Homework Helpers: Physics is the latest book in the popular series that has been designed to help students master the material and tackle the tests.

Table of Contents

• Preface: Welcome to Homework Helpers: Physics!
• Introduction-Necessary Skills
• Use of Units
• Significant Digits
• Scientific Notation
• Sign Conventions
• Air Resistance
• Symbols and Formulas
• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Chapter 1-Kinematics
• Lesson 1-1: Distance and Displacement
• Lesson 1-2: Speed and Velocity
• Lesson 1-3: Acceleration
• Lesson 1-4: Constant Acceleration
• Lesson 1-5: Free Fall
• Lesson 1-6: Graphing Motion
• Lesson 1-7: Projectile Motion
• Chapter 1 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 2-Forces and the Laws of Motion
• Lesson 2-1: Forces
• Lesson 2-2: Newton’s First Law of Motion
• Lesson 2-3: Newton’s Second Law of Motion
• Lesson 2-4: Newton’s Third Law of Motion
• Lesson 2-5: Motion Along a Horizontal Surface
• Lesson 2-6: Motion on an Inclined Surface
• Chapter 2 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 3-Work, Energy, Power, and Momentum
• Lesson 3-1: Work
• Lesson 3-2: Energy
• Lesson 3-3: Conservation of Energy
• Lesson 3-4: Power
• Lesson 3-5: Linear Momentum
• Lesson 3-6: Impulse
• Chapter 3 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 4-Rotational and Circular Motion
• Lesson 4-1: Rotational Motion
• Lesson 4-2: Torque
• Lesson 4-3: Circular Motion
• Lesson 4-4: Centripetal Force and Centripetal Acceleration
• Lesson 4-5: Newton’s Law of Gravity
• Lesson 4-6: Kepler’s Laws and the Motion of Satellites
• Chapter 4 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 5-Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields
• Lesson 5-1: Electric Charges
• Lesson 5-2: Electric Forces
• Lesson 5-3: Methods for Charging Objects
• Lesson 5-4: Electric Fields
• Lesson 5-5: Electric Potential Energy
• Lesson 5-6: Potential Difference
• Lesson 5-7: Capacitance
• Chapter 5 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 6-Electric Current and Circuits
• Lesson 6-1: Current
• Lesson 6-2: Resistance
• Lesson 6-3: Electric Power
• Lesson 6-4: Circuits and Schematic Diagrams
• Chapter 6 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 7-Magnetism
• Lesson 7-1: Magnets and Magnetic Fields
• Lesson 7-2: Magnetic Fields Around Current-Carrying Wires
• Lesson 7-3: Magnetic Field Strength
• Lesson 7-4: Electromagnetic Induction
• Chapter 7 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 8-Waves and Light
• Lesson 8-1: Types of Waves
• Lesson 8-2: Properties and Characteristics of Waves
• Lesson 8-3: Sound Waves
• Lesson 8-4: Light
• Lesson 8-5: Reflection and Mirrors
• Lesson 8-6: Refraction and Lenses
• Chapter 8 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 9-Heat and Thermodynamics
• Lesson 9-1: Heat and Temperature
• Lesson 9-2: Heat Transfer
• Lesson 9-3: Thermal Expansion
• Lesson 9-4: The Gas Laws
• Lesson 9-5: The Laws of Thermodynamics
• Chapter 9 Examination
• Answer Key
• Chapter 10-Nuclear Physics
• Lesson 10-1: Structure of the Atom
• Lesson 10-2: Plank’s Photons
• Lesson 10-3: Binding Energy
• Lesson 10-4: Nuclear Reactions
• Chapter 10 Examination
• Answer Key
• Glossary
• About the Author