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PHYSICS
Table of contents
1. Force and Motion
2. Work and Energy
3. Rotational and Circular Motion
4. Waves
5. Thermodynamics
6. Electrostatics
7. Current Electricity
8. Electromagnetism
9. Electromagnetic Induction
10. Electronics
11. Dawn of Modern Physics
12. Atomic Spectra
13. Nuclear Physics23
PMC National MDCAT Syllabus for the Subject of
Physics
Force
and Motion
⮚ Displacement
⮚ Velocity
⮚ Displacement-time graph
⮚ Acceleration
⮚ Uniform acceleration
⮚ Variable acceleration
⮚ Graphical representation of acceleration with
velocity time graph
⮚ Newton's laws of motion
⮚ Newton's first law of motion
⮚ Newton's second law of motion
⮚ Newton's third law of motion
⮚ Linear Momentum
⮚ Law of conservation of momentum
⮚ Collision
⮚ Elastic collision
⮚ Elastic collision in one dimension
⮚ Elastic collision in one dimension under different
cases
⮚ Projectile motion
⮚ Characteristics of projectile motion
⮚ Time of flight
⮚ maximum height
⮚ Horizontal range
Learning
Outcomes
⮚ Describe displacement.
⮚ Describe average velocity of objects.
⮚ Interpret displacement-time graph of objects
moving along the same straight line.
⮚ Define uniform acceleration
⮚ Distinguish between, uniform and variable
acceleration.
⮚ Explain that projectile motion is two-dimensional
motion in a vertical plane.
⮚ Communicate the ideas of a projectile in the
absence of air resistance.
⮚ Horizontal component (VH) of velocity is constant.
⮚ Acceleration is in the vertical direction and is
the same as that of a vertically free-falling
object.
⮚ The horizontal motion and vertical motion are
independent of each other.
⮚ Evaluate using equations of uniformly accelerated
motion that for a given initial velocity
of frictionless projectile.
⮚ How higher does it go?
⮚ How far would it go along the level land?24
⮚ Where would it be after a given time?
⮚ How long will it remain in air?
⮚ Determine for a projectile launched from ground
height.
⮚ Launch angle that results in the maximum range.
⮚ Relation between the launch angles that result in
the same range.
⮚ Apply Newton’s laws to explain the motion of
objects in a variety of context.
⮚ Describe the Newton’s second law of motion as rate
of change of momentum.
⮚ Correlate Newton’s third law of motion and
conservation of momentum.
⮚ Solve different problems of elastic and inelastic
collisions between two bodies in one
dimension by using law of conservation of momentum.
⮚ Describe that momentum is conserved in all
situations.
⮚ Identify that for a perfectly elastic collision,
the relative speed of approach is equal to
the relative speed of separation.
Work
and Energy
⮚ work
⮚ Energy
⮚ Kinetic energy
⮚ Potential energy
⮚ Gravitational potential energy
⮚ Power
Learning
Outcomes
⮚ Describe the concept of work in terms of the
product of force F and displacement d in
the direction of force (Work as scalar product of F
and d).
⮚ Define Energy
⮚ Explain Kinetic Energy
⮚ Explain the Difference between Potential energy
and gravitational Potential energy.
⮚ Describe that the gravitational PE is measured
from a reference level and can be positive
or negative, to denote the orientation from the
reference level.
⮚ Express power as scalar product of force and
velocity.
⮚ Explain that work done against friction is
dissipated as heat in the environment.
⮚ State the implications of energy losses in
practical devices
Rotational
and Circular Motion
⮚ Angular displacement
⮚ Revolution
⮚ Degree
⮚ Radian
⮚ Angular velocity
⮚ Relation between linear and angular variables
⮚ Relation between linear and angular
displacements25
⮚ Relation between linear and angular velocities
⮚ Relation between linear and angular accelerations
⮚ Centripetal force
⮚ Forces causing centripetal acceleration
Learning
Outcomes
⮚ Define angular displacement, express angular
displacement in radians.
