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Course Outline Physics

The document outlines the proposed course PH 111 for Rockview University's Mathematics and Natural Science Department, covering topics in physics over three terms. Key areas include measurements, motion, momentum, simple machines, wave motion, electrostatics, circuit elements, magnetism, and electric current. Each section details specific concepts, laws, and applications relevant to the study of physics.

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Course Outline Physics

The document outlines the proposed course PH 111 for Rockview University's Mathematics and Natural Science Department, covering topics in physics over three terms. Key areas include measurements, motion, momentum, simple machines, wave motion, electrostatics, circuit elements, magnetism, and electric current. Each section details specific concepts, laws, and applications relevant to the study of physics.

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ROCKVIEW UNIVERSITY

NDOLA CAPUS
MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

PROPOSED PHYSICS COURSE OUTLINE PH 111

TERM 1

1. MEASUREMENTS
1.1 STANDARDS OF LENGTH
1.1.1 S.I UNITY

1.1.1 BASE UNITS

1.1.2 DERIVED UNITS


1.2 PRECISION AND ACCURACY
1.3 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
1.3.1 USE OF DIMENSIONS TO DERIVE EQUATION
1.3.2 USE OF DEMENTIONS TO CHECK EQUATION
1.3.3 LIMITATIONS OF DIMENTION ANALYSIS

2 BASIC CONCEPTS OF TRYGONOMETRY AND VECTORS

1.1 DEFINATION OF COSINE, SINE AND TANGENT


1.2 PYTHAGORAS THEOREM
1.3 VECTORS
1.4 VECTORS PRESENTATION
1.5 EQUAL VECTOR
1.6 RESULTANT VECTOR THROUGH VECTOR ADDITION
1.7 VECTOR SUBTRACTION
1.8 PARALLELOGRAM RULE OF VECTOR ADDITION
1.9 THE COSIN RULE AND SINE RULE
1.10 RESOLVING VECTORS INTO PERPENDICULAR COMPONENTS
1.11 FINDING RESULTANT OF VECTORS USING VECTOR COMPONENT

3. MOTION

3.1 UNIFORM ACCELERATION MOTION


3.2 TIME
3.3 VELOCITY
3.4 SPEED
3.5 ACELLERATION
3.6 ACCELERATION AS A VECTOR
3.7 GRAPHS OF LINEAR MOTION
3.8 EQUATIONS OF THE LINEAR MOTION WITH CONSTANT ACCELERATION
3.9 PROJECTILE MOTION
3.10 PROJECTION OF ANGLES
3.11 FORCE AND LEAR MOTION
3.12 FIRST LAW
3.13 SECOND LAW
3.14 THIRD LAW
3.15 INCLINED PLANES
3.16 FRICTION
3.17 STARTIC FRICTION
3.18 KINETIC(SLIDING) FRICTION
3.19 CIRCULAR MOTION
3.20 ANGULAR MEASUREMENT
3.21 ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT
3.22 ANGULAR VELOCITY
3.23 ANGULAR ACCELARATION
3.24 UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION
3.25 CENTRIPEPAL ACCELERATION
3.26 CENTRIPETAL FORCE
3.27 BANKED CURVES
3.28 VERTICAL CIRCULARMOTION
3.29 REACTIONS AND RIDE
3.30 COASTER ROLLER
3.31 THE GRAVITY WHEEL
3.32 GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STRENGTH
3.33 GRAVITATIONAL ATRACTION
3.34 GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIONAL ENERGY
3.35 ESCAPE SPEED
3.36 SATTELITE MOTION
3.37 KEPLER:’S LAWS OF PLANETATORY MOTION
3.38 FIRST LAW
3.39 SECOND LAW
3.40 THIRD LAW

