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Salters Horners AS/A level Physics Student Book 1
Elizabeth Swinbank | Jonathan Allday | Christina Astin | Hovan Catchatoor | Ian Francis | Author
(2016)
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Salters Horners AS/A level Physics Student Book 1
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| How to use this book | vii | ||
| Working as a physicist | ix | ||
| Chapter 1: Higher, Faster, Stronger | 2 | ||
| 1 Running | 4 | ||
| 1.1 Biomechanics | 4 | ||
| 1.2 Describing motion | 4 | ||
| 1.3 Motion graphs | 7 | ||
| 1.4 Force and acceleration: Newton’s laws of motion | 12 | ||
| 1.5 Momentum | 15 | ||
| 1.6 Summing up part 1 | 18 | ||
| 2 Climbing and balancing | 19 | ||
| 2.1 Hanging on | 19 | ||
| 2.2 On the ropes | 26 | ||
| 2.3 Balancing | 27 | ||
| 2.4 Summing up part 2 | 30 | ||
| 3 Working out work | 31 | ||
| 3.1 Energy return shoes | 31 | ||
| 3.2 Speed skiing | 36 | ||
| 3.3 Pumping iron | 37 | ||
| 3.4 Summing up part 3 | 39 | ||
| 4 Stretching and springing | 40 | ||
| 4.1 Bungee jumping | 40 | ||
| 4.2 Pole vaulting | 44 | ||
| 4.3 Summing up part 4 | 45 | ||
| 5 Jumping and throwing | 46 | ||
| 5.1 Ski jumping | 46 | ||
| 5.2 Throwing | 48 | ||
| 5.3 Summing up part 5 | 49 | ||
| 6 Last lap | 52 | ||
| 6.1 Summing up the chapter | 52 | ||
| 6.2 Questions on the whole chapter | 52 | ||
| 6.3 Achievements | 53 | ||
| Chapter 1 Answers | 55 | ||
| Chapter 2: The Sound of Music | 64 | ||
| 1 Making sounds | 66 | ||
| 1.1 Synthetic sounds | 66 | ||
| 1.2 Oscillations | 66 | ||
| 1.3 Travelling waves | 70 | ||
| 1.4 Graphs of travelling waves | 72 | ||
| 1.5 Superposition and standing waves | 75 | ||
| 1.6 Summing up part 1 | 77 | ||
| 2 Musical notes | 78 | ||
| 2.1 Stringed instruments | 78 | ||
| 2.2 Wind instruments | 82 | ||
| 2.3 Quality or timbre | 84 | ||
| 2.4 Summing up part 2 | 86 | ||
| 3 Compact discs | 88 | ||
| 3.1 What’s on the discs? | 88 | ||
| 3.2 Optical scanning | 90 | ||
| 3.3 Summing up part 3 | 92 | ||
| 4 CD players | 93 | ||
| 4.1 Laser | 93 | ||
| 4.2 Summing up part 4 | 97 | ||
| 5 Encore | 98 | ||
| 5.1 Waves | 98 | ||
| 5.2 Questions on the whole chapter | 99 | ||
| 5.3 Achievements | 100 | ||
| Chapter 2 Answers | 101 | ||
| Chapter 3: Good Enough to Eat | 106 | ||
| 1 Physics in the food industry | 108 | ||
| 1.1 Physics in the food and confectionery industry | 108 | ||
| 2 Going with the flow | 110 | ||
| 2.1 Flowing chocolate | 110 | ||
| 2.2 Viscosity | 110 | ||
| 2.3 More about flow | 114 | ||
| 2.4 Measuring and controlling flow rates | 115 | ||
| 2.5 Summing up Part 2 | 116 | ||
| 3 Testing, Testing … | 119 | ||
| 3.1 Good enough to eat? | 119 | ||
| 3.2 Crunching and chewing | 120 | ||
| 3.3 Summing up Part 3 | 124 | ||
| 4 Sweetness and light | 125 | ||
| 4.1 Refractometry | 125 | ||
| 4.2 Polarimetry | 130 | ||
| 4.3 Summing up Part 4 | 132 | ||
| 5 Wrapping up | 133 | ||
| 5.1 Food quality and safety | 133 | ||
| 5.2 Packaging | 134 | ||
| 5.3 The final product | 134 | ||
| 5.4 Questions on the whole chapter | 135 | ||
| 5.5 Achievements | 136 | ||
| Chapter 3 Answers | 137 | ||
