Inquiry into Physical Science: A Contextual Approach Volume 3: The Automobile: Will the Gas-Driven Automobile Ever Become a Thing of the Past?

New material in this edition includes: The Electrochemical Cells Activity has been updated and extensively rewritten. The discussion of electric and hybrid vehicles as well as fuel cells in the narrative text has been rewritten and updated to reflect the technological advances made since the first edition was first published in 2003.

Table of Contents:
The Automobile Leading Question: Will the Gas-Driven Automobile Ever Become a Thing of the Past? Chapter 1 Describing Motion: Kinematics Preface-A Message to the Student 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Changing Position-Distance vs. Displacement 1.2.1 Distance and Displacement 1.3 Time 1.4 How Fast Does the Position Change? Speed vs. Velocity 1.4.1 Uniform Motion 1.4.2 How Good Are Your Uniform Motion Predictive Powers? 1.4.3 Speed and Velocity Making Connections: Position, Speed and Velocity 1.5 Representing Motion 1.5.1 How Can We Represent Motion? 1.5.2 Walk The Graph Making Connections: Representing Motion 1.6 Motion With Changing Velocity/Acceleration 1.6.1 Motion on an Incline-Acceleration 1.7 Graphical Analysis of Accelerated Motion 1.7.1 Graphical Analysis of Accelerated Motion Making Connections: Accelerated Motion Chapter 2 Describing Motion: Dynamics 2.1 Inertia 2.1.1 No Friction?...What If?--A "Gedanken" Experiment Interactive Demonstrations- Inertia 2.2 What is Force? 2.2.1 "Forcing" an Object to Stay at Rest 2.3 Newton's First Law-The Law of Inertia 2.3.1 Newton's First Law 2.3.2 If Isaac Newton Worked for General Motors... Making Connections: Inertia and Newton's First Law 2.4 Newton's Second Law 2.4.1 Newton's Second Law-Introduction 2.4.2 Newton's Second Law-Constant Mass 2.4.3 Newton's Second Law-Constant Force 2.4.4 Newton's Second Law-"Net" Force is the Key Making Connections: Newton's Second Law 2.5 Does it Matter How Long a Force Acts? Impulse and Momentum 2.5.1 Impulse and Momentum 2.5.2 Duration of a Force- Does it Matter? 2.5.3 Conservation of Momentum Chapter 3 Making Our Car Move 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Combustion: The "Burning" Question Is ...What's In The Fuel? 3.2.1 A Look at Combustion ... By Candlelight 3.2.2 Heat of Combustion Making Connections: The Energy Content of Fuels 3.3 Electric Current and Electric Circuits 3.3.1 Lighting a Bulb 3.3.2 Electric Circuits Making Connections: Electric Circuits (I) 3.3.3 A Model for Electric Current 3.3.4 Circuits With More Than One Bulb Making Connections: Electric Circuits (II) 3.4 Voltage-Electric Charges Need a Push 3.4.1 Circuits With More Than One Battery Making Connections: Voltage, Energy, & Multiple Battery Circuits 3.5 The Battery-An Electrochemical Pump 3.5.1 Electrochemical Cells- Batteries By The Cupful 3.5.2 (At-Home Activity)-Making A "Citrus" Battery 3.5.3 Looking Inside A Battery- Without a Flashlight Making Connections: Electrochemical Cells 3.6 Electromagnetism 3.6.1 The Compass Needle Galvanometer 3.6.2 Making an Electric Motor 3.6.3 Making a Solenoid Electromagnet 3.6.4 A Drinking Straw Magnet 3.6.5 Induced Current & The Electric Generator Making Connections: Electromagnetism 3.7 Putting it All Together- Will the Gas-Driven Automobile Ever Become a Thing of the Past? Stating the Need-The Pollution-Free Automobile Making Connections: Air Pollution Electric Vehicles Hybrid Vehicles Making Connections: Electric and Hybrid Cars Fuel Cells Making Connections: The Fuel Cell Making Connections: Chapter Overview Appendix 1: "Underpinnings" 1.1 Fundamental vs. Derived Properties 1.2 Units 1.3 Area 1.4 Volume 1.4.1 Measuring Volume Making Connections: Area and Volume 1.5 Ratios 1.6 Density 1.6.1 Understanding Density 1.7 Exponential Notation Making Connections: The Arithmetic of Exponential Numbers 1.8 Straight Line Graphs 1.8.1 Graph­i­cal Anal­y­sis of Mass vs. Vol­ume 1.9 Curved Graphs 1.9.1 Height of Liq­uid in a Con­tain­er vs. Vol­ume Making Connections: Density and Graphical Analysis 1.10 Let's Keep Things in Proportion 1.10.1 Understanding Proportions Appendix 2: "Energy" 2.1 The "Money" of Nature 2.2 Storage, Transfer, and Transformation of Energy