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Absolute Temperature Scale
Absolute Zero
Acceleration
Acceleration Constraint
action/reaction pair
Adiabatic Process
Agent
Algebraic Addition of Vectors
Amorphous Solid
Amplitude
Angular Acceleration
Angular Displacement
Angular Displacement
Angular Momentum
Angular Position
Angular Position
Angular Velocity
Antinode
Apparent weight
Arc Length
Atomic Mass
Atomic Mass Number
Atomic model
Average Acceleration
Average Speed
Average Velocity
Axis
Balanced Force
Beats
Bernoulli Effect
Blue Shift
Boiling Point
Boltzmann Constant
Buoyant Force
Calorimetry
Cartesian Coordinates
Center of Mass
Central Maximum
Centripetal Acceleration
Circular Wave
Cirular motion
Coefficient of friction
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Coefficient of Performance (COP)
Coefficient of rolling friction
Coefficient of Static Friction
Coefficient of Viscosity
Colinear
Collision
Combination Motion
Component
Condensation Point
Conduction
Conservative Force
Constraint
Constructive Interference
Contact Force
Continuity
Convection
Conversion factor
Coordinate
Coordinate system
Couple
Coupled System
Crystal
Damped Oscillation
Decibels
Decomposition
Dependent Variable
Destructive Interference
Diatomic Gas
Diffraction
Diffraction Grating
Displaced Fluid
Displacement
Displacement From Equilibrium
Displacement vector
Dissipative Forces
Doppler Effect
Double Slit
Drag
Drag coefficient
Drag force
Driven Oscillation
Driving Frequency
Dynamic equilibrium
Dynamics
Elastic
Elastic Potential Energy
Electromagnetic Wave
Energy Diagram
Energy Transfer
Energy Transformations
Entropy
Environment
Equilibrium
Equilibrium Length
Explosion
external force
Fictitious force
Fire
First Law of Thermodynamics
Flat-earth approximation
Force
Force pair
Free Fall
Free Fall Acceleration
Free-body diagram
Freezing Point
Frequency
Friction
Fringe Spacing
Gas
Graphical Addition
Gravitational force
Gravitational Potential Energy
Harmonics
Heat
Heat of Transformation
Heat Pump
Hertz
Hooke's Law
Hydrostatic Pressure
Ideal Gas
Ideal Gas Law
Impulse
Impulse Approximation
Impulse-Momentum Theorem
Impulsive Force
Inclined plane
Independent Variable
Index of Refraction
Inertia
Inertial mass, m
Inertial reference frame
Instantaneous velocity
Intensity
Interaction
Interaction diagram
Interference
Interference Fringes
Internal force
Intertial reference frame
Irreversible Process
Isobaric Process
Isochoric Process
Isolated System
Isolated System
Isothermal Process
Joule
Kinematics
Kinetic Energy
kinetic friction
Laminar Flow
Launch
Launch Angle
Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy
Law of Conservation of Momentum
Lever
Limiting case
Line of Action
Linear Density
Liquid
Long-range Force
Longitudinal Wave
Macrophysics
Macrophysics
Magnitude
Mass
Mass Density
Massless string approximation
Mechanical advantage
Mechanical Energy
Mechanical Energy
Mechanical equilibrium
Mechanical Wave
Mechanics
Melting Point
Microphysics
Mode Number
Model
Models of Light
Molar Mass
Mole
Molecular Mass
Moment Arm
Moment of Inertia
Momentum
Momentum Bar Chart
Monatomic Gas
Motion
Motion Diagram
Natural Frequency
Net force
Neutral Buoyancy
Newton
Newton's first law
Newton's second law
Newton's Third Law
Newtons's third law
Node
Nonconservative Force
Nonuniform Circular Motion
Nonuniform Circular Motion
Normal force
Number Density
One-dimensional
Orbit
Order-of-Magnitude Estimate
Origin
Oscillation
Parallel-axis Theorem
Particle
Particle model
Pendulum
Perfectly Inelastic Collision
Period
Phase Diagram
Phase Equilibrium
Phases
Pictorial Representation
Plane Wave
Poiseuille's Equation
Position
Position Vector
Position vs. time graph
Power
Pressure Gradient
Projectile
Projectile motion
Proportional reasoning
proportionality
Proportionality constant
Propulsion
Pulley system
PV Diagram
Quadrants
Radial (Centripetal) Acceleration
Radial direction
Radial(Centripetal) Acceleration
Radians
Radiation
Radius
Red Shift
Reference Frame
Representation of Knowledge
Resistive force
Resonance
Restoring Force
Resultant vector
Rigid Body
Rigid-body Model
Rolling Constraint
Rolling Friction
Rotated Axis
Rotational Energy
Rotational Motion
Scalar quantity
Screw
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Shock Wave
SI Units
Significant Figures
Simple Harmonic Motion
Simple machine
Sinusoidal
Sliding friction
Slope
Small-angle Approximation
Solid
Sonic Boom
Specific Heat
Speed
Spring Constant
Spring force
Stable Equilibrium
Standing Wave
State Variables
Static equilibrium
Static friction
Straight line motion
Streamline
Sublimation
Superposition of forces
Supersonic
System
System Energy
Tangential Acceleration
Tangential Acceleration
Tangential direction
Tension force
Terminal Speed
Test Term
The Law of Conservation of Energy
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Energy
Thermal Equilibrium
Thermal Expansion
Thermal Interaction
Thrust
