Ru’s Notes

This document highlights positive and negative work, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, mechanical energy, the law of conservation of mechanical energy, the work-energy theorem, conservative and non-conservative forces, power and percentage efficiency

This document highlights wave behaviour of light, the photoelectric effect, threshold frequency, the particle theory of light, photons, work function of a metal, maximum kinetic energy of an ejected electron, intensity of electromagnetic radiation, atomic emission spectrum, energy levels and electron transitions

This document highlights Newton’s first, second and third laws, Newton’s law of universal gravitation and apparent weight: person on a scale in an elevator

This document highlights momentum, collisions, change in momentum, conservation of linear momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions and impulse

This document highlights horizontal motion and vertical motion, vectors, scalars, resultant vectors, graphs: position vs time, velocity vs time, acceleration vs time, equations of motion

This document highlights weight, normal force, inclined planes, static and kinetic friction, force diagrams, free body diagrams, finding net parallel and perpendicular forces

This document highlights electric charge, electrostatic forces, Coulomb’s Law, electric field lines and electric field strength

This document highlights magnetic fields, right hand thumb rules, interaction between magnetic fields, the motor affect, Fleming’s left hand rule, DC motors, electromagnetic induction, AC generators, graphs: emf vs time, flux vs time and current vs time, transformers, full wave and half wave rectification

This document highlights series and parallel circuits, cells, emf, potential difference, current, resistance, Ohm’s Law, energy in a circuit, electrical power and internal resistance of a battery

This document highlights redox reactions, oxidising and reducing agents, predicting a spontaneous reaction and oxidation numbers