ADITYA VIDYASHRAM RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
PORAIYUR, VILLIYANUR, PUDUCHERRY
PHYSICS – CHECK LIST
Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields
Electric charges.
Conservation of charge.
Coulomb's law-force between two- point charges
Forces between multiple charges
Superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
Electric field.
Electric field due to a point charge.
Electric field lines.
Electric dipole
Electric field due to a dipole along its axial line.
Electric field due to a dipole along its equatorial line.
Torque on a dipole in uniform electric field.
Electric flux.
Statement of Gauss's theorem and its applications.
Electric field due to infinitely long straight wire.
Electric field due to uniformly charged infinite plane sheet.
Electric field due to uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside).
Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Electric potential, potential difference.
Electric potential due to a point charge.
Electric potential due to a dipole and special case.
A dipole and system of charges.
Equipotential surfaces
Electrical potential energy of a system of two-point charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic
field.
Conductors and insulators
Free charges and bound charges inside a conductor.
Dielectrics and electric polarization.
Capacitors and capacitance.
Combination of capacitors in series and in parallel.
Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates.
Energy stored in a capacitor .
Chapter–3: Current Electricity
Electric current
Flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor
Drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current.
Ohm's law.
V-I characteristics -linear and non-linear – graph.
Electrical energy and power.
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Temperature dependence of resistance
Internal resistance of a cell
Potential difference and emf of a cell
Combination of cells in series and in parallel
Kirchhoff's rules.
Wheatstone bridge.
Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magnetism
Concept of magnetic field.
Oersted's experiment.
Biot - Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop.
Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire.
Straight solenoid.
Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields.
Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field.
Force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere.
Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field.
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment.
Moving coil galvanometer
Current sensitivity
Conversion Galvano meter into ammeter and voltmeter.
Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter
Bar magnet
Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid
Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis
Perpendicular to its axis
Torque on a magnetic dipole
Magnetic field lines.
Magnetic properties of materials- Para-, dia- and ferro -
magnetic substances with examples.
Magnetization of materials and effect of temperature on magnetic prop.
Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction
Electromagnetic induction
Faraday's laws.
Induced EMF and current;
Lenz's Law
Self and mutual induction.
Chapter–7: Alternating Current
Alternating currents,
Peak and RMS value of alternating current/voltage.
Reactance and impedance
Ac circuit with resistor.
Ac circuit with capacitor.
Ac circuit with inductor.
LCR series circuit (phasors only)
Resonance.
Power in AC circuits
Power factor.
Wattless current.
AC generator,.
Transformer.
Problem
Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves
Displacement current
Electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic characteristic
Transverse nature.
Electromagnetic spectrum
Microwaves, infrared, visible.
ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.
Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
Reflection of light
Spherical mirrors
Mirror formula
Total internal reflection
Optical fibres
Refraction at spherical surface
LENSES
Thin lens formula
Lens maker’s formula
Magnification, power of a lens
Combination of thin lenses in contact
Refraction of light through a prism
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS:
Simple Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying
powers.
Compound microscope & magnification.
Problem.
Chapter–10: Wave Optics
Wave front
Huygen’s principle
Reflection of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts.
Refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts.
Proof of laws of reflection Huygen’s principle
Refraction using Huygen’s principle.
Interference
Young's double slit experiment and expression for fringe width
Coherent sources
sustained interference of light
Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maxima.
Problem.
Chapter–11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Dual nature of radiation
Photoelectric effect
Laws of photo electric effect.
Characteristic of photon.
Hertz and Lenard's observations
Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light.
Experimental study of photoelectric effect
Matter waves
Wave nature of particles
De-Broglie wavelength of matter waves.
De-Broglie wavelength of electron.
Chapter–12: Atoms
Alpha-particle scattering experiment.
Rutherford's model of atom
Bohr model of hydrogen atom.
Expression for radius of nth possible orbit.
Velocity and energy of electron in nth orbit.
hydrogen line spectra.
Chapter–13:
Nuclei Composition and size of nucleus.
Nuclear force Mass-energy relation.
Mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number
Nuclear fission.
Nuclear fusion.
Chapter–14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
Energy bands in conductors,
Semiconductors and insulators
Intrinsic semiconductors.
Extrinsic semiconductors.
P Type semiconductor.
N type semiconductor.
P-N junction Semiconductor diode.
Diode I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias.
Half wave rectifier.
Full wave rectifier.
Filter circuit.
