AQA GCSE Physics Revision

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1. Energy

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  • 4.1.1.1Energy stores and systems
  • 4.1.1.2Changes in energy
  • 4.1.1.3Energy changes in systems
  • RPA1Required Practical: Specific Heat Capacity
  • 4.1.1.4Power
  • 4.1.2.1Energy transfers in a system
  • RPA2Required Practical: Investigating Insulation
  • 4.1.2.2Efficiency
  • 4.1.3.0National and global energy resources

2. Electricity

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  • 4.2.1.1Standard circuit diagram symbols
  • 4.2.1.2Electrical charge and current

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  • 4.2.1.3Current, resistance and potential difference
  • RPA3Required Practical: Investigating Resistance
  • 4.2.1.4Resistors
  • RPA4Required Practical: I-V Graphs
  • 4.2.2.0Series and parallel circuits
  • 4.2.3.1Direct and alternating potential difference
  • 4.2.3.2Mains electricity
  • 4.2.4.1Power
  • 4.2.4.2Energy transfers in everyday appliances
  • 4.2.4.3The National Grid
  • 4.2.5.1Static charge
  • 4.2.5.2Electric fields

3. Particle model of matter

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  • 4.3.1.1Density of materials
  • RPA5Required Practical: Density
  • 4.3.1.2Changes of state
  • 4.3.2.1Internal energy
  • 4.3.2.2Temperature changes in a system and specific heat capacity
  • 4.3.2.3Changes of state and specific latent heat
  • 4.3.3.1Particle motion in gases
  • 4.3.3.2Pressure in gases (physics only)
  • 4.3.3.3Increasing the pressure of a gas (physics only) (HT only)

4. Atomic structure

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  • 4.4.1.1The structure of an atom
  • 4.4.1.2Mass number, atomic number and isotopes
  • 4.4.1.3The development of the model of the atom (common content with chemistry)
  • 4.4.2.1Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
  • 4.4.2.2Nuclear equations
  • 4.4.2.3Half-lives and the random nature of radioactive decay
  • 4.4.2.4Radioactive contamination
  • 4.4.3.1Background radiation
  • 4.4.3.2Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes
  • 4.4.3.3Uses of nuclear radiation
  • 4.4.4.1Nuclear fission
  • 4.4.4.2Nuclear fusion

5. Forces

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  • 4.5.1.1Scalar and vector quantities
  • 4.5.1.2Contact and non-contact forces
  • 4.5.1.3Gravity
  • 4.5.1.4Resultant forces
  • 4.5.2.0Work done and energy transfer
  • 4.5.3.0Forces and elasticity
  • 4.5.4.0Moments, levers and gears (physics only)
  • 4.5.5.1Pressure in a fluid
  • 4.5.5.2Atmospheric pressure
  • 4.5.6.1Describing motion along a line
  • 4.5.6.2Forces, accelerations and Newton's Laws of motion
  • RPA7Required Practical: Force, Mass and Acceleration
  • 4.5.6.3Forces and braking
  • 4.5.7.1Momentum is a property of moving objects
  • 4.5.7.2Conservation of momentum
  • 4.5.7.3Changes in momentum (physics only)
  • RPA6.0Required Practical: Force and Extension

6. Waves

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  • 4.6.1.1Transverse and longitudinal waves
  • RPA8Required Practical: Measuring Wave Properties
  • 4.6.1.2Properties of waves
  • 4.6.1.3Reflection of waves (physics only)
  • RPA9Required Practical: Reflection and Refraction
  • 4.6.1.4Sound waves (physics only) (HT only)
  • 4.6.1.5Waves for detection and exploration (physics only) (HT only)
  • 4.6.2.1Types of electromagnetic waves
  • 4.6.2.2Properties of electromagnetic waves 1
  • RPA10Required Practical: Infrared Radiation
  • 4.6.2.3Properties of electromagnetic waves 2
  • 4.6.2.4Uses and applications of electromagnetic waves
  • 4.6.2.5Lenses (physics only)
  • 4.6.2.6Visible light (physics only)
  • 4.6.3.1Emission and absorption of infrared radiation
  • 4.6.3.2Perfect black bodies and radiation

7. Magnetism and electromagnetism

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  • 4.7.1.1Poles of a magnet
  • 4.7.1.2Magnetic fields
  • 4.7.2.1Electromagnetism
  • 4.7.2.2Fleming's left-hand rule (HT only)
  • 4.7.2.3Electric motors (HT only)
  • 4.7.2.4Loudspeakers (physics only) (HT only)
  • 4.7.3.1Induced potential (HT only)
  • 4.7.3.2Uses of the generator effect (HT only)
  • 4.7.3.3Microphones (HT only)
  • 4.7.3.4Transformers (HT only)

8. Space physics (physics only)

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  • 4.8.1.1Our solar system
  • 4.8.1.2The life cycle of a star
  • 4.8.1.3Orbital motion, natural and artificial satellites
  • 4.8.2.0Red-shift (physics only)