1. A car travels round a circular track at a constant speed of 40 km/h. Explain why the car’s velocity is not constant Velocity is a vector quantity that depends on both direction and magnitude. Since the car’s direction changes continuously as it travels around a circular track, its velocity changes all the time. Is …
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Chapter 1 – Measurements
1. Describe an experiment to show how the period of pendulum can be determined The simple pendulum is made to oscillate at a small angle. When the oscillation is steady, the time taken for 20 oscillations is measured using a stopwatch. The measurement is repeated and the average is calculated. The period of the pendulum …
Famous Physicist – Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is probably the most famous and iconic scientist who have changed the world and what we think about the universe. Born in 1879 in Germany and lived for 76 years (died in 1955), he was a scientist who specialized in Physics. He is also known as a theoretical physicist (a scientist who try …
Physics and Climate Change
Climate can be described as the sum of the weather. Weather and climate are driven by the absorption of solar radiation and the subsequent re-distribution of that energy through radiative, advective, and hydrological processes. Did you know that scientists understood the physics of climate change in the 1800s? This was discovered by an American female …
Physics in the Bedroom
Alarm clock The ringing of your alarm clock helps you get up in the morning and get ready for school. Sound is something that we cannot see with our visible eyes but can be experienced. Sound waves travel from the alarm clock and works on the concept of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Physics, which involves the origin, …
1.1 Physical Quantities and SI Units
This section covers the following syllabus (Physics 5059) requirements. show understanding that all physical quantities consist of a numerical magnitude and a unit recall the following base quantities and their units: mass (kg), length (m), time (s), current (A), temperature (K), amount of substance (mol) use the following prefixes and their symbols to indicate decimal …
1.2 Measurement of Length
Measurement of Length This section covers the following syllabus (Physics 5059) requirements. describe how to measure a variety of lengths with appropriate accuracy by means of tapes, rules, micrometers and calipers, using a vernier scale as necessary Reviews by Students and Parents “Concept First probably has the best Physics tutors in Singapore.” — Adelle Wang, …
1.3 Measurement of Time
This section covers the following syllabus (Physics 5059) requirements. describe how to measure a short interval of time including the period of a simple pendulum with appropriate accuracy using stopwatches or appropriate instruments What our Physics Students and Parents say “Concept First probably has the best Physics tutors in Singapore.” — Adelle Wang, River Valley …
2.1 Basic Kinematics Quantities
This section covers the following syllabus (Physics 5059) requirements. state what is meant by speed and velocity calculate average speed using distance travelled / time taken state what is meant by uniform acceleration and calculate the value of an acceleration using change in velocity / time taken interpret given examples of non-uniform acceleration What our …
2.2 Basic Kinematics Graphs
This section covers the following syllabus (Physics 5059) requirements. plot and interpret a displacement-time graph and a velocity-time graph deduce from the shape of a displacement-time graph when a body is: (i) at rest (ii) moving with uniform velocity (iii) moving with non-uniform velocity deduce from the shape of a velocity-time graph …