This indispensible study tool helps students cut down learning time and still get a firm grasp of elementary physics, chemistry, earth science and astronomy. The outlines included in each chapter, and the solved problems and practice test exercises with answers, reinforce the essential points of this broad spectrum subject.

Physical Quantities.

Motion in a Straight Line.

The Laws of Motion.

Circular Motion and Gravitation.

Energy.

Momentum.

Relativity.

Fluids.

Heat.

Kinetic Theory of Matter.

Thermodynamics.

Electricity.

Electric Current.

Magnetism.

Electromagnetic Induction.

Waves.

Lenses.

Quantum Physics.

The Nucleus.

Radioactivity and Elementary Particles.

Theory of the Atom.

The Periodic Law.

Molecules and Solids.

Formulas and Equations.

Stoichiometry.

Gas Stoichiometry.

Solutions.

Acids and Bases.

Oxidation and Reduction.

Electrochemistry.

Chemical Energy.

Reaction Rates and Equilibrium.

Organic Chemistry.

The Atmosphere.

Weather.

The Oceans.

Earth Materials.

Erosion and Sedimentation.

Vulcanism and Diastrophism.

The Earth's Interior.

Continental Drift.

Earth History.

Earth and Sky.

The Solar System.

The Sun.

The Stars.

The Universe.