CHAPTER CONTENTS

UNIT 1 PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & MEASUREMENT
Ch 1 Measurement and quantities

UNIT 2 FORCES AND MOTION
Ch 2 Motion in a straight line
Ch 3 Vectors and Graphing
Ch 4 Forces in action
Ch 5 Projectile, circular and periodic motion
Ch 6 Astrophysics
Ch 7 Hydrostatics: the physics of fluids

UNIT 3 ENERGY AND MOMENTUM.
Ch 8 Momentum
Ch 9 Work and Energy

UNIT 4 THERMAL PHYSICS
Ch 10 Heat and temperature
Ch 11 Heat and matter
Ch 12 Heat transfer

UNIT 5 WAVE MOTION
Ch 13 Wave motion in one dimension.
Ch 14 Wave motion in two dimensions.
Ch 15 Light - a wave.
Ch 16 Sound, music and audio technology.

UNIT 6 OPTICS
Ch 17 Reflection of light
Ch 18 Refraction
Ch 19 Lenses
Ch 20 Optical instruments

UNIT 7 ELECTRICITY
Ch 21 Electrostatics
Ch 22 Electric circuits
Ch 23 Electronics
Ch 24 Electronic systems

UNIT 8 MAGNETISM & ELECTROMAGNETISM
Ch 25 Magnetism and electromagnetism
Ch 26 Electromagnetic induction

UNIT 9 ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Ch 27 Atomic structure
Ch 28 Nuclear physics
Ch 29 Quantum physics and fundamental particles

UNIT 10 EXTENSION TOPICS
Ch 30 Special and General Relativity
Ch 31 Designing practical electronic circuits
Ch 32 Solar physics
Ch 34 Medical physics

GLOSSARY

APPENDICES

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

INDEX

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