Chapter Outline:

What is Physics?

  • Define physics and establish our course content

  • A short history of physics

1-4  Measurements and Uncertainty (pg.5)

  • Precision and accuracy
  • Significant figures   RE: Sig Fig Rules
  • Practice problems

1-5  Units and Standards (pg.8)

  • Why do we use the metric system in science?
  • SI standards of measurement   RE: SI Units
  • SI metric prefixes

1-6  Converting Units (pg.10)

  • Practice problems

1-7  Order of Magnitude: Rough Estimating (pg.12)

  • When estimates are appropriate and practical

Mathematics in Physics (pgs.A-1 thru A-11)