Pearson IIT Foundation Series - Physics Class 8

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Preface
Chapter Insights
Series Chapter Flow
Chapter 1_Measurements
	INTRODUCTION
	PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND THEIR UNITS
	DEFINITIONS OF UNITS
	MEASUREMENT OF LENGTH
	MEASUREMENT OF AREA
	MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME
	MEASUREMENT OF MASS
	MEASUREMENT OF DENSITY AND RELATIVE DENSITY
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 2_Kinematics
	INTRODUCTION
	DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT
	SPEED
	UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM VELOCITY
	ACCELERATION
	EQUATIONS OF MOTION
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 3_Dynamics
	INTRODUCTION
	NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION
	TYPES OF INERTIA
	MASS AND INERTIA
	FRICTION
	STREAMLINING
	MOMENTUM
	NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION
	WEIGHT AND MASS
	NEWTON’S THIRD LAW OF MOTION
	PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF MASS
	WORK
	ENERGY
	CENTRE OF GRAVITY
	SIMPLE MACHINES
	LAW OF LEVERS
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 4_Hydrostatics
	INTRODUCTION
	KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER
	THRUST AND PRESSURE
	LAWS OF LIQUID PRESSURE
	HARE’S APPARATUS
	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
	MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
	PASCAL’S LAW
	ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE
	HYDROMETERS
	PLIMSOLL LINES
	BOYLE’S LAW
	BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE
	SURFACE TENSION
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 5_Wave Motion and Sound
	INTRODUCTION
	SIMPLE PENDULUM
	LAWS OF SIMPLE PENDULUM
	WAVE MOTION
	SOUND
	TRANSMISSION OF SOUND
	MUSIC AND NOISE
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 6_Heat
	INTRODUCTION
	FLOW OF HEAT ENERGY AND THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
	DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT ENERGY AND TEMPERATURE
	MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE
	CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS OF HEAT ENERGY
	THERMAL EXPANSIONS IN SOLIDS
	MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE AND THERMOMETER
	CHANGE OF STATE
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 7_Light
	INTRODUCTION
	SHADOWS
	ECLIPSES
	REFLECTION OF LIGHT
	LAWS OF REFLECTION
	PERISCOPE
	KALEIDOSCOPE
	SPHERICAL MIRRORS
	MAGNIFICATION
	REFRACTION
	THE LAWS OF REFRACTION
	TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
	LENSES
	HUMAN EYE
	DEFECTS OF EYE
	PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA
	MICROSCOPES
	COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
	TELESCOPES
	ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 8_Electricity
	INTRODUCTION
	STRUCTURE OF ATOM
	DETECTION AND TESTING OF CHARGES
	ELECTRIC CURRENT
	ELECTRIC CELL
	ELECTRO MOTIVE FORCE (EMF)
	VOLTAIC CELL
	DANIEL CELL
	BICHROMATE CELL
	LECLANCHE CELL
	DRY CELL
	BUTTON CELL
	ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
	SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS
	ELECTRIC POWER
	ELECTRICITY—ITS APPLICATIONS
	ELECTRICITY—ITS CHEMICAL EFFECT
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 9_Magnetism
	INTRODUCTION
	MAGNETIC INDUCTION
	LINES OF FORCE (MAGNETIC FIELD LINES)
	MAGNETIC KEEPERS
	MAGNETIC AND NON–MAGNETIC SUBSTANCES
	MOLECULAR THEORY
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 10_Electromagnetism
	INTRODUCTION
	MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO STRAIGHT CONDUCTOR—A DEMONSTRATION
	MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO A CIRCULAR CONDUCTOR—A DEMONSTRATION
	SOLENOID
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
Chapter 11_Sources of Energy
	INTRODUCTION
	NON-RENEWABLE (CONVENTIONAL) SOURCES OF ENERGY
	FOSSIL FUELS
	RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY
	AIR POLLUTION
	PRACTICE QUESTIONS
		TEST YOUR CONCEPTS
		CONCEPT APPLICATION
	HINTS AND EXPLANATION
		CONCEPT APPLICATION