Syllabus Edition
First teaching 2014
·Last exams 2024
Measurement & Uncertainties
10 hours134 questionsMeasurements in Physics
SI Units, Using Scientific Notation, Estimating Physical Quantities
Uncertainties & Errors
Random & Systematic Errors, Calculating Uncertainties, Determining Uncertainties from Graphs
Vectors & Scalars
Vector & Scalar Quantities, Combining & Resolving Vectors, Solving Vector Problems
Mechanics
13 hours178 questionsMotion
Distance & Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Acceleration, Graphs Describing Motion, Uniform Acceleration, Acceleration of Free Fall Experiment, Projectile Motion, Terminal Speed
Forces
Free-Body Diagrams, Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law, Applying Newton’s Laws of Motion, Friction
Work, Energy & Power
Kinetic Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy, Elastic Potential Energy, Work Done, Power, Principle of Conservation of Energy, Efficiency
Momentum & Impulse
Force & Momentum, Impulse, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions & Explosions
Thermal Physics
6 hours87 questionsWaves
15 hours218 questionsOscillations
Properties of Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Oscillations, SHM Graphs, Energy in SHM
Travelling Waves
Properties of Waves, Transverse & Longitudinal Waves, Electromagnetic Waves, Sound Waves
Wave Characteristics
Wavefronts, Amplitude & Intensity, Superposition, Polarisation, Malus’s Law
Wave Behaviour
Reflection, Refraction & Transmission, Reflection, Refraction, Determining Refractive Index, Single-Slit Diffraction, Interference & Path Difference, Double-Slit Equation
Standing Waves
The Nature of Standing Waves, Nodes & Antinodes, Boundary Conditions for Standing Waves, Harmonics
Electricity & Magnetism
12 hours178 questionsElectric Fields
Charge & Current, Drift Speed, Potential Difference & DC, Electric Fields, Coulomb’s Law
Heating Effect of Electric Currents
Circuits, Resistance & Resistors, Kirchhoff’s Circuit Laws, I-V Characteristics, Resistivity, Investigating Resistivity, Series & Parallel Circuits, Heating Effect of Current, Potential Divider Circuits
Electric Cells
Primary & Secondary Cells, Investigating Electric Cells, Terminal Potential Difference, Electromotive Force & Internal Resistance
Magnetic Effects of Electric Currents
Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Force on a Charge, Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor, Solving Problems Involving Magnetic Forces
Circular Motion & Gravitation
6 hours80 questionsAtomic, Nuclear & Particle Physics
10 hours134 questionsDiscrete Energy & Radioactivity
Discrete Energy Levels, Calculating Discrete Energies, Emission & Absorption Spectrum, Isotopes & Radioactive Decay, Background Radiation, Alpha, Beta & Gamma Particles, Decay Equations, Half-Life, Investigating Half-Life
Nuclear Reactions
Atomic Mass Unit, Mass Defect & Nuclear Binding Energy, Nuclear Fission & Fusion, Binding Energy per Nucleon Curve
The Structure of Matter
Discovery of the Nucleus, Quarks & Leptons, Hadrons, Baryons & Mesons, Particle Conservation Laws, Fundamental Forces, Feynman Diagrams & Confinement, The Standard Model of Particle Physics
Energy Production
7 hours87 questionsEnergy Sources
Specific Energy, Sankey Diagrams, Primary & Secondary Energy Sources, Energy Resources, Energy Generation, Safety Issues in Nuclear Power
Thermal Energy Transfer
Conduction, Convection & Thermal Radiation, Black-Body Radiation, The Solar Constant, Albedo & Emissivity, The Greenhouse Effect, Earth's Surface–Atmosphere System
Wave Phenomena (HL only)
15 hours217 questionsSimple Harmonic Motion
The Defining Equation of SHM, Energy Changes in SHM, Calculating Energy Changes in SHM, Examples of SHM
Single-Slit Diffraction
The Nature of Single-Slit Diffraction, Intensity of Interference Maxima & Minima
Interference
Young’s Double-Slit Experiment, Two-Slit Interference Patterns, Diffraction Grating Patterns, The Diffraction Grating Equation, Thin Film Interference
Resolution
The Rayleigh Criterion, Rayleigh Criterion Calculations, Resolvance of Diffraction Gratings
Doppler Effect
The Doppler Effect, Uses of The Doppler Effect, The Doppler Equation
Fields (HL only)
6 hours89 questionsDescribing Fields
Gravitational & Electrostatic Fields, Gravitational & Electrostatic Field Lines, Gravitational & Electrostatic Potential, Equipotential Surfaces
Fields at Work
Potential & Potential Energy, Potential Energy Calculations, Potential Gradient & Difference, Potential in a Charged Sphere, Escape Speed, Orbital Motion, Speed & Energy, Forces & Inverse-Square Law Behaviour, Forces on Charges & Masses
Electromagnetic Induction (HL only)
9 hours132 questionsElectromagnetic Induction
Emf, Magnetic Flux & Magnetic Flux Linkage, Induced Emf, Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law
Power Generation & Transmission
AC Generators, Root-Mean-Square Current & Voltage, Step-Up & Step-Down Transformers, Transformer Calculations, AC Electrical Power Distribution, Diode Bridges, Investigating Diode Bridges, Rectification, Capacitors & Diode Bridges
Capacitance
Capacitance, Dielectric Materials, Capacitors in Series & Parallel, The Time Constant, Energy Stored in a Capacitor, Capacitor Charge & Discharge, Discharge Calculations
Quantum & Nuclear Physics (HL only)
7 hours89 questionsThe Interaction of Matter with Radiation
Photons, The Photoelectric Effect, Observing the Photoelectric Effect, Solving Photoelectric Problems, Matter Waves, Pair Production & Annihilation, Quantization of Angular Momentum, The Wave Function, The Uncertainty Principle, Tunnelling
Nuclear Physics
Rutherford Scattering & Nuclear Radius, Nuclear Scattering, Deviations from Rutherford Scattering, Nuclear Energy Levels, The Neutrino, The Law of Radioactive Decay, Measuring Half-Life