Measurements & Their Errors

Use of SI Units & Their Prefixes

SI Units

Powers of Ten

Estimating Physical Quantities

Limitation of Physical Measurements

Sources of Uncertainty

Calculating Uncertainties

Determining Uncertainties from Graphs

Particles & Radiation

Atomic Structure & Decay Equations

Atomic Structure

Nucleon & Proton Number

Strong Nuclear Force

Alpha & Beta Decay

Particles, Antiparticles & Photons

Classification of Particles

Hadrons

Baryons

Mesons

Leptons

Quarks & Antiquarks

Strange Quarks

Collaborative Efforts in Particle Physics

Conservation Laws & Particle Interactions

The Four Fundamental Interactions

The Electromagnetic & Strong Force

The Weak Interaction

Feynman Diagrams

Application of Conservation Laws

The Photoelectric Effect

The Electronvolt

Threshold Frequency & Work Function

The Photoelectric Equation

Energy Levels & Photon Emission

Collisions of Electrons with Atoms

Energy Levels & Photon Emission

Wave-Particle Duality

The de Broglie Wavelength

Diffraction Effects of Momentum

Analysis of the Nature of Matter

Waves

Longitudinal & Transverse Waves

Progressive Waves

Longitudinal & Transverse Waves

Polarisation

Stationary Waves

Stationary Waves

Formation of Stationary Waves

Harmonics

Required Practical: Investigating Stationary Waves

Interference

Path Difference & Coherence

Demonstrating Interference

Young's Double-Slit Experiment

Developing Theories of EM Radiation

Required Practical: Young's Slit Experiment & Diffraction Gratings

Diffraction

Single Slit Diffraction

The Diffraction Grating

Refraction

Refraction at a Plane Surface

Snell's Law

Fibre Optics

Mechanics & Materials

Scalars & Vectors

Scalars & Vectors

Resolving Vectors

Moments

Moments

Couples

Centre of Mass

Equations of Motion

Motion Along a Straight Line

Motion Graphs

SUVAT Equations

Projectile Motion

Drag Forces

Terminal Velocity

Required Practical: Determination of g

Newton’s Laws of Motion

Newton's First Law

Newton's Second Law

Newton's Third Law

Linear Momentum & Conservation

Linear Momentum

Conservation of Momentum

Impulse

Impulse on a Force-Time Graph

Collisions

Work, Energy & Power

Work & Power

Area Under a Force-Displacement Graph

Efficiency

Conservation of Energy

Kinetic & Gravitational Potential Energy

Bulk Properties of Solids

Density

Hooke's Law

Stress & Strain

Elastic Strain Energy

Elastic & Plastic Behaviour

Energy Conservation

The Young Modulus

The Young Modulus

Required Practical: The Young Modulus

Electricity

Current–Voltage Characteristics

Basics of Electricity

Current–Voltage Characteristics

Resistance & Resistivity

Resistivity

Resistance in a Thermistor

Superconductivity

Required Practical: Investigating Resistivity

Circuits & The Potential Divider

Resistors in Series & Parallel

Series & Parallel Circuits

Electrical Energy & Power

Potential Divider Circuits

Electromotive Force & Internal Resistance

Electromotive Force & Internal Resistance

Required Practical: Investigating EMF & Internal Resistance

Exam boards

• Cambridge (CIE) AS Physics
• Edexcel AS Physics
• OCR AS Physics

Study tools

• AQA AS Physics · Exam Questions
• AQA AS Physics · Past Papers

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