Learning Outcomes – Circular Motion Where is your learning at? Green: I know it all Orange: I have some idea – check the answers Red: I need to start studying this section Can You Green Orange Red 1. Know that angles are measured in radians and 𝒔 that θ = and that θ = ωt 𝒓 2. Demonstrate circular motion 3. Define centripetal force 4. Define angular velocity 5. Derive v= r ω 6. Define centripetal acceleration 7. Outline the factors on which centripetal force depends 8. Use a = rω2 and F = mrω2 to perform calculations Past Exam Questions: Define angular velocity. Derive the relationship between the velocity of a particle travelling in uniform circular motion and its angular velocity. A particle travels at a constant speed of 10 m s-1 in a circle of radius 2 m. What is its angular velocity? A student swings a ball in a circle of radius 70 cm in the vertical plane as shown. The angular velocity of the ball is 10 rad s–1. What is the velocity of the ball? How long does the ball take to complete one revolution? Define centripetal force. Give an expression for centripetal force.
Learning Outcomes – Light – Geometric Optics Where is your learning at? Green: I know it all Orange: I have some idea – check the answers Red: I need to start studying this section Can You Green Orange Red Laws of Reflection 1. Recall that light is a form of energy 2. Differentiate between luminous and non-luminous objects 3. Define reflection 4. State the Laws of reflection 5. Be able to represent the angle of incidence, the angle of reflection and the normal ray on a diagram 6. Perform an experiment to demonstrate the Laws of Reflection Mirrors 7. Describe how an image is formed by plane and spherical mirrors 8. Recall that real is positive sign convention 9. Describe how a virtual image is formed 10. Perform simple exercises on mirrors by ray tracing or use 1 1 1 of formula = + and f u v Magnification = or 11. Give practical uses of both concave and convex spherical mirrors 12. Describe how to locate an image in a plane mirror by method of no parallax
Learning Outcomes – Current Electricity Where is your learning at? Green: I know it all Orange: I have some idea – check the answers Red: I need to start studying this section Can You Green Orange Red Electric Current 1. Define and give the unit of electric current 2. Define the Ampere 3. Recall that I = or Q = It 4. Define conductor and insulator Sources of EMF and Electric Current 5. Recall that PD and voltage are the same 6. Recall that a voltage applied to a circuit is called EMF 7. List some sources of EMF Conduction in Materials 8. Discuss with reference to charge carriers conduction in Metals Ionic solutions (active and inactive electrodes) Gases Vacuum e. Semiconductors 9. Perform an experiment to verify Joule’s Law 10. Read and interpret I versus V graphs 11. Investigate the variation of I with V for a. Metallic conductor
Learning Outcomes – Modern Physics Where is your learning at? Green: I know it all Orange: I have some idea – check the answers Red: I need to start studying this section Can You Green Orange Red The Electron 1. Give the history of the electron 2. Define the electron 3. State the mass and the charge of an electron 4. State the location of an electron 5. Define the units of energy the eV, the KeV, the MeV and the GeV Thermionic Emission 6. State the principle of thermionic emission 7. Describe the cathode ray tube and how it functions 8. Describe the deflection of a beam of electrons in an electric field 9. Discuss the applications of the cathode ray tube and its use in a CRO, television, ECG and EEG Photoelectric Emission 10. State the photoelectric effect 11. Demonstrate the photoelectric effect 12. Perform calculations using the formula using the equation E = hf 13. Describe a photocell – its structure and operation 14. Demonstrate the action of a photocell
Learning Outcomes – The Nucleus Where is your learning at? Green: I know it all Orange: I have some idea – check the answers Red: I need to start studying this section Can You Green Orange Red Structure of the Atom 1. State the principle of Rutherford’s experiment 2. Describe Rutherford’s experiment 3. Describe the Bohr model of the arrangement of electrons in an atom 4. Describe the emission spectrum 5. Differentiate between a continuous and a line spectrum 6. Discuss the use of spectroscopy in science 7. Describe what is meant by an energy level 8. Know that hf = E2 – E1 9. Describe how LASERS work Structure of the Nucleus 10. Define Atomic number 11. Define Atomic mass 12. Define Isotope Radioactivity 13. Define radioactivity 14. Describe the 3 types of nuclear radiation 15. Describe the experimental evidence for the three kinds of radiation 16. Demonstrate the penetrating power of alpha, beta and gamma rays 17. Demonstrate the ionising effect of nuclear radiation 18. Define α,β and γ radiation 19. Give the properties of α,β and γ radiation