Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Physics outline · 7. Work, Energy and Power
Contents / notes
- Sources of energy.
- Renewable and non-renewable energy, including coal, crude oil, the Sun and wind.
- Uses of energy.
- Energy and development.
- Energy diversification.
- Environmental impacts of energy, including global warming, the greenhouse effect and spillage.
- Energy crises.
- Conversion of energy.
- Devices used in energy production.
- Photovoltaic cells.
- Work function and the photoelectric effect: the source lists the relation φ = hf.
- Planck's constant.
Candidate objectives
- Itemise sources of energy.
- Distinguish between renewable and non-renewable energy and give examples.
- Identify methods of energy transition.
- Explain the importance of energy in societal development.
- Analyse the effects of energy use on the environment.
- Identify the impacts of energy on the environment.
- Identify energy sources that are environmentally friendly or hazardous.
- Identify energy uses in the immediate environment.
- Suggest ways of using energy safely.
- State different forms of energy conversion.
- Recognise photovoltaic cells.
- Understand the work function relation given in the syllabus.
- Recognise Planck's constant.
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