APSC 111

Queen's

Course Overview

Grade Boosters

Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Units, Physics Quantities, and Vectors

7hr

1.1.2. Example: Converting between units4 min

1.1.3. Practice: Volume Conversion

1.2.1. Significant Figures5 min

1.2.2. Significant Figures in Calculations7 min

1.2.3. Example: Significant Figures4 min

1.2.4. Practice: Significant Figures

1.2.5. Practice: Significant Figures

1.3.1. Percent Error2 min

1.3.2. Example: Percent Error2 min

1.3.3. Practice: Percent Error

1.4.1. Dimensional Analysis3 min

1.4.2. Example: Dimensional Analysis7 min

1.4.3. Practice: Dimensional Analysis2 min

1.5.1. Unit Conversion5 min

1.5.2. Example: Unit Conversion4 min

1.5.3. Example: Unit Conversion Practice 2 min

1.5.4. Practice: Counting heartbeats2 min

1.6.1. Orders of Magnitude4 min

1.7.1. Vectors and Their Components5 min

1.7.2. Vector's Magnitude2 min

1.7.3. Components of a Vector Using the Angle It Makes Respect to x or y Axis8 min

1.7.4. Example: Vector Algebra7 min

1.7.5. Practice 3 min

1.7.6. Practice: Magnitude of a Vector3 min

1.8.1. Scalars & Vectors - Definitions & Examples3 min

1.8.2. Vectors (2D)12 min

1.8.3. Vectors (3D)6 min

1.8.4. Examples: Scalars and Vectors (Sine and Cosine Laws)13 min

1.8.5. Practice: Scalars and Vectors (Sine and Cosine Laws)10 min

1.8.6. Practice: Scalars and Vectors (Catesian Format, Sine Law)16 min

1.8.7. Example: Scalars and Vectors (Rectangular Components)13 min

1.8.8. Practice: Scalars and Vectors (Rectangular Components) 11 min

1.9.1. Vector Operations6 min

1.9.2. Example: Vector Operations10 min

1.9.3. practice quiz: Vector Operations3 Qns

1.9.4. Example: Vector Operations (2D)

1.10.1. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Algebraic Method 54 sec

