Physics (8867)

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Free Physics (8867) revision notes for GCE A-Level - Higher 1 (H1) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.

Measurement, Quantities and Forces

  • Physical quantities and SI units

  • Errors and uncertainties

  • Scalars and vectors

  • Type of forces

  • Moment and torque

  • Translational and rotational equilibrium

Motion, Newton's Laws and Momentum

  • Kinematics

  • Uniformly accelerated linear motion

  • Laws of motion

  • Mass and linear momentum

  • Free fall and projectile motion

  • Effects of air resistance

  • Impulse

  • Conservation of momentum and energy

Energy, Work and Fields

  • Energy stores and transfers

  • Work done by a force

  • Kinetic energy

  • Potential energy

  • Gravitational potential energy in a uniform field

  • Concept of a field

  • Power and efficiency

Circular Motion and Gravitation

  • Kinematics of uniform circular motion

  • Centripetal acceleration

  • Newton’s laws of gravitation

  • Circular orbits

Electric Current and Circuits

  • Current and drift velocity

  • Potential difference and power

  • Circuit symbols and diagrams

  • Resistance, resistivity and internal resistance

  • Resistors in series and in parallel

Electromagnetism

  • Uniform electric fields

  • Magnetic fields and magnetic flux density due to currents

  • Force on a current-carrying conductor

  • Force on a moving charge

Nuclear Physics

  • The nuclear atom

  • Radioactive decay

  • Nuclear processes and conservation laws

  • Mass defect and nuclear binding energy

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