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Comprehensive Physics I Study Notes: Motion, Forces, Energy, Fluids, and Thermodynamics

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Introduction to Units

Unit Conversions

Counting Significant Figures

Operations with Significant Figures

Vectors, Scalars, & Displacement

Average Velocity

Intro to Acceleration

Position-Time Graphs & Velocity

Velocity-Time Graphs & Acceleration

Kinematics Equations

Vertical Motion and Free Fall

Intro to Motion in 2D: Position & Displacement

Velocity in 2D

Intro to Projectile Motion: Horizontal Launch

Newton's First & Second Laws

Newton's Third Law & Action-Reaction Pairs

Vertical Forces & Acceleration

Static Friction

Kinetic Friction

Inclined Planes

Uniform Circular Motion

Centripetal Forces

Newton's Law of Gravity

Intro to Torque

Net Torque & Sign of Torque

Torque Due to Weight

Torque & Acceleration (Rotational Dynamics)

Intro to Moment of Inertia

Moment of Inertia of Systems

Moment of Inertia & Mass Distribution

Rotational Velocity & Acceleration

Equations of Rotational Motion

Conservation of Energy with Rotation

Intro to Conservation of Energy

Intro to Momentum

Intro to Impulse

Intro to Conservation of Momentum

How to Identify the Type of Collision

Completely Inelastic Collisions

Ballistic Pendulum

Energy of Rolling Motion

Conservation of Energy in Rolling Motion

Density

Intro to Pressure

Pascal's Law & Hydraulic Lift

Pressure Gauge: Barometer

Pressure Gauge: Manometer

Pressure Gauge: U-shaped Tube

Buoyancy & Buoyant Force

Ideal vs Real Fluids

Fluid Flow & Continuity Equation

Fluid Flow & Continuity Equation

Intro to Springs (Hooke's Law)

Intro to Simple Harmonic Motion (Horizontal Springs)

Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

Simple Harmonic Motion of Vertical Springs

Simple Harmonic Motion of Pendulums

Energy in Pendulums

Intro to Waves

Wave Functions

Velocity of Transverse Waves

Wave Interference

Standing Waves

Sound Intensity

The Doppler Effect

Standing Sound Waves

Beats

Diffraction

Diffraction with Huygen's Principle

Young's Double Slit Experiment

Single Slit Diffraction

Temperature

Linear Thermal Expansion

Moles and Avogadro's Number

Heat Equations for Special Processes & Molar Specific Heats

First Law of Thermodynamics

Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Heat Engines & PV Diagrams

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases

The Ideal Gas Law

Volume Thermal Expansion

Work Done Through Multiple Processes

Cyclic Thermodynamic Processes

PV Diagrams & Work

Calorimetry with Temperature and Phase Changes

Latent Heat & Phase Changes

Intro to Calorimetry

Heat Transfer