It is mock-1 time. So please study the study materials specified by the syllabus which we covered and can be found in the followings:
- Your "Explaining Physics" Textbook
Table-1 and Table-II show you where to find the study materials in your textbook. Table-1 lists the study materials in order by sections of your textbook.. The phrase "All " means the complete materials of the section are required and you must study them. If no all is listed, that means you should study the specified topics and
pages. Table-II lists the study materials in order by syllabus topics.
- Lectures in class
Please review your copybook for covered lectures in class.
- Notes on Internet
Please review all the notes put for you on this web-site.
To evaluate your progress please solve problems in
- Past Paper to Study
It is recommended to study all past papers (P1, P2, P3 and P6) starting from 1990 up to 2000. Concentrate on 1999-1995 papers for section-1, section-2, section-3 and section-4. Try to solve all questions that are related to the followings topic :
- Barometers
- Manometers
- Meters readings: voltmeters, ammeters
- Resistors in Series
- Resistors in parallel (2 and 3)
- Speed-time graph
- Length-time measurements
- Mass and force spring meters
- Time measurements
- Weight of objects and weight direction
- Volume measurements using cylinders
- Moment
- Acceleration, constants acceleration, ma=zero
- Potential-Kinetic energy
- Sources of energy and their type:. Chemical, nuclear gravitational, heat, sound, electrical, ...
- Voltage and current measurements
- Energy conversion
- units of physical quantities: work, power, acceleration, energy, voltage, current, charge,
- Pressure comparison at various depths and various liquids
- Load-extension graph
- Equilibrium conditions on a plank
- Units definitions and meaning: voltage, current, charge ...etc
- Drawing of standard circuits from physical layouts
- Work, Energy, and power
- Experiment to measure specific heat
- Thermocouple as a thermometer: action, advantages
- Refraction, refractive index, critical angle
- Apparatus to determine fall in temperature of solutions
- Temperature reading and avoiding parallax error
- boiling and freezing point
- evaporation
- molecular model
- molecular model description of solids, liquids and gases
- heat capacity
- expansion of solids, liquids and gases
- convection, conduction and radiation
- Evaluate wave parameters from its graph: amplitude, wavelength, frequency
- Changing parameters of light in reflection, refraction, diffraction
- Image distance in plane mirrors from the object
- Complete refraction diagram of light
- Explain the action heat related devices based on heat theory
- Draw the image of an object under concave lenses
- Explain the action of thermistors and LDR related control circuits
Textbook Problems
There are questions on each section please try to solve all of them. Also see further questions of forces and motion part-A and part-B (page 44-48).
- School Exams and quizzes
Review previous quizzes and exams. Try to monitor your mistakes and avoid them in the mock-1 exam.
Mock-I Structure
The mock-I is given in two periods as follows:
- Period-I (paper-I): 24 questions in one hour only and it includes the followings:
- Section-1: 20 marks for 20 multiple-choice questions from IGCSE paper P1
- Section-2: 20 marks for 4 short questions from IGCSE paper P2
- Period-II (paper-II): 7 questions in one and half hour and it includes the followings.
- Section-3: 50 marks for five questions from IGCSE paper P3
- Section-4: 10 marks for two practical questions from IGCSE paper P6
The exam is graded based on a 100-points scale and 70% of that will be added to your previous work which worth 30%.
