New WAEC Physics Syllabus (For GCE too)

Would you like to get WAEC | GCE Physics syllabus to know what to study for Physics in SSCE or GCE exam?

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You will see the latest WAEC Physics syllabus this year with a free PDF copy to know the topics where all your Physics questions in WAEC or GCE will be asked from.

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Take note.

WAEC conducts two exams: SSCE (internal) for school candidates & SSCE external (formerly, GCE) for private candidates.

WAEC SSCE (internal) and WAEC GCE Physics syllabus are the same.

Because all the topics where your Physics questions will be asked from in SSCE (internal) are also found in the WAEC GCE Physics syllabus.

How many questions are asked in WAEC Physics exam?

Whether it is WAEC internal or GCE Physics, you’ll answer a total of about 160 questions in three compulsory Physics papers.

• PAPER 1: will have 80 objective or multiple choice questions to be answered in 1 hour 40 minutes. 

• PAPER 2: will have three sections with about 19 theory questions for you to answer in 2 hours.
  • SECTION A – will have 5 essay topics for you to answer 1.
  • SECTION B – will have a passage after which 7–9 theory questions follow for you to answer all.
  • SECTION C: will have a passage after which 2–5 theory questions follow for you to answer all.

• PAPER 3: will last for 45 minutes with 60 objective questions on Test of Oral for Nigeria & Liberia and Listening Test for Ghana, Sierra Leone & The Gambia.

Instead of looking for expo and getting scammed, why not focus your studies on these areas of concentration where all your Physics questions in WAEC or GCE will be asked from?

See available GCE or WAEC Physics syllabus

The PDF version of this syllabus is included at the bottom of this post for your FREE and unlimited download.

PART 1: INTERACTION OF MATTER, SPACE & TIME.

1. Concept of matter

2. Units and Quantities

• FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITIES AND UNITS..

• DERIVED QUANTITIES AND UNITS.

3. Position, distance and Displacement

• CONCEPT OF POSITION.

• MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE.

• CONCEPT OF DIRECTION.

• DISTINCTION BETWEEN DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT.

4. Mass and Weight

• DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THEM.

5. Time

• CONCEPT OF TIME.

• MEASUREMENT OF TIME.

6. Fluid at Rest

• VOLUME, DENSITY AND RELATIVE DENSITY.

• PRESSURE IN FLUIDS.

• EQUILIBRIUM OF BODIES.

7. Motion

• TYPES OF MOTION.

• RELATIVE MOTION.

• CAUSE OF MOTION.

• TYPES OF FORCE.

• SOLID FRICTION.

• VISCOSITY.

• SIMPLE IDEAS OF CIRCULAR MOTION.

8. Speed and Velocity

• CONCEPT OF SPEED.

• CONCEPT OF VELOCITY.

• UNIFORM / NON-UNIFORM SPEED.

• UNIFORM / NON-UNIFORM VELOCITY.

• DISTANCE / DISPLACEMENT-TIME GRAPH.

9. Rectilinear Acceleration

• CONCEPT OF ACCELERATION.

• UNIFORM / NON-UNIFORM ACCELERATION.

• VELOCITY-TIME GRAPH.

• EQUATIONS OF MOTION.

10. Scalars and Vectors

• CONCEPT OF SCALARS.

• CONCEPT OF VECTORS.

• VECTOR REPRESENTATION.

• ADDITION OF VECTORS.

• RESOLUTION OF VECTORS.

• RESULTANT VELOCITY.

11. Equilibrium of Forces

• PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS.

• CONDITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM.

• CENTRE OF GRAVITY.

12. Simple Harmonic Motion

• ILLUSTRATION, EXPLANATION AND DEFINITION.

• SPEED AND ACCELERATION.

• PERIOD, FREQUENCY AND AMPLITUDE.

• ENERGY.

• FORCED VIBRATION AND RESONANCE.

13. Newton’s Law of Motion

• FIRST LAW.

• SECOND LAW.

• THIRD LAW.