1.10.2. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphic Methods9 min

1.10.3. Example: Vector Addition and Subtraction 6 min

1.10.4. Practice: Find Missing Vector

1.10.5. Practice: Resultant of Two Vectors

1.11.1. Addition of 2D Forces (Components / SOH.CAH.TOA.)7 min

1.11.2. Example: Vectors and Rectangular Components

1.11.3. Practice: Walking to the store2 min

1.11.4. Practice: Vectors and Rectangular Components

1.12.1. Forces in Cartesian Vector Form4 min

1.12.2. Forces 2D Cartesian Vector Form6 min

1.12.3. Example: Forces Cartesian Vector Form10 min

1.12.4. Example: Cartesian Vectors, Resultant Magnitude and Direction (2D)

1.12.5. Practice: Vector Components1 min

1.12.6. Practice: Forces Cartesian Vector Form (IMPORTANT!)9 min

1.13.1. Forces 3D Cartesian Form (IMPORTANT!)11 min

1.13.2. Example 1 - Part 1: 3D Force Vectors 11 min

1.13.3. Example 1 - Part 2: 3D Force Vectors 7 min

1.13.4. Example 2: 3D Force Vectors13 min

1.13.5. Practice 1: 3D Force Vectors10 min

1.13.6. Practice: 3D Vector Practice Questions Part 15 min

1.13.7. Practice: 3D Vector Practice Questions Part 26 min

1.13.8. Example: Forces in Cartesian Vector Form16 min

1.14.1. Cartesian Vectors / Working in 3D5 min

1.14.2. Example: Two Points and Distance Between / Magnitude of Vector

1.14.3. Practice: Magnitude of a 3D Vector5 min

1.14.4. Practice: Cartesian Vectors (3D) - distance between 2 points

1.15.1. Unit Vector (u)7 min

1.15.2. Example: Unit Vector

1.15.3. Practice: Unit Vector1 min

1.15.4. Practice: Unit Vector3 min

1.15.5. Practice: Unit Vector

1.16.1. Position Vectors (r)11 min

1.16.2. Example: Unit and Position Vectors

1.16.3. Practice: 3D Position Vectors

1.16.4. Practice: Unit and Position Vectors (3D)

1.16.5. Practice

1.17.1. Dot Product or Scalar Product4 min

1.17.2. Example: Dot product2 min

1.17.3. Practice: Dot Product46 sec

1.17.4. Practice: Concept Clarifier2 min

1.18.1. Cross Product10 min

1.18.2. Right Hand Rule5 min

1.18.3. Example: Cross Product4 min

1.18.4. Practice: Cross Product2 min

1.18.5. Practice: Cross Product

1.19.1. Trigonometry Review10 min

1.19.2. Example: Trigonometry4 min

1.19.3. Example: Trigonometry6 min

1.19.4. Practice: Level 11 min

1.19.5. Practice: Level 22 min

1.19.6. Example: Trigonometry Review

1.19.7. Practice: Trigonometry Review

1.20.1. Pythagorean Triangles6 min

1.20.2. Example: Pythagorean Triple (Small Triangle)

1.20.3. Practice: Pythagorean Triple (Small Triangle)

1.21.1. Planar (Shaded) Angles9 min

1.21.2. Example: Vectors into Cartesian Vector Form (3D)

1.21.3. Practice: Vectors into Cartesian Vector From (3D)

1.22.1. Scientific Notation

1.22.2. Example: Scientific Notation

1.22.3. Practice: Scientific Notation

2. Motion Along a Straight Line

2.6hr

2.1.1. Distance and Displacement ..8 min

2.1.2. Speed and Velocity8 min

2.1.3. Example: Acceleration4 min

2.1.4. Practice: Average speed vs. Average velocity10 min

2.2.1. Motion Diagrams11 min

2.2.2. Example9 min

2.2.3. Practice: Position vs. Time Graphs4 min

2.3.1. Acceleration6 min

2.3.2. Practice: Uniform Acceleration3 min

2.3.3. Practice: Acceleration (Calculus-Based)3 min

2.4.1. One-Dimensional Kinematics 8 min

2.4.2. Example: Deceleration8 min

2.4.3. Practice: Acceleration and Constant Velocity (Copy catches Car)12 min

2.5.1. Free Fall1 min

2.5.2. Example: Free Fall7 min

2.5.3. Practice: Free Fall 5 min

2.6.1. Kinematic Graphs9 min

2.6.2. Example: Kinematic Graphs3 min