| Chapter 4: Technology in Space | 142 | ||
| 1 Satellites in space | 144 | ||
| 1.1 A space engineer | 144 | ||
| 1.2 Studying with satellites | 145 | ||
| 1.3 Spacecraft power systems | 146 | ||
| 2 Solar cells and electric circuits | 149 | ||
| 2.1 Solar cells | 149 | ||
| 2.2 Cells and circuits | 152 | ||
| 2.3 Getting the most from your power supply | 157 | ||
| 2.4 Summing up Part 2 | 160 | ||
| 3 Solar cells | 162 | ||
| 3.1 Solar cells in space | 162 | ||
| 3.2 Explaining solar cells | 164 | ||
| 3.3 Summing up Part 3 | 167 | ||
| 4 All under control | 168 | ||
| 4.1 Facing the right direction | 168 | ||
| 4.2 Temperature changes in spacecraft | 171 | ||
| 4.3 Why does resistance change with temperature? | 176 | ||
| 4.4 Electronic materials and components | 178 | ||
| 4.5 Summing up Part 4 | 178 | ||
| 5 Mission accomplished | 179 | ||
| 5.1 Conservation of … | 179 | ||
| 5.2 Modelling light | 180 | ||
| 5.3 Questions on the whole chapter | 181 | ||
| 5.4 Achievements | 183 | ||
| Chapter 4 Answers | 184 | ||
| Chapter 5: Digging Up the Past | 188 | ||
| 1 The secrets of resistance | 190 | ||
| 1.1 Resistive surveying | 190 | ||
| 1.2 Resistivity | 192 | ||
| 1.3 Potential difference and potential dividing | 196 | ||
| 1.4 Summing up Part 1 | 201 | ||
| 2 The inside story | 204 | ||
| 2.1 X-rays | 204 | ||
| 2.2 X-ray diffraction | 205 | ||
| 2.3 Diffraction grating | 207 | ||
| 2.4 summing up Part 2 | 211 | ||
| 3 Taking a closer look | 212 | ||
| 3.1 Seeing the detail | 212 | ||
| 3.2 Electron waves | 213 | ||
| 3.3 Electron microscopes | 215 | ||
| 3.4 Summing up Part 3 | 216 | ||
| 4 Archaeologists at work | 218 | ||
| 4.1 The dating game | 218 | ||
| 4.2 Is it genuine? | 218 | ||
| 4.3 Peer review | 220 | ||
| 5 Reconstruction | 221 | ||
| 5.1 Putting the pieces together | 221 | ||
| 5.2 Questions on the whole chapter | 222 | ||
| 5.3 Achievements | 224 | ||
| Chapter 5 Answers | 225 | ||
| Chapter 6: Spare Part Surgery | 228 | ||
| 1 Spare parts | 230 | ||
| 1.1 Smart limbs | 230 | ||
| 1.2 informed consent | 231 | ||
| 2 Boning up | 232 | ||
| 2.1 Bone and joint replacement | 232 | ||
| 2.2 The right stuff | 235 | ||
| 2.3 By design | 242 | ||
| 2.4 Take the strain | 245 | ||
| 2.5 The inside story | 246 | ||
| 2.6 Summing up part 2 | 249 | ||
| 3 A sight better | 250 | ||
| 3.1 One in the eye | 250 | ||
| 3.2 Seeing eye to eye | 252 | ||
| 3.3 Seeing near and far | 257 | ||
| 3.4 Lenses for all occasions | 264 | ||
| 3.5 Eyes right - Summing up part 3 | 265 | ||
| 4 Heartbeat | 268 | ||
| 4.1 Ultrasound imaging of the heart | 268 | ||
| 4.2 Ultrasound echoes | 269 | ||
| 4.3 Doppler ultrasound | 275 | ||
| 4.4 Summing up part 4 | 277 | ||
| 5 Recovery | 278 | ||
| 5.1 Getting better | 278 | ||
| 5.2 Questions on the whole chapter | 278 | ||
| 5.3 Achievements | 282 | ||
| Chapter 6 Answers | 283 | ||
| Practical skills | 292 | ||
| 1 Scientific questions and information research | 292 | ||
| 1.1 State the scientific problem to be investigated | 292 | ||
| 1.2 Research relevant information | 292 | ||
| 1.3 Give details of your sources | 293 | ||
| 2 Planning and experimental design | 293 | ||
