PHYSICAL SCIENCE 100 RELATED WEB SITES
The following web sites can help you further understand the material discussed in this course.
If you bring me a blank disk (PC formatted) I will be happy to provide you with an electronic copy
and show you how you can launch directly to these web sites.
This way you will not have to type in the URL
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General site for searching for topics within the realm of physics.
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CHAPTER 1
SI unit discussion.
Good site for the discussion of the Scientific Method.
Site gives a very good description & graphics of the Ptolemaic model of the Solar System
Site gives a very good description & graphics of the Copernican model of the Solar System
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CHAPTER 2
Good site to learn scientific notation.
Site shows the scale of things in the universe.
This Site discusses celestial coordinate systems.
Site dealing with the size & scale of the Sun and planets.
This web site discusses what makes one element different from another
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CHAPTER 3
Site describes the causes and appearances of lunar phases.
Site describes the cause of the Earth’s seasons.
Site describes causes and appearance of solar eclipses.
Site describes causes and appearance of lunar eclipses.
A good web site that describes uniformitarianism and catastrophism
A site that states the Principle of Superposition and how it is applied in archaeology
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CHAPTER 4
Bohr Model of the atom. This is an interactive site. Also discussed in Chapter 11.
Site discusses what is meant by an element, compound, & mixture.
Site discusses basic chemical notation.
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CHAPTER 5
A good site that shows the difference between speed & velocity.
A web site that defines Newton’s Laws of Motion
A fun web site discussing linear momentum and its conservation
A good site showing the difference between mass and weight
This site discusses causes of earth tides.
A good page discussing apparent weightless and its effects on astronauts.
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CHAPTER 6
Good site for definition of various types of mechanical energy and concept of power.
Site that defines earthquakes on a scale that defines each increase in 1 magnitude means an increase in energy of 30 times.
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CHAPTER 7
A good site for the definition of temperature and the various scales used to measure it.
Gives definition of heat and basic unit of measurement.
Site describes the three means of thermal energy transport (conduction, convection, radiation).
A site describing Archimedes Principle.
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CHAPTER 8
Site defines wavelength, amplitude, and the difference between constructive and destructive wave interference.
This site shows how to calculate the wave velocity.
This is a good site to learn about the phenomena known as refraction
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CHAPTER 9
Good site that discussed Coulomb’s Law & how it compares with the Universal Law of Gravitation.
Show the difference between ionic and covalent chemical bonds.
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CHAPTER 10
Site has a nice interactive display of an electric field and what it means.
This is an interactive site dealing with Ohm’s Law.
A discussion as to what it means by super conductivity.
Site discusses the difference between direct and alternating current.
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CHAPTER 11
Shows the appearance of the spectra of different elements.
Explains the concept of energy levels in the model of an atom.
Site shows how the spectral lines are formed.
CHAPTER 12
Good site describing the Rutherford Experiment.
A site that has an animation showing what is meant by half-life of radioactive material.
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CHAPTER 13
A good site for understanding the principles of Special Theory of relativity. Includes animations.
Site describes gravitational lensing.
A fun site, that takes you on a trip to a black hole. (Down loadable MPEG movies.)
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CHAPTER 14
This site describes the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
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Excellent site for a discussion of the wave nature of matter (de Broglie).
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CHAPTER 15
Site contains information about the Periodic Table of the elements, and covers such topics as mass and atomic number.
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CHAPTER 16
Plate tectonics.
Site describes sea floor spreading, divergent and convergent boundaries.
CHAPTER 17
Web site describes the Hubble Law of recession.
The site describes how astronomers determine the age of the universe.
This site describes how a black hole is formed.