Welcome to
Distributed
Learning
Physics
12
The following activity is an activation assignment. This must be
completed online and e-mailed to your instructor before you may register in DL Physics 12. It
will be worth 5% of your total course mark. This assignment should take approximately two hours in
total. There are links to some recommended websites where you can learn the concepts as you complete
this assignment.You may wish to do a rough copy of your answers on paper, before completing the
online version. If you quit the program, it will be submitted automatically, even if you have not
finished, so be sure to complete all sections during the same time period and then
submit
Learning Outcomes:
review basic math concepts from Physics
11
Study the
tutorial below in order to review significant figures rules
Answer the questions that
follow.
Numeric
Response
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1.
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State
the number of significant figures in each measured (approximate) number.
305
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2.
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State
the number of significant figures in each measured (approximate) number.
3.0050
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3.
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State
the number of significant figures in each measured (approximate) number.
0.0075
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4.
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State
the number of significant figures in each measured (approximate) number.
1000
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5.
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0.035219
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6.
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2 533 521
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Complete the following computations assuming that all numbers are obtained from
measurements:
26.215 - 0.3
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22
- 0.01
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22 x
305
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11.
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Learning
Outcomes:
apply the concepts of motion to various situations where
acceleration is constant
Use the
following link to review the concepts;
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12.
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Watch
the animations:
What variable is o btained by calculating the slope of
a:
a. position-time graph?
b. velocity-time
graph?
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When an object is speeding up to the right, what direction is the
acceleration?
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When
an object is moving to the left and slowing down, what direction is the acceleration?
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15.
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Explain why the blue skier made it to the finish line
first.
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Refer to the following diagram, which is a graph of the velocity of a
ball as a function of time when a ball is thrown straight up in the air.
What was the acceleration of the ball
i) while it was being thrown?
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What
was the acceleration of the ball
ii) while
it was in 'free flight’?
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What
point on the graph corresponds with the instant when the ball reaches the 'peak' of its flight?
Explain how you know this.
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What
altitude did the ball reach?
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Learning
Outcomes:
perform vector analysis in one or two
dimensions
Study the
tutorial on "Lesson 1: Vectors - Fundamentals and Operations"
(Click below)
Answer the questions that follow.
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Read
the opening paragraph. What is the main difference between vector and scalar
quantities?
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21.
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Click
on displacement. What is the difference between displacement and distance?
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Describe what a free-body diagram is. How does it help solve physics
problems?
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Why
is it important to draw vectors using “head-to-tail”?
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24.
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What
does 30o south of east mean?
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Click
on the first “Animation” button. Read this section, and explain why a common notation for
vectors is essential.
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26.
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Click
on the “Back” button. Why are all vectors always drawn according to scale?
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What
is the scale used on this example?
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28.
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What
does a 21.35 mile vector represent on the scale?
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Read
this explanation about vector direction: (Click Below)
Read this explanation about vector addition: Click
Below)
If you add two vectors, is the resultant vector always larger than the
original vectors? Explain your answer.
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a) What happens to the airplane when it is in a
headwind?
b) What happens to the airplane when it is in a
crosswind? Why do you think this is?
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31.
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Using geometry,
how do you think you could calculate the resultant velocity of the riverboat as it is traveling
across the river?
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Technology Section:
This course will require that you use some of the many educational
tools available on the internet and that you are comfortable in sharing your ideas in a virtual
world. Fostering a sense of community is one of my goals for this year and to begin this process you
are asked to complete the activity explained below.
Follow the link below and watch the video clips on the virtual
bulletin board. You will be asked to respond to the 2 questions and post your response on
the virtual bulletin board. This maybe your first experience posting your thoughts in this type
of collaborative setting and so it is important to remember that your posting should be appropriate
for a learning environment and is focused on the questions that are being asked.
A notification e-mail will automatically be sent when you post your
response and so in order to receive credit for this part of the activation assignment, you MUST
include in your posting, your FIRST NAME, FIRST INITIAL of your LAST NAME as well as the COURSE(s)
you are going to be taking.
In the space below,
please indicate with a simple YES or NO whether you have posted onto the virtual bulletin
board.
Finally, Welcome to North Vancouver School District
Distributed Learning and we look forward to working together to help you achieve your
goals.
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