Living Physics Portal: Toy models

Abstract: This collection of problems focuses attention on the role, value of, and limitations of simple models in physics and biology. Many of the problems address simple physical models of biological systems and many discuss corrections to the initial model.

Resource Types: Homework, Restricted access, Instructor supplement, In-class activity

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Authors:

Edward Redish (he/him)

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

Living Physics Portal Team

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Physics Topics:

Classical Mechanics > Applications of Newton's Laws, Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's Second Law, Work and Energy

Electricity & Magnetism > Capacitance, DC Circuits, Electric Fields and Potential, Electrostatics, Resistance

Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Equation of Continuity, Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation

Fluid Mechanics > Surface Tension

Optics > Color > Synthesis and Analysis of Color

Optics > Geometrical Optics > Reflection - Flat Surfaces, Thin Lens

Oscillations & Waves > Oscillations, Wave Motion

Thermo & Stat Mech > Ensembles, Kinetic and Diffusive Processes

Thermo & Stat Mech > Probability > Probability Density

Thermo & Stat Mech > Second and Third Law > Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials

Thermo & Stat Mech > Thermal Properties of Matter > Temperature

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Life Sciences Topics:

Human and Animal Physiology > Neurophysiology > Healthy Neural Function

Human and Animal Physiology > Vision > Animal Adaptations

Molecular and Cellular Biology > Bioenergetics, Photosynthesis

Chemistry Topics:

Chemical Bonding

Intermolecular Forces > Hydrogen Bonding

Reaction Mechanisms

Math Topics:

Algebra; Exponentials and Logarithms; Geometry; Probability; Trigonometry

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