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Concise Revision Course: CSEC® Physics
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Book Description
The CSEC® Physics Concise Revision Course provides full coverage of the CSEC® Physics syllabus. This book provides comprehensive and authoritative guidance for the course. It adopts a practical, supportive approach to help students with their learning. Revision exam and assessment guidance questions throughout consolidate this learning.
• Comprehensive coverage of the CSEC® Physics course, presented in an engaging, full- color format
• Revision questions at the end of each topic help to secure knowledge and understanding
• Exam-style questions at the end of each section provide effective practice for the actual exam
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Failure is not an option
- 1 Scientifi c method
- Galileo’s contribution to scientific methodology
- Experimental data and its analysis
- Drawing graphs
- Finding the gradient (slope) of a straight-line graph
- Significant figures in measurements and calculations
- Random errors
- Systematic errors
- Reading measuring instruments
- Suitability of instruments
- Quantities and units
- Density
- Revision questions
- 2 Scalars and vectors
- Finding the resultant of two vectors
- Resolving vectors into two perpendicular components
- Revision questions
- 3 Forces, mass and weight
- Forces
- Mass and weight
- Revision questions
- 4 Moments
- Calculations on the equilibrium of bodies
- Determining the centre of gravity of an object
- Stable, unstable and neutral equilibrium
- Common devices utilising the principle of moments
- Revision questions
- 5 Deformation
- Verifying Hooke’s law
- Analysing force–extension graphs
- Revision questions
- 6 Kinematics
- Displacement–time and velocity–time graphs
- Distance–time and speed–time graphs
- Revision questions
- 7 Newton’s laws and momentum
- Aristotle’s theory
- Newton’s laws of motion
- Applications of Newton’s laws
- Momentum
- Revision questions
- 8 Energy
- Some types of energy
- The principle of conservation of energy
- Energy sources
- Efficiency
- Revision questions
- 9 Pressure and buoyancy
- Pressure in fluids
- Archimedes’ principle
- Floating
- Submarines
- Balloons
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 1 to 9
- 10 Nature of heat
- Caloric theory
- Kinetic theory
- Joule’s role in establishing the principle of conservation of energy
- Revision questions
- 11 Temperature and thermometers
- Units of temperature
- Designing a thermometer
- Laboratory mercury thermometer
- Clinical mercury thermometer
- Thermocouple
- Revision questions
- 12 States of matter
- Solids
- Liquids
- Gases
- Revision questions
- 13 Expansion
- Expansion in terms of the kinetic theory of matter
- Demonstrating expansion
- Utilising expansion
- Avoiding problems due to expansion
- The bimetallic strip
- Revision questions
- 14 The ideal gas laws
- Temperature scales
- The ideal gas laws
- Verifying the gas laws
- Gases and the kinetic theory
- Revision questions
- 15 Heat and temperature change
- Calculations
- Determining specific heat capacity
- Revision questions
- 16 Heat and state change
- Demonstrating a change of state
- Latent heat
- Determining specific latent heat
- Revision questions
- 17 Evaporation and boiling
- Cooling due to evaporation
- Factors affecting the rate of evaporation
- Demonstrating cooling due to evaporation
- Refrigerator
- Air conditioner
- Other phenomena involving latent heat
- Revision questions
- 18 Thermal energy transfer
- Processes of thermal energy transfer
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
- Applications of thermal energy transfer processes
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 10 to 18
- 19 Wave motion
- Types of waves
- Wave parameters
- General wave equations
- Graphs of waves
- Revision questions
- 20 Sound waves
- Production and propagation
- Pitch and loudness (volume)
- Classification of frequencies of sound
- Uses of ultrasound
- Estimating the speed of sound in air using echoes
- Other uses of echoes
- Behaviour of sound waves
- Revision questions
- 21 Electromagnetic waves
- General properties of electromagnetic waves
- Wavelengths and frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum
- Uses of electromagnetic waves
- Revision questions
- 22 Light waves
- Rival theories of light
- Diffraction and interference
- Revision questions
- 23 Light rays and rectilinear propagation
- Shadows
- Eclipse of the Moon
- Eclipse of the Sun
- The pinhole camera
- Revision questions
- 24 Refl ection and refraction
- Reflection
- Refraction
- Dispersion
- Critical angle and total internal reflection
- Revision questions
- 25 Lenses
- Magnification
- Determining the focal length of a converging lens
- Real and virtual images
- Constructing scale diagrams
- The lens formula
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 19 to 25
- 26 Static electricity
- Introduction to electric charges
- Hazards of static charge
- Useful applications of static charge
- Electric fields
- Revision questions
- 27 Current electricity
- Conductors and insulators
- Conventional current and electron flow
- Alternating and direct current
- Revision questions
- 28 Electrical quantities
- Electromotive force and potential difference in a circuit
- Electrical power
- Importance of conserving electrical energy
- Revision questions
- 29 Circuits and components
- Some important electrical components
- Series and parallel circuits
- Cells
- Resistance
- Ideal ammeters and voltmeters
- Ohm’s law and I–V characteristic curves
- Current and voltage in complete circuits
- Energy and power in complete circuits
- Electricity in the home
- Revision questions
- 30 Electronics
- Rectification
- Logic gates
- Impact of electronic and technological advances in society
- Revision questions
- 31 Magnetism
- Forces between magnetic poles
- Magnetic induction
- Testing for polarity
- Permanent and temporary magnets
- Magnetic fields
- Revision questions
- 32 Electromagnetism
- Magnetic fields and electric currents
- Electromagnets
- Force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field
- Deflection of charged particles entering a magnetic field
- Simple dc motor
- Electromagnetic induction
- Transferring electrical energy between coils
- Simple ac generator
- Transformer
- Long-distance ac distribution
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 26 to 32
- 33 The atom
- Models of the atom
- Structure of the atom
- Revision questions
- 34 Radioactivity
- Radioactive emissions
- Equations of radioactive decay
- The nature of the radioactive decay process
- Calculations involving half-life
- Uses of radioisotopes
- Nuclear fission and fusion
- Hazards of ionising radiations
- Revision questions
- Exam-style questions – Chapters 33 to 34
- Index
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