PHYSICS EASE 1 POINTERS GRADE 11 2023/2024

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No. Topic Sub Topic Level
Indicator/Learning Objective
Type
01 understand that all physical quantities consist of a numerical magnitude and
1 Understanding 1
Physical a unit
quantities 02 make reasonable estimates of physical quantities included within the
2 Analyzing 1
syllabus
Physical quantities and units

03 recall the following SI base quantities and their units: mass (kg), length (m),
3 Knowing 1
time (s), current (A), temperature (K)
04 express derived units as products or quotients of the SI base units and use
4 Analyzing 2
the derived units for quantities listed in this syllabus as appropriate
SI Units
5 Analyzing 3 05 use SI base units to check the homogeneity of physical equations
06 recall and use the following prefixes and their symbols to indicate decimal
6 Analyzing 1 submultiples or multiples of both base and derived units: pico (p), nano (n),
micro (µ), milli (m), centi (c), deci (d), kilo (k), mega (M), giga (G), tera (T)
07 understand and explain the effects of systematic errors (including zero
7 Errors and Understanding 1
errors) and random errors in measurements
uncertainties
8 Analyzing 1 08 understand the distinction between precision and accuracy
10 understand the difference between scalar and vector quantities and give
9 Scalars and Understanding 1
examples of scalar and vector quantities included in the syllabus
vectors
10 Applying 1 11 add and subtract coplanar vector
11 Understanding 1 13 define and use distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration
14 use graphical methods to represent distance, displacement, speed, velocity
12 Analyzing 2
and acceleration
13 Analyzing 2 15 determine displacement from the area under a velocity–time graph
Kinematics

14 Knowing 1 17 determine acceleration using the gradient of a velocity–time graph

Equations of 18 derive, from the definitions of velocity and acceleration, equations that
15 motion Understanding 1
represent uniformly acceleratedmotion in a straight line
19 solve problems using equations that represent uniformly accelerated motion
16 Analyzing 2 in a straight line, including the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational
field without air resistance
21 describe and explain motion due to a uniform velocity in one direction and a
17 Understanding 1
uniform acceleration in a perpendicular direction
22 understand that mass is the property of an object that resists change in
18 Knowing 1
motion
23 recall F = ma and solve problems using it, understanding that acceleration
19 Analyzing 2
and resultant force are always in the same direction
Momentum
20 Knowing 1 24 define and use linear momentum as the product of mass and velocity
and Newton’s
21 laws of Knowing 1 25 define and use force as rate of change of momentum
22 motion Understanding 1 26 state and apply each of Newton’s laws of motion

27 describe and use the concept of weight as the effect of a gravitational field
23 Knowing 1 on a mass and recall that the weight of an object is equal to the product of its
Dynamics

mass and the acceleration of free fall

28 show a qualitative understanding of frictional forces and viscous/drag forces
including air resistance (no treatment of the coefficients of friction and viscosity
24 Understanding 1
is required, and a simple model of drag force increasing as speed increases is
Non-uniform sufficient)
motion 29 describe and explain qualitatively the motion of objects in a uniform
25 Understanding 1
gravitational field with air resistance
30 understand that objects moving against a resistive force may reach a
26 Understanding 1
terminal (constant) velocity
27 Linear Understanding 1 31 state the principle of conservation of momentum
momentum 32 apply the principle of conservation of momentum to solve simple problems,
and its including elastic and inelastic interactions between objects in both one and two
28 Applying 3
conservation dimensions (knowledge of the concept of coefficient of restitution is not
required)
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No. Topic Sub Topic Level
Indicator/Learning Objective
Type

33 recall that, for a perfectly elastic collision, the relative speed of approach is
29 Knowing 1
Dynamics

Linear equal to the relative speed of separation

momentum
and its
conservation 34 recall that, for a perfectly elastic collision, the relative speed of approach is
30 Applying 3
equal to the relative speed of separation

35. Understand that the weight of an object may be taken as acting at a single
31 Knowing 1
Turning point known as its centre of gravity
Force Density and Pressure

32 effects of Applying 1 36 Define and apply the moment of a force

37 Understand that a couple is a pair of forces that acts to produce rotation
33 forces Knowing 1
only
34 Understanding 1 38 Define and apply the torque of a couple
35 Equilibrium
Knowing 1 39 State and apply the principle of moments
40 Understand that, when there is no resultant force and no resultant torque, a
36 of forces Analyzing 1
system is in equilibrium
37 Understanding 1 42 Define and use density
38 Knowing 1 43 Define and use pressure
Density and 46 Derive, from the definitions of pressure and density, the equation for
39 Understanding 1
pressure hydrostatic pressure ?p = ?g?h
47 Calculate the upthrust acting on an object in a fluid using the equation F =
40 Applying 1
?gV (Archimedes’ principle)