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FORM THREE PHYSICS
HANDBOOK LATEST
2024
[With well drawn diagrams, solved examples and questions for exercise]
LABO ATOMS.
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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Page 2
BRIEF PERSONAL PROFILE Page 2
GUIDELINES IN MY LIFE Page 2
Chapter 1 LINEAR MOTION Page 3
Chapter 2 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION Page 12
Chapter 3 WORK, ENERGY, POWER AND Page 19
MACHINES
Chapter 4 REFRACTION OF LIGHT Page 28
Chapter 5 GAS LAWS Page 37
Chapter 6 WAVES II Page 43
Chapter 7 CURRENT ELECTRICITY II Page 51
Chapter 8 HEATING EFFECT OF AN Page 61
ELECTRIC CURRENT
Chapter 9 ELECTROSTATICS II Page 64
Chapter QUANTITY OF HEAT Page 71
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Chapter One LINEAR MOTION
Specific objectives Content
By the end of this topic the leaner should be able to: 1. Distance, displacement, speed, velocity,
acceleration (experimental treatment required)
a) Define distance, displacement, speed, velocity and
acceleration 2. Acceleration due to gravity
b) Describe experiments to determine velocity and • free fall,
acceleration
• Simple pendulum method
c) Determine acceleration due to gravity
3. Motion- time graphs
d) Plot and explain motion- time graphs
• Displacement-time graphs
e) Apply the equation of uniformly accelerated motion
• Velocity- time graphs
f) Solve numerical questions.
4. Equations of uniformly accelerated motion
5. Problems on uniformly accelerated motion
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Introduction iii. Speed
❖ This topic deals with study motion of bodies in a This is the rate of change of distance covered by a
straight line. moving body with time. Speed is a scalar quantity.
distance covered
speed =
Terms Associated with Linear Motion time taken
i. Distance For a body moving with a non-uniform speed,
❖ Distance is the actual length covered by a moving total distance covered
average speed =
total time taken
body. It has no specific direction and it is therefore a
scalar quantity. The SI unit of distance is meter (m) ❖ Instantaneous speed refers to the rate of
change of distance of a moving body at a
point (an instant). The SI unit of speed is the
ii. Displacement, s metre per second (ms-1)
❖ This is the distance covered by a moving body in a
specified direction. Displacement is therefore a
iv. Velocity
vector quantity. The SI unit of displacement is metre
(m) ❖ This is the rate of change of displacement
with time. It can also be defined as the speed
Illustrating distance and displacement
in a specified direction. Velocity is therefore a
Consider the diagram below showing motion of a vector quantity.
body starting from point A and moving in the direction
change in displacement
shown. velocity =
time taken
For a body moving with a varying
velocity,
average velocity = total displacement.
total time taken
a) At point B, distance covered is AB while the ❖ The SI unit of velocity is the metre per second
displacement of the body is AB in the direction AB (ms-1).
b) At point C, distance covered is AB + BC while the
displacement is AC in the direction AC
c) When back at starting point A, distance covered is v) Acceleration
AB + BC + CA while the displacement is zero.
❖ This is the change of velocity per unit time. It
is a vector quantity.
change in velocity
Acceleration =
time taken
Acceleration = final velocity-initial velocity
time taken
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FORM THREE PHYSICS
HANDBOOK LATEST
2024
[With well drawn diagrams, solved examples and questions for exercise]
LABO ATOMS.
, lOMoAR cPSD| 37664106
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Page 2
BRIEF PERSONAL PROFILE Page 2
GUIDELINES IN MY LIFE Page 2
Chapter 1 LINEAR MOTION Page 3
Chapter 2 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION Page 12
Chapter 3 WORK, ENERGY, POWER AND Page 19
MACHINES
Chapter 4 REFRACTION OF LIGHT Page 28
Chapter 5 GAS LAWS Page 37
Chapter 6 WAVES II Page 43
Chapter 7 CURRENT ELECTRICITY II Page 51
Chapter 8 HEATING EFFECT OF AN Page 61
ELECTRIC CURRENT
Chapter 9 ELECTROSTATICS II Page 64
Chapter QUANTITY OF HEAT Page 71
10
2
, lOMoAR cPSD| 37664106
Chapter One LINEAR MOTION
Specific objectives Content
By the end of this topic the leaner should be able to: 1. Distance, displacement, speed, velocity,
acceleration (experimental treatment required)
a) Define distance, displacement, speed, velocity and
acceleration 2. Acceleration due to gravity
b) Describe experiments to determine velocity and • free fall,
acceleration
• Simple pendulum method
c) Determine acceleration due to gravity
3. Motion- time graphs
d) Plot and explain motion- time graphs
• Displacement-time graphs
e) Apply the equation of uniformly accelerated motion
• Velocity- time graphs
f) Solve numerical questions.
4. Equations of uniformly accelerated motion
5. Problems on uniformly accelerated motion
3
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Introduction iii. Speed
❖ This topic deals with study motion of bodies in a This is the rate of change of distance covered by a
straight line. moving body with time. Speed is a scalar quantity.
distance covered
speed =
Terms Associated with Linear Motion time taken
i. Distance For a body moving with a non-uniform speed,
❖ Distance is the actual length covered by a moving total distance covered
average speed =
total time taken
body. It has no specific direction and it is therefore a
scalar quantity. The SI unit of distance is meter (m) ❖ Instantaneous speed refers to the rate of
change of distance of a moving body at a
point (an instant). The SI unit of speed is the
ii. Displacement, s metre per second (ms-1)
❖ This is the distance covered by a moving body in a
specified direction. Displacement is therefore a
iv. Velocity
vector quantity. The SI unit of displacement is metre
(m) ❖ This is the rate of change of displacement
with time. It can also be defined as the speed
Illustrating distance and displacement
in a specified direction. Velocity is therefore a
Consider the diagram below showing motion of a vector quantity.
body starting from point A and moving in the direction
change in displacement
shown. velocity =
time taken
For a body moving with a varying
velocity,
average velocity = total displacement.
total time taken
a) At point B, distance covered is AB while the ❖ The SI unit of velocity is the metre per second
displacement of the body is AB in the direction AB (ms-1).
b) At point C, distance covered is AB + BC while the
displacement is AC in the direction AC
c) When back at starting point A, distance covered is v) Acceleration
AB + BC + CA while the displacement is zero.
❖ This is the change of velocity per unit time. It
is a vector quantity.
change in velocity
Acceleration =
time taken
Acceleration = final velocity-initial velocity
time taken
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