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	Visual Physics Encyclopedia 6 files - 420 sheets

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I	Energy transformations
	Basics
1	All energy comes from the sun
2	Transforming the sun’s energy
3	Examples of energy transformations
4	On jumping and falling
5	Launching a rocket
	Advanced
6	Kinetic and potential energy
7	Energy diagram of a roller-coaster

II	Electrical Energy - Fossil energy
	Basics
1	Generating electricity
2	A coal-based power station
3	Natural gas: formation and extraction
	Advanced
4	Little energy from the sun reaches earth
5	Our sources of energy
6	Use of energy until 2006

III	Sustainable energy
	Basics
1	A hydroelectric power station
	Advanced
2	Energy from Sun and Earth
3	Solar cells
4	Solar energy
5	Wind energy

IV	Energy transformations in machines
	Basics
1	A steam engine
2	Energy and efficiency: you can’t have it all!
	Advanced
3	Internal combustion engine

V	Heat: transport and insulation
	Basics
1	Thermometers and temperature scales
2	Temperature and heat transport
3	Insulation: preventing heat transport
4	Central heating
	Advanced
5	Sun radiation: source of life
6	Cooling down
7	Fridge and airco: absorbing heat via evaporation

VI	Chemical energy - human activity
	Basics
1	A cup of rice - energy in food
2	Sleeping or walking
3	Daily energy needs
	Advanced
4	Efficiency in transport
5	Energy use in different countries

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VII	Discovering energy
	Basics
1	Discovering energy before 1800
2	Discovering energy 1800 – 1900
3	Discovering energy 1900 – today
	Advanced
4	“The ultimate law of nature” - 2nd law of thermodynamics
5	Conservation of energy - 1st law of thermodynamics
6	Handy: Conversion table metric - imperial

VIII	Sound: from source to ear
	Basics
1	Music: making the air vibrate
2	Waves through air and water
3	The miraculous ear can hear
	Advanced
4	Transmission of sound
5	Doppler effect
6	Shock waves: special case of the Doppler effect

IX	Sound: frequency, amplitude, RESONANCE
	Basics
1	High and low, loud and soft
2	Sound volume: decibel scale
3	Timbre or tone: the quality of sound
	Advanced
4	Resonance 1: Exploding glass
5	Resonance 2: From bath tube to microwave

X	Sound recording
	Basics
1	Viewing sound: the oscilloscope
2	Analogue recording: tapes and records
	Advanced
3	Digital sound
4	CD burning and playing
XI	Reflecting sound waves
	Basics
1	Acoustics
2	Bats: flycatching in the dark
	Advanced
3	Ultrasound - ships’ sonar
4	Medical applications

XII	Waves
	Basics
1	Earthquakes: travelling waves
	Advanced
2	Harmonic waves travelling along a rope
3	Element of mass on a rope has KE as a wave pulse passes
4	Reflection of a wave from fixed & free boundaries
5	Superposition of wave pulses
6	Beats: superposition of two waves
7	Superposition of sound waves
8	Hooke’s law
9	Simple harmonic motion
10	Harmonic oscillator displacement curves
11	Curves for variation in k, m and x
12	Simple pendulum

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