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Vector

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A Quantity That has Both Magnitude and Direction

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Normal Force

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A Force Perpendicular to the Plane

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Period

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The Time Taken to Complete 1 Revolution in Seconds

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Gravitational Field

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The Area Around an Object Where Other Objects are Attracked to it

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Kepler’s First Law of Planetary Motion

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The Orbit of Each Planet Around the Sun is an Ellipse

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Kepler’s Second Law of Planetary Motion

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A Planet Covers the Same Area of Space in the Same Amount of Time no Matter Where it is in its Orbit

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Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion

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A Planet’s Orbital Period is Proportional to the Size of its Orbit

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Electrical Field Strength

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The Force That an Electric Field Would Exert on a 1C Point Charge at a Particular Location

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Magnetic Field

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The Region Around a Magnet Where a Magnetic Force is Exerted

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Einstein’s First Postulate of Special Relativity

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All Laws of Physics are the Same for all Inertial Reference Frames

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Lenz’s Law

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The Induced Current Must be in the Direction That Opposes the Charge That Caused it

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Einstein’s Second Postulate of Special Relativity

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The Speed of Light, c, is a Constant in all Inertial Reference Frames

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Inertial

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Not Accelerating/Stationary

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Non-Inertial

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Accelerating

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Rutherford’s Atomic Model

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Likened the Structure of an Atom to the Solar System with Electrons as Planets Orbiting Around the Sun

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Bohr’s Atomic Model

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Electrons Only Exist in Discrete Energy Levels

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Evidence to Support the Wave Model of Light

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(1) Diffraction
(2) Polarisation

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Evidence to Support the Particle Model of Light

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(1) Photoelectric effect
(2) Compton effect

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Evidence to Support Both the Wave and Particle Models of Light

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Double-Slit Experiment

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