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Forces
Do forces always have an opposite,
What are forces measured in,
How can you reduce friction
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Speed
What is terminal velocity,
How do you calculate average speed,
What is average speed measured in
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Electricity
What is electric current,
When does an electric current flow,
What is current measured in
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Electromagnets
Can electromagnets be turned on a...,
How many elements are magnetic,
Why is a bar magnet a permanent m...
8
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Scalars and vectors
How can vector quantities show th...,
What is a scalar quantity,
What is a vector quantity
11
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Speed, distance, and time
What is speed,
What is the equation to calculate...,
What does a diagonal line on a di...
13
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Equations of motion
What is the equation for accelera...,
What is velocity,
What is acceleration
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Velocity/time graphs
What does the slope gradient of t...,
What is the equation for working ...,
Which axis is time plotted on
8
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Determining speed
What can you measure the speed of...,
What is the acceleration due to g...,
What is the typical speed for the...
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Newton's first law
What is newtons first law,
If a body has a force of 10 n to ...,
A ball is stationary the weight a...
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Newton's second law
What is inertial mass,
What happens when a resultant for...,
How do you calculate acceleration...
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Physics equations
Momentum,
Force using the rate of change of...,
Acceleration
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Weight and mass
What is weight,
Is weight vector or scalar and wh...,
Which direction does the weight o...
15
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Motion and forces (Extended response)
A trolley ramp and two light gate...,
The distance taken for vehicles t...
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Circular motion
When will a body move in a circul...,
What type of quantity is velocity...,
What is the name for the force th...
6
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Momentum and force
What is the equation for momentum,
What is the unit for momentum,
Name 3 car safety features why th...
11
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Newton's third law
What is newtons third law,
What does the law relate to and w...,
State the properties of action re...
9
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Human reaction time
What is human reaction time,
When driving drivers have to reac...,
What is a typical reaction time
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Stopping distance
What is thinking distance,
What is stopping distance,
What is braking distance
11
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Energy stores and transfers
What is a closed system,
Name four ways in which energy ca...,
Name and give the definitions of ...
13
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Efficient heat transfer
What is efficiency and how is it ...,
What does the rate at which therm...,
What can unwanted energy transfer...
27
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Energy resources
What are renewable energy resources,
What are non renewable energy res...,
Name and explain 5 renewable ener...
7
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Potential and kinetic energy
How do you calculate change in gr...,
What is gravitational potential e...,
What does gravitational energy de...
14
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Equations (energy unit)
Power,
Gravitational potential energy,
What is all energy measured in
8
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Prefixes
What does the prefix m stand for,
What does the prefix g stand for,
What does the prefix m stand for
15
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Energy (powerpoint)
What are the advantages of coal p...,
What are the advantages of oil,
What are the advantages of gas
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Conservation of energy (Extended Response)
Describe the energy transfers tak...,
The people on a small island want...
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Waves
What do waves transfer not transfer,
What can waves be described as,
Oscillation vibration
27
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Seismic waves
Structure of the earth,
3 types of seismic waves,
P waves
15
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Wave equations
How do you find wave speed veloci...,
A seismic wave has a frequency of...,
A wave on the sea is travelling a...
5
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Measuring wave velocity
How do you calculate the speed of...,
Oscilloscope,
Oscilloscope traces
16
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Waves and boundaries
Boundary or interface,
What happens when a sound water o...,
Wavelength and the effect on subs...
21
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Sound waves and the ear
Vibrations and waves,
Frequency range of the human ear,
How sound waves are produced
8
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Ultrasound and infrasound
Ultrasound,
Infrasound,
What is infrasound produced by
13
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Sound wave calculations
What happens when a sound wave mo...,
How are wavelength and wave speed...,
What does the speed of sound depe...
8
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Waves (Extended Response)
Waves transfer energy without the...,
The human ear can detect sound be...
2
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Reflection and refraction
The normal,
Angle i and r,
Incident ray and reflected ray
14
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Total internal reflection
What does total internal reflecti...,
Total internal reflection,
Role of reflection
16
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Colour of an object
What is the colour an object appe...,
Specular reflection,
What is the requirement for specu...
20
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Lenses and power
Lenses,
What determines how much power a ...,
Two types of lens
20
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Real and virtual images
What do the images produced by a ...,
When can an object be said to be ...,
What does moving the image closer...
