Objectives for Physical Science 9B 1st Term
I. Apply quantitative relationships and associated graphical representations among position, displacement, time, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
II. Describe relationships between force and motion in Newton’s Laws:
a. Inertia b. Acceleration c. Action/reaction
III. Explain the relationships among mass, velocity, force, momentum.
IV. Describe mathematically the relationships among potential energy,
Kinetic energy, and work.
V. Illustrate the law of conservation of energy: potential to kinetic,
Transformations of energy forms.
VI. Explain the methods of heat transfer: conduction, radiation, and
Convection.
VII. Explain the tradeoffs in the use of simple machines to do work.