SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Introduction — Directions and Flowchart

  1. Instruct students to signal you (the TA) when they finish the lab and understand the concepts. If they leave or refuse to answer questions at the end they lose 15 points! Absolutely, no excuses!
  2. Ask EACH student in the group a question about the concept (found in the other tabs on this page). This is to make sure each student comprehends the concept fully. If both students understood in this first round they may go with full participation marks.
  3. If either student does not understand, DO NOT give them the answers. The best learning is active, not passive. Instruct the students to have a discussion amongst themselves about the physics concepts and signal you again when they finish.
  4. Ask BOTH students (shared response) an old and a new question from the question bank. If they still do not understand, help them find the answer or where to find it. They may leave with full participation marks after this.
comprehension quiz flowchart

PH1011 — Physical Science 1

Remember: Only ask 1–2 questions per round of questioning. Follow the flowchart on the first tab.

  • No questions for Graphs at this time.
  • No questions for Motion at this time.
  • No questions for Kinematics at this time.
  • No questions for Simple Machines at this time.
  • No questions for Scientific Inquiry at this time.
  • No questions for Ohm's Law at this time.
  • No questions for Circuits and Continuity at this time.
  • No questions for Electricity and Magnetism at this time.
  • No questions for Light and Lenses at this time.
  • No questions for Human Eye at this time.
  • No questions for Resonance Tube at this time.

PH1113 — General Physics 1

Remember: Only ask 1–2 questions per round of questioning. Follow the flowchart on the first tab.

  • No questions for Graphs at this time.
  • No questions for Kinematics at this time.
  • No questions for Computer-Assisted Measurement of g at this time.
  • No questions for Projectile Motion at this time.
  • No questions for Scientific Method at this time.
  • No questions for Force Table at this time.
  • No questions for Friction at this time.
  • No questions for Centripetal Force on a Pendulum at this time.
  • No questions for Ballistic Pendulum at this time.
  • No questions for Elastic and Inelastic Collisions at this time.
  • No questions for Moment of Inertia at this time.

PH1123 — General Physics 2

Remember: Only ask 1–2 questions per round of questioning. Follow the flowchart on the first tab.

  • Questions for Simple Harmonic Motion:
    • What is a simple harmonic motion?
    • What is k?
    • Does amplitude affect period?
    • What is the reason for the negative sign in Hooke's law?
    • Why can we set F = mg = -ky?
    • Why do we use a small displacement? (Hint: Formula, small angle approximation.)
  • Questions for Periodic Motion:
    • What would a plot of total energy look like and why?
    • Why was period the same for all three trials?
    • Where is the acceleration 0 and why?
    • Why does TE not change?
    • What is k?
    • Why is there a minus sign in Hooke's law?
  • Questions for Standing Wave on a String:
    • What is a node? How do you count them? What is an antinode?
    • Would the slope of v vs λ change if you changed the (a) linear density μ or (b) length L? Why for both?
    • What causes a harmonic (or standing) wave?
  • Questions for Resonance Tube:
    • What is the difference in the type of wave created in this week's lab (Resonance Tube) compared to last week's lab (Standing Wave on a String)? (A: Resonance Tube uses a longitudinal, compression wave. Standing Wave uses a transverse wave.)
    • Which frequencies (high or low) were easier to measure? Why? (A: This is a subjective response. The locations of the nodes are tougher to pinpoint with lower frequencies.)
    • What is different about how waves are created in this week's lab compared to last week? (A: Do they understand how each of them is operating mechanically to produce the different kinds of waves that they observed? Think about the mechanism creating the waves in each case—string vibrator last week, mini-speaker this week.)
    • What is the lowest fundamental frequency called? (Harmonic)
    • Why do all objects have a natural frequency? (All vibrate)
    • Which harmonics land on anti-nodes? (Odd or even)
    • Why were anti-nodes so much louder?
  • Questions for Sound:
    • What is an overtone?
    • What is rarefaction and compression?
    • What happens to the particles ni the medium during rarefaction and compression?
    • What does whistling make a pure tone?
  • Questions for Thin Lenses:
    • Why does the object at "infinity" create an image at exactly the focal length? (Equation)
    • How do different lenses have different focal lengths?
    • How would you flip an inverted (negative height) image?
    • How would you aim a spear at a fish while spear fishing? (For the sensitive, how would you aim a geo tracker-tipped spear at a fish while doing conservation research?) (above or below)
  • Questions for Interference and Diffraction:
    • What is interference and what is diffraction?
    • Why do the maxima form as a result of interference? (phase)
    • Why is phase offset important to understand?
    • What is the phase offset for constructive and destructive interference?
  • Questions for Light Dispersion:
    • Questions coming soon...
  • Questions for Grating Spectrometer:
    • What is the difference between the light sources from the last two labs?
    • Why do the colors appear at different angles? (Why does constructive interference occur at specific angles for specific wavelengths?)
    • Why do we turn off the lights?
    • Why is there not a rainbow of colors? Where is yellow?
    • Where are the other orders? Why can't we see them?
    • Does the density of the diffraction grating affect the spectral wavelenghts? How does it affect the viewing angle and brightness?
  • Questions for Human Eye:
    • Name the 5 parts of the eye that light passes through to get to the retina.
    • Why do the lenses work differently in and out of the eye?
    • Positive lenses move images _____, while negative lenses move images ____. (closer, away)
    • Could you see a sharp image without a lens? Would the image be inverted?
  • Questions for Optical Instruments:
    • Questions coming soon...