Table-I: First Year Study materials in "Explaining Physics" textbook listed in order by sections |
Section |
Topic in Syllabus |
Page |
Recommended Problems |
All Section 1.1 |
1.1 Length and time
|
8 |
All questions on page 11 |
All Section 1.2 |
1.2 Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
|
12 |
All questions on page 15 |
All Section 1.4 |
1.2 Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
|
18 |
All questions on page 20 |
All Section 1.5 |
1.3 Mass and weight
|
21 |
All questions on page 23 |
All Section 1.6 |
1.3 Mass and weight
|
24 |
All questions on page 24 |
All Section 1.7 |
1.5.d Center of mass
|
28 |
All questions on page 30 |
All Section 1.8 |
1.5.a Effect of forces
|
31 |
All questions on page 33 |
All Section 1.9 |
1.5.a Effect of forces
|
34 |
All questions on page 36 |
All Section 1.10 |
1.5.a Effect of forces
|
37 |
All questions on page 38 |
Review |
Forces and motion |
46-48 |
All part-A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12 Part-B: 1,2,3,4,,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,18, 22,23 |
All Section 2.1 |
1.5.e Scalars and vectors
|
50 |
All questions on page 52 |
All Section 2.2 |
1.5.b Turning effect
1.5.c Conditions of Equilibrium
|
53 |
1-5 on page 57 |
All Section 2.3 |
1.5.d Center of mass
|
61 |
All questions on page 60 |
All Section 2.4 |
1.5.a Effect of forces
|
64 |
All questions on page 63 |
All Section 2.5 |
1.6.a Energy,
|
69 |
All questions on page 68 |
All Section 2.6 |
1.6.b Major and alternative sources of energy
|
73 |
All questions on page 72 |
All Section 2.7 |
1.6.a Energy
|
76 |
All questions on page 75 |
Section 2.8 |
1.6.d Power
|
p77-p79 |
2,3,4,5 |
Review |
Forces, work and energy |
84-86 |
All part-A: All 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,
16,17,18,20,22,23,24 |
All Section 3.1 |
1.4 Density
|
90 |
All questions on page 93 |
All Section 3.2 |
1.6 Pressure
|
94 |
All questions on page 98 |
All Section 3.3 |
1.6 Pressure
|
99 |
1,2,3,6,7,8 |
Section 3.4: |
1.6 Pressure
|
105 |
4 |
All Section 6.1 |
4.2.a Electric Charge
|
230 |
All questions on page 233 |
All Section 6.2 |
4.2.a Electric Charge
|
234 |
1,3,4 |
All Section 6.3 |
4.2.a Electric Charge
|
237 |
1ab,3,4,5 |
All section 6.5 |
4.2.b Current
|
245 |
All questions on page 248 |
All section 6.6 |
4.2.b Current
4.2.d Potential difference
4.2.e Resistance
4.2.f
V/I Characteristics
|
249 |
All questions on page 252 |
All section 6.7 |
4.3 Electric Circuits
|
253 |
All questions on page 257 |
All section 6.8 |
4.2.c Electromotive force
|
258 |
All questions on page 261 |
All section 6.9 |
4.3 Electric Circuits
|
252 |
All questions on page 265 |
All section 6.10
|
4.3 Electric Circuits
|
266 |
1,2,3,5 |
Review |
Electrical energy |
273-278 |
All part-A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,
Part-B: 3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21 |
Table-II: Second Year Study materials in "Explaining Physics" textbook listed in order by sections |
Section |
Topic in Syllabus |
Page |
Notes &Recommended Problems |
Section 4.1 |
2.1.b Molecular Modal |
116-117 |
1,2,3 |
All section 4.3 |
2.2.b Measurement of temperature |
122 |
All questions on page 125 |
Section 4.4 |
2.2.a Expansion of solids |
126-128 |
1,2,3 |
All section 4.5 |
2.2.a Expansion of solids |
130 |
All questions on page 131 |
All section 4.6 |
2.2.a Expansion of liquids |
132 |
All questions on page 133 |
All section 4.7 |
2.2.a Expansion of gases |
134 |
All questions on page 139 |
All section 4.8 |
2.3.a Conduction |
140 |
All questions on page 141 |
All section 4.9 |
2.3.b Convection |
142 |
All questions on page 143 |
All section 4.10 |
2.2.c Thermal Capacity |
144 |
All questions on page 147 |
All section 4.11 |
2.2.d Melting and boiling |
148 |
All questions on page 151 |
All section 4.12 |
2.2.d Melting and boiling |
152 |
All questions on page 155 |
Section 4.13 |
2.2.d Melting and boiling |
158 |
4,5,6 |
Review |
Molecular motion and heat |
160-164 |
All of part-A |
All Section 5.1 |
3.2.a Reflection of light |
169 |
All questions on page 171 |
All Section 5.4 |
3.2.b Refraction of light |
177 |
All questions on page 180 |
Section 5.5 |
3.2.c thin converging lens |
181 |
All questions on page 186 |
All section 5.8 |
3.2.d Dispersion of light |
191 |
All questions on page 194 |
All section 5.9 |
3.1 General waves properties |
195 |
All questions on page 199 |
All section 5.11 |
3.2.e Electromagnetic spectrum |
204 |
All questions on page 207 |
All section 5.12 |
2.3.c Thermal radiations |
208 |
All questions on page 209 |
All section 5.13 |
3.3 sound |
210 |
All questions on page 213 |
All section 5.14 |
3.3 sound |
214 |
All questions on page 217 |
Review |
Light and sound |
224-228 |
All part-A: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Part-B: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,
16,18,20,21,23,24,25,26,29 |
All section 8.1 |
4.6.a Cathode Rays |
324 |
All questions on page 327 |
All section 8.2 |
4.6.b Simple treatment of cathode ray oscilloscope |
328 |
All questions on page 331 |
Section 8.3 |
4.6.c Action and use of circuit components: potential divider, thermistors, LDRs |
332 |
2, 3 |
Review |
Electrical energy |
273-278 |
All part-A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,
Part-B: 3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21 |
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