
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
ESTIMATED TIME: 1 WEEK
Reading Assignment:
Giancoli's 5/6e: Sections 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.7, 31.1, 31.2, and 31.3
Walker 2e: Sections 32.1 through 32.6
Homework:
Giancoli's 5e, Ch. 30: 12, 16, 24, 27; Ch. 31: 17, 20, 25
Giancoli's 6e, Ch. 30: 12, 15, 22, 27; Ch. 31: 16, 22, 27
Walker 2e Ch. 32: 13, 14, 16, 17, 35, 43, 45
TEACHING RESOURCES:
- Radioactivity
- Nuclear Reactions
AP PAST EXAMINATIONS
Nuclear Physics*
Multiple-Choice:
84MC44,45; 88MC34,39,45,46,56,64,66; 93MC32,33,42,54; 98MC12,33
Free-Response:
80B5d,81B6,89B5,91B5,96B5,99B4,01B7
* = This topic reduced in scope and emphasis starting in 2002.