PHYSICAL SCIENCES

SCOPE FOR EXAMINATIONS 2022: GRADE 11

MARCH CONTROLLED TEST (100 marks)

PAPER TOPICS MARK DURATION

Mechanics:
 Vectors in two dimensions
 Different kinds of forces
50
 Force diagrams, free body diagrams
ONE  Newton`s First, Second and Third Laws
PAPER  Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation.
ONLY 1,5 hours
Matter and Materials:
 Atomic Combinations: molecular structures
 Covalent Bonding
 Polar and non-polar bonds and molecules 25
 Bond Energy
 Bond Length

JUNE CONTROLLED TEST (100 marks)

NB: June Controlled Test will assess second term work only.
Electricity & Magnetism:

Electrostatics:
 Electric charge and charge transfer (gr
50
10).
 Coulomb’s Law
ONE  Electric Fields 2 hours
PAPER
ONLY Chemical Change:

Quantitative aspects of chemical change

 Molar volume of gases
 Concentration of solutions
 More complex Stoichiometric calculations
 Volume relationships in gaseous reactions 50

Matter and Materials:

 Intermolecular forces (IMF)
 Relationship between IMF and Boiling Points,
Melting Points, Vapour Pressure & Solubility

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 SEPTEMBER CONTROLLED TEST (100 marks)
PAPER TOPICS MARKS DURATION
Electricity and Magnetism

Electromagnetism
 Magnetic field associated with current carrying
wires
 Faraday’s Law (NO CALCULATIONS) 50

Electric circuits
 Ohm’s Law
 Electric Circuits
 Energy and Power

ONE Matter and Materials: 2 hours

PAPER  Ideal gases and thermal properties
ONLY
 Boyle’s Law

Chemical Change :

Energy and Chemical Change

 Energy changes in reactions (related to bond 50
energy changes)
 Exothermic and endothermic Reactions,
 Activation energy.

Types of reaction
 Acid-base Reactions
(Concepts covered in term 3)

FINAL EXAMINATION: GRADE 11

FORMAT OF QUESTION PAPERS

Paper 1: Physics Paper 2: Chemistry

2 hours 2 hours

SECTION A:
SECTION A:
Multiple-choice questions Multiple-choice questions

SECTION B: SECTION B:

Longer questions assessing all themes Longer questions assessing all themes

Total: 100 marks Total: 100 marks

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 MARK ALLOCATION PER KNOWLEDGE AREA: FINAL EXAMINATIONS GR 11

PAPER 1

Knowledge Area Theme Marks

Vectors in 2 dimensions
Mechanics
Newton’s Laws of Motion 55
(55%)
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

Electrostatics
Electricity and magnetism
Electrical Circuits 45
(45%)
Electromagnetism

TOTAL 100

PAPER 2

Knowledge Area Theme Marks

Matter and materials Atomic Combinations

45
(45%) Ideal Gases and Thermal Properties

Quantitative Aspects of Chemical Change

Chemical change Energy & Chemical Change

55
(55%) Acids & Bases

Redox Reactions

TOTAL 100

COGNITIVE LEVELS

Weighting %
Cognitive level description
Paper 1 Paper 2

Remembering 15 15

Understanding 30 40

Applying and Analysing 45 35

Evaluating 10 10