Physics — A-Level
Eleven chapters — from units and measurement through quantum and atomic physics.
Chapter 1
Units and Measurements
Basic and derived units, systems of units, prefixes, measurement standards, and the instruments used to measure length, mass, and time.
Chapter 2
Motion
Vectors and scalars, distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration, the four equations of motion, free fall, and distance-time and velocity-time graphs — all worked through step by step.
Chapter 3
Forces
Newton's three laws of motion, gravitation, contact forces and equilibrium, mass and weight, freely falling bodies, and momentum and its conservation.
Chapter 4
Pressure
Pressure from force and area, pressure in fluids, density, relative density (specific gravity), and how a hydrometer measures it.
Chapter 5
Work and Energy
Work and power, kinetic, gravitational and elastic potential energy, and the law of conservation of energy.
Chapter 6
Heat and Temperature
The difference between heat and temperature, specific heat capacity, types of thermometer, temperature scales, and thermal expansion.
Chapter 7
Wave and Sound
Describing wave motion, transverse and longitudinal waves, wave characteristics and graphs, wave behaviour at boundaries, and sound waves.
Chapter 8
Light
Sources of light, reflection, image formation in plane and curved mirrors, and the mirror formula.
Chapter 9
Electricity
Electric charge, Coulomb's law, the atomic origin of electricity, conductors, insulators and semiconductors, and how objects become electrified.
Chapter 10
Magnetism
Magnets and magnetic materials, domain theory, magnetic fields, magnetisation and induced magnetism, and the magnetic properties of iron and steel.
Chapter 11
Quantum and Atomic Physics
Thermionic emission and the vacuum diode, blackbody radiation and the photon, the historical models of the atom, atomic structure, and the structure and evolution of the visible universe.