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TOPICS - Physics Unit 1 CAPE Exams (May-June 2022)

1. The document outlines the topics to be covered in a Physics Unit 1 course, including the effect of forces, properties of waves, mechanical properties of materials. 2. Specific topics within forces include Archimedes' principle, terminal velocity and friction, and the principle of moments. Within properties of waves, topics cover wave characteristics, types of waves, reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction. 3. The mechanical properties section addresses density, pressure, stress and strain, elastic and inelastic deformation, and their importance for structures.

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TOPICS - Physics Unit 1 CAPE Exams (May-June 2022)

1. The document outlines the topics to be covered in a Physics Unit 1 course, including the effect of forces, properties of waves, mechanical properties of materials. 2. Specific topics within forces include Archimedes' principle, terminal velocity and friction, and the principle of moments. Within properties of waves, topics cover wave characteristics, types of waves, reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction. 3. The mechanical properties section addresses density, pressure, stress and strain, elastic and inelastic deformation, and their importance for structures.

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Subject: Physics Unit 1 (CAPE) //aka the buss head one//

Date : May 23, 2022 (Mon, 9am)

Topics:

The Effect of Forces

Students should be able to:

1. ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE
❖ Explain the origin of the upthrust acting on
a body wholly or partially immersed in a
fluid, and use this knowledge to solve problems

Upthrust due to pressure difference.


See suggested practical activity on pages 13 and
14.

2. TERMINAL VELOCITY AND FRICTION


❖ Explain the nature, cause and effects of
resistive forces;
Include drag forces in fluids and frictional
forces.

❖ Use the concept of terminal velocity to solve


problems involving motion through a fluid

3. PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS
❖ Apply the principle of moments to solve problems
❖ Use the concepts of static and dynamic
equilibria to solve problems.

Sum of forces equals zero.


Sum of torques equals zero.
Properties of Waves

Students should be able to:

❖ Use the following terms:


displacement, amplitude, period, frequency,
velocity in relation to the behaviour of waves

❖ Differentiate between transverse and longitudinal


waves in terms of the movement of particles in
the medium of transmission and the energy of the
Waves
❖ Represent transverse and longitudinal waves
Graphically;

❖ Explain “polarisation” and give examples of


polarised waves
Use polarisation to differentiate between
transverse and longitudinal waves.

❖ Derive and use the equation λ to solve


problems involving wave motion

❖ Use the relationship intensity is proportional to


(amplitude )^2 for a wave

❖ Use the terms phase and phase difference with


reference to the behaviour of waves

❖ Distinguish between stationary and progressive


waves
Represent graphically.

❖ Explain the properties of stationary waves and


perform related calculations;
For example, microwaves, waves on strings, closed
and open pipes (including resonance tubes). See
suggested practical activity on pages 24 and 25.

❖ Describe practical applications of sound waves in


industry, such as the use of sonar waves in
determining the depth of the sea and in medicine,
such as in foetal imaging;

❖ Discuss the application of sound waves to musical


instruments

Include percussion instruments such as the steel


pan, stringed instruments, such as the guitar and
wind instruments, such as the flute.

❖ Apply the laws of reflection and refraction to the


the behaviour of waves

❖ Describe experiments to demonstrate the diffraction of


waves in both narrow and wide gaps

For example, use a ripple tank together with both


narrow and wide gaps, microwaves, and lasers.

❖ Explain the meaning of coherence as applied to


Waves

❖ Explain the terms superposition and interference of


waves
❖ State the conditions necessary for two-source
interference fringes of waves to be observed and
perform experiments to demonstrate this
For example, a simple Young’s slits interference
experiment for light or microwaves and two
speakers for sound.

❖ Discuss the principles of interference and


diffraction as applied to waves;
Constructive and destructive interference.

❖ Derive and use the approximation to


solve problems;
This applies when D >> an in two-source interference.
2.19 use the expression n λ = asinθ; for
interference and diffraction (a=slit spacing);
For two-source interference and for diffraction
grating (a=slit spacing).

❖ Use the diffraction grating to determine the


wavelength and frequency of light waves

❖ Discuss the nature of light as electromagnetic


radiation with reference to its diffractive
properties

❖ List the orders of magnitude of the wavelengths of


the e-m spectrum;
Include a range of wavelengths of visible light.

❖ Define refractive index in terms of velocity of


waves

❖ Use Snell’s Law

❖ Explain total internal reflection and determine the


value of a critical angle
See the suggested practical activity on page 25.
Use two media with indices n1 and n2.

❖ Identify and discuss practical applications of total


internal reflection.
For example, fibre optic cables

Mechanical Properties of Materials

Students should be able to:

❖ Explain and use the terms ‘density’ and


‘pressure’;
p = F/A ρ = M/V

❖ Derive and use the equation Δp = ρg Δh for


the pressure difference in a liquid;

❖ Relate the difference in the structures and


densities of solids, liquids and gases to
simple ideas of the spacing, ordering and
the motion of their molecules;

❖ Describe a simple kinetic model for the


the behaviour of solids, liquids and gases;

❖ Distinguish between the structure of


crystalline and non-crystalline solids, with
particular reference to metals, polymers and
Glasses

❖ Make particular reference to metals, polymers


and glasses.

❖ Discuss the stretching of springs and wire in terms


of load extension

❖ Use the relationship between ‘stress’, ‘strain’ and


‘the Young modulus’ to solve problems

❖ Perform experiments to determine the


Young modulus of metal in the form of a
Wire

❖ Demonstrate knowledge of the force-extension graphs for typical ductile, brittle


and polymeric materials

For example, copper, glass, and rubber.

❖ Deduce the strain energy in a deformed material from a force-extension graph

❖ Distinguish between elastic and inelastic deformations of a material


Only qualitative knowledge is required.
See the suggested practical activity on page 35.

❖ Discuss the importance of elasticity in


structures.
Consider what happens to tall buildings,
bridges and bones when large forces are
applied.

"It always seems impossible until it's done.”_Nelson Mandela

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