The City School

Academic Year 2023-2024

Subject Name: Physics (5054)
Syllabus Breakup Class 9
Term I
Topic Sub Topics Learning Objectives week

1.1 Physical 1 Scalars and vectors 2 - Describe how to measure a variety of 2 weeks
quantities and Measurement lengths with appropriate precision using
measurement techniques tapes, rulers and micrometers (including
techniques 3 Units and symbols reading the scale on an analogue
micrometer)
- Describe how to use a measuring cylinder
to measure the volume of a liquid and to
determine the volume of a solid by
displacement
- Describe how to measure a variety of time
intervals using clocks and digital timers
- Determine an average value for a small
distance and for a short interval of time by
measuring multiples (including the period
of oscillation of a pendulum)
- Understand that a scalar quantity has
magnitude (size) only and that a vector
quantity has magnitude and direction
- Know that the following quantities are
scalars: distance, speed, time, mass,
energy and temperature
- Know that the following quantities are
vectors: displacement, force, weight,
velocity, acceleration, momentum, electric
field strength and gravitational field
strength.
- Determine, by calculation or graphically,
the resultant of two vectors at right angles

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1.2 Motion 1 Speed, velocity - Define speed as distance travelled per unit 4 weeks
and acceleration time and define velocity as change in
2 Graphical displacement per unit time
analysis of - Recall and use the equation speed =
motion distance / time
3 Free-fall - Recall and use the equation average
- speed =total distance
travelled/total time taken
- Define acceleration as change in velocity
per unit time; recall and use the equation

- acceleration = change in velocity / time

taken
- State what is meant by, and describe
examples of, uniform acceleration and
nonuniform acceleration
- Know that a deceleration is a negative
acceleration and use this in calculations
- Sketch, plot and interpret distance–time
and speed–time graphs
- Determine from the shape of a distance–
time graph when an object is: at rest
- moving with constant speed
- accelerating decelerating
- Determine from the shape of a speed–time
- graph when an object is:
- (a)at rest
(b) moving with constant speed
1.2 Motion
(c) moving with constant acceleration

- moving with changing acceleration

- State that the acceleration of free fall g for
an object near to the surface of the Earth is
approximately
- constant and is approximately 9.8 m / s2
- Calculate speed from the gradient of a
distance–time graph
- Calculate the area under a speed–time
graph to determine the distance travelled
for motion with constant
- speed or constant acceleration
- Calculate acceleration from the gradient of
a speed–time graph

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1.3 Mass and 1 Mass and weight - State that mass is a measure of the quantity 1 week
weight 2 Gravitational fields of matter in an object at rest relative to the
observer
- State that the mass of an object resists
change from its state of rest or motion
(inertia)
- Know that weights, and therefore masses,
may be compared using a beam balance or
equal-arm balance
- Describe how to determine mass using an
electronic balance
- Describe how to measure weight using a
force meter

- Define gravitational field strength as force

per unit mass; recall and use the equation
- gravitational field strength =weight / mass
- and know that this is equivalent to the
acceleration of free fall
- State that a gravitational field is a region in
which a mass experiences a force due to
gravitational attraction

1.4 Density 1 Density of liquids
2 Density of solids
- Define density as mass per unit volume; 1 week
recall and use the equation
- density = mass / volume
- Describe how to determine the density of a
liquid, of a regularly shaped solid and of an
irregularly shaped
- solid which sinks in a liquid (volume by
displacement), including appropriate
calculations

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1.5 Forces 1 Balanced and - Identify and use different types of force, 1 week
unbalanced forces including weight (gravitational force),
friction, drag, air resistance,
- tension (elastic force), electrostatic force,
magnetic force, thrust (driving force) and
contact force
- Identify forces acting on an object and draw
free-body diagram(s) representing the
forces
- State Newton’s first law as ‘an object either
remains at rest or continues to move in a
straight line at
- constant speed unless acted on by a
1.5 Forces resultant force’
- State that a force may change the velocity
of an object by changing its direction of
motion or its speed
- Determine the resultant of two or more
forces acting along the same straight line
- Recall and use the equation resultant force
= mass × acceleration
- State Newton’s third law as ‘when object A
exerts a force on object B, then object B
exerts an equal and opposite force on
object A’
- Know that Newton’s third law describes
pairs of forces of the same type acting on
different objects