2.6.3. Practice: Velocity vs Time Graph9 min

2.6.4. Practice: Flying a Drone (Tricky!)27 min

2.7.1. Practice: Velocity and Acceleration

2.7.2. New Practice Question

2.7.3. Practice: Position from Acceleration

3. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

4hr

3.1.1. Position Vector11 min

3.1.2. Two- and Three-Dimensional Kinematics : Part 19 min

3.1.3. Example: Position from Velocity2 min

3.1.4. Practice Question 5: Position Vectors2 min

3.1.5. Example: Velocity and Acceleration8 min

3.1.6. Practice: Velocity and Acceleration

3.2.1. Two- and Three-Dimensional Kinematics : Part 19 min

3.2.2. Two- and Three-Dimensional Kinematics: Part 27 min

3.2.3. Example: Particle Motion in 3D8 min

3.2.4. Practice: Projectile motion

3.3.1. Projectile Motion9 min

3.3.2. Example: projectile motion4 min

3.3.3. Practice: Projectile Motion10 min

3.4.1. Uniform Circular Motion6 min

3.4.2. Example: Uniform circular motion2 min

3.4.3. Practice: Unifirm Circular Motion5 min

3.4.4. Practice : Circular Motion 1

3.4.5. Practice question

3.5.1. Uniform Circular Motion and Centripetal Acceleration8 min

3.5.2. Non-uniform Circular motion3 min

3.5.3. Example: Centripetal Acceleration

3.5.4. Practice: Circular Motion - Acceleration3 min

3.6.1. Centripetal force12 min

3.6.2. Example: Circular Motion with Changing Radii3 min

3.6.3. Practice: Circular Motion - Vertical Circle8 min

3.6.4. Practice: Marble Sliding on a Rotating Hoop (Tricky!)14 min

3.7.1. Relative Velocity11 min

3.7.2. Example: : Relative Velocity9 min

3.7.3. Practice: Relative Velocity11 min

3.8.1. Two- and Three-Dimensional Kinematics : Part 19 min

3.8.2. Two- and Three-Dimensional Kinematics: Part 27 min

3.8.3. Example: Particle Motion in 3D8 min

3.8.4. Practice: Projectile motion

3.9.1. Kinematic Graphs9 min

3.9.2. Example: Kinematic Graphs3 min

3.9.3. Practice: Flying a Drone (Tricky!)27 min

3.9.4. Practice: Velocity vs Time Graph9 min

4. The Laws of Motion

2hr

4.1.1. Newton's Laws of Motion7 min

4.1.2. Example: Newton's

4.1.3. Practice: Interacting Blocks11 min

4.1.4. Practice: Three books on a table8 min

4.1.5. Practice: Tension

4.2.1. Mass and Weight2 min

4.3.1. Concept of Force and Force/Free Body Diagrams7 min

4.3.2. Example: Free Body Diagrams 8 min

4.3.3. Practice: Free Body Diagram I

4.3.4. Practice: Free Body Diagram II

4.4.1. Normal Force 6 min

4.4.2. Example: Weightlessness6 min

4.4.3. Practice: Man in an elevator

4.5.1. Tension4 min

4.5.2. Example: Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion7 min

4.5.3. Practice: Box Hanging from To Wires8 min

4.6.1. Inclined Surfaces 7 min

4.6.2. Example: Object on Incline8 min

4.6.3. Practice: Two Connected Blocks11 min

4.7.1. Car Turning Around a Circular Section of Road6 min

4.7.2. Example: Car Around a Circular Flat Ramp4 min

4.7.3. Practice: Car Rounding a Banked Turn8 min

5. Applying Newton's Laws

2hr

5.1.1. Static Equilibrium3 min

5.1.2. Example15 min

5.1.3. Practice13 min

5.2.1. Kinetic and Static Friction10 min

5.2.2. Rolling Friction2 min

5.2.3. Example: Object Sliding on Rough Surface (Friction)8 min

5.2.4. Practice: Static vs Kinetic (Tricky!)6 min

5.3.1. Uniform Circular Motion6 min

5.3.2. Period and Frequency 7 min

5.3.3. Example: Uniform circular motion6 min

5.3.4. Practice: Circular Motion - Car Rounding a Curve5 min

5.3.5. Practice : Circular Motion - Ball on a String

5.4.1. Non-uniform Circular motion6 min

5.4.2. Practice: Non-Circular Motion - Acceleration3 min

