PHYSICS SS 2 THIRD TERM

-Electrical conduction through liquids(Electrolysis)

i) Electrolytes and non-electrolytes

ii) Dynamics of charged particles(ions) in electrolytes

iii) Voltameter

iv) Examples of electrolysis

-Faraday’s law of electrolysis

-Applications of electrolysis

-Conduction of electricity through gases

-Hot cathode, thermionic emission

-The diode valve

-Application of hot cathode(thermionic) emission

i) Cathode-ray oscilloscope

-Electric force between point charges(coulomb’s law)

-Concept of electric field

i) Electric field intensity

ii) Electric potential

-Capacitors and Capacitances

i) Definition

ii) Arrangement of capacitors

-Energy stored in a capacitor

-Application of capacitors

-Concept of magnetic field

i) Properties of magnet

ii) Magnetic flux and flux density

-Magnetic field around:

i) A bar magnet

ii) A straight conductor carrying current

iii) A solenoid

-Methods of making magnets

-Methods of demagnetization

-Magnetic properties of iron and steel

-Magnetic screening or shielding

-Electromagnets and application of electromagnet

-Temporary magnet

i) The electric bell

ii) Telephone earpiece, etc

-The earth’s magnetic field

i) Magnetic elements of a place

*Angle of declination

*Angle of dip

*Horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field

-Bar magnet in earth’s field: Neutral point

-Mariner’s compass

-Magnetic force on a charge moving in a magnetic field

-Concept of electromagnetic field

-Interaction between magnetic field and currents in:

i) A current –carrying wire in a magnetic field;

ii) A current-carrying solenoid in a magnetic field

-Applications of electromagnetic field:

i) Electric motor

ii) Moving coil galvanometer

-Electromagnetic induction

-Faraday’s law

-Lenz’s law

-Motor generator effect

-Eddy currents

-The transformer

-Power transmission

-The induction coil

i. Sum and product of roots

ii. forming quadratic equation given sum and product of root

iii. condition for quadratic equation to have:

- Equal roots (b²=4ac)

- Real roots (b²>4ac)

- No roots (b²<4ac) (complex)

i. Conditions for given line to intersect a curve, be tangent to curve, not intersect a curve.

ii. Solution of problems on roots of quadratic equation

i. Definition of polynomial

a. addition

b. subtraction

c. multiplication

ii. Division of polynomials by a polynomial of lesser degree

i. Reminder theorem

ii. Factor theorem

iii. Factorization of polynomials

i. Roots of cubic equation

a. Sum of roots α+ᵝ+ᵟ = -b/a

b. sum products of two roots

α ᵝ + αᵟ + ᵝᵟ = c/a

c. product of roots αᵝᵟ = -d/a where ax³+bx²+cx+d=0

i. Classical, frequential and axiomative approaches to probability

ii. Sample space and event space

iii. Mutually exclusive, independent and conditional events.

i. Conditional probability

ii. Probability trees

i. Scalar product of vector in three dimensions

ii. Application of scalar product

i. Vector or cross product in three dimensions

ii. Application of cross product

i. Fundamental issues in intelligent system

ii. Fundamental definition

iii. Modelling the world.

i. Introduction to propositional and predicate logical resolution

ii. Introduction to theorem proving

i. Limits of a function

ii. Differentiation from first principle

iii. Differentiation of polynomials

Differentiation of transcendental function such as sin x, e^ax, log 3x

i. Rules of differentiation

ii. Product rule

iii. Quotient rule

iv. Function of function

i. Application of differentiation to

a. rate of change

b. gradient

c. maximum and minimum values

d. equation of motion

i. Higher derivatives

ii. Differentiation of implicit functions.

i. Pascal triangle

ii. Binomial expression of (a+b)ⁿ where n is +ve integer, -ve integer or fractional value

i. Finding nth term

ii. Application of binomial expansion

i. Definition of circle

ii. Equation of circle given centre and radius

i. General equation of a circle

a. finding centre and radius of a given circle

b. finding equation of a circle given the end point of the diameter

c. equation of a circle passing through three points.

i. Equation of tangent to a circle

ii. Length of tangent to a circle