Published: September 2012
500 Ways to Achieve Your Best Grades
We want you to succeed on your college physics midterm and final exams. That's why we've selected these 500 questions to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best grades. These questions are similar to the ones you’ll find on a typical college exam, so you will know what to expect on test day. Each question includes comprehensive explanations in the answer key. Whether you have been studying all year or are reviewing at the last minute, McGraw-Hill's 500 College Physics Questions will help you achieve the final grade you desire.
Sharpen your subject knowledge and build your test-taking confidence with:
500 essential college physics questions with answers
Clear solutions in the answer key for every problem
Coverage from Newton's laws of motion to Einstein's general theory of relativity
Dr. Alvin Halpern was the chairperson of the physics department at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York.
Keywords: INTRODUCTION TO VECTORS, UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION, NEWTON'S LAWS, EQUILIBRIUM UNDER THE ACTION OF CONCURRENT FORCES, EQUILIBRIUM OF A RIGID BODY UNDER COPLANAR FORCES, WORK, ENERGY, AND POWER, SIMPLE MACHINES, IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM, ANGULAR MOTION IN A PLANE, RIGID-BODY ROTATION, SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION AND SPRINGS, DENSITY: ELASTICITY, FLUIDS AT REST, FLUIDS IN MOTION, THERMAL EXPANSION, IDEAL GASES, KINETIC THEORY, HEAT QUANTITIES, TRANSFER OF HEAT ENERGY, FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW, WAVE MOTION, SOUND, COULOMB'S LAW AND ELECTRIC FIELDS, POTENTIAL, CAPACITANCE, CURRENT, RESISTANCE, AND OHM'S LAW, ELECTRICAL POWER, EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE, SIMPLE CIRCUITS, KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS, FORCES IN MAGNETIC FIELDS, SOURCES OF MAGNETIC FIELDS, INDUCED EMF, MAGNETIC FLUX, ELECTRIC GENERATORS AND MOTORS, INDUCTANCE, R-C AND R-L TIME CONSTANTS, ALTERNATING CURRENT, REFLECTION OF LIGHT, REFRACTION OF LIGHT, THIN LENSES, OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT, RELATIVITY, QUANTUM PHYSICS AND WAVE MECHANICS, THE HYDROGEN ATOM, MULTIELECTRON ATOMS, NUCLEI AND RADIOACTIVITY, APPLIED NUCLEAR PHYSICS
