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Uc Davis Geo Wiki: Newton's 2nd Law
The wind blowing over your house, the Gulf Stream flowing into the North Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Europe, the jet stream at 10 km altitude. All these different flows in the atmosphere and in the ocean can be understood using ideas...
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Libre Texts: Physics: Introduction to Relativity
Explore the story of the principle of relativity. Find practice problems after reviewing the article.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Special Relativity
This article provides a quick introduction to special relativity.
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Libre Text: Precipitation Reactions
Precipitation Reactions occur when cations and anions of aqueous solutions combine to form an insoluble ionic solid, called a precipitate. Whether or not such a reaction occurs can be determined by using the solubility rules for common...
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Libre Texts: Chemistry: Solubility and Precipitates
The following interactive module provides a visualization of solubility and precipitates.
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Libre Texts: Physics: What Was Wrong With Classical Mechanics?
An overview of many parts of classical mechanics theories and formulas from black body radiation to the Uncertainty Principle. A reference for equations.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Early Quantum Mechanics
An overview of quantum mechanics which begins with why they are important and wraps up with an accident at Bell Telephone labs in 1925. Find several theories and formulas.
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Libre Text: The Power Rule
Good overall site defining the power rule and giving several examples to study.
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Libre Texts: Physics: The Bernoulli Effect
Examine in detail the Bernoulli Effect so students understand that faster-moving fluids mean the pressure is lower. Find the theory and its equation.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Stokes' Law
When a ball is dropped into a pool it will not fall to the bottom as quickly as before it hit the water. Why? Understand the premise of Stokes' Law.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Conservation of Momentum
Understand how the momentum of an object remains constant if there is no outside force involved. Examine translation symmetry. The article is wrapped up with a collection of homework problems to solve.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Conservation of Mass and Energy
A collective which looks at mass and energy. Identify the forms of measurement and how to convert them as well as scientific notation. Practice application with homework problems.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Conservation of Angular Momentum
A few examples of what the conservation of angular momentum is and understand how it works. Challenge comprehension with follow up questions for discussion and problems for solutions.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Frames of Reference and Newton's Laws
A resource featuring the Principle of Relativity. Discover what develops based on the premise of this principle.
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Libre Text: Collision Theory
This site provides a summary of collision theory and its relation to reaction rate. It includes links to higher-level explanations.
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Libre Texts: Chemistry: Solubility and Factors Affecting Solubility
Understand how temperature, pressure, and the presence of other solutes affect the solubility of solutes in solvents.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Dark Matter: Rotation Curve of Galaxy
The universe goes beyond the sun. Scientists study the amount of mass in the universe, but they also need to measure it in the far outreaches of the universe that are in the dark. Find out how they measure the mass of the entire universe.
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Libre Texts: Physics: Viscosity
Viscosity is the thickness of matter based on internal friction. This resource provides extensive detail to viscosity in solids, fluids, and gases. Find examples and formulas.
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Libre Texts: Social Science: 8.5: Systems Theory Paradigm
Explain what systems theory is and its impact on how we view the world today.