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G10-Franklin
 FUNDAMENTALS
OF

MRS. GERALDINE DELA ROSA GUINIHIN

OBJECTIVES:
1. Relate physics to other branches of
natural science;
2. Discuss the branches and sub-branches
of physics;
3. Discuss the development of physics and
the scientific method; and
4. Explain how physics and technology
change people’s way of living and thinking.
Science- is a systematized body
of knowledge that is based on
facts gathered through
observations. Experiences and
experiments in order to formulate
a verifiable conclusion or law
that’s serves as basis of
technology for the benefit of man
and environment.
Science can be compared to a tree:

Roots:
1. man’s needs
2. man’s problems
3. man’s curiosity
Social Science- deals with human behaviour
primarily in its social and cultural aspects
Applied Science- application of theoretical
sciences, like those in social and natural
Sciences.
Natural science- deals with the understanding
and description of nature.
Division:
1. Biological Science- deals with the study of
living things
2. Physical Science- deals with the study of
non-living things
Remember:

Technology and applied science are two

different terms:

Applied Science- refer to agriculture,

engineering and health
Technology- refers to the pool of
knowledge regarding the industrial arts.
Classical
Physics
 1. Mechanics- the study of forces
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L acting on bodies, whether at rest or
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a. Statics- on forces acting on
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bodies at rest.
P b. Kinematics- on motion without
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Y regard to its cause
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I c. Dynamics- on motion and the
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S forces that affect it
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Acoustics- the study

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of the production
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and propagation of
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sound waves
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 3. Optics- the study of light
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A a. Physical Optics- on the production
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S , nature and properties of light
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C b. Physiological Optics- on the part
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played by light in vision
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c. Geometrical Optics- on the
H reflection and refraction of light as
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S encountered in the study of mirrors and
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C lenses
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Thermodynamics- the
study of the
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relationship between
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heat and other forms
of energy.
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 Electromagnetism- the study of the
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properties of electric current and
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magnetism and their relationships
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C a. Electrostatic- on electric charges at
A
L rest
P b. Electrodynamics- on moving
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Y charges
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I c. Magnetostatics- on magnetic
C
S poles at rest
Modern
Physics
 Atomic and Nuclear
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O Physics
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the study of the
N components, structure
P and
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Y behaviour of the
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nucleus of the atom.
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 Quantum Physics
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O the study of the discrete nature
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E of phenomena at the atomic
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and subatomic levels; its focus is
on the indivisible units of energy
P called quanta as described by
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Y the Quantum Theory.
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 Relativistic Physics
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the study of phenomena
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that take place in a frame
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reference that is in motion
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observer.
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Solid State Physics
O the study of all properties of
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E solid, materials, including
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N electrical conduction in crystals
of semiconductors and metals,
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superconductivity and
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photoconductivity.
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Low-Temperature Physics
O the study of the production and
D
E maintenance of temperatures
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N down to almost absolute zero,
and the various phenomena
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that occur only at such
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temperatures.
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 Condensed Matter Physics
M
O the study of the properties of
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E
condensed materials ( solids, liquids
R and those intermediate between
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them, and dense gas) with the
P
ultimate goal of developing new
H materials with better properties; it is
Y
S an extension of Solid State of
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Physics
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Plasma Physics
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-the study of the

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fourth state of
matter, plasma
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