IGCSE Physics Notes
1.1-1.4 Length, Time, Motion, Mass, Weight, and Density
How many significant figures and decimal places are in these numbers:
Round the following to 3 significant figures
Convert the following to scientific notation (Standard form):
Convert the following units:
Length and Time:
Measure the pencil: ____________________
How do we measure thickness of a single sheet of paper?
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How to avoid parallax error?
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Finding diameter of a sphere:
Find the time of one lap:
Finding oscillation:
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Precautions to measure height of pendulum
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Explain why measuring time of 20 swing (oscillation) rather than 1 swing is more accurate
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Why measuring the time of 200 oscillations isn’t suitable?
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Practical reason why the result obtained is different/inaccurate:
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Suggest improvement for experiment:
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What affects the period of the pendulum?
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What is distance and Displacement:
Distance Displacement
Definition
Scalar or vector
Unit
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What is the displacement for the example given above?_____________________
What is speed?
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Unit: _____________
Formula:
Average Speed Formula:
What is velocity?
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Formula:
Unit:
What is acceleration?
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Unit:
Formula:
What changes in motion is considered acceleration?
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Distance-time graphs:
What can we get:
1.
2.
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Describe the motion in terms of gradient, speed and acceleration.
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Speed-time graphs:
We get the following things from the speed-time graph:
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2.
3.
Determine the gradient, speed and acceleration of the following graphs:
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What is the area under the graph could look like?
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Free fall:
What is free fall?
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Draw the speed-time graph of an object in free fall with no air resistance and with air resistance:
Explain in terms of forces what happens to the motion of an object falling in air.
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Define each aspect of the speed-time graph of a parachutist:
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What is mass?
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Unit of mass:
How do we measure it?
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Find the mass to the nearest gram:
What is inertia?
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What is weight?
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Unit of weight: ________________
How do we measure it?
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What is gravity?
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What is gravitational field?
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What is gravitational field strength?
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How do we find weight of an object on earth using its mass?
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Fill the table:
Mass Weight
In space 1000 kg
On the Moon
On Earth
Mass Weight
Definition
Scalar or vector
Unit
How to measure
Does it remain the
same?
What is density?
Unit:
Formula:
Write the formula of volume for the following objects:
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How to find the density of irregular objects?
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How to find the density of liquids?
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Why do objects float or sink?
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