Physics Sheets from Fig

Algebra-based set of rotational dynamics problems. Includes torque with acceleration, conservation of energy with rotation, conservation of angular momentum, and a statics torque problem. Used with my 11th grade honors students and AP Physics 1.

Worksheet to review the mechanical energy of circular and elliptical orbits. Compares three identical spacecraft orbiting the Moon in circular and elliptical orbits. Used as a study guide with my AP students. Updated to correct mistakes on key and to include questions graphing mechanical energy.

Review worksheet written for my on level junior physics class. Examines energy changes of a coaster car moving without friction. Includes ranking energy exercise, solving for height and velocity, finding power and force. Also includes calculating work from force at an angle, finding friction force from energy lost. Plus graphing energy changes. Includes key.

Practice worksheet written for my on level junior physics class. Examines energy changes of a coaster car moving without friction. Includes energy bar graphing and questions about friction. Topics reviewed include elastic potential energy, mechanical energy, kinetic and potential energy, energy conservation. Includes key.

Practice worksheet written for my on level junior physics class. Examines energy changes of a skier moving without friction and the energy changes of a projectile. Includes energy bar graphing and ranking exercise. Topics reviewed include work, power, mechanical energy, kinetic and potential energy, energy conservation. Includes key.

Practice worksheet intended for my on level junior year physics class. Includes work and kinetic energy calculations for forces without friction, with friction, and when force is at an angle to the direction of motion. Key included.

Three pages of sound review questions. Includes speed of sound, doppler effect, intensity, sound level, describing longitudinal waves, the wave equation, and beats. Originally written for my on level junior year physics students. Includes answer key.

Review worksheet on sound interference originally intended for my on level junior year physics class. Also includes questions on intensity, sound level, beats, and first harmonic string. Includes answer key.

Practice and review of accelerated and projectile motion. I use this with my general physics classes. Reviews arranging the motion equations (with variables ∆x, Vi, Vf, a, ∆t). Vertical motion with acceleration g = -10 m/s/s, projectile motion, using pythagorean theorem to find velocity from horizontal and vertical components, and two word problems. Key included.

AP practice with static fluids. Topics include buoyancy and pressure of a static fluid column. Buoyancy problem involving floating in a two layer fluid. Key included.

Vibrations and waves review for use with a general physics class. Topics include pendulums, transverse and longitudinal waves, wave speed, string harmonics. Key included.

Physics reference sheet with formulas typically used in a traditional junior year algebra based physics class.

Practice drawing static charge diagrams. Using Coulomb's law to determine changes in the electric force. Combining electric force vectors. Solving for position of force equilibrium for three co-linear charges. Includes key.

Practice drawing electric fields. Comparison of gravitational potential energy with electric potential energy. Force and energy calculations involving charges and electric fields. Calculation of an electric field due to two point charges. Includes key.

Practice worksheet for AP Mechanics C on oscillations. Position graph is presented for block mass on spring including a phase shift. Students write and graph velocity and acceleration graphs with defined parameters. Block is changed to a cylinder. Students use force and torque equations to write a new differential equation for the motion and graph the resulting solutions. Includes key.

Packet of practice problems involving conservation of angular momentum. Includes significant practice with collisions involving linear and rotational motion. Problems involve systems with a fixed rotational axis and systems which can freely rotate. Originally written for use with my AP Physics students. Includes answer key

Practice drawing standing waves in open pipes and pipes closed at one end. Students asked to draw and label the first two harmonics in each. Harmonics in pipes are compared to standing waves on strings. Also includes a question concerning the beat frequency. Includes key.

Practice with the simple harmonic motion exhibited by pendulums and mass on spring. Questions review forces, Hooke's Law, and conservation of mechanical energy. Solving period equations for either length, mass, or stiffness constant (k). Graphing motion of mass on spring. Analyzing motion graph to determine period and mass. Applications of parameterized SHM equations, eg. x = A cos wt, etc. Includes key.

More review questions on string harmonics. Concepts include harmonic number, drawing standing waves, relationship between harmonics, using the wave equation. Key included.

Review worksheet for standing waves on strings. Concepts include nodes, antinode, fundamental, harmonic number, drawing harmonics, and using the wave equation.