Suggested problems from Knight, Physics for Scientists and Engineers

 

 

Vectors
Chapter 3: 28, 29, 36, and 48

 

Motion Diagrams
Chapter 1: 21, 31, 34, and 57

 

Kinematics in 1-D
Chapter 2: 10, 31, 43, 45, 49, 69, 71, and 83

 

Force and Motion

Chapter 4:  13, 20, 21, 29, 37, 41, 46, 47*, and 49.
*draw a motion diagram, a cartoon of the box and truck (circle-diagram), and an FBD

 

1-D Dynamics
Chapter 5:
          Warm-up with: 3, 9, 11, 13, 17, and 19.
          Test your understanding with: 31, 32, 33, 35, 47, 51, 55, and 57.

 

2-D Dynamics
Chapter 6:
          Warm-up with: 5, 7, 11, 15 and 17.
          "Test" yourself with: 19, 27, 29, 35, 39, 41, 47, 43, 53 and 61.

 

Circular Dynamics
Chapter 7:
          Warm-up with: 3, 5, 7, 15, and 19.
          "Test" yourself with: 29, 32, 35, 37, 47, 51, and 61.

 

Third Law
Chapter 8:
          Warm-up with: 1, 3, 11, and 13.
          "Test" yourself with: 5, 15, 25, 27, 33, 35, and 37.

 

Rotation of a Rigid Body Part 1: Kinematics and Torque
Chapter 13: 5, 7, 9, 10, 17(a)*, 19(a)*, and 59
     * we will do part (b) of these questions later

 

Rotation of a Rigid Body Part 2: Static Equilibrium
Chapter 13: 11, 13*, 15, 25, 27, 56, 57, and 58
 
    * make sure to draw an FBD

 

Rotation of a Rigid Body Part 3: Rotational Dynamics
Chapter 13: 17, 19, 23, 62, 67, 68, and 69

 

Work and Energy
Warm-up:
     Chapter 10: 11, 15, 19, and 23.
     Chapter 11: 5, 9, 23, 28, and 31.
     Chapter 13: 33, 34, and 65.
'Test' yourself:
     Chapter 10: 39, 54, and 55.
     Chapter 11: 48, 53, and 54.
     Chapter 13: 72, 73, and 77.

 

Heat
Chapter 1: 33, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, and 45

 

Fluids
Chapter 15: 31, 33, 39, 42, 53, 61, 62, 63, and 64

 

Impulse and Momentum
Warm-up:
     Chapter 9: 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, and 21.
'Test' yourself:
     Chapter 9: 27, 33*, 35, 37, 39, 43, 53, and 55.
     Chapter 10: 25, 27, and 57.

 

Oscillations
Chapter 14: 33, 34, 54, 58, 75, and 76

 

Travelling Waves
Chapter 20: 2, 4, 15, 16, 42, 43, 55, 56, 70, and 73.

 

Superposition
Chapter 21: 1, 2, 26, 27,46, 48, 50, 73, and 77