AQA GCSE Physics Revision Notes
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4.1 · Energy
4.1.1 · Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored
4.1.2 · Conservation and dissipation of energy
4.1.3 · National and global energy resources
4.2 · Electricity
4.2.1 · Current, potential difference and resistance
4.2.2 · Series and parallel circuits
4.2.3 · Domestic uses and safety
4.2.4 · Energy transfers
4.2.5 · Static electricity (physics only)
4.3 · Particle model of matter
4.3.1 · Changes of state and the particle model
4.3.2 · Internal energy and energy transfers
4.4 · Atomic structure
4.4.1 · Atoms and isotopes
4.4.2 · Atoms and nuclear radiation
4.4.3 · Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background
4.4.4 · Nuclear fission and fusion (physics only)
4.5 · Forces
4.5.1 · Forces and their interactions
4.5.2 · Work done and energy transfer
4.5.3 · Forces and elasticity
4.5.4 · Moments, levers and gears (physics only)
4.5.5 · Pressure and pressure differences in fluids (physics only)
4.5.6 · Forces and motion
4.5.7 · Momentum (HT only)
RPA6 · Required Practical: Force and Extension
4.6 · Waves
4.6.1 · Waves in air, fluids and solids
- 4.6.1.1 — Transverse and longitudinal waves
- RPA8 — Required Practical: Measuring Wave Properties
- 4.6.1.2 — Properties of waves
- 4.6.1.3 — Reflection of waves (physics only)
- RPA9 — Required Practical: Reflection and Refraction
- 4.6.1.4 — Sound waves (physics only) (HT only)
- 4.6.1.5 — Waves for detection and exploration (physics only) (HT only)
4.6.2 · Electromagnetic waves
- 4.6.2.1 — Types of electromagnetic waves
- 4.6.2.2 — Properties of electromagnetic waves 1
- RPA10 — Required Practical: Infrared Radiation
- 4.6.2.3 — Properties of electromagnetic waves 2
- 4.6.2.4 — Uses and applications of electromagnetic waves
- 4.6.2.5 — Lenses (physics only)
- 4.6.2.6 — Visible light (physics only)
4.6.3 · Black body radiation (physics only)
4.7 · Magnetism and electromagnetism
4.7.1 · Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields
4.7.2 · The motor effect
4.7.3 · Induced potential, transformers and the National Grid (physics
4.8 · Space physics (physics only)
4.8.1 · Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites (physics only)
4.8.2 · Red-shift (physics only)
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