5.4.3. Example: Non-Circular motion

5.5.1. Gravitational Force7 min

5.5.2. The Special Case of Earth 4 min

5.5.3. Example: Force of Gravity at Height6 min

5.5.4. Practice: Gravitational Force Between Objects8 min

6. Work and Kinetic Energy

1.6hr

6.1.1. Mechanical Work10 min

6.1.2. Example: Positive vs. Negative Work4 min

6.1.3. Practice: Work Involving Incline Surface (Ramp)15 min

6.2.1. Work-Energy Theorem7 min

6.2.2. Example: Work-Energy Theorem11 min

6.2.3. Practice: work and energy - PE

6.2.4. Practice: Spring and slope problem

6.2.5. Practice: work done

6.3.1. Conservation of Energy9 min

6.3.2. Example: Work Done by Friction12 min

6.3.3. Practice13 min

6.4.1. Power3 min

6.4.2. Example: Power in Lifting4 min

6.4.3. Practice: Towing a Car7 min

7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation

2.7hr

7.1.1. Gravitational Potential Energy2 min

7.1.2. Kinetic Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy Problem8 min

7.2.1. Elastic Potential Energy1 min

7.3.1. Conservative vs Non-Conservative Forces - Part 17 min

7.3.2. Conservative vs Non-Conservative Forces - Part 25 min

7.3.3. Example: Non-Conservative Forces

7.3.4. Practice: Conservative Forces

7.4.1. Conservation of Energy9 min

7.4.2. Example: Work Done by Friction12 min

7.4.3. Practice13 min

7.5.1. Energy of an Oscillator11 min

7.5.2. Example: Spring & Mass System 10 min

7.5.3. Practice: Energy of Oscillation 4 min

7.6.1. Vertical springs13 min

7.6.2. Example: Vertical Springs7 min

7.6.3. Practice: Vertical Springs6 min

7.6.4. Practice: Oscillations (Tricky!)8 min

7.7.1. Chemical (Food) Energy7 min

7.7.2. Example: Food Energy

7.7.3. Practice: Converting Food to Kinetic Energy

7.8.1. Satellites and Objects in Orbits 6 min

7.8.2. Orbital Energies10 min

7.8.3. Kepler's Laws12 min

7.8.4. Example: Satellites Around Earth8 min

7.8.5. Practice: Satellite Orbital Periods5 min

8. Linear Momentum and Collisions

2.2hr

8.1.1. Momentum and Impulse (Calculus-Based)6 min

8.1.2. Example: Impulse on a Soccer Ball3 min

8.1.3. Practice: Impulse on a Ball Hitting Wall11 min

8.1.4. Practice: Momentum of a Force Function (Calculus Based)4 min

8.2.1. Conservation of momentum12 min

8.2.2. Example: Collision2 min

8.2.3. Practice: Conservation of Momentum - 2 Carts8 min

8.2.4. Practice: Conservation of momentum - Ball Colliding with Block3 min

8.2.5. Practice: Conservation of Momentum - Two Carts Colliding4 min

8.3.1. Elastic Collision3 min

8.3.2. Elastic Collision with One Object Initially at Rest12 min

8.3.3. Inelastic Collision3 min

8.3.4. Perfectly Inelastic Collision4 min

8.3.5. Example: Inelastic Collision8 min

8.3.6. Practice: Inelastic Collisions4 min

8.3.7. Practice: Elastic Collision (Tricky!)7 min

8.4.1. Example: Shell Explosion

8.4.2. Momentum Conservation in 2D Collisions5 min

8.4.3. Practice: Collision of Two Objects (2D)

8.4.4. Practice: 2D Inelastic Collision - Car Crash3 min

8.4.5. Momentum and Impulse3 min

8.5.1. Center of Mass7 min

8.5.2. Center of Mass of Complicated Objects5 min

8.5.4. Practice5 min

8.6.1. Momentum Conservation in the Center of Mass Frame5 min

8.6.2. Shell Explosion (One Object Separating into Two Objects) with Center of Mass Frame3 min

8.7.1. Propulsion4 min

8.7.2. Theory50 sec

9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies

2.3hr

9.1.1. Kinematics Equations for Rotation7 min

9.1.2. Example: Rotating Wheel7 min

