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P1.1. Length and time: equipment to measure, SI units
P1.2. Motion: velocity, speed, acceleration, free fall
P1.3. Mass and weight
P1.4. Density: displacement, floating
P1.5. Forces:
- effects of forces: extension-load graph, resultant force, friction,
- the turning effect, achieving equilibrium
- center of mass, stability
- pressure
P2.1. Work
P2.2. Energy: kinetic energy (KE), gravitational potential energy (GPE), energy transfer, efficiency
P2.3. Power
P2.4. Energy sources: renewable vs. non-renewable sources
P3.1. Simple kinetic molecular model of matter: intermolecular bonds, kinetic theory, temperature
P3.2. Pressure changes: temperature, volume, pressure
P3.3 Matter & Thermal properties: thermal expansion, real-life application and consequences
P3.4. Measurement of temperature:
- measurements, plotting graphs
- thermometers: sensitivity + range, liquid-in-glass, thermocouples
P3.5. Thermal properties: conduction, convection, thermal radiation, consequences of energy transfer
P4. Waves including light and sound
P4.1. General wave properties:
- wave motion: wavefronts, frequency
- transverse and longitudinal waves
- wave effects: reflection, refraction, diffraction
P4.2. Light:
- reflection
- refraction
- investigating refraction
- application: optical fibres
- thin converging lenses
P4.3. Electromagnetic spectrum: transverse waves, visible light, other waves, safety issues
P4.4. Sound: longitudinal waves, investigating speed of sound
P 5, 6, 7. Electricity and Magnetism
P5. Electricity and Magnetism
- P5.1. Simple phenomena of magnetism: magnetic field lines, magnetic materials, induced magnetism
- P5.2. Electrical quantities:
- electrical charge, electric field
- current, potential difference, electromotive force
- resistance, current-voltage (IV) graphs
P6. Electric circuits
- P6.1. Circuit diagrams
- P6.2. Series and parallel circuits: + thermistors, light-dependent resistors (LDRs)
- P6.3. Electrical energy: power, energy
- P6.4. Dangers of electricity: fuses
P7. Electromagnetic effects
- P7.1. Magnetic effect of an electric current: magnetic field strength + direction
- P7.2. Force on a current-carrying conductor
- P7.3. d.c. motor: split-ring commutator
- P7.4. Electromagnetic induction
- P7.5. a.c. generator: slip rings, voltage output
P8.1. The nuclear atom
- alpha, beta, gamma
- ionising effect
P8.2. Radioactivity
- applications: measuring thickness of metals, tracers, radiotherapy, sterilization
- detection: photographic film, Geiger-Muller tubes, ionisation chambers, cloud chamber
- radioactive decay
- half-life
- safety precautions