Energy

Energy Changes in a System

Energy Stores & Transfers

Examples of Energy Transfer

Kinetic Energy

Gravitational Potential Energy

Elastic Potential Energy

KE, GPE & EPE

Thermal Energy

Required Practical: Investigating Specific Heat Capacity

Changes in Energy

Power

Conservation & Dissipation of Energy

Wasted Energy

Conduction of Heat

Required Practical: Investigating Insulation

Efficiency

Improving Efficiency

National & Global Energy Resources

Energy Resources

Comparing Energy Resources

Environmental Issues

Electricity

Current, Potential Difference & Resistance

Circuit Diagrams

Charge & Current

Current, Resistance & Potential Difference

Required Practical: Investigating Resistance

Resistors

I–V Graphs

Thermistors

LDRs

Investigating Resistance in Thermistors & LDRs

Required Practical: Investigating I–V Characteristics

Series & Parallel Circuits

Series & Parallel Circuits

Resistors in Series & Parallel

Comparing Series & Parallel Circuits

AC & DC

Mains Electricity

Dangers of Mains Electricity

Energy Transfers

Electrical Power

Electrical Energy

Calculating Energy Transfers

Power Ratings

The National Grid

Use of Transformers

Static Electricity

Electric Charge

Static Electricity

Electric Fields

Fields & Static

Particle Model of Matter

Changes of State & the Particle Model

Density

Solids, Liquids & Gases

Required Practical: Determining Density

Changes of State

Internal Energy & Energy Transfers

Internal Energy

Specific Heat Capacity

Latent Heat

Specific Latent Heat

Heating & Cooling Graphs

Specific Heat Capacity v Specific Latent Heat

Particle Model & Pressure

Kinetic Theory

Pressure & Volume

Work on a Gas

Atomic Structure

Atoms & Isotopes

Atomic Structure

The Absorption & Emission of EM Radiation

Atomic & Mass Number

Isotopes

Positive Ions

The Plum Pudding Model

Rutherford Scattering

Bohr's Model of the Atom

Discovery of the Proton & Neutron

Changes in the Atomic Model

Atoms & Nuclear Radiation

Radioactive Decay

Types of Radiation

Uses of Radiation

Alpha Decay

Beta Decay

Gamma Decay

Random Nature of Radioactive Decay

Half-Life

Calculating Radioactive Decay

Contamination & Irradiation

Hazards of Contamination & Irradiation

Studies into the Effects of Radiation

Hazards & Uses of Radioactive Emissions & of Background Radiation

Background Radiation

Half-Life & Risk

Medical Uses of Radiation

Nuclear Fission & Fusion

Nuclear Fission

Chain Reactions

Nuclear Fission Diagrams

Nuclear Fusion

Forces

Forces & their Interactions

Scalars & Vectors

Contact & Non-Contact Forces

Forces as Vectors

Weight, Mass & Gravity

Calculating Weight

Resultant Forces

Free Body Diagrams

Balanced & Unbalanced Forces

Work Done & Energy Transfer

Work Done

Work Done & Energy Transfer

Work Done & Friction

Forces & Elasticity

Changing Shape

Hooke's Law

Force–Extension Graphs

Work Done on a Spring

Required Practical: Investigating Force & Extension

Moments, Levers & Gears

Moments in Physics

The Principle of Moments

Levers & Gears

Pressure & Pressure Differences in Fluids

Pressure

Atmospheric Pressure

Pressure in a Liquid

Upthrust

Describing Motion

Distance & Displacement

Speed

Measuring Speed

Calculating Speed

Velocity

Vector & Scalar Quantities

Circular Motion

Distance-Time Graphs

Instantaneous Speed

Acceleration

Velocity-Time Graphs

Area Under Velocity-Time Graphs

Calculating Uniform Acceleration

Terminal Velocity

Representing Terminal Velocity

Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's First Law

Newton's Second Law

Required Practical: Investigating Force & Acceleration

Newton's Third Law

Inertia

Stopping Distances

Thinking & Braking Distances

Stopping Distance

Reaction Time

Factors Affecting Thinking Distance & Reaction Time

Factors Affecting Braking Distance

Estimating Decelerating Forces

Momentum

Momentum

Conservation of Momentum

Collisions

Force & Momentum

Momentum & Safety

Waves

Waves in Air, Fluids & Solids

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

Describing Wave Motion

The Wave Equation

Measuring the Speed of Waves

Transmission of Sound Waves

Required Practical: Measuring Wave Properties

Reflection, Absorption & Transmission

Required Practical: Investigating Reflection & Refraction

Sound Waves

Exploring Structure Using Waves

Ultrasound

Echo Sounding

Ultrasound in Medical & Industrial Imaging

Seismic Waves

Electromagnetic Waves

Electromagnetic (EM) Waves

Transfer of Energy by EM Waves

EM Waves & Matter

Refraction Ray Diagrams

Required Practical: Investigating Infrared Radiation

EM Waves & Atoms

Radio Waves

Dangers of High-Energy EM Waves

Applications of EM Waves

Optics

Convex & Concave Lenses

Convex & Concave Ray Diagrams

Magnification

Visible Light Spectrum

Reflection from Surfaces

Colour & Reflection of Light

Black Body Radiation

Black Body Radiation

Temperature Balances

Magnetism & Electromagnetism

Permanent & Induced Magnetism, Magnetic Forces & Fields

Magnetism

Permanent & Induced Magnets

Magnetic Fields

The Earth's Magnetic Field

The Motor Effect

Magnetic Fields in Wires & Solenoids

The Motor Effect

Fleming's Left-Hand Rule

Electric Motors

Loudspeakers & Headphones

Induced Potential, Transformers & the National Grid

Electromagnetic (EM) Induction

Applications of the Generator Effect

Graphs of Potential Difference in the Coil

Microphones

Transformers

Transformer Equations

AC & High Voltage Transmission

Space Physics

Solar System, Stability of Orbital Motions & Satellites

The Solar System

The Formation of the Sun

Fusion in Stars

The Life Cycle of Solar Mass Stars

The Life Cycle of Larger Stars

Circular Orbits

Non-Circular Orbits

Red-shift

Galactic Red-shift

The Big Bang

Dark Energy & Dark Matter

Exam boards

• Edexcel GCSE Physics
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• WJEC GCSE Physics

Study tools

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