4. MOMENTUM

4.1 LINEAR MOMENTUM

4.2 IMPULSE

4.3. IMPULSE FROM A VARIABLE FORCE

4.4 REDUCINCING THE IMPACT FORCE DULLING COLLISION

4.5 CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM

4.6 COLLISIONS

4.7. TWO DIMENSION COLLSIONS

5.0 SIMPLE MACHINE

5.1 A LEVER

5.2 PULLEYS

5.3 AN INCLINED

5.4 GEAR

5.5 A WHEEL AND AXLE

5.6 MACHANICAL ADVANTAGE (M.A)

5.7 VELOCITY RATIO (V.R)

5.8 EFFICIANCY OF MACHINES

5.9 VELOCITY RATIO OF A PULLEY

6.0 WAVE MTION

6.1 WAVE FEATURERS

6.2 PROPERTIES OF A WAVE

6.3 TYPES OF REFLECTION OF LIGHT


6.4 REFRACTION OF RIGHT

6.5 LAWS OF REFRACTION

6.6 SNELL’S LAW AND REFRACTIVE INDEX

6.7 REFRACTIVE INDEX

6.8 SNELL’S LAW RESTATED

6.9 DIFRACTION

6.91 ENTERFERENCE

6.92 SOUND WAVE

6.92 SPEED OF SOUND

6.93 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES

6.94 STANDING WAVE AND RESONANCE

6.95 WAVE ON STRINGS

6.96 DOPPLER EFFECTS

TERM 2

7.0 ELECTROSTATIC

7.1 LAWS OF ELECTROSTATIC

7.2 STATIC CLING

7.3 ELECTRON THEORY OF ELECTRIFICATION

7.4 CONDUCTOR, INSULATOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR

7.5 FORCE BETWEEN CHARGES

7.6 COULOMB’S LAW

7.7 DEFINATON OF COULOMB’S LAW

7.8 ELECTRIC FIELD AROUND THE CHARGES

7.9 ELECTRIC FIELD LINES

7.91 POSTIVE CHARGES ACTING ON A TEST CHARGE


7.92 NEGATIVE CHARGES ACTING ON A TEST CHARGE

7.93 COMBINED CHARGES DISTRIBUTION

7.94 TWO LIKE CHARGES: BOTH POSITIVE

7.95 TWO LIKE CHARGES: BOTH NEGATIVE

7.96 PALALLEL PLATES

7.97 STRANGTH OF AN ELECTRIC FIELD

7.98 ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY

7.99 DEFINATION: POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE

7.99.1 REAL WORLD APPLICATION LIGHTING

8.0 CIRCUIT ELEMENTS AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR

8.1 RESISTORS

8.2 RESISTANCE

8.3 CONFIGALATIONS OF RESISTORS

8.4 PARALLEL CONFIGARATION

8.5 COMBINATION OF PARALLEL AND SERIES CONNECTION

8.6 PURPOSE OF THE RESISTOR

8.7 RESISTIVITY AND ITS TEMPERATURE DEFERENCE

8.8 CAPACITANCE

8.9 DIELECTRICS

8.91 ELECTRIC FIELD IN CAPACITOR

8.92 CHARGING AND DISCHARGING CAPACITOR

8.93 CONNECTION OF CAPACITOR IN SERIES PARALLEL

8.94 ENERGY STORED IN THE CAPACITOR

ACTIVITY

1. State the following terms


a. Capacitor
b. Electric flux
2. Show that the electric flux Φ E through any closed surface is equal to the net charge inside the
Qinside
surface Qinside, divided by ε0 Φ E=
ε0
A
3. Show that the capacitor of parallel plate capacitor is given by C=ε 0
d
4. A parallel plate has any area = 5X10-4M2 and separated by d= 3x103m. Calculate the charge
density and magnitude of the electric field between the plates. Given v=2.00b Battery.

5. given that c 1=2.00 X 1 0−6 F , c 2=4.00 X 10−6 F∧c3 =8. 00 X 10−6 F , are connected in
parallel to a battery∆ V =18.0 V . Calculate, the total charge contained in the configuration [4
marks]
6. Why do capacitors connected in parallel result in more total capacitance?
TERM 3
9.0 MAGNETISM

9.1 MAGNETIC SUBSTANCES

9.2 NON-MAGNETIC SUBSTANCES

9.3 MAGNETIC POLES

9.4 PROPERTIES OF MAGNETS

9.5 HOW TO KNOW WHETHER A SPECIMEN IN A MAGNET

9.6 INDUCED MAGNET

9.6 THEORY OF MAGNETISM

9.7 MAGNETISATION

9.7.1 STOKING METHORD

9.7.2 ELECTRICAL METHORD

9.8 DEMAGNETISATION

9.9 MAGNETIC PROPERTIS OF IRON AND STEEL

9.91 ELECTRICAL MAGNETS

9.92 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION


9.93 LENZ’S LAW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

10.0 ELECTRIC CURENT

10.1 CURRENT

10.2 CHARGES AND CURRENT

10.3 POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE

10.4 ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (E.M.F) AND POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE (P.D)

10.5 CALCULATTION BASED ON C.R.O

10.6 MESURERING VOLTAGE

10. 7 MESUARING FREQUENCY

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