PHYSICS 12
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Instructor:
David Wong, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Dwong@physics.ucsd.edu
Lectures:
MTWTH 10:00-11 :20a.m., 3000A York
Quizzes:
F 10:00-11 :20a.m., 3000A York
Final:
Sept. 5, 11:30-2:29p.m., 3000A York
Office Hour:
Th. 12:00-1:00p.m., 2661 MHA
Course Website: http://physics.ucsd.edu,
course web page, Summer 2009, Physics 12
Administration:
rhsu@physics.ucsd.edu,
118 UHA
Textbook:
Ristinen and Kraushaar, Energy and the Environment, 2nd Edition
Week
Date
Topics
Chapter
Aug. 3
AugA
Aug. 5
Aug. 6
Aug. 7
Energy Fundamentals
Energy Fundamentals
Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels
Quiz 1
1
1
2
2
1,2
2
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
10
11
12
13
14
Heat Engines
Heat Engines
Renewable Energy Sources 1: Solar Energy
Renewable Energy Sources 1: Solar Energy
Quiz 2
3
3
4
4
3,4
3
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
17
18
19
20
21
Renewable Energy Sources II: Alternatives
Renewable Energy Sources II: Alternatives
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Energy
Quiz 3
5
5
6
6
5,6
4
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
24
25
26
27
28
Energy Conservation
Energy Conservation
Transportation
Transportation
Quiz 4
7
7
8
8
7,8
5
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
31
1
2
3
4
Air Pollution
Air Pollution
Global Effects
Global Effects
Quiz 5
9
9
10
10
9, 10
Final Exam
All
Sept. 5
Course Format
This course covers all ten chapters of the text, at the rate of two chapters per week. The first lecture hour of a chapter will be
devoted to a discussion of the main topics in the chapter and the second lecture hour will be used to go over all of the multiple
choice questions in the book.
Each Friday's quiz consists often multiple choice questions (5 per chapter) taken directly from the text except for minor numerical
changes.
The final exam covers all ten chapters with one multiple choice question per chapter.
Each quiz, as well as the final exam, counts for 20 points. The best 5 of the 6 scores counts towards the total grade. No alternate
dates are allowed for the quizzes or the final exam.
You are encouraged to update statistical information in the book and hand them in to the instructor.
points toward increasing your grade from one letter grade to the next.
You may receive as many as 5
All administrative matters, including add/drops, are handled by the Physics Office of Undergraduate Affairs, 118 UHA.