PH1133 — General Physics 3

Remember: Only ask 1–2 questions per round of questioning. Follow the flowchart on the first tab.

  • No questions for Electric Deflection of Electrons at this time.
  • No questions for Electronic Measurements at this time.
  • No questions for Ohm's Law at this time.
  • No questions for Electric Circuits at this time.
  • No questions for Measurements with a Galvanometer at this time.
  • No questions for Simple Circuits at this time.
  • No questions for Resistance and Capacitance in a DC Circuit at this time.
  • No questions for Magnetic Deflectin of Electrons at this time.
  • No questions for Faraday's Law of Induction at this time.
  • No questions for Phase and Impedance in an RLC Circuit at this time.
  • No questions for Nuclear Radiation and Half-Life at this time.

PH2223 — Physics 2

Remember: Only ask 1–2 questions per round of questioning. Follow the flowchart on the first tab.

  • No questions for Scientific Method at this time.
  • No questions for Computer-Assisted Measurement of g at this time.
  • No questions for Electric Deflection of Electrons at this time.
  • No questions for Electronic Measurements at this time.
  • No questions for Ohm's Law at this time.
  • No questions for Measurements with a Galvanometer at this time.
  • No questions for Simple Circuits at this time.
  • No questions for Resistance and Capacitance in a DC Circuit at this time.
  • No questions for Magnetic Deflectin of Electrons at this time.
  • No questions for Faraday's Law of Induction at this time.
  • No questions for Phase and Impedance in an RLC Circuit at this time.

PH2233 — Physics 3

Remember: Only ask 1–2 questions per round of questioning. Follow the flowchart on the first tab.

  • Questions for Simple Harmonic Motion:
    • What is a simple harmonic motion?
    • What is k?
    • Does amplitude affect period?
    • What is the reason for the negative sign in Hooke's law?
    • Why can we set F = mg = -ky?
    • Why do we use a small displacement? (Hint: Formula, small angle approximation.)
  • Questions for Periodic Motion:
    • What would a plot of total energy look like and why?
    • Why was period the same for all three trials?
    • Where is the acceleration 0 and why?
    • Why does TE not change?
    • What is k?
    • Why is there a minus sign in Hooke's law?
    • At equilibrium why does TE = KE?
  • Questions for Standing Wave on a String:
    • What is a node? How do you count them? What is an antinode?
    • Would the slope of v vs λ change if you changed the (a) linear density μ or (b) length L? Why for both?
    • What causes a harmonic (or standing) wave?
    • How do you find the y-components of the force vectors on a section of string? (concept section)
  • Questions for Resonance Tube:
    • What is the lowest fundamental frequency called? (Harmonic)
    • Why do all objects have a natural frequency? (All vibrate)
    • Which harmonics land on anti-nodes? (Odd or even)
    • Why were anti-nodes so much louder?
  • Questions for Sound:
    • What is an overtone?
    • What is rarefaction and compression?
    • What happens to the particles ni the medium during rarefaction and compression?
    • What does whistling make a pure tone?
    • Is there a limit on how loud a tone can be?
  • Questions for Thin Lenses:
    • Why does the object at "infinity" create an image at exactly the focal length? (Equation)
    • How do different lenses have different focal lengths?
    • How would you flip an inverted (negative height) image?
    • How would you aim a spear at a fish while spear fishing? (For the sensitive, how would you aim a geo tracker-tipped spear at a fish while doing conservation research?) (above or below)
    • What happens to the image if you cover the top half of the lens?
  • Questions for Interference and Diffraction:
    • What is interference and what is diffraction?
    • Why do the maxima form as a result of interference? (phase)
    • Why is phase offset important to understand?
    • What is the phase offset for constructive and destructive interference?
    • Do vibrations cause light waves? Why?
    • What are the properties of the laser that allow us to do this demonstration? (mono..., coh...)
  • Questions for Light Dispersion:
    • Questions coming soon...
  • Questions for Grating Spectrometer:
    • What is the difference between the light sources from the last two labs?
    • What is the principle of superposition? (waves are not objects)
    • Why do the colors appear at different angles? (Why does constructive interference occur at specific angles for specific wavelengths?)
    • Why do we turn off the lights?
    • Why is there not a rainbow of colors? Where is yellow?
    • Where are the other orders? Why can't we see them?
    • Does the density of the diffraction grating affect the spectral wavelenghts? How does it affect the viewing angle and brightness?
  • Questions for Planck's Constant:
    • Questions coming soon...
  • Questions for Nuclear Radiation:
    • Questions coming soon...