OCR AS Physics Exam Questions By Topic

Experimental Design, Control Variables, Refining of Experimental Design, Investigative Approaches & Methods, Using Practical Equipment & Materials, Appropriate Units for Measurements

Presenting & Interpreting Results, Analysing Quantitative Data, Plotting & Interpreting Graphs, Evaluating Results & Drawing Conclusions, Observations & Measurements, Presenting in a Scientific Way, Use of Software & Tools, Research & Citation Skills, Precision, Accuracy & Experimental Limitations, Significant Figures, Methods to Increase Accuracy

Using Appropriate Instruments & Techniques, Analogue Apparatus & Interpolation, Use of Digital Instruments, Stopwatch & Light Gates, Calipers, Micrometers & Vernier Scales, Circuits, Signal Generators & Oscilloscope, Using a Laser or Light Source, Computer Modelling & Data Logger, Ionising Radiation & Detectors

Physical Quantities, SI Units, Homogeneity of Physical Equations & Powers of Ten, Labelling Graphs & Tables

Sources of Uncertainty, Calculating Uncertainties, Determining Uncertainties from Graphs

Scalars & Vectors, Combining Vectors, Resolving Vectors

Displacement, Velocity & Acceleration, Motion Graphs, Displacement & Velocity-Time Graphs

SUVAT Equations, Investigating Motion & Collisions, Acceleration & Free Fall, Braking & Reaction Times, Projectile Motion

Force & Acceleration, Weight, Tension, Normal force, Upthrust & Friction, Motion in One & Two Dimensions, Drag Forces, Terminal Velocity, Investigating Terminal Velocity

Moments, Couples & Torque, Centre of Mass, Equilibrium

Density, Pressure, Archimedes' Principle

Work Done, Conservation of Energy, Energy & Work, Kinetic Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy, Power, Efficiency

Deformation & Compression, Hooke's Law, Force-Extension Graphs, Elastic Potential Energy, Stress, Strain & Tensile Strength, Young's Modulus, Stress-Strain Graphs, Elastic & Plastic Deformation

Newton's Three Laws of Motion, Linear Momentum, Impulse, Impulse on a Force-Time Graph, Conservation of Momentum, Collisions

Electric Current & Charge, Electric Current & Electron Flow, Kirchhoff's First Law, Current in a Current Carrying Conductor, Conductors, Semiconductors & Insulators, Circuit Symbols & Diagrams

Resistance, Ohm's Law & I-V Characteristics, Investigating Electrical Characteristics of Components, The Light-Dependent Resistor (LDR), Resistivity, Determining the Resistivity of a Metal, Thermistors

Power, Electrical Energy, Kirchhoff's Second Law, Kirchhoff's Laws in Circuits, Resistors in Series & Parallel Circuits, Series & Parallel Circuits, Circuits with Multiple Sources of e.m.f

E.m.f & Internal Resistance, Calculating E.m.f, Determining Internal Resistance, E.m.f & Potential Difference, Energy Transfer

Potential Divider Circuits, Variable Resistance Components, Investigating Potential Divider Circuits

Progressive Waves: Longitudinal & Transverse, Calculating Frequency, The Wave Equation, Graphical Representations of Transverse & Longitudinal Waves, Intensity of a Wave

The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Polarisation

Refraction, Total Internal Reflection, Wave Phenomena

Superposition, Graphical Representation of Superposition, Interference, Two-Source Interference, Young Double-Slit Experiment, Determining the Wavelength of Light, Stationary Waves, Stationary vs Progressive Waves, Nodes & Antinodes, Determining the Speed of Sound in Air in a Resonance Tube, Harmonics

The Photoelectric Effect, Demonstrating the Photoelectric Effect, The Photoelectric Equation, Work Function & Threshold Frequency, Maximum Kinetic Energy & Intensity

The Photon, The Electronvolt, Determining the Planck Constant, Electron Diffraction, The de Broglie Equation