1. Mechanics & Materials

Motion

1.1 Equations of Motion

1.2 Motion Graphs

1.3 Slope & Area of Motion Graphs

1.4 Scalars & Vectors

1.5 Resolving Vectors

1.6 Adding Vectors

1.7 Components of Velocity

1.8 Free-body Force Diagrams

Forces & Momentum

1.9 Force & Acceleration

1.10 Mass, Weight & Gravitational Field Strength

1.11 Core Practical 1: Investigating the Acceleration of Freefall

1.12 Newton's Third Law of Motion

1.13 Momentum

1.14 Conservation of Linear Momentum

Moments

1.15 Moments

1.16 Centre of Gravity & The Principle of Moments

Work, Energy & Power

1.17 Work

1.18 Kinetic Energy

1.19 Gravitational Potential Energy

1.20 The Principle of Conservation of Energy

1.21 Power

1.22 Efficiency

Density, Upthrust & Viscous Drag

1.23 Density

1.24 Upthrust

1.25 Viscous Drag

1.26 Core Practical 2: Investigating Viscosity

Stretching Materials

1.27 Hooke's Law

1.28 Stress, Strain & The Young Modulus

1.29 Force-Extension Graphs

1.30 Stress-Strain Graphs

1.31 Core Practical 3: Investigating Young Modulus

1.32 Elastic Strain Energy

2. Waves & Electricity

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

2.1 Properties of Waves

2.2 The Wave Equation

2.3 Longitudinal Waves

2.4 Transverse Waves

2.5 Representing Waves on Graphs

2.6 Core Practical 4: Investigating the Speed of Sound

Interference & Stationary Waves

2.7 Interference & Superposition of Waves

2.8 Phase & Path Difference

2.9 Stationary Waves

2.10 Wave Speed on a Stretched Spring

2.11 Core Practical 5: Investigating Stationary Waves

Refraction, Reflection & Polarisation

2.12 Equation for the Intensity of Radiation

2.13 Refraction & Refractive Index

2.14 Critical Angle

2.15 Total Internal Reflection

2.16 Measuring Refractive Index

2.17 Plane Polarisation

Waves, Electrons & Photons

2.18 Diffraction

2.19 The Diffraction Grating Equation

2.20 Core Practical 6: Investigating Diffraction Gratings

2.21 The Wave Nature of Electrons

2.22 The de Broglie Equation

2.23 Transmission & Reflection of Waves

2.24 Pulse-Echo Technique

2.25 Wave-Particle Duality

2.26 Energy of a Photon

The Photoelectric Effect & Atomic Spectra

2.27 The Photoelectric Effect

2.28 The Photoelectric Equation

2.29 The Electronvolt

2.30 The Particle Nature of EM Radiation

2.31 Atomic Line Spectra

Current, Potential Difference, Resistance & Power

2.32 Electric Current

2.33 Potential Difference

2.34 Ohm's Law

2.35 Charge Conservation in Circuits

2.36 Energy Conservation in Circuits

2.37 Resistance in Series & Parallel

2.38 Electrical Power

2.39 Current-Potential Difference Graphs

Resistance, Resistivity & Potential Dividers

2.40 Electrical Resistivity

2.41 Core Practical 7: Investigating Resistivity

2.42 Calculating Current & Drift Velocity

2.43 Potential Difference & Conductor Length

2.44 Potential Dividers

2.45 Potential Dividers & Variable Resistance

E.M.F & Modelling Resistance

2.46 Electromotive Force

2.47 Internal Resistance

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

2.49 Core Practical 8: Investigating E.M.F. & Internal Resistance

2.50 Resistance & Temperature

2.51 Resistance & Illumination

3. Practical Skills in Physics I

Practical Skills I: Planning

3.1 Identifying Apparatus

3.2 Range & Resolution of Instruments

3.3 Calibrating Instruments

3.4 Measuring Variables

3.5 Control Variables & Fair Tests

3.6 Repeat Readings

3.7 Health & Safety

3.8 Data Collection

3.9 Uncertainty & Systematic Errors

3.10 Wider Implications

Practical Skills I: Implementation & Measurements

3.11 Number of Readings

3.12 Range of Measurements

3.13 Significant Figures

3.14 Anomalous Readings

3.15 Using a Micrometer

3.16 Evaluating Experiments

Practical Skills I: Processing Results

3.17 Calculations using Experimental Data

3.18 Plotting Graphs

3.19 Using Units Correctly

3.20 Identifying Graphical Relationships

3.21 Interpreting Graphs

3.22 Reducing Errors

3.23 Suggesting Improvements

3.24 Uncertainties

3.25 Determining Uncertainty

4. Further Mechanics, Fields & Particles

Momentum & Impulse

4.1 Impulse

4.2 Core Practical 9: Investigating Impulse

4.3 Applying Conservation of Linear Momentum

4.4 Core Practical 10: Investigating Collisions using ICT

4.5 Elastic & Inelastic Collisions

4.6 Energy-Momentum Relation

Circular Motion

4.7 Radians & Angular Displacement

