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PHYSICS FORM 4
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS
1.1 UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS
1.4 MEASUREMENTS
1.2 BASE AND DERIVED QUANTITIES 1.5 SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
1.3 SCALAR AND VECTOR QUANTITIES
5 BASE PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
Base
Symb
SI
Quantity
ol
unit
Length
m
l

cm

Metre rule

Mass

kg

Weighing scale

Time

ms

Stop watch

Temperature

Thermometer

Electric current

VA-1

Ammeter

Other units

Measured by

CHAPTER 2 : FORCES AND MOTION

2.1 LINEAR MOTION
2.7
SAFETY FEATURE IN
VEHICLES
2.2 MOTION GRAPHS
2.8
GRAVITY
2.3 INERTIA
2.9
FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM
2.4 MOMENTUM
2.10 WORK, ENERGY,POWER AND
EFFICIENCY
2.5 EFFECTS OF A FORCE
2.11 APPRECIATING THE
IMPORTANCE OF
2.6 IMPULSE AND IMPULSIVE FORCE
MAXIMING THE EFFICIENCY
OF DEVICES
LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED
Formula
Physical Quantity
Symbo SI Unit
l
Distance /
m
s
s
v=
/Displacement
t
Speed // Velocity
ms-1
v
vu
a=
t
s
v = u + at
t
Time taken
Final velocity
ms-1
v
uv
s= (
)t

Other units
km // cm
km h-1
min // hour
km h-1

s = ut + at 2
v2 = u2 + 2as

Initial velocity

u
a

ms-1
ms-2

p =mv

Acceleration
Momentum

kg ms-1

F = ma

Net Force

m (v u )
t
Ft = m( v u )

Impulsive force

Impulse

Ft

Ns

Weight

F=

km h-1

kg ms-2

W = mg

W = Fs
Ek = mv2
Eg = m g h

Gravitational
2
acceleration/ field
strength
Work
Kinetic Energy
Potential energy

ms-2

W
EK
Eg

Nm
J
J

height

P = Fv

E=Pt

Nm

Ee

Electrical energy
consumption
F = kx
Spring coefficient
Ee = F x
Ee = kx2

Extension of the
spring
Elastic potential
energy

Physics Principles:
1- Principle of Conservation of Momentum :
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2- Principle of Conservation of Energy:
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Physics Laws:
1- Newtons First
Law:...............................................................................................................
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2- Newtons Second
Law:...............................................................................................................
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3- Newtons Third
Law:...............................................................................................................
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4- Law of
inertia:...........................................................................................................
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5- Hookes
Law:...............................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 3: FORCES AND PRESSURE

3.1 PRESSURE
3.4 PASCAL`S PRINCIPLE
3.2 PRESSURE IN LIQUIDS
3.5 ARCHEMEDES`S PRINCIPLE
3.3 PRESSURE IN GAS
3.6 BERNOULLIE`S PRINCIPLE
LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED
Formula
Physical Quantity
Symbo SI Unit
l
Pressure
Pa
P
F
P =
A
force
N
F
F1
F
2
Area
m2
A
A1
A2

P =hg
3

m
V

FB = V g

Depth
Acceleration due to
gravity
Density
mass
Volume

ms-2

Kgm-3

m
V

Kg
m3

FB

Other units

Buoyant Force

Physics Principles:
1- Pascals
Principle:........................................................................................................
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2- Archimedes
Principle:........................................................................................................
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3- Bernoullis
Principle:........................................................................................................
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Physics Law:
1- Law of
floatation:......................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 4 : HEAT
4.1 THERMAL EQUILLIBRIUM
4.2 SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY

4.3 SPECIFIC LATENT HEAT

4.4 THE GAS LAWS

LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED

Formula
Physical
Symbo
SI Unit

Other units

Quantity
Temperature

Q = mc

Heat energy

m
Pt = m c

kg

Mass of substance
Specific heat
capacity

Jkg-1 0c-1

Jkg-1

Specific latent
heat
Power

Time taken

P1 V1 = P2 V2

(gas) Pressure

Pa

V1 V2

T1 T2
P1 P2

T1 T2

(gas) Volume

m3

Absolute
temperature

l l 0
100 o C
l100 l0

Q = ml

Js-1

Pt = ml

Physics Law Gas Laws:1- Boyles

Law : .............................................................................................................
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2- Charles
Law: ..............................................................................................................
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3- Pressure
Law:...............................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 5 : LIGHT
5.1 REFLECTION OF LIGHT
OF LIGHT
5.2 REFRACTION OF LIGHT

5.3 TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION

5.4 LENSES

LIST OF FORMULA AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES INVOLVED

Formula
Physical Quantity
Symbo
SI Unit
l
Radius of curvature
r = 2f
r

Other units

i
sin i
n=
sin r

n=

c
v

r
Speed of light in air

Speed of light in
medium

3 x 108 ms-1

H
H
n=
h

h
n

1
n=
sin c

P=

1
f

Critical angle

Power of lens

No unit

f
1 1 1

f
u v

m=

m=

v
u

u
v
m

No unit

hi

hi
ho

ho

Physics Law:
1- Law of reflection:
i : ................................................................................................................
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ii : ..................................................................................
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2- Law of refraction:
i : .................................................................................................................
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ii: ...................................................................................
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