LIST OF PHYSICS LABELLED DIAGRAMS REQUIRED FOR
SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
Pupils are expected to draw and label these over and
over again till they can memorise them:
- Velocity-time graph to illustrate terminal velocity.
- The simple barometer.
- Diagram to show how conduction takes place in a solid by molecular
vibration and free electron diffusion (for metals).
- Diagram to show convection currents in fluid being heated.
- The laboratory thermometer.
- The clinical thermometer.
- The thermocouple thermometer.
- Diagrams to show arrangement and motion of the particles in the
solid, liquid and gaseous states.
- Diagram to show the process of evaporation at the molecular level.
- The optical fibre transmitting a ray of light.
- A parallel beam of light passing through a converging lens.
- A parallel beam of light passing through a diverging lens.
- Ray diagrams to show the formation of images in the normal eye, a
short-sighted eye and a long-sighted eye.
- Ray diagram to show the use of a converging lens as a camera.
- Ray diagram to show the use of a converging lens as a projector or
photographic enlarger.
- Ray diagrams to show the correction of short-sight by a diverging
lens.
- Ray diagrams to show the correction of long-sight by a converging
lens.
- The main components of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Magnetic field lines round a bar magnet.
- Diagram showing magnetic screening of the field lines produced by
magnets.
- Magnetic field lines round a straight, current-carrying conductor.
- Magnetic field lines produced by a solenoid.
- The simple magnetic relay.
- The loudspeaker.
- Electric field lines round a small positive charge and round a
small negative charge.
- Electric field pattern of two charged bodies placed near each
other with opposite charges on them.
- Circuit symbols for cell, battery, a.c mains, switches (closed and
open), resistors (fixed and variable), light dependent resistors, lamp,
ammeters, voltmeters, magnetising coils, bells, fuses, relays,
light-emitting diodes and rectifying diodes.
- Voltage-current graph for a resistor.
- Voltage-current graph for a filament lamp.
- Wiring in a mains plug.
- Field patterns due to two straight current-carrying wires with
currents flowing in the same direction.
- Field patterns due to two straight current-carrying wires with
currents flowing in opposite directions.
- Structure of the d.c motor.
- Structure of the a.c generator.
- Output voltage with position of coil graph for an a.c generator.
- The simple iron-cored transformer.
- Basic structure of the cathode ray oscilloscope.
- Circuit showing the use of a thermistor as a temperature-operated
alarm.
- Variable potential divider (potentiometer).
- Simple circuit showing the use of a diode to rectify an alternating
current.
- Circuit showing the use of a capacitor in a time-delay circuit.
- The structure of a reed switch.
- Deflection of radioactive emissions in electric fields.
- Deflection of radioactive emissions in magnetic fields.