4.8 Angular Velocity

4.9 Centripetal Acceleration

4.10 Maintaining Circular Motion

4.11 Centripetal Force

Electric Fields

4.12 Defining an Electric Field

4.13 Electric Field Strength

4.14 Electric Force between Two Charges

4.15 Electric Field due to a Point Charge

4.16 Electric Field & Potential

4.17 Electric Field between Parallel Plates

4.18 Electric Potential for a Radial Field

4.19 Representing Radial & Uniform Electric Fields

Capacitance

4.20 Capacitance

4.21 Energy Stored by a Capacitor

4.22 Charge & Discharge Curves

4.23 Core Practical 11: Investigating Capacitor Charge & Discharge

4.24 Exponential Discharge in a Capacitor

Magnetic Fields

4.25 Magnetic Flux Density, Flux & Flux Linkage

4.26 Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle

4.27 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor

4.28 Induced E.M.F in a Moving Coil

4.29 Induced E.M.F between Linked Coils

4.30 Faraday & Lenz's Law

Exploring the Structure of Matter

4.31 Nucleon & Proton Number

4.32 The Nuclear Model of the Atom

4.33 Thermionic Emission

4.34 Particle Accelerators & Detectors

4.35 Radius of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field

4.36 Interpreting Particle Tracks

4.37 High Energy Particle Collisions

4.38 Annihilation of Matter & Antimatter

4.39 Unit Conversions for Energy & Mass

4.40 Relativistic Situations

Particle Interactions & Conservation

4.41 The Standard Model

4.42 Antimatter

4.43 Conservation Laws in Particle Physics

4.44 Particle Interaction Equations

5. Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations & Cosmology

Thermal Energy Transfer

5.1 Specific Heat Capacity & Latent Heat

5.2 Core Practical 12: Calibrating a Thermistor

5.3 Core Practical 13: Investigating Specific Latent Heat

Kinetic Theory & Ideal Gases

5.4 Internal Energy

5.5 Temperature & Absolute Zero

5.6 Ideal Gas Equation

5.7 Core Practical 14: Investigating Gas Pressure & Volume

5.8 Average Molecular Kinetic Energy

Nuclear Fusion & Fission

5.9 Nuclear Binding Energy & Mass Deficit

5.10 Atomic Mass Unit

5.11 Binding Energy per Nucleon Graph

5.12 Nuclear Fusion

Radioactivity Decay

5.13 Background Radiation

5.14 Alpha, Beta & Gamma Radiation

5.15 Nuclear Decay Equations

5.16 Core Practical 15: Investigating Gamma Radiation Absorption

5.17 The Random Nature of Nuclear Decay

5.18 Equations for Nuclear Physics

Simple Harmonic Motion

5.19 Conditions for Simple Harmonic Motion

5.20 Equations for Simple Harmonic Motion

5.21 Period of Simple Harmonic Oscillators

5.22 Displacement-Time Graph for an Oscillator

5.23 Velocity-Time Graph for an Oscillator

Resonance

5.24 Resonance

5.25 Core Practical 16: Investigating Resonance

5.26 Damped & Undamped Oscillating Systems

5.27 Free & Forced Oscillations

5.28 Resonance Graphs

5.29 Damping & Plastic Deformation

Gravitational Fields

5.30 Gravitational Fields

5.31 Gravitational Field Strength

5.32 Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

5.33 Gravitational Field due to a Point Mass

5.34 Gravitational Potential for a Radial Field

5.35 Comparing Electric & Gravitational Fields

5.36 Orbital Motion

Black Body Radiation

5.37 Black Body Radiation

5.38 Stefan-Boltzmann Law

5.39 Wien’s Law

Astronomy

5.40 Inverse Square Law of Flux

5.41 Parallax

5.42 Standard Candles

5.43 The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

5.44 The Life Cycle of Stars

Cosmology

5.45 Doppler Shift

5.46 Equations for Cosmology

5.47 Cosmology

6. Practical Skills in Physics II

Practical Skills II: Planning

6.1 Identifying Appropriate Apparatus

6.2 Calibrating Instruments

6.3 Measuring Variables

6.4 Control Variables & Fair Tests

6.5 Repeat Readings

6.6 Health & Safety

6.7 Data Collection

Practical Skills II: Implementation & Measurements

6.8 Evaluating Experiments

6.9 Number of Readings

6.10 Range of Measurements

6.11 Significant Figures

6.12 Correcting Units

6.13 Anomalous Readings

Practical Skills II: Analysis

6.14 Calculations using Experimental Data

6.15 Plotting Graphs

6.16 Using Units Correctly

6.17 Trend & Patterns in Experimental Data

6.18 Interpreting Graphs

6.19 Precision & Accuracy

6.20 Reducing Errors

6.21 Suggesting Improvements

6.22 Uncertainties

6.23 Calculating Percentage Uncertainties

Study tools

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