PHYS 101

McGill

Course Overview

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Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics

2hr

1.1.2. Example4 min

1.2.1. Unit Conversion5 min

1.2.2. Example: Unit Conversion4 min

1.2.3. Example: Unit Conversion Practice 2 min

1.2.4. Practice: Volume Conversion

1.2.5. Practice: Counting heartbeats2 min

1.3.1. Significant Figures5 min

1.3.2. Significant Figures in Calculations7 min

1.3.3. Example4 min

1.3.4. Practice: Significant Figures

1.3.5. Practice: Significant Figures

1.4.1. Significant Figures5 min

1.4.2. Significant Figures in Calculations7 min

1.4.3. Example: Significant Figures4 min

1.5.1. Scientific Notation

1.5.2. Example: Scientific Notation4 min

1.5.3. Practice: Scientific Notation4 min

1.6.1. Percent Error2 min

1.6.2. Example: Percent Error2 min

1.6.3. Practice: Percent Error

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

1.8.1. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Algebraic Method 54 sec

1.8.2. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphic Methods9 min

1.8.3. Example: Vector Addition and Subtraction 6 min

1.8.4. Practice: Find Missing Vector

1.8.5. Practice: Resultant of Two Vectors

1.9.1. Dimensional Analysis3 min

1.9.2. Example: Dimensional Analysis7 min

1.9.3. Practice: Dimensional Analysis2 min

1.10.1. Orders of Magnitude4 min

2. One-Dimensional Kinematics

3hr

3. Two-Dimensional Kinematics

1.1hr

3.1.1. Vectors and Their Components5 min

3.1.2. Vector's Magnitude2 min

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

3.1.4. Example7 min

3.1.5. Practice 3 min

3.2.1. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphic Methods9 min

3.2.2. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Algebraic Method 54 sec

