AQA A-Level Physics

< A-level Physics This book is designed to help students who are studying the AQA Specification A syllabus to understand the topics covered, as well as explaining the way in which questions are asked in exams and how they differ from other examining bodies. Edited for the new Syllabus - from 2016) AS Topics Measurements and their Errors Use of SI Units Limitation of Physical Measurements Estimation of Physical Quantities Scalars and vectors Particles and Radiation /Atomic structure/File:100%.svg /Particles and Anti-particles/Image:25%.svg Constituents of the particle Forces Particle-Antiparticle interactions Creation and annihilation Creation and annihilation 2 Conserving and illustrating interactions /Quarks and sub-atomic particles/File:00%.svg Electromagnetic Radiation and Quantum Phenomena The photoelectric effectFile:00%.svg The photonFile:00%.svg Energy Levels and Spectra Mass and energyFile:00%.svg Waves and particlesFile:00%.svg Waves Progressive wavesFile:00%.svg Longitudinal and transverse wavesFile:00%.svg Superposition and Stationary Waves Interference Diffraction Reflection, refraction and opticsFile:00%.svg Mechanics Scalars and vectorsFile:00%.svg MomentsFile:00%.svg Motion along a straight lineFile:00%.svg Projectile motionFile:00%.svg Newton's laws of motionFile:00%.svg Momentum Work, energy and powerFile:00%.svg Conservation of energyFile:00%.svg Materials DensityFile:00%.svg SpringsFile:00%.svg Deformation of SolidsFile:00%.svg Momentum Materials Summary PageFile:00%.svg Current Electricity Charge and CurrentFile:00%.svg Voltage and PowerFile:00%.svg IV CharacteristicsFile:00%.svg ResistivityFile:00%.svg CircuitsFile:00%.svg Potential dividerFile:00%.svg EMF and Internal resistanceFile:00%.svg A2 Only Content Further Mechanics Circular Motion Simple Harmonic Motion Forced Vibrations, Damping and Resonance Thermal Physics Thermal energyFile:00%.svg Ideal gasesFile:00%.svg Molecular kinetic theory modelFile:00%.svg Fields Gravitational Fields Electric Fields Capacitance Magnetic Fields Alternating currentsFile:00%.svg OscilloscopeFile:00%.svg Comparison of Fields Thermal Physics Specific Heat Capacity Latent Heats Gas Laws Kinetic Theory Radioactivity /Evidence for the nucleus/File:75%.svg /Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiation/File:00%.svg /Radioactive decay/File:25%.svg /Nuclear Instability/File:25%.svg /Nuclear Radius/File:25%.svg Nuclear Energy Mass and energyFile:00%.svg Induced fissionFile:00%.svg Safety aspectsFile:00%.svg /Binding Energy/ Optional Topics Pupils study one of these: Astronomy and Cosmology /Telescopes/ /Astronomical Telescopes with Two Converging Lenses/ /Reflecting Telescopes/ /Single Dish Telescopes (Radio, IR, UV, X-ray)/ /Large Diameter Telescopes and their Merits/ /Classification of Stars/ /Luminosity/ /Absolute Magnitude/ /Temperature/ /Spectral Classes/ /HR Diagram/ /Supernovae, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes/ /Cosmology/ /Doppler Effect/ /Hubble's Law/ /Quasars/ /Detection of Exoplanets/ Medical Physics Applied Physics Turning Points in Physics General Resources /List of formulas/File:00%.svg /Past paper questions/ __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ Physics study guides GCE Advanced Level A 0%