PART II: ENERGY (MECHANICAL & HEAT)

14. Energy

• FORMS OF ENERGY.

• WORLD ENERGY RESOURCES.

• CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.

15. Work, Energy and Power

• CONCEPT OF WORK.

• CONCEPT OF ENERGY.

• WORK DONE.

• TYPES OF MECHANICAL ENERGY.

• CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY.

• CONCEPT OF POWER.

• APPLICATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY.

16. Heat Energy

• TEMPERATURE AND ITS ENVIRONMENT.

• EFFECTS OF HEAT ON MATTER.

• THERMAL EXPANSION.

• HEAT TRANSFER.

• THE GAS LAWS.

• MEASUREMENT OF HEAT ENERGY.

• LATENT HEAT.

• EVAPORATION AND BOILING.

• VAPOUR AND VAPOUR PRESSURE.

• HUMIDITY, RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DEW POINT.

• HUMIDITY AND THE WEATHER.

PART III: WAVES

17. Production and Propagation of Waves

• MECHANICAL WAVES.

• PULSATING SYSTEM.

• WAVEFORM.

• MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF FREQUENCY, WAVELENGTH, PERIOD AND VELOCITY.

18. Types of Waves

• TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL.

• MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION.

19. Properties of Waves

• REFLECTION.

• REFRACTION.

• DIFFRACTION.

• INTERFERENCE.

• SUPERPOSITION OF PROGRESSIVE WAVES.

20. Light Waves

• SOURCES OF LIGHT.

• RECTILINEAR PROPAGATION OF LIGHT.

• REFLECTION OF LIGHT.

• REFRACTION OF LIGHT.

• APPLICATION OF LENSES.

• DISPERSION OF WHITE LIGHT.

21. Electromagnetic Waves

• TYPES OF RADIATION.

22. Sound Waves

• SOURCES OF SOUND.

• TRANSMISSION OF SOUND WAVES.

• SPEED OF SOUND.

• ECHOES AND REVERBERATION.

• NOISE AND MUSIC.

• CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUND.

• VIBRATION IN STRINGS.

• FORCED VIBRATION.

• VIBRATION OF AIR IN PIPES.

PART IV: FIELDS

23. Description Properties of Fields

• CONCEPT OF FIELDS.

• PROPERTIES OF A FORCE FIELD.

24. Gravitational Field

• ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY.

• GRAVITATIONAL FORCES BETWEEN TWO MASSES.

• GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL AND ESCAPE VELOCITY.

25. Electric Field.

• ELECTROSTATICS.

• CURRENT ELECTRICITY.

26. Magnetic Field

• PROPERTIES OF MAGNETS AND MATERIALS.

• MAGNETIZATION AND DEMAGNETIZATION.

• CONCEPT OF MAGNETIC FIELD.

• MAGNETIC FORCE ON CONDUCTORS.

• USE OF ELECTROMAGNETS.

• THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD.

• MAGNETIC FORCE ON A MOVING CHARGED PARTICLE.

27. Electromagnetic Field

• COCNCEPT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.

• ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION.

• INDUCTANCE.

• EDDY CURRENTS.

• POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION.

28. Simple A.C. Circuits

• GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF E.M.F.

• PEAK AND R.M.S. VALUES.

• SERIES CIRCUIT.

• REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE.

• VECTOR DIAGRAMS.

• RESONANCE IN A.C. CIRCUIT.

• POWER IN A.C. CIRCUIT.

PART V: ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

29. Structure of the Atom

• MODELS OF THE ATOM.

• ENERGY QUANTIZATION.

• PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT.

• THERMIONIC EMISSION.

• X-RAYS.

30. Structure of the Nucleus

• COMPOSITION OF THE NUCLEUS.

• RADIOACTIVITY.

• NUCLEAR REACTIONS.

31. Wave-Particle Paradox

• ELECTRON DIFFRACTION.

• DUALITY OF MATTER.

Source: WAEC website.

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