SPH4U1 Gr. 12 Physics Independent Study Unit
In order to prepare you for the demands of university, you will be studying some Physics topics on your own and answer
some questions from the textbook. Thereafter, you will write a test in class.
1.
Read and summarize from Nelson Physics 12
→ Sec 9.1 Properties Waves and Light
pg. 440 – 443
→ Sec 9.2 Refraction (read until p. 447 only)
pg. 444 – 447
→ Sec 9.3 Diffraction and Interference of Waves
pg. 459 – 468
→ Sec 9.4 Light: Wave or Particle* (just read, no summary) pg. 470 – 476
→ Sec 9.5 Young’s Double-Slit Experiment
pg. 477 – 482
→ Sec 10.1 Interference in Thin Films
pg. 502 – 507
→ Sec 10.2 Single-Slit Diffraction
pg. 512 – 515
(Omit on p. 514 from second paragraph (‘​To determine the angles for the maxima …’​ ) until end of the fourth
paragraph (‘​… the angles of all bright fringes’​). The book is wrong on bright fringes.)
→ Sec 10.3 The Diffraction Grating
pg. 520 – 524
→ Sec 10.4 Electromagnetic Radiation
pg. 526 – 529
2.
Solve with full Solutions, the problems from the text:
→ Sec 9.1
pg 443 #5, 9, 10
→ Sec 9.2
pg 449 # 2, 3, 4
→ Sec 9.3
pg 461 # 1, pg 468 # 2, pg 469 # 5, 6
→ Sec 9.5
pg​ ​484 # 2, 4, 6, 8
→ ​Sec 10.1
pg 507 # 1 - 4
→ Sec 10.2
pg 516 # 2, 3, 4; p. 519 # 1, 3
→ Sec 10.3
pg 525 # 5, 7, 8
→ Sec 10.4
pg 530 # 1 - 4, pg 531 # 3
→ Review
pg 560 # 1 - 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19 - 22, 25, 27, 28; pg 563 # 75, 80 - 83, 86, 87, 104,
106, 107, 115, 116
Marking Scheme
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Read and Summarize:
Summary Sec 9.1
Summary Sec 9.2
Summary Sec 9.3
Summary Sec 9.5
Summary Sec 10.1
Summary Sec 10.2
Summary Sec 10.3
Summary Sec 10.4
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Problems with full Solutions:
Sec 9.1
Sec 9.2
Sec 9.3
Sec 9.5
Sec 10.2
Sec 10.2
Sec 10.3
Sec 10.4
Review
pg 443 #5, 9, 10
pg 449 # 2, 3, 4
pg 461 # 1, pg 468 # 2, pg 469 # 5, 6
pg 484 # 2, 4, 6, 8
pg 516 # 2, 3, 4; p. 519 # 1, 3
pg 516 # 2, 3, 4; p. 519 # 1, 3
pg 525 # 5, 7, 8
pg 530 # 1 - 4, pg 531 # 3
Summary [communication]
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Problems
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Deadline:
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