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Define Kepler’s Third Law

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The square of orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the radius of its orbit

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Define inertia

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The tendency of an object to remain at rest or if moving to continue its motion in a straight line at constant velocity.

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Define specific heat capacity

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The heat energy needed to increase the temperature of 1kg substance by 1oC.

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Define momentum

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Product of mass and velocity

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Which law is inertia related to? Define the law

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Newton’s First Law of motion. A body will remain at rest or continue its motion unless acted by an external force

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Define critical angle

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The angle in which the incident angle from medium of higher optical density produces a refraction angle which is 90o in the medium of lower optical density

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Define damping

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Decrease in altitude of oscillating system due to gradual loss of energy

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Define Charles’ Law. What is the formula related?

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The volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its temperature provided the pressure is kept constant.
V/T = V/T

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What is a black body?

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An idealized body which can absorb all EM radiation and emit thermal radiation depending on its temperature.

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Define chain reaction

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when products of a nuclear reaction initiates another similar nuclear reaction

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Define current. Deduce a formula which relates current to charge(Q) and time (t)

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rate of flow of charge in conductor

Q=It

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Define Faraday’s Law

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The induced emf produced is directly proportional to the rate of cutting of magnetic flux

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What is catapult field

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The resultant magnetic field produced from the interaction between magnetic field lines of a permanent magnet and that of a current carrying conductor

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Define the Principle of Conservation of MOmentum

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the total momentum in a closed system is always conserved

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Define Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion

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Every action has a reaction of the same magnitude but in opposite direction.

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Define transverse waves.

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Wave in which vibration of particles in the medium is perpendicular to the direction of propagation

17
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What is parallax error?

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Error in reading the instrument as the eye of the observer and pointer are not perpendicular to the scale

18
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Define thermal equilibrium

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When net heat transfer between two objects in thermal contact is zero

19
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Define Pascal’s principle

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Pressure exerted on the surface of a fluid is transferred uniformly to the entire fluid.

20
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Explain Archimedes principle

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An object immersed partially or fully in a fluid experiences buoyant force equal to the weight of fluid displaced

21
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What principle is related to velocity and pressure of fluid?

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Bernoulli’s principle

22
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Define nuclear fission reaction

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When one large unstable heavy nucleaus splits into 2 or more smaller lighter nuclei while emmitting radioactive energy.

23
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Define Newton’s second Law of Motion

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the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the force acting on it.

24
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What is specific latent heat of vapourisation?

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The amount of heat energy required when changing the state of a 1kg liquid to gas or gas to liquid without changing its temperature

25
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What is destructive interference

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the superposition of 2 waves that is a crests and a trough producing a resultant wave with 0 amplitude

26
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What is resistivity

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The ability of a conductor to oppose the current flow.

27
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Explain Lenz’s Law

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Induced current always flows in a direction opposing the change of magnetic flux

28
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Define half life

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The time taken for an unstable nucleus to reduce to half its original value by releasing radioactive rays

29
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What is thermionic emmision?

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emission of electrons from a heated metal surface

30
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What is an ohmic conductor?

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A conductor which obeys Ohm’s Law

31
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Define impulse

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Rate of change of momentum

32
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Define Boyle’s Law

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The pressure of a fixed mass of gas is inversely proportional to its volume provided the temperature is kept constant

33
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Define Newton’s Universal law of gravitational

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Gravitational force of 2 bodies is directly proportional to the products of mass of two bodies and inversely proportional to the square of distance between the centre of 2 bodies.

34
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What is Kepler’s 2nd Law. What is another name for this law?

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A line that connects the sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas at equal times
- Law of areas

35
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Define electric field

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A region around a charged particle which experiences electric force

36
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Define potential difference. Deduce a formula relating V, W and Q

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The work done to carry 1 coulomb of charge from one point to another point
V=W/Q
(v-voltage, W-work done, q-coulomb)

37
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Define internal resistance

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Resistance caused by electrolyte in the dry cell

38
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What is power?

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Rate of electrical energy being dissipated/ transfer

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