Physics 111 Notes

Week #1

Quiz #1 will be on Friday 9/17/21 and will cover electric charge and electric force

There will be no lab this week.

Here's a set of instructions for accessing the online homework: Mastering Physics.

Week #2

Quiz #2 will be on Friday, 9/24/21 and will cover electric force, electric field and electric potential.

Lab will start this week.  Please read lab #1 before class.  I will print and bring the handouts to class.  

Week #3

Quiz #3 will be on Friday, 10/01/21 and will cover capacitance, capacitors, & RC circuits.

Lab #2 will be this week.  Please read lab #2 before class and I will print and bring the handouts to lab.  

Here's the updated version of the formula sheet.

Week #4

Lab #3 will be this week. Please read lab #3 before class and I will print and bring the handouts to lab.  

Exam #1 will be on Friday, October 8, 2021 and will cover chapters 16 - 19. Topics will include charge, electric force, electric fields from point charges and plates, the relation between electric field and electric force, electric potential energy, electric potential, electric work, the relation between electric field and electric potential, current, drift velocity, capacitance, resistance, RC circuits, resistor only circuits, & power.

Here's the updated version of the formula sheet.

Week #5

There is no class on Monday, 10/11/21. Since there is no lab this week, we will have class on Tuesday. Lecture times are 9am - 10am and 2pm - 3pm. Class will be held in ISEC 106. Feel free to come to either time slot.

Office hours for Monday, 10/11/21 are cancelled. I will be away from campus.

Quiz #4 will be on Friday, 10/15/21 and will cover magnetic fields and magnetic force on charges and currents.

Week #6

Lab #4 will be this week. Please read lab #4 before class and I will print and bring the handouts to lab.  

Quiz #5 will be on Friday, 10/22/21 and will cover Faraday's law.

Week #7

There is no lab this week.

Office hours for Wednesday, 10/27/21 are from 10:30am - 11:30am.

Quiz #6 will be on Friday, 10/29/21 and will cover the speed of light, intensity of light, radiation pressure, the relation between E & B, the polarization of light, & the reflection and refraction of light.

Week #8

Lab #5 will be this week. Please read lab #5 before class and I will print and bring the handouts to lab.  

Office hours on Wednesday will be from 10:30am - 11:30am.

Exam #2 will be on Friday, November 5, 2021 and will cover chapters 20 (sections 20.1 - 20.6 & 20.11), 21 (sections 21.1 - 21.4), 22 (sections 22.1 - 22.6), 23 (sections 23.1, & 23.4 - 23.9), 24 (section 24.10), 25 (section 25.2), & 26 (sections 26.7 - 26.9). The format will be identical to exam #1. Topics may include magnetic fields from long straight wires, electric and magnetic forces on charges and magnetic forces on currents, drift speed and hall voltage, work & relativistic kinetic energy to accelerate charges, Faraday's law, intensity of light, polarization of light, radiation pressure, reflection & refraction, converging & diverging lenses, lenses in combination, and the power of a lens.

The Eye

Week #9

Lab #6 will be this week. Please read lab #6 before class and I will print and bring the handouts to lab.  

Quiz #7 will be on Friday, 11/12/21 and will cover relativity, the photoelectric effect and the Compton effect. This will be the last quiz for the term.

Week #10

The last lab will be this week. Please read Lab #7 before class.

Power point presentation on Radioactive Dating.

 

Fall 2021 Final Exam Information:

Date and time: Friday, November 19, 2021 from 8:30am - 10:30am.    

There will be 5 problems on the exam each worth 24 points. Each problem consists of two worked parts and one multiple-choice question.

Each worked part is worth 10 points (20 points total) and each multiple-choice question is worth 4 points yielding 24 points for each problem.

The final exam is worth 120 points total.

Topics on the final:

1. Relativity, electric work, work-kinetic energy theorem, magneticfields, magnetic forces and motion of charged particles in magnetic fields.

2. Light as a particle. Energy, momentum, frequency and wavelength of a photon. Nuclear decay and the radioactive decay law. Photoelectric and Compton effects.

3. Ohm's law and circuits. Resistors in series and parallel, resistor-capacitor circuits, discharging capacitors, magnetic fields from currents, electric current, electricfields, and electric potential.

4. Radioactive decay. Energy associated with decay particles, radioactive decay laws and radioactive dating.

5. Light as a wave. Reflection, refraction, critical angles in materials, lenses, thin lens equation, magnification, power of a lens.