ASTRONOMY 3: Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System
Winter 2012
Winter 2012
Potential and kinetic energy
different forms of potential energy: mechnical,
electrical, chemical, atomic
different forms of kinetic energy: waves, heat,
sound, radiation
Force:
Rate of change of energy
Temperature, density, and pressure = force/unit area
Pressure = density times temperature
phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plasma
multi phase equilibrium
temperature and heat (flow of energy)
heat and phase transition
heat transfer processes: conduction, convection, radiation
mass transfer process: diffusion, differentiation, and advection
Microscopic world
atoms and elements
mass and energy (E=C^2)
hydrogen atoms:
energy level: ground state, excited states, ionized state
Line radiation
Forces of Nature