Time Interval
Torque
Total Momentum
Trajectory
Translational Motion
Transverse Wave
Traveling Wave
Triple Point
Turning Point
Two-dimensional
Unbalanced Force
Uniform Circular Motion
Uniform Motion
Uniformly Accelerated Motion
Unit Vector ( i , j )
Unstable Equilibrium
Vector Component
Vector quantity
Velocity
Velocity vector
Velocity vs. time graph
Viscosity
Volume Flow Rate
Watt
Wave Fronts
Wavelength
Wedge
Weight
Wheel and Axle
Work
y-Intercept
Zero Vector
BoxSand
Review and Vectors
General Review
Lecture 1 | Review
Vector Operations
Lecture 1 | Vectors
Kinematics
Average Quantities
Lecture 1 | Position and Displacement
Lecture 2 | Average Velocity and Acceleration
Graphical Analysis
Lecture 1 | Graphical Analysis
1D Kinematics
Lecture 1 | 1-D Kinematics of Constant Acceleration
Lecture 2 | 1-D Kinematics Problem Solving Strategies
2D Kinematics
Lecture 1 | 2-D Kinematics
Lecture 2 | Projectile Motion
Mechanics
Forces 1
Lecture 1 | Forces Introduction
Lecture 2 | FBD and Newton's 2nd Law
Lecture 3 | Application of Newton's 2nd Law
Forces 2
Lecture 1 | Friction
Lecture 2 | Inclined Planes
Forces 3
Lecture 1 | Coupled Systems and Pulleys
Lecture 2 | Forces and Uniform Circular Motion
Momentum
Impulse and Momentum
Lecture 1 | Impulse and Momentum Theorem
Conservation of Momentum
Lecture 1 | 1-D Conservation of Momentum
Lecture 2 | 2-D Conservation of Momentum
Energy
Work & Kinetic Energy
Lecture 1 | Work and Kinetic Energy Theorem
Conservation of Energy
Lecture 1 | Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
Lecture 2 | Conservation of Energy Application
Lecture 3 | Systems and Energy, Collisions
Rotational Mechanics
Rotational Kinematics
Lecture 1 | Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration for Non-uniform Circular Motion
Lecture 2 | Connecting Rotational and Translational Kinematics
Statics & Dynamics
Lecture 1 | Torque and the 2nd Law for Rotation
Lecture 2 | Application of 2nd Law: Static Equilibrium and Stability
Lecture 3 | Dynamics and Moment of Inertia
Rotation and Conserved Quantities
Lecture 1 | Angular Momentum and Rotational Energy
Thermodynamics
Microscopic Model of Gases
Lecture 1 | Micro view of matter, kinetic theory of gases
Lecture 2 | State variables and equations of state, ideal gas
1st Law and Heat
Lecture 1 | 1st law of thermodynamics, energy transfers
Lecture 2 | Specific Heat, Phase Transformations, Calorimetry
Lecture 3 | Conduction, Convection, Radiation
2nd Law and Entropy
Lecture 1 | Entropy, 2nd Law
Thermodynamic Processes and Cycles
Lecture 1 | Heat Engines
Lecture 2 | PV Diagrams, Processes
Lecture 3 | Cycles and efficiency
Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Statics
Lecture 1 | Pressure at a Depth, Pascal's Principle
Lecture 2 | Hydraulics, Buoyancy
Fluid Dynamics
Lecture 1 | Continuity, Bernoulli
Waves & Oscillations
Oscillating Systems
Lecture 1 | General Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Motion, Equations of Motion
Lecture 2 | SHM Case Studies: Pendulums and Springs
Lecture 3 | Damped Oscillations, Driven Oscillations and Resonance
Traveling Waves
Lecture 1 | Wavelength, Frequency, Speed, Equations of Motion
Lecture 2 | Sound, Light, Waves on a String
Lecture 3 | Energy and Intensity, Sound Intensity Level: Decibels
Lecture 4 | Doppler
Superposition of Waves
Lecture 1 | Standing Wave Resonance in Tubes and on Strings
Lecture 2 | General Two Source Interference
Optics
Wave Optics
Lecture 1 | Young's Double Slit
Lecture 2 | Multi and Single Slit, Spectroscopy
Lecture 3 | Index of Refraction, Thin Film Interference
Ray Optics
Lecture 1 | Rays, Reflection, Refraction, TIR, Dispersion
Lecture 2 | Formation of Images, Ray Tracing
Lecture 3 | Thin Lenses
Electric Fields & Potentials
Charges and the Electric Force
Lecture 1 | Micro-model of Charge, Q-transfer, Conductors vs. Insulators
Lecture 2 | Electric Forces and Coulomb's Law
Electric Fields
Lecture 1 | Field Model, Charges in an Electric Field
Lecture 2 | Electric Field from Point Charges
Lecture 3 | Electric Fields Patterns
Electric Potential
Lecture 1 | Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy
Lecture 2 | EP Field Patterns and Motion of Charges
Lecture 3 | Connecting Electric Potential and Electric Field
Circuits
Resistive Circuits
Lecture 1 | Micro-model of Charge flow, Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power
Lecture 2 | Kirchoff's Laws
Lecture 3 | Equivalent Circuits
Magnetism
Magnetic Fields and Forces
Lecture 1 | Magnetic Fields, Magnetism
Lecture 2 | Magnetic Force, UCM
Magnetic Induction
Lecture 1 | Motional EMF, Induced Currents
Lecture 2 | Faraday and Lenz's Law
Sensemaking
Math Tools
Scientific Notation
Significant Figures
Dimensional Analysis
Units
Algebra
Mathematization
Basic Functions
Proportional Reasoning
Geometry and Trigonometry
Vectors
Order of Magnitude Estimations
Physics Dictionary
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