| (E) characterize materials as conductors or insulators
based on their electric properties; and
(F) investigate and calculate current through, potential
difference across, resistance of, and power used by electric circuit
elements connected in both series and parallel combinations.
(6) Science concepts. The student knows that changes
occur within a physical system and applies the laws of conservation
of energy and momentum. The student is expected to:
(A) investigate and calculate quantities using the
work-energy theorem in various situations;
(B) investigate examples of kinetic and potential energy
and their transformations;
(C) calculate the mechanical energy of, power generated
within, impulse applied to, and momentum of a physical system;
(D) demonstrate and apply the laws of conservation
of energy and conservation of momentum in one dimension; and
(E) explain everyday examples that illustrate the four
laws of thermodynamics and the processes of thermal energy transfer.
(7) Science concepts. The student knows the characteristics
and behavior of waves. The student is expected to:
(A) examine and describe oscillatory motion and wave
propagation in various types of media;
(B) investigate and analyze characteristics of waves,
including velocity, frequency, amplitude, and wavelength, and calculate
using the relationship between wavespeed, frequency, and wavelength;
(C) compare characteristics and behaviors of transverse
waves, including electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum,
and characteristics and behaviors of longitudinal waves, including
sound waves;
(D) investigate behaviors of waves, including reflection,
refraction, diffraction, interference, resonance, and the Doppler
effect; and
(E) describe and predict image formation as a consequence
of reflection from a plane mirror and refraction through a thin convex
lens.
(8) Science concepts. The student knows simple examples
of atomic, nuclear, and quantum phenomena. The student is expected
to:
(A) describe the photoelectric effect and the dual
nature of light;
(B) compare and explain the emission spectra produced
by various atoms;
(C) calculate and describe the applications of mass-energy
equivalence; and
(D) give examples of applications of atomic and nuclear
phenomena using the standard model such as nuclear stability, fission
and fusion, radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, semiconductors,
superconductors, solar cells, and nuclear power and examples of applications
of quantum phenomena.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §112.39 adopted to be effective August 4, 2009, 34 TexReg 5062; amended to be effective August 24, 2010, 35 TexReg 7230; amended to be effective August 27, 2018, 42 TexReg 5052 |
