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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reaction Time

Factors Affecting Thinking Distance & Reaction Time

Factors Affecting Braking Distance

Estimating Decelerating Forces

Momentum

Momentum

Conservation of Momentum

Collisions

Waves

Waves in Air, Fluids & Solids

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

Describing Wave Motion

The Wave Equation

Measuring the Speed of Waves

Required Practical: Measuring Wave Properties

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

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

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