PHYSICS SS2 FIRST TERM

IN THIS TERM, LEARNERS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR THE FOLLOWING IN DETAIL:

1 HEAT ENERGY 
Temperature and its measurement 
Types of thermometers 
Absolute scale of temperature
2HEAT ENERGY MEASUREMENT 
Concept of specific heat capacity 
i) Its measurement 
ii) Its significance
3. HEAT ENERGY MEASUREMENT 
Latent heat 
Evaporation, boiling and 
sublimation 
Relative humidity and due point
4 GAS LAWS 
Measurement of gas pressure 
Barometers in practical use 
Boyle’s Law and its application 
Charles Law and its application 
The pressure law 
The general gas law
5 PRODUCTIONS AND 
PROPAGATION OF WAVES 
Production of mechanical waves 
Pulsating system
i) Energy transmitted with definite 
speed, frequency and wavelength 
Wave form 
i) Description and graphical 
representation 
Mathematical relationships among: 
f, λ, T and V
6.TYPES AND PROPERTIES OF 
WAVES 
Longitudinal waves 
Transverse waves 
Wave equation: 
Y= Asin(wt-2πx/λ) 
Properties of waves: 
Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, 
Interference, Polarization
7 LIGHT WAVES 
Sources of light 
Light and matter 
Transmission of light shadows, 
Eclipse, the pinhole camera
8 LIGHT WAVES 
Reflection of light at plane and 
curved surfaces 
Laws of Reflection 
Formation of images by plane and 
curved mirrors 
Application of plane and curved
 Mirrors
9 LIGHT WAVES 
Refraction of light through 
rectangular glass block 
Laws of refraction 
Real and apparent depth 
Total internal reflection 
Critical angle
10 LIGHT WAVES 
Refraction of light through 
triangular glass block 
Angle of minimum deviation 
Totally reflecting prisms