DP IB Physics: SL
Topic Questions

SI Units, Using Scientific Notation, Estimating Physical Quantities

Random & Systematic Errors, Calculating Uncertainties, Determining Uncertainties from Graphs

Vector & Scalar Quantities, Combining & Resolving Vectors, Solving Vector Problems

Distance & Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Acceleration, Graphs Describing Motion, Uniform Acceleration, Acceleration of Free Fall Experiment, Projectile Motion, Terminal Speed

Free-Body Diagrams, Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law, Applying Newton’s Laws of Motion, Friction

Kinetic Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy, Elastic Potential Energy, Work Done, Power, Principle of Conservation of Energy, Efficiency

Force & Momentum, Impulse, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions & Explosions

Solids, Liquids & Gases, Temperature, Internal Energy, Specific Heat Capacity, Specific Latent Heat, Phase Change, Investigating Thermal Energy

Ideal Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Equation, Kinetic Model of an Ideal Gas, Mole Calculations, Investigating Gas Laws

Properties of Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Oscillations, SHM Graphs, Energy in SHM

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

Wavefronts, Amplitude & Intensity, Superposition, Polarisation, Malus’s Law

Reflection, Refraction & Transmission, Reflection, Refraction, Determining Refractive Index, Single-Slit Diffraction, Interference & Path Difference, Double-Slit Equation

The Nature of Standing Waves, Nodes & Antinodes, Boundary Conditions for Standing Waves, Harmonics

Charge & Current, Drift Speed, Potential Difference & DC, Electric Fields, Coulomb’s Law

Circuits, Resistance & Resistors, Kirchhoff’s Circuit Laws, I-V Characteristics, Resistivity, Investigating Resistivity, Series & Parallel Circuits, Heating Effect of Current, Potential Divider Circuits

Primary & Secondary Cells, Investigating Electric Cells, Terminal Potential Difference, Electromotive Force & Internal Resistance

Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Force on a Charge, Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor, Solving Problems Involving Magnetic Forces

Circular Motion, Centripetal Force, Centripetal Acceleration, Applications of Circular Motion

Newton’s Law of Gravitation, Circular Orbits, Gravitational Field Strength

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

Atomic Mass Unit, Mass Defect & Nuclear Binding Energy, Nuclear Fission & Fusion, Binding Energy per Nucleon Curve

Discovery of the Nucleus, Quarks & Leptons, Hadrons, Baryons & Mesons, Particle Conservation Laws, Fundamental Forces, Feynman Diagrams & Confinement, The Standard Model of Particle Physics

Specific Energy, Sankey Diagrams, Primary & Secondary Energy Sources, Energy Resources, Energy Generation, Safety Issues in Nuclear Power

Conduction, Convection & Thermal Radiation, Black-Body Radiation, The Solar Constant, Albedo & Emissivity, The Greenhouse Effect, Earth's Surface–Atmosphere System