Description

This book covers the Physics content specified in the Victorian Certificate of Education Physics Study Design. Sample data has been included for suggested experiments to give you practice to  reinforce practical work in class.
Each book in the Surfing series contains a summary, with occasional more detailed sections, of all the mandatory parts of the syllabus, along with questions and answers.
All types of questions – multiple choice, short response, structured response and free response – are provided.
Questions are written in exam style so that you will become familiar with the concepts of the topic and answering questions in the required way.
Answers to all questions are included.
A topic test at the end of the book contains an extensive set of summary questions. These cover every aspect of the topic, and are useful for revision and exam practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Words to Watch
Area of Study 1 How Can Motion Be Described and Explained?
1 Distance and Displacement
2 Working Out Directions Another Way
3 Speed
4 Velocity
5 Acceleration
6 Scalars and Vectors
7 Resolution of Vectors
8 Adding and Subtracting Vectors
9 Using the Equations of Motion
10 Displacement-Time Graphs 1
11 Displacement-Time Graphs 2
12 Velocity-Time Graphs 1
13 Velocity-Time Graphs 2
14 Analysing Experimental Data
15 Impulse and Momentum
16 Colliding Objects 1
17 Colliding Objects 2
18 Colliding Objects 3
19 Colliding Objects 4
20 Analysing Experimental Data
21 Mass, Weight and the Force of Gravity
22 Analysing an Experiment – An Object Falling Freely
23 Newton’s First Law of Motion and Inertia
24 Analysing Two Motion Experiments
25 Force and Acceleration
26 Newton’s Force Equation
27 Analysing More Motion Experiments
28 Newton’s Third Law
20 Contact Forces
30 Limitations of Newton’s Laws of Motion
31 Calculating Torque
32 Analysing a Torque Experiment
33 Hooke’s Law
34 Kinetic Energy (EK)
35 Gravitational Potential Energy (EP)
36 Energy Transformations Near the Earth’s Surface
37 Energy Stored in Springs
38 Work, Energy, Force and Power
39 Work Done by Forces
40 Efficiency of Energy Transfer
Topic Test
Answers
Data Sheet
Periodic Table
Index