Overview
preperation for taking physics in the IB diploma preIB curriculum
Physical quantities and units
SI units and prefixes
Error and uncertainty
- covered in lab skills
Scalars and vectors
Kinematics revisited
Describing motion
Equations of motion
- 4 SUVAT equations, where u - initial velocity, v - velocity, s - distance, a - acceleration and t - time
$${v = u + at}$$ $${a = \frac{v - u}{t}}$$ $${s = ut + \frac{1}{2}at^2}$$ $${v^2 = u^2 + 2as}$$
- determine type of motion from a distance – time graph (e.g. free fall);
- explain the relationship between d-t, v-t and a-t diagrams;
- review year 9
Free fall
experiment (audio) - Galileo
Resolving motion into two perpendicular directions
- see vectors
- inclined plane
Projectile Motion
Thermodynamics
- types of energy,
- interchange of energy,
- internal energy,
- phase change,
- specific and
- latent heat capacities