Physics 2C, Fall 2012

Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, Optics

Kim Griest

REVIEW SESSION Friday Dec 7 at 5pm, CENTR 101 (instead of last quiz)

Weekly Quizzes on Friday at 5pm, CENTR 101, starting Oct 5 (requires scantron form X-101864-PAR)

Problem session Thursday evenings, 7pm, Center Hall 119

Additional Help: Physical Tutorial Center in Mayer Hall, prof and TA office hours listed in syllabus

Formula sheet for quizzes and studying

FINAL SCORES Final Scores [Average: 67% +- 18%]

Assignments

Reading:

  1. Sep 25, 2012: Chapter 16: Wave Motion
  2. Oct 2, 2012: Chapter 17: Sound
  3. Oct 8, 2012: Chapter 18: Fluid Motion
  4. Oct 12, 2012: Chapter 19: Temperature and Heat
  5. Oct 18, 2012: Chapter 20: Thermal Properites of Matter
  6. Oct 26, 2012: Chapter 21: First Law of Thermodynamics (Energy)
  7. Oct 31, 2012: Chapter 22: Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy)
  8. Nov 7, 2012: Chapter 34: Maxwell's equation and Electromagnetic Waves
  9. Nov 15, 2012: Chapter 35: Optics: Reflection and Refraction
  10. Nov 26, 2012: Chapter 36: Image formation and optical instruments
  11. Dec 3, 2012: Chapter 37: Interference and Diffraction
Homework:
  1. Sep 25, 2012: Chapter 16 problems (not questions!): 1,3,5,7,13,15,17,23,25,29,35,39,41,49,53 (Note: answers to odd problems are given in book supplement you got with textbook)
  2. Oct 3, 2012: Chapter 17 problems: 3,7,9,13,17,23,31,33,37,39,47,51,55,59
  3. Oct 9, 2012: Chapter 18 problems: 5,9,11,15,19,23,25,27,29,31,35,37,39,44,45,48,51
  4. Oct 14, 2012: Chapter 19 problems: 3,5,15,17,21,25,28,29,31,39,41,43,47,49,53
  5. Oct 21, 2012: Chapter 20 problems: 1,5,7,11, 13,14, 21, 23, 31,33,41,47,49,53,57
  6. Oct 26, 2012: Chapter 21 problems: 1,3,7,8,9,11,15,19,21,23,31,37,39,43,45
  7. Nov 3, 2012: Chapter 22 problems: 1,5,11,13,15,17,19,23,25,31,33,37,39,41
  8. Nov 10, 2012: Chapter 34 problems: 1,3,7,9,15,21,23,25,29,35,39,45,51,57,59
  9. Nov 18, 2012: Chapter 35 problems: 5,7,11,15,18,19,21,29,33,34,37,39,40
  10. Nov 18, 2012: Chapter 36 problems: 3,4,5,7,9,15,17,19,21,23,27,29,31,37,39,41,47,48,49
  11. Dec 4, 2012: Chapter 37 problems: 1,5,11,15,31,39
Homework Solutions (Answers to odd number problems in book supplement)
  1. Chapter 18: solutions to assigned even problems
  2. Chapter 19: solutions to assigned even problems
  3. Chapter 20: solutions to assigned even problems
  4. Chapter 21: solutions to assigned even problems
  5. Chapter 35: solutions to assigned even problems
  6. Chapter 36: solutions to assigned even problems
QUIZZES
  1. Quiz 1: Oct 5, 2012: covers only chapter 16: Quiz 1 Scores [Average: 81% +- 17%]
  2. Quiz 2: Oct 12, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 18.1: Quiz 2 Scores [Average: 70% +- 23%]
  3. Quiz 3: Oct 19, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 19.5: Quiz 3 Scores [Average: 56% +- 23%]
  4. Quiz 4: Oct 26, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 20: Quiz 4 Scores [Average: 53% +- 25%]
  5. Quiz 5: Nov 2, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 21: Quiz 5 Scores [Average: 76% +- 22%]
  6. Quiz 6: Nov 9, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 22: Quiz 6 Scores [Average: 61% +- 26%] (NOTE: due to my error, the problem with 1000 W heat engine had no correct answer, so that problem didn't count. So 6 correct answers is a perfect score.)
  7. Quiz 7: Nov 16, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 34: Quiz 7 Scores [Average: 62% +- 20%]
  8. Quiz 8: Nov 30, 2012: covers up to and including chapter 35: Quiz 8 Scores [Average: 88% +- 15%] NOTE regraded: problem with polarization angle was ambiguous. Both 44.4 and 45.6 were correct.
  9. NO QUIZ on Friday Dec 7; as discussed in class, the material from Chapters 36 and 37 WILL BE COVERED ON THE FINAL (as well as material from chapters 16-35)
    10. OLD QUIZZES 1-3 (for studying)
    Only quizzes 1-3 will be posted; you may keep the others as you leave the quiz room. There are 4 versions of each quiz. Please check the posted scores to see which problems you missed and refer to the appropriate version. If you are stuck in solving the problem, please see Kim Griest or David Leon for help.
    1. Quiz 1: version A version B version C version D
    2. Quiz 2: version A version B version C version D
    3. Quiz 3: version A version B version C version D