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AQA GCSE Physics
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AQA GCSE Physics
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Decks in class (102)
# Cards
Pre-Fixes
8
4.1.1.1 Energy Stores and Systems
24
4.1.1.2 Changes in Energy
9
4.1.1.3 Energy Changes in Systems
2
Required Practical Activity 1
3
4.1.1.4 Power
5
4.1.2.1 Energy Transfers in a System
8
Required Practical Activity 2
9
4.1.2.2 Efficiency
3
4.1.3 National and Global Energy Resources
47
4.2.1.1 Standard Circuit Diagram Symbols
14
4.2.1.2 Electrical and Charge Current
14
4.2.1.3 Current, Resistance and Potential Difference
26
Required Practical 3 - Use circuit diagrams to set up and check appropriate circuits to investigate the factors affecting the resistance fo electrical circuits
10
Required Practical Activity 4
18
4.2.1.4 Resistors
20
4.2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits
7
4.2.3.1 Direct and Alternating Potential Difference
11
4.2.3.2 Mains Electricity
17
4.2.4.1 Power
7
4.2.4.2 Energy Transfers in Everyday Appliances
7
4.2.4.3 The National Grid
6
4.2.5.1 Static Charge
22
4.2.5.2 Electric Fields
10
4.3.1.1 Density of Materials
4
Required Practical Activity 5
4
4.3.1.2 Changes of State
8
4.3.2.1 Internal Energy
14
4.3.2.2 Temperature Changes in a System and Specific Heat Capacity
4
4.3.2.3 Changes of State and Specific Latent Heat
7
4.3.3.1 Particle Motion in Gases
17
4.3.3.2 Pressure in Gases (physics only)
9
4.3.3.3 Increasing the Pressure of a Gas (physics only)
7
4.4.1.1 The Structure of an Atom
6
4.4.1.2 Mass Number, Atomic Number and Isotopes
6
4.4.1.3 The Development of the Model of the Atom
8
4.4.2.1 Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Radiation
11
4.4.2.2 Nuclear Equations
5
4.4.2.3 Half-lives and the Random Nature of Radioactive Decay
3
4.4.2.4 Radioactive Contamination
7
4.4.3.1 Background Radiation
5
4.4.3.2 Different Half-lives of Radioactive Isotopes
3
4.4.3.3 Uses of Nuclear Radiation
4
4.4.4.1 Nuclear Fission
14
4.4.4.2 Nuclear Fusion
5
4.5.1.1 Scalar and Vector Quantities
5
4.5.1.2 Contact and Non-contact Forces
18
4.5.1.3 Gravity
18
4.5.1.4 Resultant Forces
15
4.5.2 Work Done and Energy Transfer
4
4.5.3 Forces and Elasticity
14
Required Practical Activity 6 - Investigate the relationship between force and extension of a spring
14
Elastic Band Force Extension Practical
2
4.5.4 Moments, Levers, and Gears (physics only)
15
4.5.5.1.1 Pressure in a Fluid 1
9
4.5.5.1.2 Pressure in a Fluid 2 (HT only)
19
4.5.5.2 Atmospheric Pressure
12
4.5.6.1.1 Distance and Displacement
2
4.5.6.1.2 Speed
12
4.5.6.1.3 Velocity
3
4.5.6.1.4 The Distance–Time Relationship
7
4.5.6.1.5 Acceleration
19
4.5.6.2.1 Newton's First Law
9
4.5.6.2.2 Newton’s Second Law
5
Required Practical Activity 7
14
4.5.6.2.3 Newton’s Third Law
8
4.5.6.3.1 Stopping Distance
9
4.5.6.3.4 Factors Affecting Braking Distance 2
3
4.5.6.3.3 Factors that Affect Braking Distance 1
3
Required Practical Activity 7 - 2nd Experiment
3
4.5.7.1 Momentum is a Property of Moving Objects
3
4.5.7.2 Conservation of Momentum
2
4.5.7.3 Changes in Momentum
9
4.6.1.1 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
9
4.6.1.2 Properties of Waves
10
Required Practical 8 - Measure the frequency, wavelength and speed of waves in a ripple tank and waves in a solid and take appropriate measurements
9
4.6.1.3 Reflection of Waves (physics only)
11
Required Practical 9 - Investigate the reflection and refraction of light by different substances
7
4.6.1.4 Sound Waves (physics only) (HT only)
21
4.6.1.5 Waves for Detection and Exploration (physics only) (HT only)
20
4.6.2.1 Types of Electromagnetic Waves
6
4.6.2.2 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 1
8
4.6.2.3 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 2
10
4.6.2.4 Uses and applications of Electromagnetic Waves
7
4.6.2.5 Lenses (physics only)
17
4.6.2.6 Visible Light (physics only)
13
4.6.3.1 Emission and Absorption of Infrared Radiation
4
4.6.3.2 Perfect Black Bodies and Radiation
13
4.7.1.1 Poles of a Magnet
7
4.7.1.2 Magnetic Fields
7
4.7.2.1 Electromagnetism
11
4.7.2.2 Flemming's Left Hand Rule (HT only)
9
4.7.2.3 Electric Motors (HT only)
7
4.7.2.4 Loudspeakers (physics only) (HT only)
6
4.7.3.1 Induced Potential (HT only)
8
4.7.3.2 Uses of the Generator Effect (HT only)
13
4.7.3.3 Microphones (HT only)
4
4.7.3.4 Transformers
13
4.8.1.1 Our Solar System
7
4.8.1.2 The Life Cycle of a Star
7
4.8.1.3 Orbital Motion, Natural and Artificial Satellites
7
4.8.2 Red Shift (physics only)
12