AQA A-level Physics

What is included

What this course covers

• Topic 1 — Measurements and their errors

  • 1.1 – Use of SI units and their prefixes
  • 1.2 – Limitation of physical measurements
  • 1.3 – Estimation of physical quantities

• Topic 2 — Particles and radiation

  • 2.1 – Particles
  • 2.2 – Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena

• Topic 3 — Waves

  • 3.1 – Progressive and stationary waves
  • 3.2 – Refraction, diffraction and interference

• Topic 4 — Mechanics and materials

  • 4.1 – Force, energy and momentum
  • 4.2 – Materials

• Topic 5 — Electricity

  • 5.1 – Basics of electricity
  • 5.2 – Current–voltage characteristics
  • 5.3 – Resistivity
  • 5.4 – Circuits
  • 5.5 – Potential divider
  • 5.6 – Electromotive force and internal resistance

• Topic 6 — Further mechanics and thermal physics

  • 6.1 – Periodic motion
  • 6.2 – Thermal physics

• Topic 7 — Fields and their consequences

  • 7.1 – Fields
  • 7.2 – Gravitational fields
  • 7.3 – Electric fields
  • 7.4 – Capacitance
  • 7.5 – Magnetic fields

• Topic 8 — Nuclear physics

  • 8.1 – Rutherford scattering
  • 8.2 – α, β and γ radiation
  • 8.3 – Radioactive decay
  • 8.4 – Nuclear instability
  • 8.5 – Nuclear radius
  • 8.6 – Mass and energy
  • 8.7 – Induced fission
  • 8.8 – Safety aspects

• Topic 9 — Astrophysics

  • 9.1 – Telescopes
  • 9.2 – Classification of stars
  • 9.3 – Cosmology

• Topic 10 — Medical physics

  • 10.1 – Physics of the eye
  • 10.2 – Physics of the ear
  • 10.3 – Biological measurement: simple ECG machines and the normal ECG waveform
  • 10.4 – Non-ionising imaging
  • 10.5 – X-ray imaging
  • 10.6 – Radionuclide imaging and therapy

• Topic 11 — Engineering physics

  • 11.1 – Rotational dynamics
  • 11.2 – Thermodynamics and engines

• Topic 12 — Turning points in physics

  • 12.1 – The discovery of the electron
  • 12.2 – Wave-particle duality
  • 12.3 – Special relativity

• Topic 13 — Electronics

  • 13.1 – Discrete semiconductor devices
  • 13.2 – Analogue and digital signals
  • 13.3 – Analogue signal processing
  • 13.4 – Operational amplifier configurations
  • 13.5 – Digital signal processing
  • 13.6 – Data communication systems

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