DP IB Physics: SL Exam Questions By Topic

Distance & Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Acceleration, Kinematic Equations, Motion Graphs, Projectile Motion, Fluid Resistance, Terminal Speed

Free-Body Diagrams, Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law, Contact Forces, Non-Contact Forces, Frictional Forces, Hooke's Law, Stoke's Law, Buoyancy, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Impulse & Momentum, Force & Momentum, Collisions & Explosions in One-Dimension, Angular Velocity, Centripetal Force, Centripetal Acceleration, Non-Uniform Circular Motion

Principle of Conservation of Energy, Sankey Diagrams, Work Done, Kinetic Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy, Elastic Potential Energy, Conservation of Mechanical Energy, Energy & Power, Efficiency Formula, Energy Density

Solids, Liquids & Gases, Density, Temperature Scales, Temperature & Kinetic Energy, Internal Energy, Thermal Equilibrium, Changes of State, Specific Heat Capacity, Specific Latent Heat, Thermal Conduction, Thermal Convection, Thermal Radiation, Apparent Brightness & Luminosity, Stefan-Boltzmann Law, Wien’s Displacement Law

Albedo & Emissivity, The Solar Constant, Greenhouse Gases, The Greenhouse Effect, Energy Balance Problems

Gas Pressure, Amount of Substance, Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Equation, Kinetic Theory of Gases, Derivation of the Kinetic Theory of Gases Equation, Average Kinetic Energy of a Molecule

Circuit Diagrams, Electric Current, Electric Potential Difference, Electrical Conductors & Insulators, Electric Resistance, Electrical Resistivity, I-V Characteristics, Series & Parallel Circuits, Electrical Power, Sources of Electrical Energy, Electromotive Force & Internal Resistance, Variable Resistance

Describing Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), Time Period of a Mass–Spring System, Time Period of a Simple Pendulum, Energy Changes in Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)

Properties of Waves, Transverse & Longitudinal Waves, Sound Waves, Electromagnetic Waves

Wavefronts & Rays, Reflection, Refraction & Transmission, Diffraction of Waves, Refraction of Waves, Superposition of Waves, Interference of Waves, Young’s Double-Slit Experiment

Standing Waves, Nodes & Antinodes, Boundary Conditions for Standing Waves, Harmonics in Strings & Pipes, The Nature of Resonance, The Effect of Damping

The Doppler Effect, The Doppler Effect of Light, Galactic Redshift

Newton's Law of Gravitation, Gravitational Field Strength, Gravitational Field Lines, Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

Electric Charge, Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment, Static Electricity, Coulomb's Law, Electric Field Strength, Electric Field Lines, Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor, Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors, Magnetic Force on a Charge, Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields, Charged Particles in Electric Fields, Charged Particles in Electric & Magnetic Fields

Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment, Nuclear Notation, Emission & Absorption Spectrum, Photon Energy

Isotopes & Radioactive Decay, Background Radiation, Alpha, Beta & Gamma Particles, Radioactive Decay Equations, Activity & Half-Life, Applications of Radioactivity, Mass Defect & Nuclear Binding Energy, Binding Energy per Nucleon Curve

Spontaneous & Induced Fission, Energy Released in Fission Reactions, Chain Reactions from Fission, Operation of a Nuclear Reactor, Radioactive Waste Management

Fusion Reactions in Stars, Energy Released in Fusion Reactions, Star Formation, Life Cycle of a Star, The Hertzsprung–Russell (HR) Diagram, Emission & Absorption Spectra in Stars, Stellar Parallax, Determination of Stellar Radii

Applying General Mathematics in Physics, Scalar & Vector Quantities, Combining & Resolving Vectors, Scale Diagrams, Fundamental & Derived Units in Physics, Using Dimensional Analysis, Processing Uncertainties, Graphing in Physics, Determining Uncertainties from Graphs