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5086, 5087 and 5088 SCIENCE GCE ORDINARY LEVEL SYLLABUS 10 SUBJECT CONTENT SECTION 1: MEASUREMENT Overview Physics is an experimental science and precise measurements enable the collection of useful experimental data which can be tested against hypothesis for the development of physical theories. With the development of better measurement tools and techniques, the data available is improved and scientific knowledge continue to evolve in light of new information. There is a variety of instruments available and our choice of instrument should take into consideration the precision, and feasibility of the choice of instrument when making measurements. We need to be cognisant of the limitations associated with the measurement process which can arise from the precision of the instrument chosen, the mechanics of the measuring instrument and the design of the experiment. Apart from the need of accurate measurements, interactions between objects in systems should also be described with precisely defined quantities and units and as these interactions could range from celestial objects to sub-atomic particles, prefixes in order-of-ten are necessary to depict such diversity in range of magnitude. 1 Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement Content • Physical quantities and SI units • Measurement • Scalars and vectors Learning Outcomes Candidates should be able to: (a) show an understanding that physical quantities typically consist of a numerical magnitude and a unit (b) recall the following base quantities and their units: mass (kg), length (m), time (s), current (A), temperature (K), amount of substance (mol) (c) use the following prefixes and their symbols to indicate decimal sub-multiples and multiples of the SI units: nano (n), micro (µ), milli (m), centi (c), deci (d), kilo (k), mega (M), giga (G), tera (T) (d) show an understanding of the orders of magnitude of the sizes of common objects ranging from a typical atom to the Earth (e) select and explain the use of appropriate measuring instruments to measure or determine physical quantities listed in "Summary of key quantities, symbols and units" taking into consideration the range and precision of the instrument (f) state what is meant by scalar and vector quantities and give common examples of each 5086, 5087 and 5088 SCIENCE GCE ORDINARY LEVEL SYLLABUS 11 SECTION II: NEWTONIAN MECHANICS Overview Mechanics is the branch of physics that deals with the study of motion and its causes. Through a careful process of observation and experimentation, Galileo Galilei used experiments to overturn Aristotle’s ideas of the motion of objects, for example the flawed idea that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones, which dominated physics for about 2,000 years. The greatest contribution to the development of mechanics is by one of the greatest physicists of all time, Isaac Newton. By extending Galileo’s methods and understanding of motion and gravitation, Newton developed the three laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation, and successfully applied them to both terrestrial and celestial systems to predict and explain phenomena. He showed that nature is governed by a few special rules or laws that can be expressed in mathematical formulae. Newton’s combination of logical experimentation and mathematical analysis shaped the way science has been done ever since. 2 Kinematics Content • Speed, velocity and acceleration • Graphical analysis of motion • Free-fall Learning Outcomes Candidates should be able to: (a) state what is meant by speed and velocity (b) calculate average speed = distance travelled / time taken (c) state what is meant by uniform acceleration and calculate the value of acceleration using change in velocity / time taken (d) interpret given examples of non-uniform acceleration (e) plot and interpret a distance-time graph and a speed-time graph for motion in one direction. (f) deduce from the shape of a distance-time graph when a body travelling in one direction is: (i) at rest (ii) moving with uniform speed (iii) moving with non-uniform speed (g) deduce from the shape of a speed-time graph when a body travelling in one direction is: (i) at rest (ii) moving with uniform speed (iii) moving with uniform acceleration (iv) moving with non-uniform acceleration (h) calculate the area under a speed-time graph to determine the distance travelled for motion in one direction with uniform speed or uniform acceleration (i) state that the acceleration of free fall for a body near to the Earth is constant and is approximately 10 m / s 2 2

5086, 5087 and 5088 SCIENCE GCE ORDINARY LEVEL SYLLABUS 12 3 Force and Pressure Content • Types of forces • Mass, weight and gravitational field • Density • Pressure Learning Outcomes Candidates should be able to: (a) identify and distinguish between contact forces (e.g. friction, air resistance, tension and normal force) and non-contact forces (e.g. gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic forces) (b) state that mass is a measure of the amount of matter in a body (c) state that a gravitational field is a region in which a mass experiences a force due to gravitational attraction (d) define gravitational field strength, g, as gravitational force per unit mass placed at that point (e) recall and apply the relationship weight = mass × gravitational field strength to new situations or to solve related problems (f) distinguish between mass and weight (g) recall and apply the relationship density = mass / volume to new situations or to solve related problems (h) define pressure in terms of force and area (i) recall and apply the relationship pressure = force / area to new situations or to solve related problems 4 Dynamics Content • Newton’s laws of motion • Effects of resistive forces on motion Learning Outcomes Candidates should be able to: (a) apply Newton's Laws to: (i) describe the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on a body (ii) describe the ways in which a force may change the motion of a body (iii) identify action-reaction pairs acting on two interacting bodies (stating of Newton's Laws is not required) (b) identify forces acting on a body and draw free body diagram(s) representing the forces acting on the body (for cases involving forces acting in at most two dimensions) 5086, 5087 and 5088 SCIENCE GCE ORDINARY LEVEL SYLLABUS 13 (c) recall and apply the relationship resultant force = mass × acceleration to new situations or to solve related problems (d) explain the effects of friction on the motion of a body 5 Turning Effects of Forces Content • Moments • Equilibrium • Centre of gravity Learning Outcomes Candidates should be able to: (a) describe the moment of a force about a pivot in terms of its turning effect and relate this to everyday examples (b) recall and apply the relationship moment of a force (or torque) = force × perpendicular distance from the pivot to new situations or to solve related problems (c) state the principle of moments for a body in equilibrium (d) apply the principle of moments to new situations or to solve related problems (e) show an understanding that the weight of a body may be taken as acting at a si