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Standard deviations
Tera symbol and standard deviation 1,
Giga symbol and standard deviation 2,
Mega symbol and standard deviation 3
8  cards
1.1 - Inside The Atom
What are the relative masses of t...,
The relative charge of the subato...,
What is an isotope 3
13  cards
1.2 - Stable And Unstable Nuclei
What does an isotope have that ma...,
What is the strong force that hol...,
What is the range of strong nucle...
17  cards
1.3 - Photons
What speed do electromagnetic wav...,
How do you find the wave length o...,
Radiowave wavelength 3
21  cards
1.4 - Particles And Antiparticles
What happens when matter and anti...,
How do we make use of this effect 2,
What is the positron 3
29  cards
1.5 Particle Interactions
What happens when a single force ...,
What is the momentum of the objec...,
What happens to the momentum when...
20  cards
2.1 - The Particle Zoo
What happens when a cosmic ray en...,
Process of how cosmic rays create...,
What new types of short lived par...
23  cards
2.2 - Particle Sorting
What do leptons react using 1,
What do hadrons react using 2,
Apart from a proton which is stab...
12  cards
2.3 - Leptons At Work
What can leptons and anti leptons...,
What is created from a single ele...,
What are neutrinos and antineutri...
15  cards
2.4 - Quarks And Anti-Quarks
Why are kaons considered strange 1,
What do kaons decay into 2,
What were considered the kaons 3
32  cards
2.5 - Conservation rules + journey pt7
What do conservation of energy an...,
What is conservation of lepton nu...,
What is conservation of strangene...
4  cards
3.1 The Photo Electric Effect
What conduction electrons in a me...,
What did heinrich hertz discover ...,
What is the photo electric effect 3
21  cards
3.2 More About Photoelectricity + Graph And Explination
What did max plank suggest 1,
What did both einsteins photon mo...,
Conduction electrons 3
14  cards
3.3 Collisions Of Electrons With Atoms *Diagrams
What is an ion 1,
How is an ion formed 2,
What does adding electrons to an ...
25  cards
3.4 Energy Levels In Atoms
Does an electron shell near the c...,
What is the ground state of an at...,
What is the excited stage 3
27  cards
3.5 Energy levels and spectra + helium things
The wavelength of the light photo...,
What can we see if we use a tube ...,
What are characteristics of atoms...
11  cards
3.6
What did the theory of em waves p...,
What did the discovery of x rays ...,
What does the dual nature of ligh...
14  cards
4.1 Waves and vibrations
What are waves that pass through ...,
How are sound waves that pass thr...,
Examples of waves that pass throu...
19  cards
4.2 measuring waves
When would waves need to be measu...,
Displacement definition 2,
Defintion of amplitude 3
19  cards
4.3 - Wave properties 1
What can be used to show wave pro...,
What are the waves observed in a ...,
Definition of reflection 3
16  cards
4.4 - Wave Properties 2 + the tests
What is the superposition effect 1,
What is the principle of superpos...,
What happens when a crest meets a...
17  cards
4.5 - Stationary Waves and Progressive Waves
When is a stationary wave formed 1,
What is the fundamental mode of v...,
What are the features of the firs...
16  cards
4.6 - More about Stationary waves on strings
When is the first harmonic patter...,
What are the wavelengths of the w...,
What are the wavelengths of waves...
22  cards
4.7 - Using an Oscilloscope
What happens if pd is applied acr...,
What happens if the pd is applied...,
What is the displacement of the s...
8  cards
5.1 Refraction of light
What do light rays represent 1,
What is the normal 2,
What is refraction 3
14  cards
5.2 More about refraction
Why does refraction occur 1,
What does the amount of refractio...,
Rest of explaining it 3
13  cards
5.3
What happens when the incidence r...,
What happens if the angle of inci...,
When can total internal reflectio...
15  cards
5.4
What was the idea about the natur...,
How can we observe interference o...,
What do the two slits act as 3
12  cards
5.5 More about interference
Are double slits coherent sources 1,
What makes them coherent 2,
Why can t light from two nearby b...
17  cards
5.6 Diffraction
What is diffraction 1,
What was diffraction important fo...,
How does a telescope use diffract...
16  cards
5.7 Diffraction Grating
What is a diffraction grating 1,
What happens when a parallel beam...,
Why is light transmitted by diffr...
