2021 S3 Physics EOY Exam student handout

Topics

1. Physical Quantities & Measurements

(including graphical skills)

 

2. Reflection

• • Laws of reflection
  • Image in plane mirror
  • Reflection ray diagrams for a light ray, cone of light

 

3. Refraction

• • Laws of refraction
  • Refractive index
  • Refraction ray diagrams Total internal reflection

 

4. Lenses

• • Thin lens, magnification of images
  • Ray diagrams
  • Lens formula

 

5. Kinematics

• • Speed, velocity, acceleration
  • Graphical analysis
  • Free-fall
  • Equations of motion

 

6. Dynamics

• • Types of forces, free-body diagram, balanced & unbalanced forces
  • Newton’s 1st, 2nd & 3rd laws of motion
  • Vector additionVector resolution

 

7. Turning effect of forces

• • Moment of a force
  • Principle of moments
  • Centre of gravity & stability