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Nelson QScience Physics Units 3 & 4, First Edition

 

Nelson QScience Physics Units 3 & 4, First Edition

Scott Adamson, Oliver Alini, Neil Champion, Tara Kuhn | Copyright Year 2019 | ISBN-13 9780170412575

The following links are referenced in your textbook

Chapter 1

Page 7

1.1.1 Vector addition
https://www.sparknotes.com/physics/vectors/vectoraddition/summary/

Page 9

1.1.2 Scalar multiplication of vectors
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/vectors-precalc/scalar-multiplication/v/understanding-multiplying-vectors-by-scalars

Chapter 2

Page 20

2.1.1 Describing projectiles with numbers: horizontal and vertical velocity
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors/Lesson-2/Horizontal-and-Vertical-Components-of-Velocity

Page 23

2.2.1 Characteristics of a projectile's trajectory
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors/Lesson-2/Characteristics-of-a-Projectile-s-Trajectory

Chapter 3

Page 37

3.1.1 Inclined planes
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors/Lesson-3/Inclined-Planes

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3.1.2 What are inclines?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/forces-newtons-laws/inclined-planes-friction/a/what-are-inclines

Page 37

3.1.3 Forces and motion: basics
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion-basics

Chapter 4

Page 49

4.1.1 Uniform circular motion: interactive
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Circular-and-Satellite-Motion/Uniform-Circular-Motion/Uniform-Circular-Motion-Interactive

Page 52

4.3.1 What is centripetal acceleration?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/centripetal-force-and-gravitation/centripetal-acceleration-tutoria/a/what-is-centripetal-acceleration

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4.3.2 Visual understanding of centripetal acceleration formula
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/centripetal-force-and-gravitation/centripetal-acceleration-tutoria/v/visual-understanding-of-centripetal-acceleration-formula

Chapter 5

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5.1.1 The history of gravity
https://theconversation.com/timeline-the-history-of-gravity-54528

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5.1.2 How to think about gravity
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/jon-bergmann-how-to-think-about-gravity

Page 70

5.1.3 Misconceptions about gravity
https://ed.ted.com/featured/Xd0eu692

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5.2.1 What is gravitational potential energy?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/work-and-energy/work-and-energy-tutorial/a/what-is-gravitational-potential-energy

Page 72

5.2.2 Gravitational potential energy (GPE)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_gateway_pre_2011/forces/themeridesrev1.shtml

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5.5.1 Newton's law of universal gravitation
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-3/Newton-s-Law-of-Universal-Gravitation

Page 90

5.5.2 The Cavendish experiment
https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/cavendish-experiment

Page 93

5.5.3 Gravity force lab
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/gravity-force-lab/latest/gravity-force-lab_en.html

Chapter 6

Page 101

6.1.1 Classical astronomy
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/outreach/education/senior/cosmicengine/classicalastronomy.html

Page 101

6.1.2 The Ptolemic model
http://www.polaris.iastate.edu/EveningStar/Unit2/unit2_sub1.htm

Page 102

6.2.1 Kepler's laws
http://oneminuteastronomer.com/8626/keplers-laws/

Page 111

6.4.1 Catalogue of satellite orbits
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OrbitsCatalog/

Page 111

6.4.2 The science: orbital mechanics
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OrbitsHistory/page2.php

Page 111

6.4.3 Gravity, weightlessness, and apparent weight
https://www.wired.com/2008/09/gravity-weightlessness-and-apparent-weight/

Chapter 7

Page 123

7.1.1 Coulomb's law
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/elefor.html

Page 123

7.1.2 Coulomb's law video
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/electric-charge-electric-force-and-voltage/charge-electric-force/v/coulombs-law

Page 123

7.1.3 Attractive and repulsive force
https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/438-attractive-and-repulsive-force

Page 135

7.3.1 Electric field lines
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/Lesson-4/Electric-Field-Lines

Page 136

7.3.2 Earth's vertical electric field
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/22318/e_field_final.pdf

Page 136

7.3.3 Electric potential energy
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/elepe.html

Page 136

7.3.4 Electric potential energy video
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/electric-charge-electric-force-and-voltage/electric-potential-voltage/v/electric-potential-energy

Chapter 8

Page 147

8.1.1 Magnetic field basics
http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_magneticfield.html

Page 147

8.1.2 What are magnetic fields?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-field-current-carrying-wire/a/what-are-magnetic-fields

Page 147

8.1.3 Types of magnets
http://www.themagnetguide.com/magnets-types.html

Page 150

8.2.1 Magnetic pole reversal happens all the time
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-poleReversal.html

Page 150

8.2.2 Why Earth's magnetic poles could be about to swap places - and how it would affect us
https://theconversation.com/why-the-earths-magnetic-poles-could-be-about-to-swap-places-and-how-it-would-affect-us-71910

