Syllabus covered in our A Level JC Physics tuition.
SECTION I: MEASUREMENT
- Measurement
- Physical quantities and SI units
- Scalars and vectors
- Errors and uncertainties
SECTION II: NEWTONIAN MECHANICS
- Kinematics
- Rectilinear motion
- Non-linear motion
- Dynamics
- Newton’s laws of motion
- Linear momentum and its conservation
- Forces
- Types of force
- Centre of gravity
- Turning effects of forces
- Equilibrium of forces
- Upthrust
- Work, Energy and Power
- Work
- Energy conversion and conservation
- Potential energy and kinetic energy
- Power
- Motion in a Circle
- Kinematics of uniform circular motion
- Centripetal acceleration
- Centripetal force
- Gravitational Field
- Gravitational field
- Gravitational force between point masses
- Gravitational field of a point mass
- Gravitational field near to the surface of the Earth
- Gravitational potential
- Circular orbits
SECTION III: THERMAL PHYSICS
- Temperature and Ideal Gases Content
- Thermal equilibrium
- Temperature scales
- Equation of state
- Kinetic theory of gases
- Kinetic energy of a molecule
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat
- Internal energy
- First law of thermodynamics
SECTION lV: OSCILLATION AND WAVES
- Oscillations
- Simple harmonic motion
- Energy in simple harmonic motion
- Damped and forced oscillations, resonance
- Wave Motion
- Progressive waves
- Transverse and longitudinal waves
- Polarisation
- Determination of frequency and wavelength of sound waves
- Superposition
- Principle of superposition
- Stationary waves
- Diffraction
- Two-source interference
- Single slit and multiple slit diffraction
SECTION V: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
- Electric Fields
- Concept of an electric field
- Force between point charges
- Electric field of a point charge
- Uniform electric fields
- Electric potential
- Current of Electricity
- Electric current
- Potential difference
- Resistance and resistivity
- Sources of electromotive force
- D.C.Circuits
- Circuit symbols and diagrams
- Series and parallel arrangements
- Potential divider
- Balanced potentials
- Electromagnetism
- Concept of a magnetic field
- Magnetic fields due to currents
- Force on a current-carrying conductor
- Force between current-carrying conductors
- Force on a moving charge
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Magnetic flux
- Laws of electromagnetic induction
- Alternating Currents
- Characteristics of alternating currents
- The transformer
- Rectification with a diode
SECTION VI: MODERN PHYSICS
- Quantum Physics
- Energy of a photon
- The photoelectric effect
- Wave-particle duality
- Energy levels in atoms
- Line spectra
- X-ray spectra
- The uncertainty principle
- Nuclear Physics
- The nucleus
- Isotopes
- Mass defect and nuclear binding energy
- Nuclear processes
- Radioactive decay
- Biological effect of radiation
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