Class 9 ICSE Physics Syllabus

Are you curious to know about various advantageous real-life applications of prominent principles of physics like Laws of Motion, Reflection and Refraction of Light, Electrical Circuits, etc.? Then the journey of class 9 ICSE Physics would take you on a tour that aims to impart a thorough knowledge of the core concepts and establish a strong foundation for the crucial class 10th. For students exploring topics to study in class 9th physics along with the ones studying class 9 gauging for syllabus before final exams, here is a blog that aims to highlight critical analysis of the Physics syllabus and exam pattern for class 9 ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) board.   

Class 9 ICSE Physics: Exam Pattern

The paper is divided into two parts i.e., Written examination (80 marks) and internal assessment (20 marks). Also, the written paper is divided into sections of 40 marks each. Let us take a look at the detailed inside each section:

• Section I: It is a compulsory question containing short answer questions for all the chapters of the syllabus
• Section II: The section in total offers 6 questions from which students will be expected to solve 4 questions.

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Class 9 ICSE Physics Syllabus

After understanding the class 9 ICSE Physics exam pattern, let’s take a detailed look at the class 9 ICSE Physics syllabus: 

Measurements and Experiments

Through this unit students can learn about the meaningful concepts of magnitude of size (length, area, volume), mass and time; orders of magnitude; masses and time intervals; mass of atoms; diameter of atoms; International Systems of unit; commonly used systems units like fps and cgs;  data representation on graphs; measurements using vernier callipers, micrometre etc

Motion in One Dimension 

Here are some of the important topics of this unit of class 9 ICSE Physics acceleration; velocity; speed time and distance-time graphs; distance; speed; equations of uniformly accelerated motion with derivations; rest and motion; the meaning of slope etc

Laws of Motion 

Newton’s First law of motion; introduction of inertia; mass and force; example os inertia as first law; Newton’s second law of motion; change in momentum; rate of change of momentum; numerical problems for the same; Newton’s third law of motion; universal law of gravitation; acceleration due to gravity; weight as force of gravity; gravitational unit of force; simple numerical problems etc.

Fluids 

Change of pressure with depth; transmission of pressure exerted by a liquid column;  liquid and atmospheric pressure; thrust and its units; variations of pressure with altitude; buoyancy; Archimedes Principle; relationship with density; determination of relative density of a solid; Buoyancy upthrust etc. are the essential topics of this section of class 9 ICSE Physics syllabus.

Heat

This unit of class 9 ICSE Physics syllabus aims to impart knowledge about concepts of heat and temperature; expansion of solids, liquids and gases; consequences of expansion; anomalous expansion of water; expansion of solid; cubical expansion of liquids and gases; disadvantages of expansion; temperature scales; transfer of heat by conduction, convection and radiation; applications of the methods etc. 

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Light 

Major concepts taught through this section are image formed by a plane; reflection of light; regular and irregular reflection; image found by a pair of parallel and perpendicular plane mirror; laws of reflection; simple periscope; experimental verification; lateral inversion; characteristics of lateral inversion; spherical mirrors and its characteristics; concave and convex mirror;  use of plane mirrors etc.

Sound

Nature of sound waves; medium for sound waves to travel; propagation and speed in different media; comparison with speed of light; sound propagation; production of vibrations; comparison of speed of light with speed of sound; thunder and lightning; frequency range for hearing and speaking; difference between ultrasonic and supersonic etc. are necessary topics under this chapter of class 9 ICSE Physics syllabus.

Electricity and Magnetism

Core concepts covered in this unit of class 9 ICSE Physics Syllabus are static electricity- charging by friction, electric charge; simple orbital model of the atom; lightning conductors; simple electric circuit using an electric cell; potential difference; insulators and conductors; closed and open circuit; flow and direction of current; resistance in series and parallel;  symbol used in circuit diagram; detection of current by galvanometer etc. 

Reference Books 

Here is a list of reference books for class 9 ICSE physics that might better your understanding of the subject: 

Name	Link
ICSE Physics Book I for Class – IX by Pankaj Bhatt	Want to buy? Click here
Selina ICSE Concise Physics for Class by  R.P. Goyal, S.P.Tripathi	To get your copy, Click here
Foundation Science Physics for Class – 9 by HC Verma	Click here to buy
Science for Ninth Class Part1 Physics by  Lakhmir Singh & Manjit Kaur	Grab your copy here

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