Physics Grade 12 is one of the titles in the Save Buk series specially written for PNG Upper Secondary courses at Grades 11 & 12.

This book gives students concise coverage of the information needed to successfully complete the Grade 12 Physics course. The order of Units in the book follows the order of Units in the Physics Grade 12 syllabus exactly:

Unit 12.1 Fluids

Unit 12.2 Temperature and Heat

Unit 12.3 Waves

Unit 12.4 Electromagnetism

Unit 12.5 Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy

PHYSICS Grade 12: Contents  

Preliminary Unit                                                                      

The importance of physics                    

Unit 12.1 Fluids                                                                                                           

Topic 1: Fluid statics                                                                

Topic 2: Fluid Dynamics                                                           

Unit 12.2 Temperature and Heat                                                                       

Topic 1: Temperature, thermal expansion and heat transfer         

Topic 2: Heat and energy                                                          

Unit 12.3 Waves                                                           

Topic 1: Types of waves                                                           

Topic 2: Reflection of light                                                        

Topic 3: Refraction of light                                                       

Topic 4: Waves and the electromagnetic spectrum                     

Topic 5: Reflection of light – review and extension                     

Topic 6: Refraction – review and extension                                

Enrichment Topic: Vision and the camera                                  

Unit 12.4 Electromagnetism                                        

Topic 1: Magnetic fields                                                           

Topic 2: Magnetism                                                                  

Topic 3: The motor effect                                                         

Topic 4: Electromagnetic induction                                            

Topic 5: More about induction                                                               

Topic 6: Transformers and inductance                                       

Unit 12.5 Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy                                         

Topic 1: The atom and nuclear reactions                                    

Topic 2:  The nuclear reactor and safety                                    

Topic 3:  Nuclear reactions                    

Appendix                                            

List of constants          

Answers