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 TERM II

Topic Sub Topics Learning Objectives week

1.5 Forces 5 Turning effect of - Describe the moment of a force as a measure 2 weeks
continued forces of its turning effect and give everyday
examples
- Define the moment of a force as moment =
force × perpendicular distance from the pivot;
recall and use this equation
- State and use the principle of moments for an
object in equilibrium
- Describe an experiment to verify the principle
of moments
6 Centre of gravity - State what is meant by centre of gravity 1 week
- Describe how to determine the position of the
centre of gravity of a plane lamina using a
plumb line
- Describe, qualitatively, the effect of the
position of the centre of gravity on the
stability of simple objects

1.6 Momentum 1 Linear - Define momentum as mass × velocity; recall 1 week

momentum and use the equation p = mv
2 Law of - Define impulse as force × time for which force
conservation of acts; recall and use the equation impulse = F
momentum Δt = Δ(mv)
3 Impulse - Apply the principle of the conservation of
momentum to solve simple problems in one
dimension
- Define resultant force as the change in
momentum per unit time; recall and use the
equation
- resultant force = change in momentum / time
taken

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 3 weeks

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 - Define efficiency as:
(%) efficiency = {(useful energy output)
4 Efficiency
/(total energy input)} ( ×100%)
(%) efficiency ={(useful power output)/ (total
power input)} ( × 100%)
and recall and use these equations

5 Power - Define power as work done per unit time

and also as energy transferred per unit time;
recall and use the equations
power =work done/ time taken

power = energy transferred / time taken

1.8 Pressure 1 Pressure - Define pressure as force per unit area; recall 2 weeks
2 Pressure changes and use the equation pressure
- = force / area
- Describe how pressure varies with force and
area in the context of everyday examples State
- that the pressure at a surface produces a force
in a direction at right angles to the
surface and describe an experiment to show
this
- Describe how the height of a liquid column in
a liquid barometer may be used to determine
the atmospheric pressure
- Describe, quantitatively, how the pressure
beneath the surface of a liquid changes with
depth and density of the liquid
- Recall and use the equation for the change in
pressure beneath the surface of a liquid
change in pressure = density × gravitational
field strength × change in height

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2.1 Kinetic 1 States of matter - Know the distinguishing properties of 2 weeks
particle model solids, liquids and gases
of matter - Know the terms for the changes in state
between solids, liquids and gases (gas to
solid and solid to gas transfers are not
required)

-
2 Particle model Describe, qualitatively, the particle structure
of solids, liquids and gases, relating their
properties to the forces and distances
between particles and to the motion of the
particles (atoms, molecules, ions and
electrons)
- 2 Describe the relationship between the
motion of particles and temperature, including
the idea that there is a lowest possible
temperature (-273 °C), known as absolute
zero, where the particles have least kinetic
energy
- 3 Describe the pressure and the changes in
pressure of a gas in terms of the forces
exerted by particles colliding with surfaces,
creating a force per unit area
- Explain qualitatively, in terms of particles,
the relationship between: o pressure and
temperature at constant volume
o volume and temperature at
constant pressure
o pressure and volume at constant
temperature
- Recall and use the equation p1 V1 = p2V2,
including a graphical representation of the
relationship between pressure and volume for
a gas at constant temperature

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 Describe experiments to distinguish between
2.3 Transfer of 1 Conduction - good and bad thermal conductors 3 weeks
thermal energy Describe thermal conduction in all solids in
- terms of atomic or molecular lattice vibrations
and also in terms of the movement of free
(delocalized) electrons in metallic conductors

Explain convection in liquids and gases in

2.3 Transfer of -
2 Convection terms of density changes and describe
thermal energy
experiments to illustrate convection

Describe the process of thermal energy

3 Radiation
- transfer by infrared radiation and know that it
does not require a medium
Describe the effect of surface colour (black or
- white) and texture (dull or shiny) on the
emission, absorption and reflection of infrared
radiation
Describe how the rate of emission of radiation
- depends on the surface temperature and
surface area of an object
Describe experiments to distinguish between
- good and bad emitters of infrared radiation
Describe experiments to distinguish between
- good and bad absorbers of infrared radiation

- Explain everyday applications using ideas

about conduction, convection and radiation,
including:
4 Consequences
(a) heating objects such as kitchen pans
of thermal energy
(b) heating a room by convection
transfer
(c) measuring temperature using an
infrared thermometer
(d) using thermal insulation to maintain
the temperature of a liquid and to reduce
thermal energy transfer in buildings

Revision 2 weeks

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