Page 150

8.2.3 The Northern and Southern Lights
http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/northern-and-southern-lights-aurora-borealis-and-aurora-australis

Page 150

8.2.4 Aurora
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/atmosphere/aurora

Page 150

8.2.5 What is an aurora?
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-epic-solar-winds-make-brilliant-polar-lights-michael-molina

Page 155

8.4.1 Solenoid
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/solenoid.html

Page 162

8.6.1 Magnetic force on a charge
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnets-magnetic/v/magnetism-2

Chapter 9

Page 176

9.1.1 What is magnetic flux?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-flux-faradays-law/a/what-is-magnetic-flux

Page 176

9.1.2 Flux and magnetic flux
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-flux-faradays-law/v/flux-and-magnetic-flux

Page 178

9.2.1 What is Faraday's law?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-flux-faradays-law/a/what-is-faradays-law

Page 178

9.2.2 Faraday's law introduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-flux-faradays-law/v/faradays-law-introduction

Page 178

9.2.3 What is Faraday's law of induction?
https://www.livescience.com/53509-faradays-law-induction.html

Page 184

9.4.1 Lenz's law
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-flux-faradays-law/v/lenzs-law

Page 185

9.5.1 What is alternating current?
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/alternating-current/chpt-1/what-is-alternating-current-ac/

Page 185

9.5.2 AC circuits: alternating current electricity
http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/AC.html

Page 189

9.5.3 Alternating current (AC) vs. directional current (DC)
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/alternating-current-ac-vs-direct-current-dc

Chapter 10

Page 199

10.1.1 Electromagnetic waves
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c120/emwave.html

Page 199

10.1.2 James Clerk Maxwell: The greatest physicist you've never heard of
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/james-clerk-maxwell:-the-greatest-physicist/6990508

Page 200

10.1.3 How fast does light travel?
https://www.space.com/15830-light-speed.html

Page 201

10.1.4 The electromagnetic spectrum
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html

Page 203

10.1.5 SKA
http://www.ska.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Chapter 11

Page 211

11.1.1 Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/particles-and-waves-the-central-mystery-of-quantum-mechanics-chad-orzel

Page 211

11.1.2 Six things everyone should know about Quantum physics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2015/07/08/six-things-everyone-should-know-about-quantum-physics/#f35af087d467

Page 214

11.3.1 Einstein's theory of special relativity
https://www.space.com/36273-theory-special-relativity.html

Page 214

11.3.2 What's so special about special relativity
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/10/11/whats-so-special-about-special-relativity/#6e5e1590124b

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11.10.1 The Synchrotron
http://www.synchrotron.org.au/

Chapter 12

Page 247

12.1.1 James Clerk Maxwell
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/james-clerk-maxwell:-the-greatest-physicist/6990508

Page 247

12.1.1 James Clerk Maxwell
http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/about_maxwell.html

Page 250

12.2.1 Young's double slit introduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/light-waves/interference-of-light-waves/v/youngs-double-split-part-1

Page 255

12.3.1 Wave-particle duality
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod1.html

Page 260

12.4.1 Blackbody radiation
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/B/Blackbody+Radiation

Chapter 13

Page 297

13.1.1 A brief particle history
http://www.particlecentral.com/particle_page.html

Page 297

13.1.2 Explainer: what are fundamental particles?
https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-are-fundamental-particles-38339

Page 298

13.1.3 Positron
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/P/Positron

Page 298

13.1.4 Developing the positron
https://timeline.web.cern.ch/timelines/Discovering-the-positron

Page 298

13.1.5 Antimatter
https://home.cern/topics/antimatter

Page 298

13.1.6 What is the Schrödinger equation?
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae329.cfm

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13.2.1 How particles accelerators work
https://energy.gov/articles/how-particle-accelerators-work

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13.2.2 The Large Hadron Collider
https://home.cern/topics/large-hadron-collider

Page 303

13.2.3 The Higgs boson
https://home.cern/topics/higgs-boson

Page 305

13.2.4 January 1925: Wolfgang Pauli announces the exclusion principle
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200701/history.cfm

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13.3.1 The Nobel Prize in 1979
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/

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13.3.2 ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
http://www.gravity.uwa.edu.au/

Page 314

13.6.1 The Standard Model
https://home.cern/about/physics/standard-model

Page 315

13.6.2 Standard Model and neutrino mass
http://ctp.berkeley.edu/neutrino/neutrino3.html

Chapter 14

Page 328

14.2.1 Particle interactions and conservation laws
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/parint.html

Page 329

14.2.2 Scientific background: neutrino oscillations
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/summary/

Page 330

14.3.1 Let's draw Feynman diagrams
https://www.quantumdiaries.org/2010/02/14/lets-draw-feynman-diagams/

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14.3.2 Feynman diagrams for beginners
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.04182.pdf

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14.3.3 How Feynman diagrams almost saved space
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-feynman-diagrams-are-so-important-20160705/

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