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What is the fundamental principle behind the First Law of Thermodynamics?
What is the fundamental principle behind the First Law of Thermodynamics?
Which of the following is a characteristic of an open system?
Which of the following is a characteristic of an open system?
What is the unit of heat capacity?
What is the unit of heat capacity?
Which force is responsible for the attraction between two objects with mass?
Which force is responsible for the attraction between two objects with mass?
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What is the direction of the normal force exerted by a surface on an object?
What is the direction of the normal force exerted by a surface on an object?
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What is the purpose of the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics?
What is the purpose of the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics?
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Which of the following is an example of a closed system?
Which of the following is an example of a closed system?
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What is the unit of entropy?
What is the unit of entropy?
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What is the difference between speed and velocity?
What is the difference between speed and velocity?
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What is the type of energy associated with the motion of an object?
What is the type of energy associated with the motion of an object?
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According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, what is the relationship between force and acceleration?
According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, what is the relationship between force and acceleration?
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What type of wave requires a medium to propagate?
What type of wave requires a medium to propagate?
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What is the term for the energy an object has due to its position or configuration?
What is the term for the energy an object has due to its position or configuration?
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What is the term for the study of motion without considering forces?
What is the term for the study of motion without considering forces?
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What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency in a wave?
What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency in a wave?
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What is the unit of electric resistance?
What is the unit of electric resistance?
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What is the direction of the magnetic field around a current-carrying wire?
What is the direction of the magnetic field around a current-carrying wire?
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What is the effect of superposition of two waves?
What is the effect of superposition of two waves?
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What is the direction of the induced current in a coil?
What is the direction of the induced current in a coil?
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Study Notes
Thermodynamics
Laws of Thermodynamics
- Zeroth Law: If two systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other.
- First Law (Conservation of Energy): Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
- Second Law: The total entropy of a closed system always increases over time, except in reversible processes.
- Third Law: As the temperature of a system approaches absolute zero, its entropy approaches a minimum value.
Thermodynamic Systems
- Closed System: A system that does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings.
- Open System: A system that exchanges both matter and energy with its surroundings.
- Isolated System: A system that does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings.
Thermodynamic Properties
- Temperature (T): A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a system.
- Internal Energy (U): The total energy of a system, including kinetic energy, potential energy, and potential energy associated with the interactions between particles.
- Entropy (S): A measure of the disorder or randomness of a system.
- Heat Capacity (C): The amount of heat energy required to change the temperature of a system by a given amount.
Forces
Types of Forces
- Gravity (Fg): A force that attracts two objects with mass towards each other.
- Normal Force (Fn): A force exerted by a surface on an object that is in contact with it, perpendicular to the surface.
- Frictional Force (Ff): A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact.
- Tension Force (Ft): A force exerted by a stretched string or wire.
- Air Resistance Force (Fd): A force that opposes the motion of an object through the air.
Newton's Laws of Motion
- First Law (Law of Inertia): An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move with a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force.
- Second Law (F = ma): The force applied to an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration.
- Third Law (Action and Reaction): For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Laws of Thermodynamics
- Zeroth Law: Thermal equilibrium between two systems implies they are also in thermal equilibrium with any other system in thermal equilibrium with one of them.
- First Law: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another, and the total energy of a closed system remains constant.
- Second Law: The total entropy of a closed system always increases over time, except in reversible processes, and it is impossible to build a machine that can convert all the heat energy into useful work.
- Third Law: As the temperature of a system approaches absolute zero, its entropy approaches a minimum value, and it is impossible to reach absolute zero by any finite number of processes.
Thermodynamic Systems
- Closed System: A system that exchanges energy but not matter with its surroundings, and its total energy remains constant.
- Open System: A system that exchanges both matter and energy with its surroundings, and its total energy and matter are not constant.
- Isolated System: A system that does not exchange energy or matter with its surroundings, and its total energy and matter are constant.
Thermodynamic Properties
- Temperature: A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a system, and it is a scalar quantity.
