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Physics A - H556
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Free Physics A - H556 revision notes for Cambridge OCR A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
1. Development of practical skills in physics
Practical skills assessed in a written examination
2.1 Physical quantities and units
Physical quantities
S.I. units
2.2 Making measurements and analysing data
Measurements and uncertainties
2.3 Nature of quantities
Scalars and vectors
3.1 Motion
Kinematics
Linear motion
Projectile motion
3.2 Forces in action
Dynamics
Motion with non-uniform acceleration
Equilibrium
Density and pressure
3.3 Work, energy and power
Work and conservation of energy
Kinetic and potential energies
Power
3.4 Materials
Springs
Mechanical properties of matter
3.5 Newton's laws of motion and momentum
Newton's laws of motion
Collisions
4.1 Charge and current
Charge
Mean drift velocity
4.2 Energy, power and resistance
Circuit symbols
E.m.f. and p.d.
Resistance
Resistivity
Power
4.3 Electrical circuits
Series and parallel circuits
Internal resistance
Potential dividers
4.4 Waves
Wave motion
Electromagnetic waves
Superposition
Stationary waves
4.5 Quantum physics
Photons
The photoelectric effect
Wave–particle duality
5.1 Thermal physics
Temperature
Solid, liquid and gas
Thermal properties of materials
Ideal gases
5.2 Circular motion
Kinematics of circular motion
Centripetal force
5.3 Oscillations
Simple harmonic oscillations
Energy of a simple harmonic oscillator
Damping
5.4 Gravitational fields
Point and spherical masses
Newton's law of gravitation
Planetary motion
Gravitational potential and energy
5.5 Astrophysics and cosmology
Stars
Electromagnetic radiation from stars
Cosmology
6.1 Capacitors
Capacitors
Energy
Charging and discharging capacitors
6.2 Electric fields
Point and spherical charges
Coulomb's law
Uniform electric field
Electric potential and energy
6.3 Electromagnetism
Magnetic fields
Motion of charged particles
Electromagnetism
6.4 Nuclear and particle physics
The nuclear atom
Fundamental particles
Radioactivity
Nuclear fission and fusion
6.5 Medical imaging
Using X-rays
Diagnostic methods in medicine
Using ultrasound
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