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Practical 4: the effect of force on the acceleration of an object Practical 5: Acceleration and force using a linear air track Practical 6: Measurement of the acceleration due to gravity Practical 7: Estimates of the weight of objects Practical 8: Potential and kinetic energy Practical 9: Power of an electric motor Practical 10: force-extension experiment Practical 11: measurement of the young modulus practical 12: Measurement of the young modulus (accurate method) Practical 13: Melde's experiment (vibration generator) Practical 14: The sonometer Practical 15: Refractive index measurement

Practical 16: Stress concentrations investigations - polarized lights Practical 17: Current and voltage in series and parallel circuits Practical 18: Ohmmeter and the total resistance of circuits Practical 19: Efficiency of an electric motor Practical 20: The variation of current with applied voltage Practical 21: Resistivity of metal wires and polythene Practical 22: potential along a wire Practical 23: Internal resistance of cells - potentiometer method Practical 24: Emf and internal resistance of a cell - voltmeter and ammeter Practical 25: Temperature coefficient of resistance Practical 26: The resistance of a thermistor Practical 27: Flow of electric charge

UNIT 1:
Motion: - Different direction, different velocity, therefore different acceleration. Eg, a toy train moving on a circular track (once) will have circumference as the distance, displacement will be zero, velocity at different positions of the circle will be different. - DISPLACEMENT is different from DISTANCE. Travelling between 2 islands connected by a bridge - if u take the road, long distance moved, eg 60 km. But use boat, it will have shorter distance, eg 10 km. Shortest distance from start to finish IN A SPECIFIC DIRECTION = displacement. Graphs of motion: - trajectory - path of a body as it travels through space. - Area under speed-time graph = (1/2 x Base x height) = DISPLACEMENT, NOT DISTANCE. - Total displacement in a speed-time graph = Area under the graph ABOVE x-axis minus Area under the graph BELOW x-axis. Equations of motion: - v=u+at - s=ut+1/2at^2 - s=(tv+tu)/2 - v2=u2+2as Combining vectors using triangle rule: - Use pythagoras theorem. - In one sec, how much dist moved in each direction? Draw paralleogram/triangle, calculate to find DISPLACEMENT from starting point. Newton's first law of motion: - An object has constant velocity (even zero) in one direction unless an external force acts on it. - Force is a vector (cuz it acts in a particular direction), and causes acceleration. If an object is not accelerating, sum of forces acting is zero. - Free-body diagrams (FBDs): Diag. showing all forces acting on a body in a particular situation. - Draw FBDs from center of gravity (Point at which the weight of the object appears to act) - Using free body diag on a box pushed by a man, we can confirm Newton's first law. Man stops pushing the box, resultant force is only acting backwards, that is, drag force (friction+air resistance). - Friction doesn't move an object, only opposes the object. So friction only opposes a MOVING object, not stationary.

- 2 Drags: Friction and Air resistance (aerodynamic drag). Air Resistance works when a body moves through air - object has to push air away to move thru it. Friction between 2 surfaces doesnt increase with speed, but air resistance force increases with increase in speed. Newton's second law: - Total F= mxa - Do investigation, plot graph of acceleration vs resultant force, straight line, so both are proportional. Inertia, Mass and Weight: - Inertia - The tendency of an object to stay at rest or uniform motion. Eg, car harder to be pushed than cycle, without seatbelt it is hard to stop motion of a man in a car accident. - Inertia depends only on mass - Mass = long-ass definition on Pg 28. Mass = Scalar. - Every mass has gravitational energy feild around it. Feild - action at a distance. Size of feild depends on size of mass. - Mass in kg, weight in Newtons (meaning its a force) - vector quantity. - Weight of an object changes with the strength of the gravitational feild it is in. - g= f/m and W=mg. - g can be measured by exp. on Pg 30. Newton's Third Law: - If body A exerts a force on body B, then body B exerts a force of the same size on body A, but in the opposite direction. - This chapter is hard... pg 31 Statics: - Forces may cancel each other out, making equilibrium. - Make parallelogram, use pythagoras theorem. For angle, use the sin cos tan, etc... - On pg 33, pole is standing straight because Sum of F=0. Projectiles: - Projectile: An object on which a force acts to start it moving and it is then subjected to constant force while it moves. - ?????????
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UNIT 2:
Fluid Flow: - Density = (mass of the object)/(Its volume) Eureka: - Upthrust = Fluid pressure, acts upwards. - Upthrust (force) = weight of the of the fluid that has been displaced by the object. - Mass of the fluid displaced (kg) = (vol. of object) x (density of the fluid). Then, weight of fluid displaced (N) = m x g Fluid Movement: - 2 kinds of water flow: Laminar (streamline) and turbulent. - Laminar occurs at lower speeds and will change to turbulent when speed increases past a certain value. Eg. Water flowing through a pipe is divided into circular layers. Outermost layer has max friction with the pipe surface, the second layer has lesser friction, and so on. The innermost layer has the least friction, so it flows fastest. So water forms like a bullet, the innermost layer poking out - streamlined. Each circle has different but constant velocity. --- THERE IS MORE???????????????????? Drag Act: - Viscous drag greater in water than in air. Shown by Coefficient of viscosity. - Rate of flow through pipe is inversely proportional to the viscosity of the fluid. So you could find eg, the concentration of sugar in the chocolate flowing through a narrow. - Fluids less viscous in higher temperature - easy flow. -