⮚ Define Revolution, degree and Radian
⮚ Define and Explain the term Angular Velocity
⮚ Find out the relationship between the following:
⮚ Relation between linear and angular variables
⮚ Relation between linear and angular displacements
⮚ Relation between linear and angular velocities
⮚ Relation between linear and angular accelerations
⮚ solve problems using centripetal force F = mrω², F
= mv² /r.
Waves
⮚ Progressive waves
⮚ Crest
⮚ Trough
⮚ Amplitude
⮚ Wavelength
⮚ Time period and frequency
⮚ Types of progressive waves
⮚ Transverse waves
⮚ Longitudinal waves
⮚ Periodic waves
⮚ Transverse periodic waves
⮚ Longitudinal periodic waves
⮚ Speed of sound in air
⮚ Principle of superposition/ superposition of sound
waves
⮚ Stationary waves/ standing waves
⮚ Stationary waves in a stretched string/fundamental
frequency and harmonics
⮚ Doppler effect
⮚ Observer is moving towards a stationary source
⮚ Observer is moving away from a stationary source
⮚ When the source is moving towards the stationary
observer
⮚ When the source is moving away from the stationary
observer
⮚ Simple harmonic motion (SHM)
⮚ Characteristics of simple harmonic motion
⮚ Instantaneous displacement
⮚ Amplitude26
⮚ Vibration
⮚ Time period
⮚ Frequency
⮚ Angular frequency
Learning
Outcomes
⮚ Describe what is meant by wave motion as
illustrated by vibrations in ropes and springs.
⮚ Demonstrate that mechanical waves require a medium
for their propagation while
electromagnetic waves do not.
⮚ Define and apply the following terms to the wave
model; medium, displacement,
amplitude, period, compression, rarefaction, crest,
trough, wavelength, velocity.
⮚ Solve problems using the equation: v = fl.
⮚ Describe that energy is transferred due to a
progressive wave.
⮚ Compare transverse and longitudinal waves.
⮚ Explain that speed of sound depends on the
properties of medium in which it propagates
and describe Newton’s formula of speed of waves.
⮚ Describe the Laplace correction in Newton’s
formula for speed of sound in air.
⮚ Identify the factors on which speed of sound in
air depends.
⮚ Describe the principle of superposition of two
waves from coherent sources.
⮚ Describe the phenomenon of interference of sound
waves.
⮚ Explain the formation of stationary waves using
graphical method
⮚ Define the terms, node and antinodes.
⮚ Describe modes of vibration of strings.
⮚ Describe formation of stationary waves in vibrating
air columns.
⮚ Explain the principle of Super position
⮚ Explain S.H.M and explain the Characteristics of
S.H.M.
Thermodynamics
⮚ First law of thermodynamics
⮚ Specific heat and Molar specific heat / specific
heat capacity
Learning
Outcomes
⮚ Describe that thermal energy is transferred from a
region of higher temperature to a
region of lower temperature.
⮚ Differentiate between Specific heat and Molar
Specific Heat.
⮚ Calculate work done by a thermodynamic system
during a volume change.
⮚ Describe the first law of thermodynamics expressed
in terms of the change in internal
energy, the heating of the system and work done on
the system.
⮚ Explain that first law of thermodynamics expresses
the conservation of energy.
⮚ Define the terms, specific heat and molar specific
heats of a gas.
⮚ Apply first law of thermodynamics to derive Cp –
Cv = R.
Electrostatics27
⮚ Coulomb’s Law
⮚ Coulomb’s law in material media
⮚ Electric field and its intensity
⮚ Electric field intensity due to an infinite sheet
of charge
⮚ Electric field intensity between two oppositely
charged parallel plates
⮚ Electric potential
⮚ Capacitor
⮚ Capacitance of a capacitor and its unit
⮚ Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor
⮚ Energy Stored in a Capacitor
⮚ Charging and Discharging a Capacitor
Learning
Outcomes
⮚ State Coulomb’s law and explain that force between
two-point charges is reduced in a
medium other than free space using Coulomb’s law.
⮚ Describe the concept of an electric field as an
example of a field of force.
⮚ Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
electric field at a point due to two charges
with the same or opposite signs.
