Glencoe Introduction to Physical Science, Student Edition / Edition 1

by McGraw Hill

Overview

Give every student a deeper understanding of physical science!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780078778049
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	03/21/2007
Series:	GLEN SCI: INTRO PHYSICAL SCI
Edition description:	Student
Pages:	824
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.20(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	11 - 13 Years

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Table of Contents

Contents

Note. Each chapter includes Key Terms; Matching, Multiple-Choice, Fill in the Blank, and Short-Answer Questions; Visual Connection; Applying Your Knowledge; Exercises; Answers to Confidence Exercises; Answers to Questions; and On the Web.

• 1. Measurement
  1.1. The Physical Sciences
  1.2. The Scientific Method and Attitude
  Highlight: The "Face" on Mars
  1.3. The Senses
  1.4. Standard Units and Systems of Units
  A Spotlight On: Fundamental Quantities
  1.5. More on the Metric System
  1.6. Derived Units and Conversion Factors
  Highlight: Is Unit Conversion Important? It Sure Is.
  1.7. Significant Figures

  2. Motion

  2.1. Defining Motion

  2.2. Speed and Velocity

  2.3. Acceleration

  Highlight: Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa

  2.4. Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion

  2.5. Projectile Motion

  3. Force and Motion

  3.1. Force and Net Force

  3.2. Newton's First Law of Motion

  3.3. Newton's Second Law of Motion

  3.4. Newton's Third Law of Motion

  3.5. Newton's Law of Gravitation

  Highlight: The "Fourth Law of Motion": The Automobile Air Bag

  A Spotlight On: Newton's Laws of Motion

  Highlight: Some Effects of Apparent Weightlessness on the Human Body

  3.6. Momentum

  4. Work and Energy

  4.1. Work

  4.2. Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

  4.3. Conservation of Energy

  4.4. Power

  4.5. Forms and Sources of Energy

  Highlight: Fill It Up...with Hydrogen

  5. Temperature and Heat

  5.1. Temperature

  5.2. Heat

  Highlight: Freezing from the Top Down

  5.3.Specific Heat and Latent Heat

  5.4. Heat Transfer

  5.5. Phases of Matter

  5.6. The Kinetic Theory of Gases

  Highlight: Hot Gases: Aerosol Cans and Popcorn

  5.7. Thermodynamics

  6. Waves

  6.1. Waves and Energy Propagation

  6.2. Wave Properties

  6.3. Electromagnetic Waves

  6.4. Sound Waves

  Highlight: Noise Exposure Limit

  6.5. The Doppler Effect

  6.6. Standing Waves and Resonance

  7. Optics and Wave Effects

  7.1. Reflection

  7.2. Refraction and Dispersion

  7.3. Spherical Mirrors

  Highlight: The Rainbow: Dispersion and Internal Reflection

  7.4. Lenses

  7.5. Polarization

  7.6. Diffraction and Interference

  Highlight: Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)

  8. Electricity and Magnetism

  8.1. Electric Charge and Current

  Highlight: Photocopiers

  8.2. Voltage and Electrical Power

  8.3. Simple Electric Circuits and Electrical Safety

  8.4. Magnetism

  Highlight: Electrical Safety

  8.5. Electromagnetism

  Highlight: Physics "Factinos"

  9. Atomic Physics

  9.1. Early Concepts of the Atom

  9.2. The Dual Nature of Light

  Highlight: Albert Einstein

  9.3. Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom

  9.4. Microwave Ovens, X-Rays, and Lasers

  Highlight: Fluorescence and Phosphorescence

  9.5. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

  9.6. Matter Waves

  Highlight: Electron Microscopes

  9.7. The Electron Cloud Model of the Atom

  A Spotlight On: The Changing Model of the Atom

  10. Nuclear Physics

  10.1. Symbols of the Elements

  10.2. The Atomic Nucleus

  10.3. Radioactivity and Half-Life

  A Spotlight On: Atomic Structure

  Highlight: The Discovery of Radioactivity

  10.4. Nuclear Reactions

  10.5. Nuclear Fission

  10.6. Nuclear Fusion

  Highlight: The Origins of the Atomic Bomb

  10.7. Biological Effects of Radiation

  Highlight: Nuclear Power and Waste Disposal

  11. The Chemical Elements

  11.1. Classification of Matter

  Highlight: The Lake Nyos "Monster"

  11.2. Discovery of the Elements

  11.3. Occurrence of the Elements

  11.4. The Periodic Table

  11.5. Naming Compounds

  11.6. Groups of Elements

  A Spotlight On: Naming Compounds

  12. Chemical Bonding

  12.1. Law of Conservation of Mass

  Highlight: Lavoisier: The Father of Chemistry

  12.2. Law of Definite Proportions

  12.3. Dalton's Atomic Theory

  12.4. Ionic Bonding

  12.5. Covalent Bonding

  12.6. Hydrogen Bonding

  Highlight: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You!

