Pearson Physics 12 Western Australia, 2nd Edition
CHAPTER 1 Practical investigation
1.1 Designing and planning the investigation
1.2 Conducting investigations, and recording and presenting data
1.3 Discussing investigations and drawing evidence-based conclusions
Chapter review
UNIT 3 Gravity and relativity
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND CENTRE OF MASS
Chapter 2 Equilibrium of forces
2.1 Torque
2.2 Equilibrium of forces
2.3 Static equilibrium
Chapter 2 Review
CIRCULAR MOTION IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PLANE
Chapter 3 Circular motion
3.1 Circular motion in a horizontal plane
3.2 Circular motion on banked tracks
3.3 Circular motion in a vertical plane
Chapter 3 Review
GRAVITY
Chapter 4 The force due to gravity
4.1 Newton’s law of universal gravitation
4.2 Gravitational fields
4.3 Work in a gravitational field
4.1 Inclined planes
4.2 Projectiles launched horizontally
4.3 Projectiles launched obliquely
4.7 Satellite motion
Chapter 4 Review
RELATIVITY
Chapter 5 Special relativity
5.1 Einstein’s theory of special relativity
5.2 Time dilation
5.3 Length contraction
Chapter 5 Review
Unit 3 Review
UNIT 4 Electromagnetism and modern physics
ELECTROMAGNETISM
Chapter 6 Electric fields
6.1 Electric fields [TBC]
6.2 Coulomb’s law
6.3 Work done in an electric field
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 7 Magnetic field and force
7.1 The magnetic field
7.2 Forces on charged objects
7.3 The force on a conductor
Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 8 Magnetic field and emf
8.1 Induced emf in a conductor moving in a magnetic field
8.2 Induced emf from a changing magnetic flux
8.3 Transforming voltage using changing magnetic field
8.4 Lenz’s law
Chapter 8 Review
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Chapter 9 Particle accelerators
9.1 Particle accelerators
9.2 Relativistic momentum and energy
Chapter 9 Review
WAVE PARTICLE DUALITY AND THE QUANTUM THEORY
Chapter 10 Wave–particle duality and the quantum theory
10.1 Properties of waves in two dimensions
10.2 Interference: Further evidence for the wave model of light
10.3 Electromagnetic waves
10.4 Light quanta: Blackbody radiation and the photoelectric effect
10.5 Atomic spectra
10.6 The quantum nature of light and matter
Chapter 10 Review
COSMOLOGY
Chapter 11 Cosmology
11.1 Expansion of the universe
Chapter 11 Review
Unit 4 Review
APPENDIX A SI units
APPENDIX B Understanding measurement
APPENDIX C Mathematical skills for physics ATAR
ANSWERS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
ATTRIBUTIONS