Physics
Suitable Age Group: Ages 14–17
Grade Reference
| 🇺🇸 United States | Grade 9 (Freshman) |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Year 9 |
| 🇮🇳 India | Class 9 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | JSS 3 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | Grade 9 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | Year 9 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | Grade 9 |
About This Textbook
This textbook covers the scope and sequence requirements of a typical one-year physics course. The text provides comprehensive coverage of physical concepts, quantitative examples and skills, and interesting applications.
Table of Contents
What is Physics? — Motion in One Dimension — Acceleration — Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion — Motion in Two Dimensions — Circular and Rotational Motion — Newton’s Law of Gravitation — Momentum — Work, Energy, and Simple Machines — Special Relativity — Thermal Energy, Heat, and Work — Thermodynamics — Waves and Their Properties — Sound — Light — Mirrors and Lenses — Diffraction and Interference — Static Electricity — Electrical Circuits — Magnetism — The Quantum Nature of Light — The Atom — Particle Physics