18
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Electromagnetic spectrum
All electromagnetic waves,
Electromagnetic spectrum,
Speed of em waves in air or a vacuum
10
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Investigating refraction (Practical)
Describe the method of a practica...,
State the two things that can cha...,
Draw a table of results for a lig...
6
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Wave behaviour
What does the behaviour of em wav...,
What are em waves composed of,
Speed of em waves in a vacuum air
18
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Temperature and radiation
Objects and em radiation,
Emitting radiation,
Factors affecting temperature
11
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Dangers and uses
What does the amount of energy tr...,
Uses of gamma rays and why,
Uses of x rays and why
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Changes and radiation
What happens when electrons jump ...,
Electrons and electron shells,
What happens when energy is absorbed
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Light and the EM spectrum (Extended response)
Exposure to certain types of elec...,
Describe how the em spectrum is u...
2
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Patterns of energy use
Factors changing the use of energ...,
Trends in energy use,
Similarities and differences in t...
6
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Hooke's law
Extension,
Compression,
What is described by hookes law
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Force and acceleration
Describe the method of finding th...,
What would be the conclusion for ...,
Explain why it is better to use l...
5
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Structure of the atom
Location of protons neutrons and ...,
The atom and the nucleus 6,
Atoms and molecules 3
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Atoms and isotopes
What do all atoms of a particular...,
Atomic number proton number,
Mass number nucleon number
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Atoms, electrons and ions
Where can electrons move to,
Electrons in orbit,
Moving between energy levels 3
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Ionising radiation
What is alpha beta gamma and neut...,
How often does the process of emi...,
Why are some elements radioactive...
32
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Background radiation
What is background radiation,
Name seven sources of radiation,
Percentages that these types of r...
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Measuring radioactivity
Two ways to measure and detect ra...,
How does a geiger muller tube work 4,
What is radiation measured in
11
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Models of the atom
Why has the model of the atom cha...,
Plum pudding model 3,
Rutherfords model solar system mo...
8
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Beta decay
What are the two types of beta decay,
Beta minus decay more commonly us...,
Formula for beta minus decay
11
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Radioactive decay
Effect of alpha decay on the mass...,
Effect of beta decay on the mass ...,
Effect of beta decay on the mass ...
10
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Half-life
Activity of a radioactive source,
What happens when an atom decays,
What does the activity of a sourc...
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Uses of radiation
Uses of gamma rays 4,
How is gamma used to kill cancer ...,
How is gamma used to sterilise su...
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Dangers of radiation
What does ionising radiation do t...,
Ionisation and cellular mutation,
Precautions and safety 3
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Contamination and irradiation
Irradiation,
Dangers of irradiation types of r...,
Contamination
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Medical uses
Medical tracers,
How are medical tracers used,
Pet scanners and how do they work
13
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Nuclear power
Energy from the nucleus 3,
Nuclear power and waste,
Advantages of nuclear power 3
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Nuclear fission
What does the fission of uranium ...,
Nuclear fission,
What does a fission reaction produce
9
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Nuclear power stations
What is the most useful product o...,
How is nuclear fission used to ge...,
Basic layout of the reactor
10
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Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion,
How stars use fusion over time,
Conditions examples of fusion rea...
11
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Radioactivity (Extended Response)
Some types of cancer can be treat...,
Radioactive material is used in s...
2
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The Solar System
Solar system,
Name 5 objects found in the solar...,
Star
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Planets
Mercury climate moons relative di...,
Venus climate relative size spin ...,
Earth temp tilt interaction with sun
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Satellites and orbits
Bodies of lower and higher mass,
Natural satellites,
Artificial satellites
21
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Theories about the Universe
The big bang theory,
Steady state theory,
Doppler effect
12
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Doppler effect and red shift
Doppler effect,
Red shift and the doppler effect,
Discovery of red shift
6
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Life cycle of stars
What determines the progression o...,
Name all the stages for a low mas...,
Name all the stages for a high ma...
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Observing the Universe
How has the location of observati...,
How did the first scientists expl...,
Name four developments in technol...
8
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Astronomy (Extended response)
Astronomers collect data and use ...,
Two stars are both in the main se...
2
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