Skill — Order configurations by qualitative comparison of a quantity.
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Linked atoms
99 linked atoms.
00b Experimental method
- Problem — Significant figures, ranking
- Problem — Precision of three instruments
- Problem — Ranking instrument uncertainty
01 Kinematics
- Ranking the accelerations of three vehicles
- Ranking fall times
- Ranking landing velocities
- Ranking the velocities of four cars
02 Forces and Newton’s laws
- Accelerations at a fixed force
- Maximum static friction
- Problem — Ranking accelerations
- Ranking applied forces
03 Inclined plane and circular motion
- Ranking the centripetal accelerations
- Ranking smooth inclined planes
- Problem — Ranking points on a rotating disc
- Problem — Ranking four circular motions
04 Energy and work
- Problem — Ranking kinetic energies (car, ball, bicycle, golf ball)
- Problem — Ranking kinetic energies (four objects)
- Problem — Ranking powers (four lifts)
- Problem — Ranking powers (three machines)
- Problem — True or false on work and energy
- Problem — True or false on work and kinetic energy
04b Oscillations and simple harmonic motion
05 Momentum and collisions
- Ranking the kinetic energies
- Ranking the momenta
- Problem — Ranking momentum (mv)
- Three balls against the wall
06 Centre of mass
- Ranking the height of the centre of mass of flat shapes
- Ranking pairs of masses on a line
- Ranking the centre-of-mass distance in dumbbells
- Ranking final velocity after collisions
07 Rotational dynamics
- Problem — Ranking the moments of inertia of three cylinders
- Problem — Ranking four rolling objects
- Problem — Ranking ω at equal angular momentum
- Summary of the conservation laws
08 Universal gravitation
- Ranking the periods of four satellites
- Ranking the surface gravity of three planets
- Ranking orbital velocities
- Ranking gravitational forces
09 Kinetic theory of gases
- Problem — Ranking mean kinetic energy
- Problem — Ranking pressures by temperature
- Problem — Ranking v_rms for four gases
- Problem — Ranking root-mean-square velocities
10 Irreversible transformations and energy balance
- Ranking: heat absorbed in four transformations
- Ranking: heat in isobaric and isochoric processes
- Ranking: specific heats
- Ranking: work in expansions
11 Entropy
12 Cycles and heat engines
- Problem — Four cycles in the T-S plane
- Problem — Ranking four fridges
- Problem — Ranking four Carnot engines
- Problem — Ranking four Carnot engines (2)
- Problem — Ranking three Carnot engines
- Problem — True or false on engines and fridges
- Problem — True or false on reversibility and cycles
13 Coulomb force and electrostatics
- Problem — Ranking electric fields
- Problem — Ranking Coulomb forces (pairs A-D)
- Problem — Ranking Coulomb forces (identical pairs)
- Problem — Ranking three pairs of charges
15 Electric circuits
- Problem — series chain with different light bulbs
- Problem — chains of light bulbs
- Problem — ranking batteries in series
- Problem — ranking the powers of three light bulbs
- Problem — ranking three light bulb configurations
- Problem — same voltage, different resistances
16 Waves
- Harmonics of a closed pipe
- Wavelengths of three notes
- Problem — Ranking the powers of four waves
- Problem — Ranking wavelengths in different media
- Speed of sound in three media
17 The magnetic field
- Ranking magnetic materials
- Ranking the cyclotron radius
- Ranking the Lorentz force (four angles)
- Ranking the Lorentz force (four directions)
- Ranking three solenoids
18 Electromagnetic induction
- Problem — Ranking RMS current in RLC
- Problem — Ranking the EMF of four square loops
- Ranking the rate of change of flux
- Problem — Ranking EMF from varying fluxes
- Loops and a magnet (braking force)
19 Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves
- Problem — Ranking photon energy
- Problem — Ranking intensity at different distances
- Problem — Ranking the intensity of four waves
- Problem — Ranking wavelengths
- Problem — Ranking common wavelengths
20 Special relativity
- Problem — Ranking the Lorentz factors (four spaceships)
- Ranking the Lorentz factors (0.1c–0.99c)
- Problem — Ranking the Lorentz factors (three particles)
- Ranking the rest energies
21 Introduction to quantum mechanics
- Problem — Ranking the energies of the H levels
- Problem — Ranking transition frequencies
- Ranking de Broglie wavelengths: electron, proton, photon
- Ranking the energies of four photons