PHYU 145:  LIFE SCIENCES 1              

 

•TEXT – PHYSICS Principles with Applications, 6th Edition, Giancoli
 
•Lectures: Mon, Wed, and Thu 10:30-11:35 AM, 103CH
Lecturer: Latika Menon
x4530, l.menon@neu.edu
 
•Introductory Physics Laboratory (IPL)
•
•to receive a grade, you must be registered for:
–U145 (lecture)
–U146 (IPL)
 
•Grading
–20% lab
–20% Quizzes (two lowest scores will be dropped)
–20% Midterm Examination
–40% Final Examination
 
•Study sequence for a typical week
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–Monday: first lecture on the week’s topic
–Wednesday: second lecture on the week’s topic
–Thursday: third lecture (go over homework problems and quiz from previous week) & 20 min. QUIZ
–Monday-Thursday: finish week’s homework problems
–Wednesday: office hours 2:00-5:00 PM, 425 Egan
–Thursday-Monday: finish assigned reading for the next week

 

•Help: 
–office hours: 425 Egan, Wednesday 2:00-5:00 PM
–Physics Workshop (in Churchill)
–Lab TA
 
•Other important people:
–IPL instructor: Prof. George Alverson
 

 

Week 1:   Motion in One Dimension -- Chapter 2, sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

     HW Problems: 4,8,13,17,24,26,37,59.

 

Week 2:   Vectors  --  Chapter 3, sections 1,2,3,4

                 HW Problems: Chap-3: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 68.  Enrichment: 11, 12, 13, 14

                 Quiz-1, Sept. 14 -- Motion and Vectors

 

Week 3:   Forces, Newton's Laws  --  Chapter 4, sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

                 HW Problems: Chap-4: 3, 6, 10, 15, 19, 24, 66.  Enrichment: 33, 67.

                 Quiz-2, Sept. 21 -- Vectors and Forces

 

Week 4:   Equilibrium -- Chapter 9, sections 1,2,3 -- Chapter 7, section 8,9 -- Chapter 8, section 4

                 HW Problems: Chap-9: 3, 19, 30, 32, 33, 35, 72, Enrichment: 15, 31, 34.

                 Quiz-3, Sept. 28 -- Vectors, Forces, & Torques in Equilibrium

 

Week 5:   Circular Motion -- Chapter 5, sections 1,2,3,4,5

                 HW Problems: Chap-5: 1, 4, 8, 17, 19, Enrichment: 15.

                 Quiz-4, Oct. 5 -- Circular Motion

 

Week 6:   Work Energy Theorem Power -- Chapter 6, sections 1,2,3,10

                 HW Problems: Chap-6: 2, 3, 5, 15, 18, 20, 65, 67, 78, Enrichment: 12, 62.

                 Quiz-5, Oct. 12 -- Work and Energy

 

Week 7:   Potential Energy, Conservation of Energy --  Chapter 6, sections 4,5,6,7

                 HW Problems: Chap-6: 26, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 42, 85.  Enrichment: 45, 82.

                 Quiz-6, Oct. 19 -- Work, Energy Conservation, Potential Energy

 

Week 8:   MIDTERM EXAM  –  Oct. 26

 

Week 9:   Fluid Statics -- Chapter 10, sections 1,2,3,4

                 HW Problems: Chap-10: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10.

                 Quiz-7, Nov. 2 -- Fluid Statics

 

Week 10: Fluid Statics (continued) -- Chapter 10, sections 5,6,7

                  HW Problems: Chap-10: 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 33.

                  Quiz-8, Nov. 9 -- Fluids

 

Week 11:  Fluid Dynamics -- Chapter 10, sections 8,9,10,11,12,14

                  HW Problems: Chap-10: 35, 39, 40, 43, 46, 55, 56, 58.  Enrichment: 61.

                  Quiz-9, Nov. 16 -- Fluid Dynamics

 

Week 12:  Temperature and Kinetic Theory -- Chap 13, sections 1,2,3,4

                  HW Problems: Chap-13: 2, 4, 8, 13.  Enrichment: 26, 27.

                  No Quiz, Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving)

 

Week 13:  Temperature and Kinetic Theory (cont) -- Chapter 13, Sections 6,7,8, 9,10

                  HW Problems: Chap-13: 31, 34, 39, 40, 41, 50, 58.  Enrichment: 51, 60, 61, 62.

                  Quiz-10, Nov. 29 -- Ideal Gas and Kinetic Theory

 

Week 14:  Heat -- Chapter 14, sections 1,2,3,4

                  HW Problems: Chap-14: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17, 20.

 

Week 15:  FINAL EXAM