Ethiopian Grade 12 Physics TextBook PDF [Student Textbook] Download

Ethiopian Grade 12 Physics TextBook PDF [Student Textbook] Download: This textbook can be used by teachers and students for preparing Grade 12 national examinations. It is provided by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education for free.

By completing the grade 12 physics lessons the students will be able to: understand the laws Of thermodynamics, thermodynamical processes, work and heat in thermodynamic processes, heat engines, reversible and irreversible
processes.

Ethiopian Grade 12 Physics TextBook

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Education has made the content of this textbook. According to the content, there are a total of eight units and each unit has its number of subunits.

Unit 1 Thermodynamics 1

• 1.1 Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
• 1.2 Work, heat and the first law of thermodynamics
• 1.3 Kinetic theory of gases
• 1.4 Second law of thermodynamics, efficiency, and entropy
• 1.5 Heat engines and refrigerators

Unit 2 Oscillations and waves

• 2.1 Periodic motion (basic concepts)
• 2.2 Wave motion
• 2.3 Sound, loudness and the human ear

Unit 3 Wave optics 

• 3.1 Wavefronts and Huygens’s principle
• 3.2 Reflection and refraction of plane wavefronts
• 3.3 Proof of the laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’s principle
• 3.4 Interference
• 3.5 Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width
• 3.6 Coherent sources and sustained interference of light
• 3.7 Diffraction due to a single slit and a diffraction grating

Unit 4 Electrostatics

• 4.1 Electric charge and Coulomb’s law
• 4.2 Electric potential
• 4.3 Capacitors and dielectrics

Unit 5 Steady electric current and circuit properties

• 5.1 Basic principles
• 5.2 Kirchoff’s rules
• 5.3 Measuring instruments
• 5.4 The Wheatstone bridge and the potentiometer

Unit 6 Magnetism 

• 6.1 Concepts of a magnetic field
• 6.2 The Earth and magnetic fields
• 6.3 Motion of charged particles in a magnetic field
• 6.4 Magnetic force on current-carrying conductors (long, straight, circular loop)
• 6.5 Ampere’s law and its application
• 6.6 Earth’s magnetism

Unit 7 Electromagnetic induction and a.c. circuits 

• 7.1 Phenomena of electromagnetic induction
• 7.2 Alternating current (a.c.) generator and transformers
• 7.3 Alternating current (a.c.)
• 7.4 Power in a.c. circuits

Unit 8 Atomic physics 

• 8.1 Dual nature of matter and radiation
• 8.2 Atoms and nuclei

Download Ethiopian Grade 12 Physics Student Textbook [PDF]

By downloading the grade 12 Physics textbook, the learner will be able to understand the concepts of, electrical, gravitational, and magnetic fields; electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic induction, etc. Develop skills in using measuring instruments and common electrical devices; constructing simple electrical circuits using common tools appropriately and safely.

See also

• Ethiopian Grade 12 Physics Unit I Question Answers
• Ethiopian Grade 12 Physics Teacher Guide [PDF]