Both sides of the card may be used Formulas, definitions, and units may be written on the cheat sheet You will be turning in your cheat sheet at the end of the quiz/test this just like Biology? Wait… isn’t Your conceptual physics interactive notebook will be similar to your biology notebook. There are a few key differences, though. No parent pages or concept cards More group projects – recording your individual work in your interactive notebook is important. No cover pages – your grade sheet will act as your unit cover page No packets – instead, you’ll get pages a few at a time. For this reason, it is very important that you keep your binder organized! Your interactive notebook will serve to show your thinking throughout the semester. You will be turning it in for part of your final exam grade each semester. Missing pages or disorganization will cause you to lose points! STAY ORGANIZED!!! Test Corrections Sample Test Correction: Question Correct Your Factual reason why your answer Factual explanation of the correct # Answer Answer is incorrect answer 1 A C The movement of matter does Vibrations are the source of all not mean that a wave has wave motion because the back occurred. Matter can move and forth movement of a vibration without generating a wave. causes a ripple effect that spreads the wave continuously. 47 D B Frequency is the number of The period of a wave is the waves that occur every second, amount of time it takes for one NOT how long it takes for one complete back and forth motion. wave to occur. This time is usually measured in seconds and is represented by the letter “T” 43 A C Hertz is not a measure of a Hertz is measured frequency and period. Periods are measured in represents how many waves are units of time (normally second) happening each second. For
Both sides of the card may be used Formulas, definitions, and units may be written on the cheat sheet You will be turning in your cheat sheet at the end of the quiz/test Wait… isn’t this just like Biology? Your conceptual physics interactive notebook will be similar to your biology notebook. There are a few key differences, though. No parent pages or concept cards More group projects – recording your individual work in your interactive notebook is important. No cover pages – your grade sheet will act as your unit cover page No packets – instead, you’ll get pages a few at a time. For this reason, it is very important that you keep your binder organized! Your interactive notebook will serve to show your thinking throughout the semester. You will be turning it in for part of your final exam grade each semester. Missing pages or disorganization will cause you to lose points! STAY ORGANIZED!!! Test Corrections Sample Test Correction: Question # Correct Answer Your Answer Factual reason why your answer is incorrect Factual explanation of the correct answer 1 A C The movement of matter does not mean that a wave has occurred. Matter can move without generating a wave. Vibrations are the source of all wave motion because the back and forth movement of a vibration causes a ripple effect that spreads the wave continuously. 47 D B Frequency is the number of waves that occur every second, NOT how long it takes for one wave to occur. The period of a wave is the amount of time it takes for one complete back and forth motion. This time is usually measured in seconds and is represented by the letter “T” 43 A C Hertz is not a measure of a period. Periods are measured in units of time (normally second) Hertz is measured frequency and represents how many waves are happening each second. For
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