9.1.3. Practice: Falling Mass Attached to a Rotating Pulley11 min

9.2.1. Note for Rolling Motion8 min

9.2.2. Example: Static Friction for Rolling Down a Slope10 min

9.2.3. Practice (Tricky!)14 min

9.3.1. Rotational Analogue of Newton's Second Law2 min

9.3.2. Example: Rotating Rod7 min

9.3.3. Practice: Falling Mass Attached to a Rotating Pulley11 min

9.4.1. Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Body4 min

9.4.2. Example: Falling Mass Attached to a Rotating Pulley8 min

9.4.3. Practice: Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Body (Tricky!)7 min

9.5.1. Parallel axis theorem3 min

9.5.2. Example: Moment of Inertia16 min

9.5.3. Practice4 min

9.6.1. Moment of Inertia of Discrete Particles3 min

9.6.2. Moment of Inertia3 min

9.6.3. Example: Moment of Inertia (Calculus Based)7 min

9.6.4. Practice: angular momentum - Satellite

9.6.5. Practice: Rotational dynamics - Rotating Blade6 min

10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion

2.6hr

10.1.1. Torque14 min

10.1.2. Example: Torrque5 min

10.1.3. Practice: Torque9 min

10.2.1. Rotational Analog of Newton's Second Law2 min

10.2.2. Example: Rotating Rod7 min

10.2.3. Practice: Falling Mass Attached to a Rotating Pulley11 min

10.3.1. Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Body4 min

10.3.2. Example: Falling Mass Attached to a Rotating Pulley8 min

10.3.3. Practice: Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Body (Tricky!)7 min

10.4.1. Rotational Work and Torque6 min

10.4.2. Example: Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Wheel6 min

10.4.3. Practice: Rotational kinetic energy - falling rod6 min

10.4.4. Practice: Objects rolling down a slope10 min

10.5.1. Note for Rolling Motion8 min

10.5.2. Example: Static Friction for Rolling Down a Slope10 min

10.5.3. Practice (Tricky!)14 min

10.6.1. Angular Momentum10 min

10.6.2. Example: Angular Momentum of Pendulum5 min

10.6.3. Practice: Angular Momentum - Spinning Weight5 min

10.7.1. Conservation of Angular Momentum5 min

10.7.2. Example: Angular Momentum Conservation

10.7.3. Practice: Angular Momentum - Spinning Weight5 min

11. Equilibrium & Elasticity

4hr

11.1.1. Static Equilibrium3 min

11.1.2. Example: Static Equilibrium of a Ladder15 min

11.1.3. Practice: Static Equilibrium - Man on a Beam13 min

11.2.1. Centroids of Area12 min

11.2.2. Centroids of Area17 min

11.2.3. Example: Centroids of Area - Geometric (DO THIS!)10 min

11.2.4. Example: Centroids of Area - Integration (OPTIONAL)15 min

11.2.5. Practice: Centroids Practice - Geometric (DO THIS!)11 min

11.2.6. Practice: Centroids Geometric (DO THIS!)9 min

11.2.7. Practice: Centroids Geometric10 min

11.2.8. Quiz: Centroids Practice - Geometric Quiz (New)2 Qns

11.2.9. Practice: Centroids - Geometric 3D (OPTIONAL)17 min

11.2.10. Practice: Centroids - Integration16 min

11.2.11. Practice: Centroids - Integration14 min

11.2.12. Quiz: Centroids Practice - Integration Quiz (New)1 Qn

11.3.1. Center of Mass7 min

11.3.2. Center of Mass of Complicated Objects5 min

11.3.3. Example: Center of Mass

11.3.4. Practice: Center of Mass of System of Objects (2D)5 min

11.4.1. Stress and Strain33 min

11.4.2. Elastic Properties of Solids3 min

11.4.3. Practice: Thermal Stress21 min

11.5.1. Centroids vs. Centre of Mass3 min

11.5.2. Example: Centre of Mass4 min

11.5.3. Practice: Centre of Mass Question5 min

11.5.4. Quiz: Center of Mass Practice Question1 Qn

11.6.1. Stability

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