PHYS 101 Study Guide - Dimensional Analysis, Angular Velocity, Total Internal Reflection

• School: McGill University
• Department: Physics
• Course: PHYS 101
• Professor: Kenneth J Ragan

Document Summary

Upon completing this course, you should be familiar with the following concepts and have mastered the skills listed: Module 0: models, measurement, units, orders of magnitude. Concepts: simplification of real-world" problems; appropriate units; uncertainty associated with measurements. Skills: building conceptual models of simple physical systems; understanding uncertainties; choosing appropriate units for physical quantities; unit conversions; estimation of orders of magnitude; ability to use dimensional analysis in simple situations. Concepts: position, displacement; speed, velocity; acceleration; motion at constant acceleration; graphical analysis of motion. Skills: analyse one-dimensional (linear) motion; construct x-vs-t, v-vs-t, and a-vs-t graphs from descriptions of motion (and vice-versa); solve constant- acceleration motion problems (such as inclined-plane problems or free-fall problems). Modules 2 & 3: vectors and 2-d motion. Concepts: vectors and vector manipulation (addition, subtraction, multiplication of vector by scalar); separation of 2-d motion problems into independent axes. Skills: analysis of 2-d motion (specifically projectile motion).