The New York State Regents Physics Syllabus
REQUIRED UNITS:
1 Mechanics
2 Energy
3 Electricity and magnetism
4 Wave phenomena
5 Modern physics
OPTIONAL UNITS:
6 Group 1: Motion in a plane
7 Group 2: Internal energy
8 Group 3: Electromagnetic applications
9 Group 4: Geometric optics
10 Group 5: Solid state
11 Group 6: Nuclear energy
80 points on the Regents exam are derived from Units 1-5.
This portion consists of:
* Part 1 (55 questions, 65 points)
* Part 3 (3 multi-part problems, 15 points).
The remaining 20 points come from Part 2, in which the student
chooses any two of the remaining six groups.
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REQUIRED UNITS
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UNIT ONE : MECHANICS
I. Kinematics
A. Distance and displacement
B. The meter
C. Velocity and speed
average speed = delta s / delta t
D. Acceleration
acceleration = delta v / delta t
E. Final velocity of, and distance traveled by, an object
at constant acceleration; average speed
s = vi (delta t) + (1/2) a (delta t)^2
(vf)^2 = 2 a (delta s) + (vi)^2
Average velocity of uniformly accelerating object
vbar=(vf+vi)/2
F. Freely falling objects
Acceleration of freely falling object near
the surface of the earth is g
II. Statics
A. Force
B. Vector addition of concurrent forces
C. Resolution of forces
D. Equilibrium
III. Dynamics
A. Force, mass and acceleration; gravitational and inertial
properties of objects
1. First law of motion
2. Second law of motion
3. Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
4. Gravitational field strength
5. Weight
6. Friction
a. The coefficient of friction
b. Static friction
c. Kinetic friction
d. Rolling friction
e. Fluid friction
B. Momentum
1. Impulse
2. Change in momentum
3. Law of conservation of momentum
4. Third law of motion
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UNIT TWO : ENERGY
I. Work and energy
A. Work
B. Power
C. Energy
1. Potential energy
a. Gravitational potential energy
b. Elastic potential energy
2. Kinetic energy
D. Work-energy relationship
E. Conservation of energy
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UNIT THREE : ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
I. Static electricity
A. Micro structure of matter
B. Charged objects
C. Conservation of charge
D. Elementary charges
E. Quantity of charge
F. Coulomb's law
G. Electric fields
1. Electric field around a point charge
2. Electric field between two parallel plates
3. Electric potential
H. Potential Difference
1. The volt
2. The electronvolt
3. Electric field in terms of electric potential
II. Electric current
A. Conductivity in solids
B. Conditions necessary for an electric current
C. Unit of current
D. Resistance of a conductor
1. Ohm's Law
2. Resistance
3. Resistance in a conductor
E. Circuits
1. Series circuit
2. Parallel circuit
3. Electric power
4. Electric energy
III. Magnetism
A. Magnetic force
B. Magnetic field
1. Direction
2. Magnetic flux lines
3. Flux density
4. Magnetic field around a straight conductor
5. Magnetic field around a coil of wire (solenoid)
C. Force on a moving charge carrier in a magnetic field
IV. Electromagnetic induction
A. Electromagnetic radiation; moving conductor and
induced EMF
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UNIT FOUR : WAVE PHENOMENA
I. Introduction to waves
A. Transfer of energy
B. Pulses and periodic waves
1. Pulses in a medium
a. Speed of a pulse
b. Reflection and refraction
2. Periodic waves
C. Types of wave motion
1. Longitudinal waves
2. Transverse waves
II. Characteristics of periodic waves
A. Frequency
B. Period
C. Amplitude
D. Phase
E. Wavelength
F. Speed
G. Doppler effect
H. Wave propagation; wave fronts
III. Periodic wave phenomena
A. Interference
1. Superposition
a. Constructive interference
b. Destructive interference
2. Two sources in phase in the same medium
3. Standing waves
a. Reflection
b. Resonance
IV. Light
A. Speed
1. In space
2. In a medium
B. Reflection
1. Law of reflection
2. Regular reflection
3. Diffuse reflection
C. Refraction
1. Effect of a medium
2. Speed and refraction
D. Absolute index of refraction
1. Snell's Law
2. Critical angle
3. Total internal reflection
4. Dispersion
5. Dispersive medium
6. Non-dispersive medium
E. Wave nature of light
1. Interference of light
a. Diffraction
b. Coherent light sources
c. Double slit
2. Polarization
F. Electromagnetic spectrum
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UNIT FIVE : MODERN PHYSICS
shortened outline copied form Barron's book
I. Dual nature of light
A. Wave phenomena
B. particle phenomena
II. The quantum theory
A. The quantum; E=hf
B. The photon, E=hc/lambda
C. The photoelectric effect; photoelectric equation
D. Photon-particle collision
E. Photon momentum, p=h/lambda
F. Matter waves
III. Models of the atom
A. The Rutherford model
B. The bohr model of the H atom; atomic spectra
C. The cloud model
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OPTIONAL UNITS
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UNIT SIX : MOTION IN THE PLANE
I. Two dimensional motion and trajectories
A. A projectile fired horizontally
B. A projectile fired at an angle
II. Uniform Circular Motion
A. Centripetal acceleration
B. Centripetal force
III. Kepler's Laws
A. Kepler's First Law
B. Kepler's Second Law
C. Kepler's Third Law
IV. Satellite Motion
A. Geosynthronous motion
B. Artificial Satellites
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UNIT SEVEN : INTERNAL ENERGY
I. Temperature
A. Absolute temperature
B. Temperature scales
II. Internal energy and heat
A. Specific heat
B. Exchange of internal energy (conservation
of heat energy, phase change, factors affecting
boiling point, etc.)
III. Kinetic theory of gases
A. Pressure
B. Gas laws
IV. Laws of thermodynamics
A. First law of thermodynamics
B. Second law of thermodynamics
C. Third law of thermodynamics
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UNIT EIGHT : ELECTROMAGNETIC APPLICATIONS
I. Torque on a current-carrying loop
A. Meters
B. Motors
C. Back emf
II. Electron beams
A. Thermionic emission
B. Electron beam in an electric field
C. Control of electron beams
D. Other charged particle beams (mass spectrometer,
mass of electron, particle accelerator, etc.)
III. Induced voltage
A. Magnitude and direction of an induced
potential difference
B. Generator principle
C. Transformers
D. Induction coils
IV. The laser
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UNIT NINE : GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
I. Images
A. Real image
B. Virtual image
II. Images formed by reflection
A. Images formed by a plane mirror
B. Images formed by a spherical mirror
III. Images formed by refraction
A. Converging lenses
B. Diverging lenses
C. Defects in lenses
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UNIT TEN : SOLID STATE PHYSICS
I. Conduction in solids
A. Conductors, insulators, semiconductors
B. Theories of solid state conduction
C. Extrinsic semiconductors (doping, donors,
acceptors, N-type, P-type)
II. Semiconductor devices
A. The junction diode
B. Transistors
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UNIT ELEVEN : NUCLEAR ENERGY
I. The nucleus
A. Nucleons
B. Atomic number (Z)
C. Mass number (A)
D. Nuclear force
E. Atomic mass unit (AMU or u)
F. Mass-energy relationship
G. Nuclear mass and binding energy
H. Isotopes
I. Nuclides
J. Methods of learning about the atom
(accelerators, detectors, subatomic particles)
II. Nuclear reactions
A. Natural radioactivity (alpha, beta, gamma)
B. Half-life
C. Conservation of mass-energy
D. Artificial transmutation
E. Nuclear fission
F. Nuclear fusion
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