KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF ADVANCE STUDIES

MIRPUR AJK
Subject Title Physics (9TH CLASS)
Instructor Name Muhammad Asim Iqbal Kayani
Book Recommended Physics (Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore)
COURSE OUTLINE

1- PHYSICS-AN INTRODUCTION REMARKS

1 Introduction
2 Different branches of physics
3 Importance of physics in daily life
4 Scientific method
5 Teaching of Islam and science
6 The contribution to science by Muslim and Pakistani
scientists

2- MEASUREMENT
1 Physical quantities
2 Need of a standard for measuring the physical quantities
3 International system of units
4 Prefixes, scientific notation and their uses
5 Use of measuring instruments
6 Difference in error and uncertainty figures and their uses
7 The relationship between physical quantities
8 Proportionality constant

3- KINEMATICS
1 Difference between kinematics and dynamics
2 Difference between rest and motion
3 Different types of motion
4 Difference between distance and displacement
5 Difference between speed and velocity
6 Relative velocity
7 Acceleration
8 Equations of motion
9 Motion of freely falling bodies

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 4- FORCE AND MOTION
1 Newton’s laws of motion
2 Inertia
3 Difference between mass and weight
4 Tension in the spring and motion of bodies connected
with a string
5 Momentum and law of conservation of momentum
6 Applications of law of conservation of momentum in
daily life
7 Friction and various methods for reducing friction

5- VECTORS
1 Vector representation
2 Negative vector
3 Addition of vectors
4 Subtraction of vectors
5 Multiplication of a vector by a number
6 Trigonometric ratios
7 Resolution of vector

6- EQUILIBRIUM
1 Parallel forces
2 Axis of rotation
3 Torque
4 Centre of gravity
5 Couple and motion due to a couple
6 Equilibrium
7 Conditions of equilibrium
8 Different states of equilibrium

7- CIRCULAR MOTION AND GRAVITATION

1 Circular motion
2 Centripetal force and centripetal acceleration
3 Applications of centripetal force in daily life
4 Law of gravitation and value of gravitational constant
5 Determination of the mass of Earth with the help of law
of gravitation
6 Variation in gravitational acceleration with the change in
altitude
7 Motion of artificial satellites around the Earth

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 8- WORK, POWER AND ENERGY
1 Concept of work in physics
2 Power
3 Energy and its kinds
4 Potential energy and its kinds
5 Kinetic energy
6 Interconversion of kinetic energy and potential energy

7 Law of conservation of energy

9- SIMPLE MACHINES
1 Definition of a simple machine
2 Terms associated with machines
3 Types of simple machine
4 Lever
5 Pulley
6 Inclined plane
7 Screw jack
8 Wheel and axle

10-PROPERTIES OF MATTER
1 Elasticity, stress, strain and Hooke’s Law
2 Young’s modulus
3 Properties of fluids at rest
4 Pressure of liquids and Pascal’s Law
5 Applications of Pascal’s Law
6 Archimedes Principle and its applications
7 Pressure of gases
8 Kinetic theory of matter
9 Surface tension
10 viscosity

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 11-HEAT
1 Thermometry
2 Heat
3 Thermal expansion
4 Expansions of solids
5 Expansions of liquids
6 Anomalous expansion of water
7 Expansion of gases
8 Boyle’s law and Charle’s law
9 Specific heat of solids and liquids
10 Latent heat
11 Transmission of heat by conduction, convection and
radiation
12 Consequences and applications of conduction,
convection and radiation