20  cards
6.1 vectors and scalars
What is a vector 1,
Examples of vectors 2,
What is a scalar 3
18  cards
6.2 Balanced forces
When is an object in equilibrium 1,
What must happen for the resultan...,
How to check the combined effect ...
6  cards
6.3 principle of moments
What is the moment of a force abo...,
What effect does a greater distan...,
What is the distance d always per...
7  cards
6.4 More on moments
What does it mean when an object ...,
Total downward forces 2,
How is the centre of mass of a be...
5  cards
6.5 Stability
What happens if a body in stable ...,
Why does an object in stable equi...,
Why are the support force and wei...
9  cards
6.6 Equilibrium Rules
What does a free body force diagr...,
What should forces in a equilibri...,
F1 sin theta 1 3
3  cards
7.1 Speed and velocity
Displacement 1,
Speed 2,
Velocity 3
12  cards
7.2 Acceleration
Acceleration 1,
Deceleration 2,
How could you work out the accele...
8  cards
7.3 Motion along a straight line at constant acceleration
How to find final velocity using ...,
The first suvat equation to find ...,
Second suvat equation to find dis...
6  cards
7.4 Free Fall
What did galileo galileli say abo...,
What did galileo determine from h...,
Using free fall measurements what...
3  cards
7.5 Motion Graphs
What is the gradient of a displac...,
What equation does the gradient o...,
What does the gradient of a veloc...
4  cards
7.6 More Calculations On Motion Along A Straight Line
0  cards
7.7 Projectile Motion 1
What is a projectile 1,
What is the acceleration of a pro...,
Why is the horizontal velocity of...
10  cards
7.8 Projectile Motion 2
Projectile motion 1,
Blank 2
2  cards
8.1 Force and Acceleration * experiment
What is newton s first law of mot...,
What is needed to change an objec...,
When an object is moving at a con...
11  cards
8.2 Using F=MA *Further problems
When an object is acted on y two ...,
How would you find the accelerati...,
How do you find the acceleration ...
12  cards
8.3 Terminal Speed * investigation
What does any object moving throu...,
What does the drag force depend on 2,
The faster an object travels in a...
10  cards
8.4 On The Road *Practical And Skididng
What is thinking distance 1,
Thinking distance 2,
What can effect the thinking dist...
9  cards
8.5 Vehicle Safety
When a vehicle hits a wall at an ...,
What does a shorter contact time ...,
When happens when 2 vehicles coll...
7  cards
12.1 Electric current
What must there be to make an ele...,
What is the electric current 2,
The current is due to the passage...
18  cards
12.2 Potential Difference And Power
What do electrons do as they trav...,
When does the battery have the po...,
What happens to the energy when a...
22  cards
12.3 Resistance
What is the resistance of a compo...,
What is resistance caused by 2,
What is resistance of a component...
21  cards
12.4 Components And Their Characterisitcs
What is a battery 1,
What is the symbol of a light sou...,
What does a diode do 3
17  cards
13.1 Circuit rules
Kirchhoffs first law 1,
Why does the junction law work 2,
Current 3
11  cards
13.2 More about resistance
What is the total pd of 2 resisto...,
What is the total resistance of r...,
Equation for resistors in parallel 3
11  cards
13.3 electromotive force and internal resistance
What is the internal resistance o...,
What is the electromotive force e...,
Electromotive force equation 3
29  cards
13.4 More circuit calculations
How do you calculate the current ...,
Cell current 2,
How do you work out the current a...
17  cards
13.5 Potential divider
What does a potential divider con...,
What happens to the potential dif...,
By making use of suitable choice ...
21  cards
9.1 Momentum And Impulse
What did newton realise was neede...,
What is momentum defined as 2,
When do newtons laws not apply 3
17  cards
14.1 Moving On From Gcse
Blank 1
1  cards
19.1
Internal energy and temperature
26  cards
19.2
What is meant by heating up 1,
What is meant by cooling down 2,
Which materials heat up and cool ...
25  cards
19.3
What is the melting point 1,
When does a liquid boil 2,
Why is a gas less dense than a so...
12  cards
limits 1
What is an uncertainty 1,
What errors lead to uncertainty 2,
What is random error 3
13  cards
limits 2
What can uncertainty be thought o...,
What is the difference between an...,
Absolute uncertainty 3
17  cards
limits 3
How are uncertainties shown on a ...,
How do you calculate the percenta...
2  cards

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