INTRODUCTION

PHYSICS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY DISCIPLINES OF

SCIENCE.
SCIENCE IS A SYSTEMATIZED BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
BASED ON FACTS GATHERED THROUGH
OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS IN ORDER TO
FORMULATE A VERIFIABLE CONCLUSIONS OR LAW
WHICH SERVES AS A BASIS OF TECHNOLOGY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF MAN AND HIS ENVIROMENT.

MAJOR BRANCHES OF SCIENCE

NATURAL SCIENCE
Understanding and description of Nature
Classified as:

Biological
Zoology, Biology, Microbiology

Physical Science
PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY
SOCIAL SCIENCE- deals with human behavior which is focused

on the social and cultural aspects of society.

PSYCHOLOGY, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, ETHICS

APPLIED SCIENCE- which is the application of theoretical

sciences such as ENGINEERING PROGRAMS

BASIC SCIENCE
PHYSICS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE OF THE WORLD

OF NATURE. IT DEALS WITH THE STUDY OF MATTER,

ENERGY AND THEIR INTERACTIONS.
IT EXPLAINS AND DESCRIBES THE PHYSICAL
HAPPENINGS IN THE UNIVERSE.
IT CAN ALSO BE DEFINED AS A SCIENCE OF
MEASUREMENT.

BRANCHES OF PHYSICS
CLASSICAL PHYSICS
1.

MECHANICS- Study of forces acting on bodies at rest or in

motion. It is often referred to as NEWTONIAN
MECHANICS

KINEMATIC
STATICS

DYNAMICS

2.

OPTICS THE STUDY OF LIGHT

PHYSICAL NATURE, PROPERTIES AND PROPAGATION OF

LIGHT
PHYSIOLOGICAL- LIGHT AND VISION
GEOMETRICAL REFLECTION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT IN
MIRRORS AND LENSES

BRANCHES OF PHYSICS
3. ACOUSTICS NATURE AND PROPAGATION OF SOUND
WAVES
4. THERMODYNAMICS- Temperature, Energy, heat flow
5. ELECTROMAGNETISM- Electric Current and Magnetism
ELECTROSTATICS Electric Charges at Rest
ELECTRODYNAMICS- Study of Moving Charges

BRANCHES OF PHYSICS
MODERN PHYSICS- Behavior of matter and energy under

extreme conditions such as quantum effects.

Atomic components,structures and properties of atoms
Nuclear- evolutions of atomic nuclei
Quantum- indivisible units of energy called quanta in quantum

theory
SOLID ESTATE
PLASMA
RELATIVISTIC

MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION -Method for expressing and working

with very large or very small numbers.

MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION

MULTIPLICATION

DIVISION

SQUARE ROOT

EXERCISES

TRIGONOMETRY

LAW OF SINES AND COSINES

SOLVED PROBLEMS

EXERCISES

MEASUREMENT
DEFINE MEASUREMENT
NAME AND DIFFERENTIATE THE SYSTEMS OF

MEASUREMENT
CLASSIFY PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
NAME THE SYSTEM OF UNITS
SOLVE PROBLEMS ON CONVERSION

-ORIENTATION
-UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS
-VECTORS

INTRODUCTION TO VECTORS

SOLVED PROBLEMS

NEWTONS LAW

ADDING 2 EQUATIONS:

EXERCISES