| 2.1 Identify the variables to be measured and controlled | 293 | ||
| 2.2 Describe the experimental apparatus and methodology | 293 | ||
| 2.3 Identify sources of systematic and random error | 294 | ||
| 2.4 Identify safety issues, discuss how to reduce risk and complete a risk assessment | 294 | ||
| 3 Carrying out practical work safely and ethically | 294 | ||
| 3.1 Carry out the experiment following correct procedures and with appropriate safety precautions | 294 | ||
| 3.2 Make measurements and record data in an appropriate format using suitable precision | 295 | ||
| 4 Analysis and interpretation of data | 295 | ||
| 4.1 Process, analyse and display data using appropriate mathematical, ICT and statistical techniques | 295 | ||
| 4.2 Plot a graph and use it to derive further information | 295 | ||
| 5 Conclusion and evaluation | 296 | ||
| 5.1 State a conclusion based on experimental evidence | 296 | ||
| 5.2 Use appropriate scientifi c knowledge to explain your conclusion and comment on its validity | 296 | ||
| Maths notes | 297 | ||
| 0 signs and symbols | 297 | ||
| 0.1 Equations and comparisons | 297 | ||
| 0.2 The delta symbol | 297 | ||
| 0.3 Summation | 297 | ||
| 1 Index notation | 298 | ||
| 1.1 Index notation and powers of 10 | 298 | ||
| 1.2 Standard form | 298 | ||
| 1.3 Combining powers | 298 | ||
| 1.4 Manipulating powers on a calculator | 299 | ||
| 1.5 Powers that are not whole numbers | 300 | ||
| 2 Units | 300 | ||
| 2.1 Units and physical quantities; graphs and tables | 300 | ||
| 2.2 Manipulating units; index notation and units | 301 | ||
| 2.3 Derived units | 302 | ||
| 2.4 SI prefixes | 302 | ||
| 2.5 Dimensions | 303 | ||
| 3 Arithmetic and algebra | 303 | ||
| 3.1 Fractions, decimals and percentages | 303 | ||
| 3.2 Brackets and common factors | 304 | ||
| 3.3 Reciprocals | 305 | ||
| 3.4 Algebra and elimination | 306 | ||
| 3.5 Adding and subtracting fractions | 306 | ||
| 4 Solving equations | 307 | ||
| 4.1 Rearranging an equation | 307 | ||
| 4.2 Simultaneous equations | 307 | ||
| 5 Relationships and graphs | 308 | ||
| 5.1 Graphs and proportionality | 308 | ||
| 5.2 Linear relationships | 309 | ||
| 5.3 Gradient of a linear graph | 309 | ||
| 5.4 Inverse proportionality | 310 | ||
| 5.5 Testing mathematical relationships | 311 | ||
| 6 Trigonometry and angular measurements | 311 | ||
| 6.1 Degrees and radians | 311 | ||
| 6.2 Sine, cosine and tangent of an angle | 312 | ||
| 6.3 Graphs of trigonometric functions | 313 | ||
| 6.4 Inverse sin, etc. | 313 | ||
| 6.5 Trigonometry on a calculator | 313 | ||
| 6.6 The small angle approximations | 315 | ||
| 7 Measurement and uncertainty | 316 | ||
| 7.1 Experimental measurements | 316 | ||
| 7.2 Calculations with uncertainties; significant figures | 317 | ||
| 7.3 A useful rule of thumb | 318 | ||
| 7.4 Significant figures and orders of magnitude | 318 | ||
| 7.5 Combining uncertainties | 318 | ||
| 7.6 Error bars and error boxes | 319 | ||
| 7.7 Uncertainties and graphs | 320 | ||
| 8 Logarithms | 320 | ||
| 8.1 Logs and powers of 10 | 320 | ||
| 8.2 Logs on a calculator | 321 | ||
| Index | 322 |