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Author:   Roger Nanes
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780757550003

ISBN 10:   0757550002
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The Automobile Leading Question: Will the Gas-Driven Automobile Ever Become a Thing of the Past? Chapter 1 Describing Motion: Kinematics Preface-A Message to the Student 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Changing Position-Distance vs. Displacement 1.2.1 Distance and Displacement 1.3 Time 1.4 How Fast Does the Position Change? Speed vs. Velocity 1.4.1 Uniform Motion 1.4.2 How Good Are Your Uniform Motion Predictive Powers? 1.4.3 Speed and Velocity Making Connections: Position, Speed and Velocity 1.5 Representing Motion 1.5.1 How Can We Represent Motion? 1.5.2 Walk The Graph Making Connections: Representing Motion 1.6 Motion With Changing Velocity/Acceleration 1.6.1 Motion on an Incline-Acceleration 1.7 Graphical Analysis of Accelerated Motion 1.7.1 Graphical Analysis of Accelerated Motion Making Connections: Accelerated Motion Chapter 2 Describing Motion: Dynamics 2.1 Inertia 2.1.1 No Friction?...What If?--A Gedanken Experiment Interactive Demonstrations- Inertia 2.2 What is Force? 2.2.1 Forcing an Object to Stay at Rest 2.3 Newton's First Law-The Law of Inertia 2.3.1 Newton's First Law 2.3.2 If Isaac Newton Worked for General Motors... Making Connections: Inertia and Newton's First Law 2.4 Newton's Second Law 2.4.1 Newton's Second Law-Introduction 2.4.2 Newton's Second Law-Constant Mass 2.4.3 Newton's Second Law-Constant Force 2.4.4 Newton's Second Law- Net Force is the Key Making Connections: Newton's Second Law 2.5 Does it Matter How Long a Force Acts? Impulse and Momentum 2.5.1 Impulse and Momentum 2.5.2 Duration of a Force- Does it Matter? 2.5.3 Conservation of Momentum Chapter 3 Making Our Car Move 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Combustion: The Burning Question Is ...What's In The Fuel? 3.2.1 A Look at Combustion ... By Candlelight 3.2.2 Heat of Combustion Making Connections: The Energy Content of Fuels 3.3 Electric Current and Electric Circuits 3.3.1 Lighting a Bulb 3.3.2 Electric Circuits Making Connections: Electric Circuits (I) 3.3.3 A Model for Electric Current 3.3.4 Circuits With More Than One Bulb Making Connections: Electric Circuits (II) 3.4 Voltage-Electric Charges Need a Push 3.4.1 Circuits With More Than One Battery Making Connections: Voltage, Energy, & Multiple Battery Circuits 3.5 The Battery-An Electrochemical Pump 3.5.1 Electrochemical Cells- Batteries By The Cupful 3.5.2 (At-Home Activity)-Making A Citrus Battery 3.5.3 Looking Inside A Battery- Without a Flashlight Making Connections: Electrochemical Cells 3.6 Electromagnetism 3.6.1 The Compass Needle Galvanometer 3.6.2 Making an Electric Motor 3.6.3 Making a Solenoid Electromagnet 3.6.4 A Drinking Straw Magnet 3.6.5 Induced Current & The Electric Generator Making Connections: Electromagnetism 3.7 Putting it All Together- Will the Gas-Driven Automobile Ever Become a Thing of the Past? Stating the Need-The Pollution-Free Automobile Making Connections: Air Pollution Electric Vehicles Hybrid Vehicles Making Connections: Electric and Hybrid Cars Fuel Cells Making Connections: The Fuel Cell Making Connections: Chapter Overview Appendix 1: Underpinnings 1.1 Fundamental vs. Derived Properties 1.2 Units 1.3 Area 1.4 Volume 1.4.1 Measuring Volume Making Connections: Area and Volume 1.5 Ratios 1.6 Density 1.6.1 Understanding Density 1.7 Exponential Notation Making Connections: The Arithmetic of Exponential Numbers 1.8 Straight Line Graphs 1.8.1 Graph i cal Anal y sis of Mass vs. Vol ume 1.9 Curved Graphs 1.9.1 Height of Liq uid in a Con tain er vs. Vol ume Making Connections: Density and Graphical Analysis 1.10 Let's Keep Things in Proportion 1.10.1 Understanding Proportions Appendix 2: Energy 2.1 The Money of Nature 2.2 Storage, Transfer, and Transformation of Energy

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