Physical
Science 100

Professor Grant W. Mason

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Brigham Young University

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Table of Contents

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CHAPTER 3: Laws Governing Motion

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Concept of Mass
Uniform Motion on an Air Track I
Uniform Motion on an Air Track II
Newton's First Law: An Object at Rest Remains at Rest
Newton's Third Law: Cannon on an Air Track
Newton's Second Law: Prop Glider on an Air Track
Centripetal Motion: Ball on a String
Newton's Third Law: Train on a Track


CHAPTER 4: The Fundamental Interactions

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An Unusual View of the Acceleration of a Falling Object
Positive and Negative Charge
Electric Forces: Van de Graaff Machine I
Electric Forces: Van de Graaff Machine II
Gravitational Acceleration: A Book and a Piece of Paper Fall


CHAPTER 5: Applications of the Laws of Force and Motion

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Gravitational Acceleration: Separating Horizontal and Vertical Motion
Constant Acceleration of Gravity: The Monkey Hunter
Circular Motion on an Air Table
Electroscope
Acceleration of a Falling Ball: Up, Down, Sideways


CHAPTER 6: Some Effects Due to Internal Forces

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Atmospheric Pressure
Pressure Versus Force
Cartesian Diver
Model of the Lungs


CHAPTER 7: Conservation Laws

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Internal Energy: Mass on a Spring
Internal Energy: Elastic and Inelastic Balls
Conservation of Kinetic and Gravitational Potential Energy


CHAPTER 8: The Special Principle of Relativity

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Foucault Pendulum

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CHAPTER 10: The Physical Properties of Matter

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Changes of Physical Properties with Temperature: Liquid Nitrogen
Classifying Matter by Electrical Conductivity


CHAPTER 11: The Molecular Model of Matter

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Shape of a Water Molecule
Molecular Model: Pressure and Temperature
Speed of Molecules


CHAPTER 12: The Law of Increasing Disorder

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Organized Energy


CHAPTER 13: Waves

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Kinds of Waves: Longitudinal, Transverse
Kinds of Waves: Torsion
Waves: Frequency, Wavelength, Amplitude
Sound Waves: Wavelength and Frequency


CHAPTER 14: The Properties of Light

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Diffraction with a Laser
Interference with a Laser
Photoelectric Effect


CHAPTER 17: The Wave Model of the Item

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Standing Waves on a String

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CHAPTER 19: Molecules and Compounds

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Chemical Reactions: Hydrogen and Oxygen form Water
Chemical Reactions: Electrolysis of Water
Chemical Reactions: Burning Metals
Chemical Reactions: Clock Reaction
Chemical Reactions; Oscillating Clock


CHAPTER 22: Chemistry of Living Things

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Polymerization: The Nylon Rope


CHAPTER 23: How Life Works

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Catalysis: Hydrogen Peroxide and Manganese Dioxide


CHAPTER 24: The Nucleus

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Observing Radioactivity with a Geiger Counter


CHAPTER 25: Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Energy

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Fusion-on-a-Stick

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CHAPTER 26: Cosmology - How the Universe Works

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The Doppler Shift
Curvature of Spacetime


CHAPTER 28: Planet Earth

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Granite and Basalt


CHAPTER 30: The Interior of the Earth

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The Origin of the Earth's Magnetic Field
Seismic Shadow Zone
Differentiation Bottle


CHAPTER 31: From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics - The Evidence

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Magnetism in Rocks

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