Official exam-specific scope
- Physical properties and states of matter.
- Mass, weight, volume, density and specific gravity.
- Archimedes principle.
- Pressure and barometer.
- Motion, velocity and acceleration.
- Newton's laws of motion.
- Force and momentum; parallelogram of forces; equilibrium / stability.
- Gravitation.
- Work, power and energy.
- Effects and measurement of heat; change of state and latent heat; heat transfer.
- Sound waves and properties.
- Light, reflection and refraction; mirrors / lenses at elementary level.
- Natural and artificial magnets; Earth as a magnet.
- Static and current electricity.
- Conductors and non-conductors; Ohm's law and simple electrical concepts.
- Heating, lighting and magnetic effects of electric current.
- Measurement of electrical quantities and elementary instruments.
- Elementary working principles of simple mechanical / optical / electrical devices as covered by the notice.