NMAT Physics
Suggested Study Plan
❖ Mechanics
Week 1
Suggested Time Plan: 8 hrs
Describing Motion with Graphical Analysis
o Scalars and Vectors
o Definition of Kinematics Terms: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
o Interpreting Motion Graphs: position-time, velocity-time graphs
o acceleration-time graphs
Motion with Constant Acceleration
o Equations of Motion
o Applications of equations to Vertical Motion and Free Fall
o Applications of equations to Horizontal Motion
Projectile Motion
o Projectile Definition
o Projectile Motion Trajectory
o Horizontal and Vertical Velocity or Projectiles
Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
o Weight and Normal Force
o Friction
o Free Body Diagrams.
o Newton's First Law (Law of Inertia)
o Newton's Second Law (Law of Acceleration)
o Newton’s Third Law (Law of Interaction)
o Newton’s Law of Gravitation
o Momentum and Impulse
o Law of Momentum Conservation
Week 2
Suggested Time Plan: 6 hrs
Circular and Rotational Motion.
o Uniform Circular Motion
o Centripetal vs Centrifugal Force
o Centripetal Acceleration.
o Torque
o Moment of Inertia
o Angular Velocity and Angular Momentum
Work, Energy, and Power
o Work
o Kinetic Energy
o Gravitational Potential Energy
o Hooke's Law
o Conservation of Energy
o Power and Power Rating
Fluids
o Fluids and Fluid Pressure
o Pascal's Principle
o Buoyant Force and Archimedes’ Principle
o Bernoulli’s Principle
❖ Thermodynamics (Week 3)
Suggested Time Plan: 4 hrs
Heat
o Temperature vs Heat
o Heat Transfer and Thermal Equilibrium
o Latent Heat and Phase Change
o Heat Transfer Equation
o Factors Affecting Rate of Heat Transfer
o Thermal Expansion
o Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Thermodynamic Systems and Gases
o Thermodynamic Systems
o Laws of Thermodynamics
o Thermodynamic Processes
o Heat Engines and the Carnot Cycle
o Gas Variables
o Gas Laws: Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, Avogadro's Law, Ideal Gas Law
❖ Electricity and Magnetism (Week 3)
Suggested Time Plan: 4 hrs
Electricity and Magnetism
o Electric Charges and Electrostatic Force (Coulomb’s Law)
o Circuit Components
o Circuit Variables: Electric Current, Voltage, Resistance, Power
o Ohm’s Law
o Series vs Parallel Circuits
o Capacitors
o Magnetic Field, Magnetic Force, and Flux Lines.
o Electromagnetic Induction
❖ Vibrations, Waves, and Optics (Week 4)
Suggested Time Plan: 8 hrs
Wave Basics and Wave Properties
o Wave variables: frequency (f), period (T), wavelength (λ), and velocity (v)
o Law of Reflection
o Key Terms: Normal, Angle of Incidence, Angle of Reflection, Total Internal Reflection,
Critical Angle
Refraction, Dispersion, and Diffraction
o Why Light Refracts
o Refractive Index
o Snell’s Law
o Dispersion
o Diffraction and Young’s Double-Slit Experiment
o Interference
o Diffraction Grating
Images, Lenses, and Mirrors
o Real and Virtual Images
o Law of Reflection
o Image Formed in a Plane Mirror
o Converging vs Diverging Lenses/Mirrors
o Concave vs Convex Lenses/Mirrors
o Ray Diagrams
o Lens/Mirror Equation
o How the Eye Forms Images
o Myopia and Hyperopia
Light and Sound
o Theories of Light
o Light as an Electromagnetic Wave
o Polarized Light
o Electromagnetic Spectrum
o Visible Light and Perception of Color.
o Prisms
o Absorption and Reflection
o Sound Waves
o Sound Variables: Pitch, Intensity, Frequency, Amplitude
o Doppler Effect
❖ Modern Physics (Week 5)
Suggested Time Plan: 2 hrs
Modern Physics
o Quantum and Relativistic Mechanics
o Theory of Special Relativity and General Relativity
o Principles of Quantum Mechanics
o Nucleons and Isotopes
o Radioactive elements and Half-life
o Radioactive decay
o Nuclear fission and Nuclear fusion
❖ Take Physics Practice Tests and Mock Exam (Week 5)
