Physics 8463

8 sections available · 30 chapters available

Free Physics 8463 study notes for AQA GCSE students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.

Energy

Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored before and after such changes
Conservation and dissipation of energy
National and global energy resources

Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance
Series and parallel circuits
Domestic uses and safety
Energy transfers
Static electricity (physics only)

Particle model of matter

Changes of state and the particle model
Internal energy and energy transfers
Particle model and pressure

Atomic structure

Atoms and isotopes
Atoms and nuclear radiation
Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation (physics only)
Nuclear fission and fusion (physics only)

Forces

Forces and their interactions
Work done and energy transfer
Forces and elasticity
Moments, levers and gears (physics only)
Pressure and pressure differences in fluids (physics only)
Forces and motion
Momentum (HT only)

Waves

Waves in air, fluids and solids
Electromagnetic waves
Black body radiation (physics only)

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields
The motor effect
Induced potential, transformers and the National Grid (physics only) (HT only)

Space physics (physics only)

Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites (physics only)
Red-shift (physics only)

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