Format: Each exam will consist of 10 multiple-choice questions and 8 to 10 short answer questions, similar to homework questions. To each exam you should bring:

Studying for Exams: Topics covered in each exam are listed below. You're strongly encouraged to reread the appropriate sections in your textbook, review the lecture slides and homework solutions posted on this course website, and going over the notes you took in class.


First Midterm (Monday, Feb. 26th)

Chapter 2: NEWTON'S FIRST LAW OF MOTION All sections except Equilibrium of Moving Things and The Moving Earth

Chapter 3: LINEAR MOTION All sections

Chapter 4: NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION All sections

Chapter 5: NEWTON'S THIRD LAW OF MOTION All sections

Chapter 6: MOMENTUM All sections except More Complicated Collisions

Chapter 7: ENERGY Work, Mechanical Energy, and Conservation of Energy

Chapter 8: ROTATIONAL MOTION All sections


Second Midterm (Wed., March 21st)

Chapter 9: GRAVITY The Universal Law of Gravity, The Universal Gravitational Constant, G, Gravity and Distance: The Inverse-Square Law, Weight and Weightlessness

Chapter 10: PROJECTILE AND SATELLITE MOTION Projectile Motion, Fast-Moving Projectiles—Satellites, Circular Satellite Orbits, Elliptical Orbits

Chapter 12: SOLIDS Density

Chapter 13: LIQUIDS All sections except Pascal’s Principle, Surface Tension, and Capillarity

Chapter 14: GASES AND PLASMAS All sections except Plasma

Chapter 15: TEMPERATURE, HEAT, AND EXPANSION All sections

Chapter 16: HEAT TRANSFER Conduction, Convection, Radiation, The Greenhouse Effect


Third Midterm (Wed., April 25th)

Chapter 19: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES All sections except Bow Waves and Shock Waves

Chapter 20: SOUND All sections except Beats

Chapter 21: MUSICAL SOUND All sections

Chapter 22: ELECTROSTATICS All sections except Electric Energy Storage

Chapter 23: ELECTRIC CURRENT All sections

Chapter 24: MAGNETISM All sections except Biomagnetism

Chapter 25: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION All sections except Power Production, Power Transmission, Field Induction and In Perspective


FINAL EXAM

(1330 Section): Monday, May 21st, 1215-1430

(1500 Section): Wednesday, May 23rd, 1215-1430


ALL THE MATERIAL FROM ALL THE CHAPTERS ABOVE PLUS THE THREE CHAPTERS BELOW.

Chapter 26: PROPERTIES OF LIGHT All sections except Seeing Light—The Eye

Chapter 27: COLOR Selective Reflection, Selective Transmission, Mixing Colored Light, Mixing Colored Pigments

Chapter 28: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION Reflection, Law of Reflection, Refraction, Total Internal Reflection