AQA GCSE Physics

4.1.1 Energy Changes and Storage

• 4.1.1.1 Energy stores and systems
• 4.1.1.2 Changes in energy
• 4.1.1.3 Energy changes in systems
• 4.1.1.4 Power

4.1.2 Conservation and Dissipation

• 4.1.2.1 Energy transfers in a system 3 notes
  • Energy Systems, Conservation and Dissipation
  • Reducing Unwanted Energy Transfers
  • Required Practical: Investigating Thermal Insulation
• 4.1.2.2 Efficiency

4.1.3 Energy Resources

• National and global energy resources 3 notes
  • Types of Energy Resources
  • Uses and Reliability of Energy Resources
  • Environmental and Global Issues in Energy Use

4.2.1 Current, Potential Difference and Resistance

• 4.2.1.1 Standard circuit diagram symbols
• 4.2.1.2 Electrical charge and current
• 4.2.1.3 Current, resistance and potential difference
• 4.2.1.4 Resistors 3 notes
  • Ohmic and Non-Ohmic Circuit Elements
  • Sensing Components: Lamps, Diodes, Thermistors and LDRs
  • Practical: Investigating I-V Characteristics

• Series and parallel circuits

4.2.3 Domestic Electricity and Safety

• 4.2.3.1 Direct and alternating potential difference
• 4.2.3.2 Mains electricity

4.2.4 Circuit Energy Transfers

• 4.2.4.1 Power
• 4.2.4.2 Energy transfers in everyday appliances
• 4.2.4.3 The National Grid

4.2.5 Static Electricity

• 4.2.5.1 Static charge
• 4.2.5.2 Electric fields

4.3.1 State Changes and Density

• 4.3.1.1 Density of materials 2 notes
  • Density and the Particle Model
  • Required Practical: Determining Density
• 4.3.1.2 Changes of state

4.3.2 Internal Energy

• 4.3.2.1 Internal energy
• 4.3.2.2 Temperature changes in a system and specific heat capacity
• 4.3.2.3 Changes of state and specific latent heat

4.3.3 Particle Model and Pressure

• 4.3.3.1 Particle motion in gases
• 4.3.3.2 Pressure in gases
• 4.3.3.3 Increasing the pressure of a gas

4.4.1 Atoms and Isotopes

• 4.4.1.1 The structure of an atom
• 4.4.1.2 Mass number, atomic number and isotopes
• 4.4.1.3 The development of the model of the atom

4.4.2 Nuclear Radiation

• 4.4.2.1 Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
• 4.4.2.2 Nuclear equations
• 4.4.2.3 Half-lives and the random nature of radioactive decay
• 4.4.2.4 Radioactive contamination

4.4.3 Hazards and Uses of Radiation

• 4.4.3.1 Background radiation
• 4.4.3.2 Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes
• 4.4.3.3 Uses of nuclear radiation

4.4.4 Nuclear Fission and Fusion

• 4.4.4.1 Nuclear fission
• 4.4.4.2 Nuclear fusion

4.5.1 Forces and Interactions

• 4.5.1.1 Scalar and vector quantities
• 4.5.1.2 Contact and non-contact forces
• 4.5.1.3 Gravity
• 4.5.1.4 Resultant forces

4.5.2 Work and Energy Transfer

• Work done and energy transfer

• Forces and elasticity 3 notes
  • Elastic and Inelastic Deformation
  • Hooke's Law and Elastic Potential Energy Calculations
  • Required Practical: Investigating the Force-Extension Relationship

• Moments, levers and gears 2 notes
  • Introduction to Moments and Balanced Systems
  • Levers and Gears

4.5.5 Pressure in Fluids

• 4.5.5.1.1 Pressure in a fluid 1
• 4.5.5.1.2 Pressure in a fluid 2
• 4.5.5.2 Atmospheric pressure

4.5.6 Forces and Motion

• 4.5.6.1.1 Distance and displacement
• 4.5.6.1.2 Speed
• 4.5.6.1.3 Velocity
• 4.5.6.1.4 The distance–time relationship
• 4.5.6.1.5 Acceleration 2 notes
  • Calculating Acceleration and Uniform Motion
  • Velocity-Time Graphs and Terminal Velocity
• 4.5.6.2.1 Newton's First Law
• 4.5.6.2.2 Newton's Second Law
• 4.5.6.2.3 Newton's Third Law
• 4.5.6.3.1 Stopping distance
• 4.5.6.3.2 Reaction time
• 4.5.6.3.3 Factors affecting braking distance 1
• 4.5.6.3.4 Factors affecting braking distance 2

4.5.7 Momentum

• 4.5.7.1 Momentum is a property of moving objects
• 4.5.7.2 Conservation of momentum
• 4.5.7.3 Changes in momentum

4.6.1 Wave Properties

• 4.6.1.1 Transverse and longitudinal waves
• 4.6.1.2 Properties of waves 2 notes
  • Wave Descriptors and the Wave Equation
  • Measuring Wave Speed & Required Practical 8
• 4.6.1.3 Reflection of waves
• 4.6.1.4 Sound waves
• 4.6.1.5 Waves for detection and exploration 3 notes
  • Principles of Wave Detection and Echo Sounding
  • Ultrasound for Medical and Industrial Imaging
  • Seismic Waves and the Structure of the Earth

4.6.2 Electromagnetic Waves

• 4.6.2.1 Types of electromagnetic waves
• 4.6.2.2 Properties of electromagnetic waves 1
• 4.6.2.3 Properties of electromagnetic waves 2
• 4.6.2.4 Uses and applications of electromagnetic waves
• 4.6.2.5 Lenses
• 4.6.2.6 Visible light

4.6.3 Black Body Radiation

• 4.6.3.1 Emission and absorption of infrared radiation
• 4.6.3.2 Perfect black bodies and radiation

4.7.1 Magnetic Fields

• 4.7.1.1 Poles of a magnet
• 4.7.1.2 Magnetic fields

4.7.2 The Motor Effect

• 4.7.2.1 Electromagnetism
• 4.7.2.2 Fleming's left-hand rule
• 4.7.2.3 Electric motors
• 4.7.2.4 Loudspeakers

4.7.3 Induction and Transformers

• 4.7.3.1 Induced potential
• 4.7.3.2 Uses of the generator effect
• 4.7.3.3 Microphones
• 4.7.3.4 Transformers

4.8.1 Solar System and Orbits

• 4.8.1.1 Our solar system
• 4.8.1.2 The life cycle of a star
• 4.8.1.3 Orbital motion, natural and artificial satellites

4.8.2 Red-Shift and Expansion

• Red-shift

Fundamental Physics Concepts

• Key ideas