Physics

Simona Riva, Jun 28, 2014

Physics in actions - Activities and tests

Table of Contents

  1. Basics
    1. Scalar or vector?
    2. Magnitude and Components of a vector
    3. Sum and difference of two vectors - The parallelogram method
    4. Vectors and components - Test
    5. Propagation of error in sum and multiplication
  2. Kinematics
    1. Linear motion without acceleration
    2. Exploration of a linear motion without acceleration
  3. Parking
    1. Brownian motion - a simple dynamic animation

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Basics

  • 1. Scalar or vector?
  • 2. Magnitude and Components of a vector
  • 3. Sum and difference of two vectors - The parallelogram method
  • 4. Vectors and components - Test
  • 5. Propagation of error in sum and multiplication

1.1.

Scalar or vector?

Scalar or vector?[br]Click the check box that matches the correct answer.
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2.

Kinematics

  • 1. Linear motion without acceleration
  • 2. Exploration of a linear motion without acceleration

2.1.

Linear motion without acceleration

Let's explore a linear motion without acceleration.[br]Select the type of graph you want to show by clicking the related checkbox.[br]Type the speed of the car in the [b][i]speed [/i][/b]box, then press the [i]Enter[/i] key to confirm.[br]Start and stop the animation by clicking the [color=#0a971e][i]Start/Stop[/i][/color] button.[br][br]To drive the car back to its start position click the [i][color=#c51414]Restart[/color][/i] button.[br]Compare the graphs you obtain setting different speeds, each time driving the car back to the start point without deleting the traces and modifying the speed value.[br]What do you observe? How do [i]Position vs Time[/i] and [i]Velocity vs Time[/i] graph change?[br][br]To delete the graph click the [i][color=#888]Delete traces[/color][/i] button.
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Parking

Collection of files that cannot be placed in other chapters :)

  • 1. Brownian motion - a simple dynamic animation

3.1.

Brownian motion - a simple dynamic animation

Even though it seems that all the particles of a fluid are motionless, it's possible to observe that each particle moves randomly, and its motion depends (also) on the fluid temperature.[br][br]Move the slider to change the fluid temperature and observe the changes in the motion of the particles.
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