Physics 11 Physics 11

UNIT I: Physical World and Measurement
  • measurement of length
  • mass
  • time
  • error analysis
UNIT II: Kinematics
  • position
  • path length
  • displacement
  • average velocity and instantaneous velocity
  • average acceleration and instantaneous acceleration
UNIT IV: Work, Energy, and Power
  • conservative forces
  • non-conservative forces
  • conservation of mechanical energy
  • elastic and inelastic collisions
UNIT V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
UNIT VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
  • Hooke’s law
  • elastic moduli - Young’s modulus
  • shear modulus
  • Poisson’s ratio; fluid mechanics
  • Pascal’s law and its applications
  • surface tension
  • Stokes’ law
  • terminal velocity
  • Bernoulli’s principle and its applications
UNIT VIII: Thermodynamics
  • zeroth law of thermodynamics
  • Celsius and Fahrenheit scales of temperature
  • liquids, and gases
  • Heat
  • laws of calorimetry
  • melting
  • evaporation
  • sublimation
  • kinetic theory of gases
  • heat engines
  • refrigerators
  • heat pump
  • Carnot engine
  • efficiency of heat engines
UNIT X: Oscillations and Waves
  • frequency
  • displacement as a function of time
  • oscillation of a spring - restoring force and force constant
  • energy in S.H.M
  • the combination of S.H.M. and simple pendulum
  • displacement relation in a progressive wave
  • the speed of a wave
  • standing waves
  • normal modes
  • sound waves and Doppler effect (qualitative treatment only)