Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- use quantities and units in accordance with the SI system
- create and analyse graphs
- solve problems about motion in one or two dimensions
- solve problems involving forces
- solve problems about thermal energy
- apply the concepts of work and power and the laws of conservation of energy and momentum in solving physics problems
- seek, analyse and evaluate information related to physics
- discuss the validity of physical models in various contexts

Content

- SI system
- kinematics
- using vectors in kinematics and dynamics
- Newton’s laws
- work, power, efficiency
- energy
- momentum
- heat transfer
- thermal expansion
- specific heat capacity

Qualifications

High school mathematics courses (higher or subsidiary level)
OR
Primary+secondary school and vocational school mathematics curriculum
OR
equivalent skills