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Chapter 1 - Introduction To Physics: No. Terms
Chapter 1 - Introduction To Physics: No. Terms
Physics
No.
Terms
Definition
1. Physical
quantities
2. Base
quantities
4. Scalar
quantities
5. Vector
quantities
3. Derived
quantities
9. Systematic
error
10. Random
error
11. Parallax
error
12. Zero erroe
No.
Terms
1. Distance
Definition
The total path length travelled
from one location to the other
2. Displacement The distance between two
locations measured along the
shortest path connecting them in
a specified direction
3. Speed
Rate of change of distance OR
Distance travelled per unit time
4. Velocity
Rate of change of displacement
5. Acceleration Rate of change of velocity
6. Average
velocity
7. Average
speed
8. Inertia
9. Momentum
10. Principle of
conservation
of
momentum
11. Force
12. Impulse
13. Impulsive
force
14. Free falling
15. Weight
16. Mass
17. Resultant
force
18. Equilibrium
force
20. Energy
21. Kinetic
energy
22. Gravitational
potential
energy
23. Principle of
Conservation
of energy
24. Power
direction
Situation in which forces acting
on an object produces no net
force. The object is satationary
or moves with a constant
velocity in a straight line.
The product of the applied force
and the displacement in the
direction of the applied force
The ability to do work
The energy of an object due to
its motion
The energy of an object due to
its higher position in the
gravitational field
Energy cannot be created or
destroyed. Energy can be
transformed from one form to
another.The total energy in a
closed system is constant .
The rate at which work is done
25. Efficiency
No. Terms
26. Elasticity
27. Spring
constant
28. Elastic
potential
energy
1. Density
2. Pressure
3. Pressure in
liquid
4. Atmosphere The pressure due to the weight of
Pressure
the air acting per unit area on the
earths surface
5. Gas
the pressure exerted by a gas.
Pressure
6. Buoyant
The upward force exerted by a
Force
fluid when an object is wholly or
partially immersed in the fluid
7. Lift Force The upward force produced when
fluid rises over a particle.
Chapter 4 Heat
No.
Terms
Definition
1. Temperature The measure of the degree of
hotness of an object.
2. Heat
the forms of energy.
3. Thermal
equilibrium
No.
Terms
Definition
Chapter 5 Light
1. Angle of
incidence i
2. Angle of
reflection r
3. Centre of
curvature C
4. Radius of
curvature
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
lens.
Refractive
The value of the constant (sin i /
index
sin r) for a light ray passing
through a vacuum into a given
medium
Real depth
The distance of the real object
from the surface of a medium
Critical angle The angle of incidence in the
denser medium when the angle
of refraction in the less dense
medium is 90
Total internal The condition in which the light
reflection
ray from a denser medium to a
less dense medium is reflected
back into the denser medium
when the angle of incidence is
greater than the critical angle.
Focal point A common point on the
of a lens F
principal axis where all the rays
parallel to the axis converge to it
after passing through a convex
lens or appear to diverge from it
after passing through a concave
lens.
13. Apparent
The distance of the virtual image
depth
from the surface of the medium
14. Power of lens The reciprocal of the focal
length
15. Object
distance
16. Real image
Chapter 6 Waves
N Terms
Definition
o.
1. Longitudinal A wave in which the particles of
wave
the medium oscillate in the
direction parallel to the direction
in which the wave moves
2. Transverse A wave in which the particles of
wave
the medium oscillate in the
direction perpendicular to the
direction in which the wave
moves
3. wavefront
An imaginary line that joins all
identical points on a wave
4. Wave length The horizontal distance between
two successive equivalent points
on a wave
5. Amplitude The maximum displacement from
the mean position of a wave
6. Frequency The number of complete
oscillations made in 1 second
7. Damping
8. Period
n
15
.
16
.
Interference
of waves
Constructive
interference
17 Destructive
. interference
18 Electromagn
. etic
spectrum
19 Infrasound
.
20 ultrasound
.
Chapter 7
Electricity
No. Terms
Definition
1. Electric field A region in which an electric
charge experiences an electric
force
The rate of charge flow in a
2. Electric
current
circuit
The work done or the energy that
3. Potential
difference
would be required to move 1 C of
charge from one point to another
in a circuit
The enrgy carried by electrical
4. Electrical
energy
charges which can be transformed
to other forms of energy by the
operation of an electrical device
or appliance.
The rate of electrical energy
5. Electrical
power
dissipated or transferred
The percentage of the input
6. Efficiency
energy that is transformed into
useful energy.
All the components are connected
7. Series
circuit
one after another in a single path
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8. Parallel
circuit
9. Resistance
Chapter 8
Electromagnetism
No. Terms
1. Magnetic field
Definition
A region round a current
carrying conductor in which a
magnetic force acts
2. Electromagnet A temporary magnet made by
winding a coil of insulated
wire round a soft iron core
3. Catapult field
The resultant magnetic field
due to the combination of the
magnetic field due to the
current in the conductor and
the external magnetic field
4. Electromagnetic The setting up of an
induction
electromotive force in a
conductor due to a change in
the magnetix flux caused by
the relative motion of the
conductor and a magnetic
field. The induced emf will
cause induced current to flow
5. Induced
To produce an electric current
or a magnetic charge
6.
Alternating
current
7. Direct current
8. Step-up
transformer
9. Step-down
transformer
No. Terms
Definition
Chapter 9
Electronics
1. Thermionic
emission
2. Cathode ray
3. Doping
4. n-type
Semiconductor obtained when
semiconductor pentavalent atoms which are
doped
into
the
intrinsic
semiconductor contribute extra
electrons.
Free
electrons
become the majority charge
carrier and the holes become the
minority carrier
5. p-type
Semiconductor obtained when
2 Nucleon
. number,
A
3 Isotopes
.
9 Half-life
.