(Click on the image to Enlarge)
Introduction to Physics is the first chapter in Malaysia Form 4 Physics. Image above shows the mind map of this chapter. As you can see, there are 4 main sub-topics in this chapter. Out of the 4 sub-topics, measuring instruments is the most important. Make sure that you know how to take reading from all the instruments.
The following is the list of topic in this chapter.
- Physical Quantity
- Scientific Notation
- Prefixes
- Classification
- Base quantities
- Derived quantities
- Scalar quantities
- Vector quantities
- Measurement
- Error
- Systematic
- Zero error
- Sources
- reduce ?
- Random
- Parallax error
- Sources
- Reduce ?
- Accuracy
- Relative Error
- Increase ?
- Consistency
- Relative deviation
- Increase ?
- Sensitivity
- Measuring Instrument
- Vernier Caliper
- Micrometer
- Stopwatch
- Thermometer
- Ammeter
- Voltmeter
- Scientific Investigation
- Steps
- Tabulating Data
- Graph
- 1. Analysing
- 2. Drawing
- 1. Axis
- 2. Scale
- 3. Plotting
- 4. Graph line