"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."

-Albert Einstein

MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION Displacement Average Velocity Instantaneous Velocity/Speed Average Acceleration Instantaneous Acceleration Equations In Kinematics An object falling in the presence of the Earth's gravity TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOTION Projectile Motion THE LAWS OF MOTION Newton's First Law Equilibrium Inertia Newton's Second Law Weight Newton's Third Law Static Friction WORK AND ENERGY Work Kinetic Energy Work-energy theorem Gravitational potential energy Elastic potential energy The law of conservation of mechanical energy The Work-Energy Theorem Average power MOMENTUM AND COLLISIONS Linear momentum Impulse of a force F Impulse-momentum theorem The law of conservation of momentum Inelastic/Elastic Collisions Center of gravity Newton's second law (applied to a system of particles) CIRCULAR MOTION AND THE LAW OF GRAVITY Average velocity Average angular acceleration Rotational Motion Equations Tangential Velocity & Acceleration Centripetal acceleration Centripetal force Newton's law of gravity Gravitational Potential Energy Kepler's laws of planetary motion OBJECTS AT REST AND ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS Torque Equilibrium Moment of inertia Rotational kinetic energy Angular momentum SOLIDS AND FLUIDS Elastic modulus Common Types of Deformation Density Pressure Pascal's Principal Buoyant Force Archimedes' Principal Surface tension FLUIDS IN MOTION Equation of continuity Bernoulli's equation Viscosity Poiseuille's law Reynolds number Diffusion THERMAL PHYSICS The zeroth law of thermodynamics Celsius and Kelvin temperature relationship Fahrenheit and Celsius Temperature Relationship Linear Expansion Area Expansion Volume Expansion Ideal Gas Gas Pressure RMS Molecular Speed HEAT Heat Flow Calorie Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Specific Heat Phase Change Latent Heat Fusion Latent Heat of Vaporization Heat Transfer Conduction Convection Radiation Stefan's Law THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS Work Done Change in Internal Energy The first law of thermodynamics Cyclic Process Adiabatic Process Isobaric Process Isothermal Process Heat Engine Thermal Efficiency The Carnot Cycle The second law of thermodynamics VIBRATIONS AND WAVES Simple Harmonic Motion Frequency and Period Acceleration Elastic Potential Energy Velocity Period of mass-spring system Frequency of mass-spring system Position of object in simple harmonic motion A simple pendulum Transverse Wave Longitudinal Wave Relationship between velocity, wavelength, and frequency Wave on a stretched string Superposition principal Constructive Interference Destructive Interference Pulse Inversion SOUND The speed of sound Intensity level Intensity of a spherical wave Doppler effect Standing waves Harmonic Series Resonance Standing waves in a tube of air Beats ELECTRIC FORCES AND ELECTRIC FIELDS Electric Charges Conductors Insulators Coulomb's law Electric field E Point Charge Electric Field Lines A conductor in electrostatic equilibrium Gauss' Law ELECTRIC ENERGY AND CAPACITANCE Difference in potential Electric potential Electrical potential energy Electron Volt Capacitance Equivalent Capacitance Energy stored in a capacitor Dielectric material CURRENT AND RESISTANCE Electric current Ohm's law Resistance and resistivity Power Kilowatt-hour DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS Electromotive force Equivalent series resistance Equivalent parallel resistance Kirchhoff's rules Time Constant MAGNETISM Magnetic force Ampère's law Solenoid Field INDUCED VOLTAGES AND INDUCTANCE Magnetic flux Faraday's law of induction Lenz's law Motional emf Self-induced emf Inductance Time constant Energy stored in an inductor field ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS RMS values Voltage lag Capacitive Reactance Voltage lead Inductive Reactance RLC series ac circuit Impedance Phase angle Average power and power factor ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES Electromagnetic waves Electromagnetic Spectrum REFLECTION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT Huygen's principal Index of refraction The law of reflection The law of refraction/Snell's law MIRRORS AND LENSES Images Magnification The spherical mirror equation Magnification of a refracting surface Thin lenses Aberrations WAVE OPTICS Interference Young's double-slit experiment Phase change Wavelength related to the medium of propagation Diffraction Pattern Polarized light RELATIVITY The special theory of relativity Relativistic momentum Relativistic mass Relativistic velocity addition Relativistic kinetic energy Relativistic total energy Momentum related to total energy QUANTUM PHYSICS Blackbody radiation Photoelectric effect X-rays Bragg's law Compton Shift Pair production/annihilation De Broglie wavelength Wave function The uncertainty principal ATOMIC PHYSICS The Bohr model Correspondence principal Quantum numbers The exclusion principal Characteristic x-rays NUCLEAR PHYSICS The representation of nuclei Binding energy Radioactivity Decay rate Half-life Alpha decay Beta decay Gamma decay Nuclear reactions Appendix A: PHYSICAL CONSTANTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

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