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Topic Brief description
FORCES & MOTION Equations, motion graphs, forces, stopping
distance, terminal velocity, Hooke’s law,
momentum, moments
ENERGY RESOURCES & ENERGY Energy stores, conservation of energy, Sankey
TRANSFER diagram, efficiency, ways of thermal energy
transfer, thermal insulation, equations, work
done, gravitational potential energy, kinetic
energy, power, types of energy sources
ELECTRICITY Units, direct/alternate current, electrical cable
wires, safety devices, heating effect of current,
equations, electrical power, electrical energy
transferred, series & parallel circuits, current,
voltage, resistance, types of resistors, voltage
against current & current against voltage graphs
for different types of resistors, thermistor, light
dependent resistor, diode, electric charge,
electrical conductors/insulators, dangers & uses
of static electricity
ASTROPHYSICS Definitions, orbits of planets/moons/comets,
equations, orbital speed, brightness of star &
ways of measuring it, colour classification of
stars, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, life cycle of
main sequence stars, death of stars with mass
greater than the sun, Big Bang, cosmic
microwave background radiation, red-shift,
Doppler equation
SOLIDS, LIQUIDS & GASES Equations, density, pressure, pressure
difference, gases, specific heat capacity, change
in thermal energy, Kevin scale, pressure &
volume at constant temperature, pressure &
Kelvin temperature at constant volume
RADIOACTIVITY & PARTICLES Subatomic particles, alpha/beta/gamma radiation
ionising power/penetrating power/stopped
by/mass & charge, alpha decay, beta decay,
gamma decay, neutron decay, Geiger-Müller
tube & photographic film, background radiation,
half life calculations & graph, medicinal uses,
industrial uses, irradiation & contamination,
dangers of ionising radiation, nuclear fission,
nuclear reactor vessel, nuclear fusion
WAVES Definitions, transverse waves, longitudinal
waves, wave speed, frequency, Doppler effect,
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, electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic wave
uses, reflection, refraction, refractive index,
critical angle, total internal reflection & its uses
(prisms, optical fibres), sound, human hearing
frequency range, frequency, amplitude
MAGNETISM & Magnetically hard & soft, magnetic field,
ELECTROMAGNETISM magnetic field diagrams, uniform magnetic field,
electromagnetism, right hand grip rule,
electromagnet, flat circular coil, solenoid, ways
to increase magnetic field strength for flat
circular coil/solenoid, Fleming’s left hand rule,
loudspeaker, D.C electric motor, electromagnetic
induction, ways to increase induced voltage &
current, transformer, national grid, step-up &
step-down transformer, change in voltage
equation, transformer energy equation
PRACTICALS Variables, improve precision of measuring
instruments, improve reliability of results,
measuring instruments, investigate motion of
objects, variation in extension of
springs/wires/rubber bands with force, thermal
energy transfer
(conduction/convection/radiation), charge
insulating materials with friction, density of
regular/irregular solids, temperature-time graph
during changes of state, specific heat capacity of
materials, penetration powers of different types
of radiation, refraction of light & refractive index
with glass blocks, speed of sound in air,
frequency of sound with an oscilloscope,
magnetic field pattern for permanent bar magnet
& between 2 bar magnets
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, forces &
motion
