7 before lab on Thursday.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Fluids problems for class.
Exam #3 will be on Friday, May 30, 2025 and will cover Ch. 7, sections 7.1 - 7.7, Ch. 8 sections 8.1 - 8.5, Ch. 9 sections 9.6 - 9.7, Ch. 10 sections 10.1 - 10.4 & 10.6, and Ch. 13 sections 13.1 - 13.3. The exam will have 3 problems and each problem will have 4 parts. The exam has 12 parts total. The exam consists of worked problems and short answer questions.
Week #10
There will be no lab on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
There will be no quiz on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Fluids problems for class.
Final Exam Examples
Final 2025 Exam Information:
Final Exam: Monday, June 9, 2025 from 8:30am - 10:30am in Wold 128
The final exam will have 5 problems worth 30 points each. The final exam will be out of 150 points total.
Each individual problem will have five (5) worked parts (@ 6 points each) for a total of 30 points per problem.
Topics on the final exam by problem. In each problem below the following topics will be covered.
1. Conservation of energy, collisions & conservation of momentum, forces, circular motion, motion in 2D and the equations of motion.
2. Conservation of energy, work, work-kinetic energy theorem, forces and changes in motion (accelerations), and circular motion .
3. Motion in 1D, the equations of motion for translation and rotation, forces and torques (dynamics).
4. Rotational and translational statics, conservation of energy, rotational and translational quantities of motion.
5. Fluids, fluids at rest, fluid flow, pressure, conservation of energy, motion in 1D & 2D and the equations of motion.