CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2025-26 ICSE Class 7: The CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
Academic year:
CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics Revised Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics and their Unit wise marks distribution
CISCE ICSE Class 7 Physics Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Quantities and Measurement | |
| 2 | Force and Pressure: Motion | |
| 3 | Energy | |
| 4 | Light Energy | |
| 5 | Heat | |
| 6 | Sound | |
| 7 | Electricity and Magnetism | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
1 Physical Quantities and Measurement
- Measurements
- Measurement
- The need for measurement in daily life
- Physical Quantities
- Introduction
- Types of Physical Quantities
- Volume and It’s Unit
- Measurement of Volume
- Area and It’s Unit
- Measurement of Area
- Density and It’s Unit
- Density
- Unit of Density
- Relationship between S.I. and C.G.S. units
- Measurement of Density
- Determination of Density of a Regular Solid
- Determination of Density of an Irregular Solid
- Determination of Density of a Liquid
- Speed
2 Force and Pressure: Motion
- Motion and Rest
- Introduction to Scientist
- Motion and Rest
- Types of Motion
- Introduction
- Definition: Linear Motion
- Definition: Non-Linear Motion
- Characteristics
- Linear Motion
- Non-Linear Motion
- Significance
- Multiple Motion
- Speed
- Types of Speed
- Properties of Matter and Their Measurement
- Concept of Mass and Weight
- Mass and Weight
- Difference Between Mass and Weight
- Concept of Mass and Weight
3 Energy
- Energy
- Introduction to Energy
- Commercial Unit of Energy
- Mechanical Energy
- Introduction
- Experiment
- Potential Energy (U)
- Introduction to Potential Energy
- Expression for Potential Energy
- Kinetic Energy (K)
- Introduction to Kinetic Energy
- Expression for Kinetic Energy
- Forms of Energy
- Types of Kinetic Energy
- Translational kinetic energy
- Rotational kinetic energy
- Vibrational kinetic energy
- Conversion of Potential Energy into Kinetic Energy
- Transformation of Energy
- Introduction
- Energy Transfer in The Water Cycle
- Conservation of Energy
- Electricity Generation using Hydroelectric Energy
- Introduction
- Hydroelectricity and its Production
- Application of Hydroelectric Energy
4 Light Energy
- Climatic Factors > Light
- Reflection of Light
- Introduction
- Activity
- Experiment
- Mirrors
- Plane Mirror
- Introduction
- Reflection Formation in a Plane Mirror
- Activity
- Experiment
- Relation Between Mirror Height and Full Image Formation
- Plane Mirror
- Terms Used in Reflection of Light
- Law of Reflection of Light
- Laws of Reflection
- Experiment
- Verification of the Law of Reflection of Light
- Reflection of a Ray of Light Normally Incident on a Plane Mirror
- Images Formed by a Plane Mirrors
- Formation of Image by Reflection: Real and Virtual Image
- Formation of Image by Reflection
- Real Image
- Virtual Image
- Distinction between a real and a virtual image
- Lateral Inversion
- Types of Reflection
- Speed of Light
- Speed of light
- Speed of light in different mediums
- Colour
5 Heat
- Heat and Its Unit
- Heat Exchange
- The Temperature and a Thermometer
- Introduction
- Experiment: 1
- Experiment: 2
- Measuring Temperature
- Scales of Thermometers
- Fahrenheit scale
- Celsius temperature scale
- Kelvin scale (Absolute scale)
- Relationship between the three scales of temperature
- Conversion of Temperature from celsius scale to kelvin scale and vice-versa
- Effects of Heat
- Thermal Expansion
- Definition: Thermal Expansion
- Classification of Thermal Expansion
- Expansion of Solids
- Introduction
- Linear Expansion
- Areal Expansion
- Volumetric Expansion
- Expansion of Liquids
- Introduction
- Volumetric Expansion
- Anomalous Behavior of Water
- Expansion of Gases
- Introduction
- Effect of Heat on Gases
- Measuring Expansion of Gases
- Transfer of Heat
- Conduction
- Definition: Conduction
- Experiment
- Mechanism of Conduction
- Good conductors
- Bad conductors
- Convection
- Convection: Convection currents
- Experiment
- Mechanism of Convection
- Definition: Convection
- Definition: Convection currents
- Radiation
- Definition: Radiation
- Definition: Thermal radiation
- Relation between a, r and t
- Athermanous and diathermanous substances
- Greenhouse effect
- Mechanism of Radiation
- Electrical Conduction in Solids
- Introduction
- Conductors
- Insulators
- Semiconductors
- Table
- Concept of Electrical Conductivity
- Classification of Semiconductors
- Thermos Flask (Dewar Flask)
- Introduction
- Structure and Working
- Function of the thermos flask
6 Sound
- Sound
- Introduction
- Sound waves
- Production of Sound
- Introduction
- Production of Sound Using a Tuning Fork
- Experiment
- Propagation of Sound
- Introduction
- Experiment 1
- Experiment 2
- Sound Need a Medium to Travel
- Representation of a Wave
- Displacement - Time graph
- Displacement - Distance graph
- Properties of Sounds
- Properties of Sound
- Activity
- Experiment
- Speed of Sound (Velocity of Sound)
- Introduction
- Activity
- Echo
- Introduction
- Example
- Absorption of Sound
7 Electricity and Magnetism
- Magnet
- Discovery of Magnets
- Classification of Magnets
- Classification of Magnets
1) Natural Magnet
2) Artificial Magnet
- Classification of Magnets
- Magnetic Properties of Materials
- Laws of Magnetism
- Introduction
- Experiment
- Magnetic Field
- Introduction
- Experiment
- Electromagnet
- Introduction
- Michael Faraday: A Pioneer in Electromagnetism
- Experiment
- Making of an Electromagnet
- Choice of the material of the core of the electromagnet
- Strength of the electromagnet
- Making of an electromagnet
- Bar or I shaped magnet
- Horse shoe or U shaped magnet
- Applications of Electromagnets
- Electric Bell
- Electric Bell and its Component
- Working of Electric Bell
- Earth’s Magnetic Declination
- Electricity
- Sources of Electricity
- Electric Circuit
- Concept of Electric Circuit
- Working
- Circuit Diagram
- Experiment
- Joule’s Law of Heating and Electrical Power
- Electrical Conduction in Solids
- Introduction
- Conductors
- Insulators
- Semiconductors
- Table
- Concept of Electrical Conductivity
- Classification of Semiconductors
- Analogy of Electric Current with Water Flow
- Flow of Charges (Electrons) Between Conductor
- Symbols and Functions of Various Components of an Electric Circuits
- Components of Electric Circuits
- Experiment
- Types of Circuits: Series Circuit
- Types of Circuits: Parallel Circuit
- Electric cell
- Introduction of Electric Cell
- Types of Electric Cells
- Experiment
- Battery
