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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
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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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
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
4
CHAPTER 5 : LIGHT
5.1 REFLECTION OF LIGHT
OF LIGHT
5.2 REFRACTION OF LIGHT
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:
i : .................................................................................................................
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ii: ...................................................................................
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