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Velocity formula (waves)

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V=f x wavelength

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Frequency formula

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F=1/T

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Pressure formula

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P=F/a

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Boyles Law

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P1V1=P2V2

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Speed

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Distance travelled per unit time

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Velocity

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Rate of change of displacement

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Acceleration

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Rate of change of velocity

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Newtons first law

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All objects will remain in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by a resultant force

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Newtons second law

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When a resultant force acts upon an object of constant mass, the onject will accelerate in the direction of the resultant force. The productof mass and acceleration if the object gives the resultant force

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Newtons third law

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When object A exerts a force on object B, object B will exert an equal amd opposite force on object A

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Acceleration due to gravity

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Constant rate of change of velocity and the value is 10m/s2

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Mass

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Amount of matter in a body

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Weight

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Gravitational force acting on an object

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Inertia

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The reluctance of a body to change its state of rest or motion due to its mass

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Gravitational field

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Region in which a mass experiences a force due to gravitational attraction

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Gravitational field strength

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Gravitational force acting per unit mass

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Wave motion

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A periodic motion which transfers energy from one place to another without any transfer of matter

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Transverse waves

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A wave that travels in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the vibration of particles

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Longitudinal waves

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A wave that travels in a direction parallel to the direction of the vibration of the particles

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Wavefront

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An imaginary line on a wave that joins all the points which have the same phase of vibration

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Frequency

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The number of complete waves produced per second

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Wavelegnth

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The distance between 2 consecutive crests or troughs
SI Unit: m

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Period

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Time taken to produce one complete wave

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Amplitude

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Maximum displacement from rest position
SI Unit: m

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Pressure
Force acting normally per unit area
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Brownian motion
The constant and random motion of heavier suspended particles caused by the uneven collisions of surrounding lighter, fast moving particles in the fluid, causing the heavier particles to move in the direction of the resultant force
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Heat capacity
The amount of thermal energy required to change the temperature of an substance by 1C or 1K
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Specific heat capacity
The amount of thermal energy required to change the temperature of 1 kg of substance by 1C or 1K
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Latent heat
The amount of thermal energy required to change the state of a substance without a change in temperature
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Latent heat of vaporisation (specific)
The amount of thermal energy required to change the state of (1kg) of substance from liquid to gaseous or vice versa without a change in temperature
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Latent heat of fusion (specific)
The amount of thermal energy required to change (1kg) of a substance from solid state to liquid state or vice versa without a change in temperature
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Law of electrostatic
Unlke charges attract and like charges repel
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Pressure
Force acting normally per unit area
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Pascals Principle (liquids)
Pressure exerted anywhere in a confined liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions throughout the liquid
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Atmospheric pressure
Pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere or the pressure at any location on earth caused by the weight of the column of air above it 760mm Hg
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Velocity Speed
Rate of change of displacement/distance
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Acceleration
Rate of change of velocity
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Phase
any 2 points moving in the same direction and have the same speed and the same displacement from the equilibrium position (any 2 crests or troughs are always in phase)
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Compressions Rarefaction
regions where the medium’s density is higher than the surrounding density regions where the medium’s density is lower than the surrounding density
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Speed (waves)
distance moved by a wave in one second.
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Temperature
Measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a body
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Heat
Measure of how much thermal energy is transferred from one body to another
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Phase change
change in state of matter without change in temperature
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Static electricity
imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material or between materials
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law of electrostatic
like charges repel and unlike charges attract
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triboelectric series
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Electric field line
path a positive charge would take in an electric field
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Current
rate of flow of electric charge through a given cross section of a conductor
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emf
across battery work done by the source in driving a unit charge around a complete circuit
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pd
across component pd of a component in an electric circuit is the work done to drive a unit charge through the component
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resistance
resistance of a component is a ratio of the pd across the component to the current flowing through the component
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Ohms Law
current passing through a metallic conductor is directly proportional to the pd across it, provided that physical conditions remain constant
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Power
rate of dissipation of energy
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kWh
1 kWh is the amount of electrical energy used by a 1kW appliance in 1 hour
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magnetic field
region surrounding a magnet, in which a body of magnetic material experiences a magnetic force
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law of emi
phenomenon of inducing an emf in a circuit by changing the magnetic field
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faradays law
magnitude of induced emf in a circuit is directly proportional to the rate of change in magnetic flux in a circuit
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lenz law
the direction of induced emf is always such that the magnetic effect opposes the motion or change producing it
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conservation of energy law
energy can neither be created or destroyed but it can be changed from one form to another or transferred from one body to another
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centre of gravity
point through which the weight of a body acts for any orientation of the body
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principles of moments
sum of clockwise moments about a point = sum of anticlockwise moments about a point
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moment/torque
turning effect of a force about a pivot is the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the pivot to the line of action of the force
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force
a push or a pulla acting on an object due to its interaction with another object

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