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Standard deviations
Tera symbol and standard deviation,
Giga symbol and standard deviation,
Mega symbol and standard deviation
8  cards
1.1 - Inside The Atom
What are the relative masses of t...,
The relative charge of the subato...,
What is an isotope
13  cards
1.2 - Stable And Unstable Nuclei
What does an isotope have that ma...,
What is the strong force that hol...,
What is the range of strong nucle...
17  cards
1.3 - Photons
What speed do electromagnetic wav...,
How do you find the wave length o...,
Radiowave wavelength
21  cards
1.4 - Particles And Antiparticles
What happens when matter and anti...,
How do we make use of this effect,
What is the positron
29  cards
1.5 Particle Interactions
What happens when a single force ...,
What is the momentum of the objec...,
What happens to the momentum when...
20  cards
2.1 - The Particle Zoo
What happens when a cosmic ray en...,
Process of how cosmic rays create...,
What new types of short lived par...
23  cards
2.2 - Particle Sorting
What do leptons react using,
What do hadrons react using,
Apart from a proton which is stab...
12  cards
2.3 - Leptons At Work
What can leptons and anti leptons...,
What is created from a single ele...,
What are neutrinos and antineutri...
15  cards
2.4 - Quarks And Anti-Quarks
Why are kaons considered strange,
What do kaons decay into,
What were considered the kaons
32  cards
2.5 - Conservation rules + journey pt7
What do conservation of energy an...,
What is conservation of lepton nu...,
What is conservation of strangeness
4  cards
3.1 The Photo Electric Effect
What conduction electrons in a me...,
What did heinrich hertz discover ...,
What is the photo electric effect
21  cards
3.2 More About Photoelectricity + Graph And Explination
What did max plank suggest,
What did both einsteins photon mo...,
Conduction electrons
14  cards
3.3 Collisions Of Electrons With Atoms *Diagrams
How is an ion formed,
What does adding electrons to an ...
25  cards
3.4 Energy Levels In Atoms
Does an electron shell near the c...,
What is the ground state of an atom,
What is the excited stage
27  cards
3.5 Energy levels and spectra + helium things
The wavelength of the light photo...,
What can we see if we use a tube ...,
What are characteristics of atoms...
11  cards
3.6
What did the theory of em waves p...,
What did the discovery of x rays ...,
What does the dual nature of ligh...
14  cards
4.1 Waves and vibrations
What are waves that pass through ...,
How are sound waves that pass thr...,
Examples of waves that pass throu...
19  cards
4.2 measuring waves
When would waves need to be measured,
Displacement definition,
Defintion of amplitude
19  cards
4.3 - Wave properties 1
What can be used to show wave pro...,
What are the waves observed in a ...,
Definition of reflection
16  cards
4.4 - Wave Properties 2 + the tests
What is the superposition effect,
What is the principle of superpos...,
What happens when a crest meets a...
17  cards
4.5 - Stationary Waves and Progressive Waves
When is a stationary wave formed,
What is the fundamental mode of v...,
What are the features of the firs...
16  cards
4.6 - More about Stationary waves on strings
When is the first harmonic patter...,
What are the wavelengths of the w...,
What are the wavelengths of waves...
22  cards
4.7 - Using an Oscilloscope
What happens if pd is applied acr...,
What happens if the pd is applied...,
What is the displacement of the s...
8  cards
5.1 Refraction of light
What do light rays represent,
What is the normal,
What is refraction
14  cards
5.2 More about refraction
Why does refraction occur,
What does the amount of refractio...,
Rest of explaining it
13  cards
5.3
What happens when the incidence r...,
What happens if the angle of inci...,
When can total internal reflectio...
15  cards
5.4
What was the idea about the natur...,
How can we observe interference o...,
What do the two slits act as
12  cards
5.5 More about interference
Are double slits coherent sources,
What makes them coherent,
Why can t light from two nearby b...
17  cards
5.6 Diffraction
What is diffraction,
What was diffraction important fo...,
How does a telescope use diffraction
16  cards
5.7 Diffraction Grating
What is a diffraction grating,
What happens when a parallel beam...,
Why is light transmitted by diffr...
20  cards
6.1 vectors and scalars
What is a vector,
Examples of vectors,
What is a scalar
18  cards
6.2 Balanced forces
When is an object in equilibrium,
What must happen for the resultan...,
How to check the combined effect ...
6  cards
6.3 principle of moments
What is the moment of a force abo...,
What effect does a greater distan...,
What is the distance d always per...
7  cards
6.4 More on moments
What does it mean when an object ...,
Total downward forces,
How is the centre of mass of a be...
5  cards
6.5 Stability
What happens if a body in stable ...,
Why does an object in stable equi...,
Why are the support force and wei...
9  cards
6.6 Equilibrium Rules
What does a free body force diagr...,
What should forces in a equilibri...,
F1 sin theta 1
3  cards
7.1 Speed and velocity
Displacement,
Speed,
Velocity
12  cards
7.2 Acceleration
Acceleration,
Deceleration,
How could you work out the accele...
8  cards
7.3 Motion along a straight line at constant acceleration
How to find final velocity using ...,
The first suva equation to find d...,
Second suvat equation to find dis...
6  cards
7.4 Free Fall
What did galileo galileli say abo...,
What did galileo determine from h...,
Using free fall measurements what...
3  cards
7.5 Motion Graphs
What is the gradient of a displac...,
What equation does the gradient o...,
What does the gradient of a veloc...
4  cards
7.6 More Calculations On Motion Along A Straight Line
0  cards
7.7 Projectile Motion 1
What is a projectile,
What is the acceleration of a pro...,
Why is the horizontal velocity of...
10  cards
7.8 Projectile Motion 2
Projectile motion,
2  cards
12.1 Electric current
What must there be to make an ele...,
What is the electric current,
The current is due to the passage...
18  cards
12.2 Potential Difference And Power
What do electrons do as they trav...,
When does the battery have the po...,
What happens to the energy when a...
21  cards
12.3 Resistance
0  cards
12.4 Components And Their Characterisitcs
0  cards

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