3.2.3. Example6 min

3.3.1. Projectile Motion9 min

3.3.2. Example4 min

3.3.3. Practice10 min

4. Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion

1.6hr

4.1.1. Free Body Diagrams7 min

4.1.2. Example8 min

4.2.1. Newton's Laws of Motion7 min

4.2.2. Practice 11 min

4.3.1. Normal Force 6 min

4.3.2. Example6 min

4.4.1. Inclined Surfaces 7 min

4.4.2. Example8 min

4.4.3. Practice11 min

4.5.1. Tension4 min

4.5.2. Example7 min

4.5.3. Practice8 min

4.6.1. Spring Force4 min

4.6.2. Practice2 min

5. Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction

1.6hr

5.1.1. Kinetic and Static Friction10 min

5.1.2. Example8 min

5.1.3. Practice (Tricky!)6 min

5.2.1. Drag Force (Version II)3 min

5.2.2. Terminal Velocity6 min

5.2.3. Practice: Drag Force (Version II)5 min

5.3.1. Stress and Strain33 min

5.3.2. Elastic Properties of Solids3 min

5.3.3. Practice: Thermal Stress21 min

6. Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation

2.2hr

6.1.1. Uniform Circular Motion6 min

6.1.2. Period and Frequency 7 min

6.1.3. Example6 min

6.2.1. Non-uniform Circular motion6 min

6.2.2. Practice 3 min

6.3.1. Centripetal force12 min

6.3.2. Example3 min

6.3.3. Practice8 min

6.3.4. Practice (Tricky!)14 min

6.4.1. Car Turning Around a Circular Section of Road6 min

6.4.2. Example4 min

6.4.3. Practice8 min

6.5.1. Gravitational Force7 min

6.5.2. The Special Case of Earth 4 min

6.5.3. Example6 min

6.5.4. Practice 8 min

6.6.1. Satellites and Objects in Orbits 6 min

6.6.2. Kepler's Laws12 min

6.6.3. Practice5 min

7. Work, Energy, and Energy Resources

2.3hr

7.1.1. Mechanical Work10 min

7.1.2. Example4 min

7.1.3. Practice15 min

7.1.4. Work Done by a Single Force5 min

7.1.5. Example: Work Done by a Single Force3 min

7.1.6. Practice: Work Done by a Single Force8 min

7.2.1. Work-energy theorem7 min

7.2.2. Example11 min

7.2.3. Example: The Work-Energy Theorem8 min

7.2.4. Practice: The Work-Energy Theorem7 min

7.3.1. Conservation of Energy9 min

7.3.2. Example 12 min

7.3.3. Practice13 min

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

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

7.5.1. Power3 min

7.5.2. Example4 min

7.5.3. Practice7 min

8. Linear Momentum and Collisions

2.1hr

8.1.1. Momentum and Impulse (Basic)3 min

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

8.1.3. Example: Impulse on a Soccer Ball3 min

8.1.4. Practice: Impulse on a Ball Hitting Wall11 min

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

8.2.1. Conservation of momentum12 min

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

8.2.3. Practice: Conservation of Momentum - 2 Carts8 min

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

8.2.5. Example: Collision2 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. Momentum Conservation in 2D Collisions5 min

8.4.2. Example: Shell Explosion

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

9. Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum

1.6hr

9.1.1. Kinematics Equations for Rotation7 min

9.1.2. Example7 min

9.2.1. Moment of Inertia of Discrete Particles3 min

9.2.2. Moment of Inertia3 min

9.3.1. Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Body4 min

9.3.2. Example8 min

9.3.3. Practice (Tricky!)7 min

9.4.1. Rotational Work and Torque6 min

9.4.2. Example6 min

9.5.1. Rotational Analog of Newton's Second Law2 min

9.5.2. Example7 min

9.5.3. Practice11 min

9.6.1. Angular Momentum10 min

9.6.2. Example5 min

9.7.1. Conservation of Angular Momentum5 min

9.7.3. Practice5 min

10. Oscillatory Motion and Waves

2.9hr

10.1.1. Vertical springs13 min

10.1.2. Basic Concepts of Oscillation (Basic Version)10 min

10.1.3. Example7 min

10.1.4. Practice6 min

10.1.5. Practice (Tricky!)8 min

10.2.1. Basic Concepts of Oscillation (Basic Version)10 min

10.2.2. Practice2 min

10.3.1. SHM as the Projection of a Uniform Circular Motion11 min

10.3.2. Example

10.3.3. Practice

10.4.1. Simple Pendulums 7 min

10.4.2. Example3 min

10.4.3. Practice7 min

10.5.1. Energy of an Oscillator11 min

10.5.2. Example10 min

10.5.3. Practice4 min

10.6.1. Energy of an Oscillator11 min

10.6.2. Example10 min

10.6.3. Practice4 min

10.7.1. Mechanical Waves Theory34 min

10.7.2. Standing Waves Theory4 min

10.7.3. Properties of Waves5 min

10.7.4. Example (NEW)

10.7.5. Properties of Waves

10.8.1. Interference and Superposition

10.8.2. Example: Superposition

10.8.3. Practice: Superposition

11. Physics of Hearing

1hr

11.1.1. Speed of Sound in Air4 min

11.1.2. Sound Waves

11.1.3. Example

11.1.4. Practice

11.1.5. Example

11.2.1. Transmitted Power and Intensity9 min

11.2.2. Intensity Shortcut Formula6 min

11.2.3. Practice

11.2.4. Example

11.3.1. Doppler Effect8 min

11.3.2. Example

11.3.3. Practice

11.4.1. Sound Wave Interference4 min

11.4.2. Standing Waves Theory - Air Pipes13 min

11.4.3. Two Ends Closed:4 min

11.4.4. Two Ends Open:3 min

11.4.5. One End Open & One End Closed:10 min

11.4.6. Example

11.4.7. Practice

12. Geometric Optics

30min

12.1.1. Light Waves9 min

12.1.2. Practice

12.1.3. Practice

12.2.1. Reflection8 min

12.2.2. Refraction13 min

12.2.3. Example

12.2.4. Practice

13. Wave Optics

45min

13.1.1. Reflection8 min

13.1.2. Phase shift at reflection boundaries3 min

13.2.1. Diffraction2 min

13.2.2. Effective Path Difference

13.2.3. Example

13.2.4. Practice

13.3.1. Double-slit Interference Theory14 min

13.3.2. Example

13.3.3. Practice

13.4.1. Diffraction: Single-slit Diffraction Theory4 min

13.4.2. Example

13.4.3. Practice

13.5.1. Circular Apertures & Resolution5 min

13.5.2. Practice

13.6.1. Thin film Interference Theory9 min

13.6.2. Example

13.6.3. Practice

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