Syllabus Edition
First teaching 2023
·First exams 2025
Space, Time & Motion
15 hours212 questionsKinematics
Distance & Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Acceleration, Kinematic Equations, Motion Graphs, Projectile Motion, Fluid Resistance, Terminal Speed
Forces & Momentum
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
Work, Energy & Power
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
The Particulate Nature of Matter
15 hours221 questionsThermal Energy Transfers
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
Greenhouse Effect
Albedo & Emissivity, The Solar Constant, Greenhouse Gases, The Greenhouse Effect, Energy Balance Problems
Gas Laws
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
Current & Circuits
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
Wave Behaviour
17 hours249 questionsSimple Harmonic Motion
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)
Wave Model
Properties of Waves, Transverse & Longitudinal Waves, Sound Waves, Electromagnetic Waves
Wave Phenomena
Wavefronts & Rays, Reflection, Refraction & Transmission, Diffraction of Waves, Refraction of Waves, Superposition of Waves, Interference of Waves, Young’s Double-Slit Experiment
Standing Waves & Resonance
Standing Waves, Nodes & Antinodes, Boundary Conditions for Standing Waves, Harmonics in Strings & Pipes, The Nature of Resonance, The Effect of Damping
Doppler Effect
The Doppler Effect, The Doppler Effect of Light, Galactic Redshift
Fields
9 hours126 questionsGravitational Fields
Newton's Law of Gravitation, Gravitational Field Strength, Gravitational Field Lines, Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Electric & Magnetic Fields
Electric Charge, Milikan's Oil Drop Experiment, Static Electricity, Coulomb's Law, Electric Field Strength, Electric Field Lines, Magnetic Fields
Motion in Electromagnetic 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
Nuclear & Quantum Physics
13 hours144 questionsStructure of the Atom
Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment, Nuclear Notation, Emission & Absorption Spectrum, Photon Energy
Radioactive Decay
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
Fission
Spontaneous & Induced Fission, Energy Released in Fission Reactions, Chain Reactions from Fission, Operation of a Nuclear Reactor, Radioactive Waste Management
Fusion & Stars
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