The ebook is based on the Thermal Physics course in the national Finnish physics syllabus. Together with ”Kari’s Introduction to IB Physics” it covers the two courses of physics during the Pre-Diploma Program year. 

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The book contains:

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• Forms of energy, internal energy and conservation of energy

• Work as energy transfer

• Power and efficiency

• Pressure and Density

• Temperature, thermal energy and heat

• Thermal expansion

• Thermal capacity and specific heat capacity

• Phase changes and latent heats

• Gas laws and the ideal gas law

• Laws of Thermodynamics

All definitions, symbols and terms are consistent with the IB physics syllabus, first exams in 2016.

You may use the HTML5 based online flip book on your laptop or tablet. It has a fully interactive table of contents for easy browsing and hyperlinks to internet resources.

There are about 200 multiple-choice, short-answer and extended response questions in the book.
 

Key elements:
 

• Fully consistent with the IB Physics Syllabus

• Links to simulations and videos

• About 200 questions and exercises

• Fully worked solutions available to teachers and registered users