CORE080 Fyzika v živé přírodě

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:50 F2 6/2012
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA ( LF ) || FAKULTA ( FF ) || FAKULTA ( PrF ) || FAKULTA ( FSS ) || FAKULTA ( FI ) || FAKULTA ( PdF ) || FAKULTA ( FSpS ) || FAKULTA ( ESF ) || FAKULTA ( FaF ) || FAKULTA ( PřF )
Fyzika na středoškolské úrovni.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 24/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
The aim of this lecture is to present how the fundamental physical laws are realized in processes occurring in living nature and to describe a wide set of different consequences between our everyday experience and physical laws.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to understand in many particular examples how the physical laws work in living nature.
Syllabus
  • Locomotion of overland animals, human walking and running.
  • Physical abilities of small and big animals.
  • Flying of insects and birds.
  • Locomotion in water and living under water.
  • Physical properties of water, surface tension and its role in living nature.
  • Sound, sound detectors, human ear and hearing.
  • Light as an electromagnetic radiation, physical limits for the selection of visible range, human eye, vision.
  • Ionizing radiation.
  • Energy sources for civilization.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Physics in biology and medicine. Edited by Paul Davidovits. 3rd ed. Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008, xviii, 328. ISBN 9780123694119. info
Teaching methods
Lecture with many experiments.
Assessment methods
Colloquium. Oral discussion in small group: two or three students and teacher. The teacher makes the classification according to correctness and perfection of the answers of an individual student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Předmět je nabízen primárně pro studenty jiných fakult. Velmi podobný předmět se stejným názvem a kódem F2130 je vypsán v jarním semestru, primárně pro studenty PřF. Pokud se CORE předmět nenaplní, budu udělovat výjimky pro zápis z PřF.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
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