PES 1000 –Physics in Everyday Life – Evaluation Overview
Final: (Chapters 1 – 17)
Griffith ‘The Physics of Everyday Life’ 8 th .ed.
There will be three options available to evaluate your understanding of this unit. The traditional exam portion is required for everyone, but if other work is provided showing understanding, it will count as extra credit added to the traditional exam percentage.
Option A: Traditional Exam only (Exam comprises 100% of evaluation) This exam will be comprehensive, but will consist primarily (approximately 90%) of questions taken from previous exams.
Option B: Traditional Exam and either at-home problem set OR essay (Grade is exam percentage plus up to 10 percentage points based on score received on additional set or essay)
Option C: Traditional Exam and BOTH at-home problem set AND essay (Grade is exam percentage plus up to 20 percentage points based on score received on additional set and essay)
Traditional Exam information
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Multiple choice exam given on exam day
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Approximately 80 questions
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Green Scantron form (available at the bookstore) 50+50 count
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Will cover conceptual understanding o Definitions (including statement of important laws) o SI units for quantities discussed in class o Qualitative relationships between physical quantities
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Equation list provided on last page of exam o Applications to everyday experiences
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No calculations required
Essay information
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Essay done at home, due on exam day
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Clear and technical discussion of concepts studied
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5-paragraph form o Introduction o Discussion of 3 or more principles in any one chapter we’ve covered. o Discussion of 3 or more principles in a different chapter o Discussion of 3 or more principles in yet a different chapter o Conclusion
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Neatness required, typing preferred
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Style and fluency expected
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Rubric provided
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Score will be computed as a percentage out of 60. Percentage * 10 points will be added to exam grade.
At-home problem set information
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Questions and exercises from the book, done at home, due on exam day
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Full credit for correct answers, ½ credit for attempting with correct formulae
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Choose any combination of questions and exercises. Score will be computed as a percentage out of 30. Percentage * 10 points will be added to exam grade.
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PES 1000 –Physics in Everyday Life – Evaluation Overview
Final: (Chapters 1 – 17)
Griffith ‘The Physics of Everyday Life’ 8 th .ed.
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Electro-magnetic waves & their sources, E-M spectrum order, visible light color order, color (additive & subtractive), specular & diffuse reflection, wave/particle duality
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Transparent vs. translucent, reflection, refraction, index of refraction, total internal reflection, concave & convex, diverging & converging rays, real & virtual images, upright & inverted, magnification, dispersion of color, converging (concave) and diverging (convex) mirrors, converging and diverging lenses, LASER acronym
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Index of refraction (unitless), magnification (unitless, positive=upright, negative=inverted, greater than
1=image is bigger, less than 1=image is smaller)
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Incidence angle & reflection angle; Index of refraction & speed of light in a medium
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Microwave ovens, prisms, rainbows, blue skies, red sunsets
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Flat, convex & concave mirrors; flat, convex & concave lenses; fiber optics; eye shape and vision correction
The following list of equations will be provided on the last page of the traditional multiple-choice exam.
 c=f*
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(light waves)
 c n
=c/n,
  i
=
 refl
[reflection] f=frequency,
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=wavelength, F=focal length, C=radius of curvature, n=index of refraction, c=speed of light, c n
=speed of light in a material, n=index of refraction
Any or all of the following questions and exercises may be attempted. Questions (Q) are worth 1 point each, and
Exercises (E) are worth 2 points each. Full credit is awarded for correct equations and answers, half credit for correct equations but incorrect answers.
Not all problems must be attempted or completed ; only do enough to get as many points as you wish, up to 30 maximum.
Chapter 16 – Light Waves and Color Q: any even number
E: any even number
Chapter 17 – Light and Image Formation Q: any even number
E: any even number
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