NSW Surfing Physics Focus Area 1

For the new Physics 11-12 Syllabus (2025) for Year 11 2027 / Year 12 2028 implementation

About the Surfing Series

Each Surfing book contains a summary, with occasional more detailed sections, of all the mandatory parts of the syllabus, along with questions and answers.

All types of questions – multiple choice, short response, structured response and free response – are provided. Questions are written in exam style so that you will become familiar with the concepts of the topic and answering questions in the required way. Answers to all questions are included.

A topic test at the end of the book contains an extensive set of summary questions. These cover every aspect of the topic, and are useful for revision and exam practice.

Sample data has been included for suggested experiments to give you practice to reinforce practical work in class.

Contents

• Introduction
• Introduction To Depth Studies
• Words to Watch
• Quantities Of Motion
  • Scalar and Vector Quantities
  • Vectors and Vector Components
• Motion Relationships
  • Analysing Motion Graphs
  • Analysing Motion Data and Constructing Graphs
  • Analysing Relative Velocity
• Forces and Motion
  • Types Of Forces
  • Forces As Vectors
  • Forces and Friction
  • Newton’s Second Law
  • Analysing Motion and Force Experiments
  • Newton’s Third Law Of Motion
  • Masses In Contact and Connected By Strings
  • Objects On Inclined Planes
• Momentum and Energy
  • Forces and Work Done
  • Gravitational Potential Energy
  • Momentum and Impulse
  • Analysing Force-Time
  • The Law Of Conservation Of Momentum
  • Analysing Collision Experiments
  • Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
• Topic Test: Fundamentals Of Mechanics
• Answers
• Data Sheet
• Formulae Sheet
• Index