EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9-1)
Brian Arnold
Penny Johnson
Steve Woolley
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INDEX 289
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UNIT 1 UNIT 5
FORCES AND MOTION SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES
1 MOVEMENT AND POSITION 03 18 DENSITY AND PRESSURE 173
2 FORCES AND SHAPE 18 19 SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES 181
3 FORCES AND MOVEMENT 28
4 MOMENTUM
1;11111+1,wm 40 UNIT 6
5 THE TURNING EFFECT OF FORCES 48 MAGNETISM AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
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21 ELECTRIC MOTORS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION 206
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ELE TRll.;ITY UNIT 7
MAINS ELECTRICITY 59 RADIOACTIVITY AND PARTICLES
CURRENT AND VOLTAGE IN CIRCUITS 67 22 ATOMS AND RADIOACTIVITY 221
ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE 75 23 RADIATION AND HALF-LIFE 233
9 ELECTRIC CHARGE 84 24 APPLICATIONS OF RADIOACTIVITY 241
INNlfi'Wrl 25 FISSION AND FUSION 250
UNIT 3 UNIT 8
WAVES ASTROPHYSICS
10 PROPERTIES OF WAVES 97
26 MOTION IN THE UNIVERSE 259
11 THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM 106
27 STELLAR EVOLUTION 265
12 LIGHT WAVES 113
28 COSMOLOGY 271
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ENERGY RESOURCES AND ENERGY TRANSFER
14 ENERGY TRANSFERS 133
15 THERMAL ENERGY 139
16 WORK AND POWER 150
17 ENERGY RESOURCES AND ELECTRICITY GENERATION 158
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