⮚ Sketch the electric field lines for two-point
charges of equal magnitude with same or
opposite signs.
⮚ Describe and draw the electric field due to an
infinite size conducting plate of positive
or negative charge.
⮚ Define electric potential at a point in terms of
the work done in bringing unit positive
charge from infinity to that point.
⮚ Define the unit of potential.
⮚ Derive an expression for electric potential at a
point due to a point charge.
⮚ Explain polarization of dielectric of a capacitor.
⮚ Demonstrate charging and discharging of a
capacitor through a resistance.
Current Electricity
⮚ OHM’s Law
⮚ Electrical resistance
⮚ Specific resistance or resistivity
⮚ Effect of temperature on resistance
⮚ Temperature coefficient of resistance
⮚ Variation of resistivity with temperature
⮚ Internal resistance of a supply
⮚ Electric power
⮚ Unit of electric power
⮚ Kilowatt-hours
⮚ Kirchhoff’s Rule
⮚ Kirchhoff’s current law28
⮚ Kirchhoff’s voltage law
⮚ Procedure of Kirchhoff’s law for Problem solution
⮚ Potentiometer
Learning Outcomes
⮚ Describe the concept of steady current.
⮚ State Ohm’s law.
⮚ Define resistivity and explain its dependence upon
temperature.
⮚ Explain the internal resistance of sources and its
consequences for external circuits.
⮚ Describe the conditions for maximum power
transfer.
⮚ Apply Kirchhoff’s first law as conservation of
charge to solve problem.
⮚ Apply Kirchhoff’s second law as conservation of
energy to solve problem.
Electromagnetism
⮚ Magnetic field
⮚ Magnetic Flux
⮚ Magnetic Flux Density
Learning outcome
⮚ Define magnetic flux density and its units.
⮚ Describe the concept of magnetic flux (Ø) as
scalar product of magnetic field (B) and
area (A) using the relation ØB = B┴ A=B.A.
⮚ Describe quantitatively the path followed by a
charged particle shot into a magnetic field
in a direction perpendicular to the field.
⮚ Explain that a force may act on a charged particle
in a uniform magnetic field.
Electromagnetic Induction
⮚ Electromagnetic induction
⮚ Faraday’s Law
⮚ Lenz’s Law
⮚ Lenz’s Law and conservation of energy
⮚ Generating electricity- Alternating Current
Generator
⮚ Transformers
Learning Outcomes
⮚ State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
⮚ Account for Lenz’s law to predict the direction of
an induced current and relate to the
principle of conservation of energy.
⮚ Describe the construction of a transformer and
explain how it works.
⮚ Describe how set-up and step-down transformers can
be used to ensure efficient
transfer of electricity along cables.29
Electronics
⮚ Rectification
Learning Outcomes
⮚ Define rectification and describe the use of
diodes for half and full wave rectifications.
Dawn of Modern Physics
⮚ The wave nature of particles
⮚ The wave-particle duality
Learning Outcomes
⮚ Explain the particle model of light in terms of
photons with particular energy and
frequency.
⮚ Explain how the very short wavelength of electrons,
and the ability to use electrons and
magnetic fields to focus them, allows electron
microscope to achieve very high
resolution.
⮚ Describe uncertainty principle.
Atomic Spectra
⮚ Atomic Spectra/Line Spectrum
Learning Outcomes
⮚ Describe and explain Atomic Spectra/Line Spectrum.
⮚ Show an understanding of the existence of discrete
electron energy levels in isolated
atoms (e.g. atomic hydrogen) and deduce how this
leads to spectral lines.
Nuclear Physics
⮚ Spontaneous and random nuclear decay/ the Law of
Radioactive Decay
⮚ Half Life and rate of decay
⮚ Biological effects of Radiation
⮚ Biological and Medical Uses of Radiation
Learning Outcomes
⮚ Describe a simple model for the atom to include
protons, neutrons and electrons.
⮚ Identify the spontaneous and random nature of
nuclear decay.
⮚ Describe the term half-life and solve problems
using the equation
⮚ Describe Biological effects of radiation state and
explain the different medical uses of radiation.