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PHYSICS FORM 4
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS
1.1 UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS
1.4 MEASUREMENTS
1.2 BASE AND DERIVED QUANTITIES 1.5 SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
1.3 SCALAR AND VECTOR QUANTITIES
5 BASE PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
Base
Symb
SI
Quantity
ol
unit
Length
m
l
cm
Metre rule
Mass
kg
Weighing scale
Time
ms
Stop watch
Temperature
Thermometer
Electric current
VA-1
Ammeter
Other units
Measured by
CHAPTER 2 : FORCES AND MOTION
2.1 LINEAR MOTION
2.7
SAFETY FEATURE IN
VEHICLES
2.2 MOTION GRAPHS
2.8
GRAVITY
2.3 INERTIA
2.9
FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM
2.4 MOMENTUM
2.10 WORK, ENERGY,POWER AND
EFFICIENCY
2.5 EFFECTS OF A FORCE
2.11 APPRECIATING THE
IMPORTANCE OF
2.6 IMPULSE AND IMPULSIVE FORCE
MAXIMING THE EFFICIENCY
OF DEVICES
LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED
Formula
Physical Quantity
Symbo SI Unit
l
Distance /
m
s
s
v=
/Displacement
t
Speed // Velocity
ms-1
v
vu
a=
t
s
v = u + at
t
Time taken
Final velocity
ms-1
v
uv
s= (
)t
Other units
km // cm
km h-1
min // hour
km h-1
s = ut + at 2
v2 = u2 + 2as
Initial velocity
u
a
ms-1
ms-2
p =mv
Acceleration
Momentum
kg ms-1
F = ma
Net Force
m (v u )
t
Ft = m( v u )
Impulsive force
Impulse
Ft
Ns
Weight
F=
km h-1
kg ms-2
W = mg
W = Fs
Ek = mv2
Eg = m g h
Gravitational
2
acceleration/ field
strength
Work
Kinetic Energy
Potential energy
ms-2
W
EK
Eg
Nm
J
J
height
P = Fv
E=Pt
Nm
Ee
Electrical energy
consumption
F = kx
Spring coefficient
Ee = F x
Ee = kx2
Extension of the
spring
Elastic potential
energy
Physics Principles:
1- Principle of Conservation of Momentum :
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2- Principle of Conservation of Energy:
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Physics Laws:
1- Newtons First
Law:...............................................................................................................
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2- Newtons Second
Law:...............................................................................................................
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3- Newtons Third
Law:...............................................................................................................
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4- Law of
inertia:...........................................................................................................
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5- Hookes
Law:...............................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 3: FORCES AND PRESSURE
3.1 PRESSURE
3.4 PASCAL`S PRINCIPLE
3.2 PRESSURE IN LIQUIDS
3.5 ARCHEMEDES`S PRINCIPLE
3.3 PRESSURE IN GAS
3.6 BERNOULLIE`S PRINCIPLE
LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED
Formula
Physical Quantity
Symbo SI Unit
l
Pressure
Pa
P
F
P =
A
force
N
F
F1
F
2
Area
m2
A
A1
A2
P =hg
3
m
V
FB = V g
Depth
Acceleration due to
gravity
Density
mass
Volume
ms-2
Kgm-3
m
V
Kg
m3
FB
Other units
Buoyant Force
Physics Principles:
1- Pascals
Principle:........................................................................................................
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2- Archimedes
Principle:........................................................................................................
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3- Bernoullis
Principle:........................................................................................................
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Physics Law:
1- Law of
floatation:......................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 4 : HEAT
4.1 THERMAL EQUILLIBRIUM
4.2 SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY
4.3 SPECIFIC LATENT HEAT
4.4 THE GAS LAWS
LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED
Formula
Physical
Symbo
SI Unit
Other units
Quantity
Temperature
Q = mc
Heat energy
m
Pt = m c
kg
Mass of substance
Specific heat
capacity
Jkg-1 0c-1
Jkg-1
Specific latent
heat
Power
Time taken
P1 V1 = P2 V2
(gas) Pressure
Pa
V1 V2
T1 T2
P1 P2
T1 T2
(gas) Volume
m3
Absolute
temperature
l l 0
100 o C
l100 l0
Q = ml
Js-1
Pt = ml
Physics Law Gas Laws:1- Boyles
Law : .............................................................................................................
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2- Charles
Law: ..............................................................................................................
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3- Pressure
Law:...............................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 5 : LIGHT
5.1 REFLECTION OF LIGHT
OF LIGHT
5.2 REFRACTION OF LIGHT
5.3 TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
5.4 LENSES
LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED
Formula
Physical Quantity
Symbo
SI Unit
l
Radius of curvature
r = 2f
r
Other units
i
sin i
n=
sin r
n=
c
v
r
Speed of light in air
Speed of light in
medium
3 x 108 ms-1
H
H
n=
h
h
n
1
n=
sin c
P=
1
f
Critical angle
Power of lens
No unit
f
1 1 1
f
u v
m=
m=
v
u
u
v
m
No unit
hi
hi
ho
ho
Physics Law:
1- Law of reflection:
i : ................................................................................................................
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ii : ..................................................................................
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2- Law of refraction:
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ii: ...................................................................................
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