- Internal Energy: The total energy of a system, including kinetic energy, potential energy, and potential energy associated with the interactions between particles.
- Entropy: A measure of the disorder or randomness of a system, and it is a scalar quantity.
- Heat Capacity: The amount of heat energy required to change the temperature of a system by a given amount, and it is a measure of the system's ability to absorb heat energy.
Forces
Types of Forces
- Gravity: A force that attracts two objects with mass towards each other, and it is a universal force that affects everything with mass.
- Normal Force: A force exerted by a surface on an object that is in contact with it, perpendicular to the surface, and it is a contact force.
- Frictional Force: A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact, and it is a contact force that depends on the normal force and the properties of the surfaces.
- Tension Force: A force exerted by a stretched string or wire, and it is a contact force that is transmitted along the length of the string or wire.
- Air Resistance Force: A force that opposes the motion of an object through the air, and it is a non-contact force that depends on the object's velocity and shape.
Newton's Laws of Motion
- First Law: An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move with a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force, and it is a fundamental principle of motion.
- Second Law: The force applied to an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration, and it is a quantitative description of the relationship between force and motion.
- Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, and it is a fundamental principle of motion that describes the interaction between two objects.
Kinematics
- Study of motion without considering forces
- Position: described by x, y, z coordinates
- Displacement: change in position described by Δx, Δy, Δz
- Velocity: rate of change of position, described by v
- Acceleration: rate of change of velocity, described by a
- Speed and velocity are not the same: speed is scalar, velocity is vector
- Motion can be in one dimension (1D), two dimensions (2D), or three dimensions (3D)
- Graphical analysis of motion: position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs
Energy
- Types of energy:
- Kinetic energy: energy of motion
- Potential energy: energy of position or configuration
- Thermal energy: energy of temperature
- Electrical energy: energy of moving charges
- Chemical energy: energy stored in chemical bonds
- Energy transformations and conservation:
- Law of conservation of energy: total energy remains constant
- Energy conversion: one type of energy is converted to another
Dynamics
- Study of motion with forces
- Newton's laws of motion:
- First law: inertia, objects at rest stay at rest, objects in motion stay in motion
- Second law: force and acceleration, F = ma
- Third law: action and reaction, equal and opposite forces
- Types of forces:
- Gravity: force of attraction between objects, weight
- Friction: force opposing motion, static, kinetic, and rolling
- Normal force: force perpendicular to surface
- Tension: force along a string or wire
- Force diagrams and free body diagrams: visual representations of forces acting on an object
Waves
- Types of waves:
- Mechanical waves: require a medium, e.g. water, sound
- Electromagnetic waves: do not require a medium, e.g. light, radio
- Characteristics of waves:
- Wavelength: distance between successive points on a wave
- Frequency: number of oscillations per second
- Speed: velocity of wave propagation
- Wave number: 2π / wavelength
- Angular frequency: 2π / period
- Amplitude, period, and phase: characteristics of wave oscillations
- Superposition, interference, and diffraction: interactions between waves
Electricity
- Study of electric charges and their interactions
- Electric charges: positive (+) and negative (-)
- Coulomb's law: force between two point charges, F = k * q1 * q2 / r^2
- Electric field: force per unit charge, E = F / q
- Electric potential: potential energy per unit charge, V
- Electric current: flow of charge, I = ΔQ / Δt
- Resistance: opposition to current flow, R = V / I
- Ohm's law: I = V/R
Magnetism
- Study of magnetic fields and their interactions
- Magnetic fields: forces between magnets and electric currents
- Biot-Savart law: magnetic field due to a current, dB = μ₀ * I * dl × r / 4πr³
- Ampere's law: magnetic field and current, ∮B · dl = μ₀ * I
- Magnetic induction: Faraday's law of induction, ε = -N(dΦ/dt)
- Electromagnetic induction: generation of voltage
- Lenz's law: direction of induced current, opposes the change in flux
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Test your knowledge of the laws of thermodynamics, including the zeroth, first, second, and third laws. Understand the fundamental principles of energy and entropy.