  13. Chemical Reactions

  13.1. Balancing Chemical Equations

  13.2. Energy and Rate of Reaction

  Highlight: Chemistry "Factinos"

  13.3. Acids and Bases

  Highlight: Chemistry and Tooth Enamel

  13.4. Single-Replacement Reactions

  13.5. Avogadro's Number

  A Spotlight On: Reaction Types

  14. Organic Chemistry

  14.1. Bonding in Organic Compounds

  14.2. Aromatic Hydrocarbons

  Highlight: Breakthroughs!

  14.3. Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

  14.4. Derivatives of Hydrocarbons

  14.5. Synthetic Polymers

  A Spotlight On: Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives

  Highlight: Stick It to Them!

  15. Place and Time

  15.1. Cartesian Coordinates

  15.2. Latitude and Longitude

  15.3. Time

  Highlight: The Concept of Time

  15.4. Determining Latitude and Longitude

  Highlight: Daylight Saving Time

  15.5. The Seasons and the Calendar

  15.5. Precession of the Earth's Axis

  A Spotlight On: Place and Time

  16. The Solar System

  16.1. The Solar System: An Overview

  16.2. The Planet Earth—Third Planet from the Sun

  16.3. The Terrestrial Planets

  A Spotlight On: The Terrestrial Planets

  16.4. The Jovian Planets and Pluto

  Highlight: Galileo Mission to Jupiter: The Little Spacecraft That Could

  A Spotlight On: The Jovian Planets and Pluto

  16.5. The Origin of the Solar System

  16.6. Other Planetary Systems

  17. Moons and Other Solar System Objects

  17.1. Features of the Earth's Moon

  17.2. Lunar Motional Effects: Phases, Eclipses, and Tides

  Highlight: Seeing Only One Side of the Moon

  A Spotlight On: The Moon

  17.3. Moons of the Terrestrial Planets

  17.4. Moons of the Jovian Planets and Pluto

  17.5. Other Solar System Objects: Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets, and Interplanetary Dust

  Highlight: Risks from Asteroids—The Torino Scale

  Highlight: Catching a Comet by the Tail

  18. The Universe

  18.1. The Sun

  18.2. The Celestial Sphere

  18.3. Classifying Stars

  18.4. The Life Cycle of Low-Mass Stars

  18.5. The Life Cycle of High-Mass Stars

  18.6. Galaxies

  18.7. Cosmology

  Highlight: The Age of the Universe

  Highlight: Astronomy "Factinos"

  19. The Atmosphere

  19.1. Composition and Structure

  19.2. Atmospheric Energy Content

  Highlight: Blue Skies and Red Sunsets

  Highlight: The Greenhouse Effect

  19.3. Atmospheric Measurements and Observations

  19.4. Air Motion

  19.5. Clouds

  A Spotlight On: Cloud Families and Types

  20. Atmospheric Effects

  20.1. Condensation and Precipitation

  20.2. Air Masses

  Highlight: El Niño and La Niña

  20.3. Storms

  Highlight: Wind Chill Temperature Index

  Highlight: Naming Hurricanes

  20.4. Atmospheric Pollution

  20.5. Pollution and Climate

  Highlight: The Ozone Hole

  Highlight: Meteorology "Factinos"

  21. Minerals, Rocks, and Igneous Activity

  21.1. Minerals

  21.2. Rocks

  Highlight: Rare Beauties: Gems

  21.3. Igneous Rocks

  A Spotlight On: The Rock Cycle

  21.4. Igneous Activity

  21.5. Sedimentary Rocks

  21.6. Metamorphic Rocks

  22. Structural Geology

  22.1. Continental Draft and Seafloor Spreading

  22.2. Plate Tectonics

  Highlight: Tracking Plate Motion

  A Spotlight On: Plate Boundaries

  22.3. Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior

  Highlight: Earthquake Risk in the Conterminous United States

  Highlight: Deadly Tsunamis

  22.4. Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

  23. Surface Processes

  23.1. Weathering

  23.2. Erosion

  A Spotlight On: Weathering

  Highlight: The World's Greatest Flood

  23.3. Groundwater

  23.4. Shoreline and Seafloor Topography

  Highlight: Tube Worms and "Black Smokers"

  24. Geologic Time

  24.1. Fossils

  24.2. Relative Geologic Dating

  24.3. Radiometric Dating

  Highlight: Geology "Factinos"

  24.4. The Age of the Earth

  24.5. The Geologic Time Scale

  A Spotlight On: The Geologic Time Scale

  Highlight: The K-T Event: The Disappearance of the Dinosaurs

  Appendixes

  I. The Seven Base Units of the International System of Units (SI)

  II. Solving Mathematical Problems in Science

  III. Equation Rearrangement

  IV. Analysis of Units

  V. Positive and Negative Numbers

  VI. Powers-of-10 Notation

  VII. Significant Figures

  VIII. Psychometric Tables

  IX. Seasonal Star Charts

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for a course of one or two semesters for first-year college students not majoring in science. Defines and explains physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, and meteorology in the context of examples relating to the physical world. Emphasizing fundamental concepts, includes both quantitative and qualitative approaches that instructors can combine or chose between; a heavily descriptive approach for example would use the Review Questions and Critical Thinking Questions but omit the Exercises. Revised from earlier editions (no dates noted) both in the material and the manner of presentation. Illustrated in color throughout. Teaching materials are available. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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