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Nelson QScience Physics Units 1 & 2, First edition

 

Nelson QScience Physics Units 1 & 2, First edition

By Scott Adamson, Oliver Alini, Neil Champion and Tara Kuhn | Copyright Year 2018 | ISBN-13 9780170412483

The following links are referenced in your textbook

Chapter 1

Page 7

1.1.1 Brownian motion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zgr2pv4/revision/5

Page 9

1.1.2 States of matter
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter

Page 10

1.2.1 Kinetic energy
https://www.livescience.com/46278-kinetic-energy.html

Page 16

1.3.1 How does heat travel?
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/light_lessons/thermal/transfer.html

Page 16

1.3.2 Heat transfer and efficiency
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa_pre_2011/energy/heatrev1.shtml

Chapter 2

Page 23

2.1.1 Temperature conversion formulas
https://www.thoughtco.com/temperature-conversion-formulas-609324

Page 32

2.3.1 BIPM
http://www.bipm.org/en/about-us/

Page 51

2.7.1 Referencing guide
https://www.cqu.edu.au/student-life/services-and-facilities/referencing/cquniversity-referencing-guides

Chapter 3

Page 66

3.1.1 Matter changing phase
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter

Page 69

3.2.1 Change of state and latent heat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/physics/energy_matters/heat_in_the_home/revision/3/

Chapter 4

Page 85

4.3.1 Calorimeters and calorimetry
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/thermalP/Lesson-2/Calorimeters-and-Calorimetry

Chapter 5

Page 91

5.1.1 How does work work?
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-work-work-peter-bohacek

Page 99

5.3.1 Steam engine
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Steam_engine

Page 99

5.3.2 James Watt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/watt_james.shtml

Page 100

5.3.3 Animated engines – four-stroke
http://www.animatedengines.com/otto.html

Page 100

5.3.4 Four-stroke cycle engines
http://courses.washington.edu/engr100/Section_Wei/engine/UofWindsorManual/Four%20Stroke%20Cycle%20Engines.htm

Chapter 6

Page 110

6.1.1 The 2400-year-old search for the atom
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-2-400-year-search-for-the-atom-theresa-doud

Page 112

6.2.1 Protons, neutrons and electrons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_ocr_pre_2011/periodic_table/atomicstructurerev1.shtml

Page 117

6.3.1 Four fundamental forces
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Forces/funfor.html#c1

Chapter 7

Page 126

7.2.1 Alpha decay
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/alpha-decay

Page 126

7.2.2 Beta decay
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/beta-decay

Page 128

7.2.3 Properties of radiation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z996fg8/revision

Page 132

7.4.1 Predicting radioactive decay
https://www-nds.iaea.org/relnsd/vcharthtml/VChartHTML.html

Page 144

7.9.1 Radioactive dating game
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/radioactive-dating-game

Chapter 8

Page 155

8.3.1 Nuclear fission
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/nuclear-fission

Page 155

8.3.2 Nuclear fission and fusion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa_pre_2011/radiation/nuclearfissionrev1.shtml

Page 155

8.3.3 Irene Joliot-Curie
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1935/joliot-curie-bio.html

Page 161

8.6.1 Managing nuclear waste
http://www.ansto.gov.au/NuclearFacts/Managingwaste/index.htm

Chapter 9

Page 174

9.1.1 Balloons and static electricity
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/balloons

Page 174

9.1.2 The science of static electricity
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-static-electricity-anuradha-bhagwat

Page 176

9.1.3 Electric vocabulary
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/electric-vocabulary

Page 179

9.3.1 Circuit construction (AC + DC)
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/circuit-construction-kit-ac

Page 179

9.3.2 Circuit construction (DC only)
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/circuit-construction-kit-dc

Chapter 10

Page 197

10.1.1 Resistance in a wire
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/resistance-in-a-wire

Page 201

10.2.1 Ohm's law
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/ohms-law

Page 201

10.2.2 Laws of nature: Ohm's Law
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033wslz

Page 201

10.2.3 Ohm's Law and Resistance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8b2pv4/revision

Chapter 11

Page 219

11.3.1 Circuit symbols
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/electricity/circuitsrev1.shtml

Page 221

11.4.1 Resistors in series
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/physics/elect/resistors/revision/1/

Page 223

11.4.2 Voltage dividers
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/voltage-dividers

Page 224

11.4.3 Resistors in circuits
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/physics/elect/resistors/revision/1/

Chapter 12

Page 249

12.1.1 Scalars and vectors
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/vectors.html

Page 249

12.1.2 Grid iron physics: scalars and vectors
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/football-physics-scalars-and-vectors-michelle-buchanan

Page 249

12.1.3 What is a vector?
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-a-vector-david-huynh

Chapter 13

Page 261

13.1.1 What is displacement?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/one-dimensional-motion/displacement-velocity-time/a/what-is-displacement

Page 262

13.2.1 Speed, velocity and displacement
https://mathspace.co/learn/world-of-maths/differentiation/speed-displacement-and-velocity-34177/speed-velocity-and-displacement-1957/

Page 279

13.7.1 Free fall and air resistance
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-3/Free-Fall-and-Air-Resistance

Page 280

13.7.2 Buoyancy
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pbuoy.html

Chapter 14

Page 295

14.1.1 What is gravity?
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/jon-bergmann-how-to-think-about-gravity

Page 295

14.1.2 Gravity and the human body
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/gravity-and-the-human-body-jay-buckey

Page 298

14.2.1 Gravity vs inertial mass
http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=Dynamics_InertialGravitationalMass.xml

Page 301

14.3.1 Principles of force in sport
http://www.sports-training-adviser.com/principlesofforce.html

Chapter 15

Page 323

15.1.1 Types of energy
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/energy-and-enzymes/the-laws-of-thermodynamics/a/types-of-energy

Page 323

15.1.2 Energy forms and changes
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/energy-forms-and-changes

Page 338

15.5.1 Collision lab
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/collision-lab

Page 340

15.5.2 Brain Injury Australia
https://www.braininjuryaustralia.org.au/brain-injury-2/

Page 340

15.5.3 Acquired brain Injury
http://brainfoundation.org.au/disorders/acquired-brain-injury

Chapter 16

Page 352

16.2.1 Mechanical waves
http://www.you2repeat.com/watch/?v=VCZNqOZgadY

Page 355

16.3.1 Transverse and longitudinal waves
http://www.you2repeat.com/watch/?v=jAXx0018QCc

Page 355

16.3.2 Longitudinal and transverse wave motion
http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

Page 355

16.4.1 Geoscience Australia earthquakes
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/

Page 356

16.4.2 Wave on a string
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-on-a-string

Page 356

16.4.3 Sound
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/sound

Page 364

16.6.1 Reflection
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/waves/generalwavesrev6.shtml

Page 368

16.7.1 Refraction
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/bending-light

Page 372

16.9.1 Superposition of waves
http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos/superposition/superposition.html

Chapter 17

Page 381

17.1.1 Resonance
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/resonance

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