1. Working as a Physicist

Working as a Physicist

1.1 SI Units

1.2 Practical Skills

1.3 Estimating Physical Quantities

1.4 Limitations of Measurements

1.5 Scientific Communication

1.6 Applications of Science

1.7 The Scientific Community

1.8 Science & Society

2. Mechanics

Motion

2.1 Equations of Motion

2.2 Motion Graphs

2.3 Properties of Motion Graphs

2.4 Scalars & Vectors

2.5 Resolving Vectors

2.6 Finding the Resultant Vector

2.7 Projectiles

2.8 Forces as Vectors

Forces & Momentum

2.9 Force & Acceleration

2.10 Mass, Weight & Gravitational Field Strength

2.11 Core Practical 1: Investigating the Acceleration of Freefall

2.12 Newton's Third Law of Motion

2.13 Momentum

2.14 Conservation of Linear Momentum

Moments

2.15 Moments

2.16 Centre of Gravity & The Principle of Moments

Work, Energy & Power

2.17 Work

2.18 Kinetic Energy

2.19 Gravitational Potential Energy

2.20 The Principle of Conservation of Energy

2.21 Power

2.22 Efficiency

3. Electric Circuits

Current, Potential Difference, Resistance & Power

3.1 Electric Current

3.2 Potential Difference

3.3 Ohm's Law

3.4 Charge Conservation in Circuits

3.5 Energy Conservation in Circuits

3.6 Resistance in Series & Parallel

3.7 Electrical Power

3.8 Current-Potential Difference Graphs

Resistance, Resistivity & Potential Dividers

3.9 Electrical Resistivity

3.10 Core Practical 2: Investigating Resistivity

3.11 Current & Drift Velocity

3.12 Potential Difference & Conductor Length

3.13 Potential Dividers

3.14 Potential Dividers & Variable Resistance

E.M.F & Modelling Resistance

3.15 Electromotive Force

3.16 Internal Resistance

3.17 E.M.F. vs. Terminal Potential Difference

3.18 Core Practical 3: Investigating E.M.F. & Internal Resistance

3.19 Resistance & Temperature

3.20 Resistance & Illumination

4. Materials

Density, Upthrust & Viscous Drag

4.1 Density

4.2 Upthrust

4.3 Viscous Drag

4.4 Core Practical 4: Investigating Viscosity

Stretching Materials

4.5 Hooke's Law

4.6 Stress, Strain & The Young Modulus

4.7 Force-Extension Graphs

4.8 Stress-Strain Graphs

4.9 Core Practical 5: Investigating Young Modulus

4.10 Elastic Strain Energy

5. Waves & Particle Nature of Light

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

5.1 Properties of Waves

5.2 The Wave Equation

5.3 Longitudinal Waves

5.4 Transverse Waves

5.5 Representing Waves on Graphs

5.6 Core Practical 6: Investigating the Speed of Sound

Interference & Stationary Waves

5.7 Interference & Superposition of Waves

5.8 Phase & Path Difference

5.9 Stationary Waves

5.10 Wave Speed on a Stretched String

5.11 Core Practical 7: Investigating Stationary Waves

Refraction, Reflection & Polarisation

5.12 Equation for the Intensity of Radiation

5.13 Refraction & Refractive Index

5.14 Critical Angle

5.15 Total Internal Reflection

5.16 Measuring Refractive Index

5.17 Converging & Diverging Lenses

5.18 Using Ray Diagrams

5.19 Power of a Lens

5.20 Thin Lenses in Combination

5.21 Real & Virtual Images

5.22 The Lens Equation

5.23 Magnification

5.24 Plane Polarisation

Waves, Electrons & Photons

5.25 Diffraction

5.26 The Diffraction Grating Equation

5.27 Core Practical 8: Investigating Diffraction Gratings

5.28 The Wave Nature of Electrons

5.29 The de Broglie Equation

5.30 Transmission & Reflection of Waves

5.31 Pulse-Echo Technique

5.32 Wave-Particle Duality

5.33 Energy of a Photon

The Photoelectric Effect & Atomic Spectra

5.34 The Photoelectric Effect

5.35 The Photoelectric Equation

5.36 The Electronvolt

5.37 The Particle Nature of EM Radiation

5.38 Atomic Line Spectra