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Decks in this class (51)

17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Distance, Displacement, Speed and Velocity
What are vectors,
What are scalars,
What is the difference between sp...
3  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Acceleration
What is acceleration,
What is uniform acceleration,
How do you estimate acceleration
3  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Distance / Time Graphs
What are different characteristic...,
How do you find the speed of a di...
2  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Velocity / Time Graphs
What are the characteristics of a...,
How do you calculate the distance...
2  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Newton 1st & 2nd Laws
What are the first 2 newton laws ...,
Explain a force is needed to chan...,
Explain acceleration is proportio...
4  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Weight and Circular Motion
What is mass and what is the measure,
What is weight and what is the me...,
What dies weight depend on
8  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Inertia & Newton 3rd Law
What is inertia,
What is inertial mass,
What is newton s third law
4  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Momentum
What is momentum,
What is the conservation of momen...,
What impact for forces have on mo...
4  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Stopping Distances & Reaction Times
What is stopping distance and wha...,
What is thinking distance and wha...,
What is braking distance and what...
4  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Energy Stores
How is energy transferred,
What are the 8 energy stores,
What is kinetic energy
12  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Transferring Energy
What is the conservation of energy,
What is a closed system,
What are the 4 ways that energy c...
8  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Efficiency
When is energy useful,
What happens to input energy,
What needs to be overcome when wo...
4  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Reducing Unwanted Energy Tranfers
Name 2 ways of reducing wasted en...,
Explain the diagram for showing e...,
How does lubrication reduce energ...
4  cards
17. Motion, Forces and Conservation of Energy: Energy Resources
What are the 2 types of energy re...,
What will happen to non renewable...,
What are non renewable energy res...
19  cards
18. Waves & Electromagnetic Spectrum: Wave Basics
What are waves,
What is the amplitude of a wave,
What is the wavelength of a wave
8  cards
18. Waves & Electromagnetic Spectrum: Measuring Waves
What are the main parameters that...,
What equipment do you use to meas...,
What equipment do you use to meas...
4  cards
18. Waves & Electromagnetic Spectrum: Wave Behaviour at Boundaries
What can happen to waves when the...,
What is the boundary between 2 ma...,
What happens when a wave is absorbed
9  cards
18. Waves & Electromagnetic Spectrum: Investigating Refraction
How can you use a glass block to ...
1  cards
18. Waves & Electromagnetic Spectrum: Electromagnetic Waves
What is the electromagnetic spectrum,
What are electromagnetic waves,
What are the 7 categories of wave...
19  cards
18. Waves & Electromagnetic Spectrum: Microwaves & Infrared
How do microwave ovens work,
What is a use for infrared radiation,
What can infrared waves also be u...
7  cards
19. Radioactivity: Model of the Atom
How has the theory of atomic stru...,
Rutherford and marsden theory,
Niels bohr model
3  cards
19. Radioactivity: Electron Energy Levels
What does it mean for electrons t...,
What happens after the electron i...,
What happens when you move furthe...
4  cards
19. Radioactivity: Isotopes & Nuclear Radiation
0  cards
19. Radioactivity: Nuclear Equations
0  cards
19. Radioactivity: Half-Life
0  cards
19. Radioactivity: Background Radiation & Contamination
0  cards
20. Forces & Energy: Energy Transfers and Systems
What are the 8 energy stores,
What are the 4 ways energy can be...,
What is a system
7  cards
20. Forces & Energy: Work Done and Power
When is work done,
What is the equation for work done,
What is power
5  cards
20. Forces & Energy: Forces & Vector Diagrams
What is force,
What are the type of interactions...,
What do free body diagrams show
11  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Current & Circuits
What is current,
What is potential difference,
What is resistance
6  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Potential Difference & Resistance
What is potential difference and ...,
What is energy transferred and eq...,
What is the equation for potentia...
6  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Investigating Components
What is standard test circuit and...,
What does the standard test circu...,
How do you set up standard test c...
6  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Circuit Devices
What are the 3 current potential ...,
What does an i v graph show,
What shape is line on i v graph f...
6  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Series & Parallel Circuits
What are the characteristics of a...,
What are the rules to design a se...,
What are the characteristics of p...
8  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Energy & Power in Circuits
What are electrical devices built...,
What does energy transferred depe...,
What is the equation for energy t...
13  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Electricity in the Home
What are the 2 types of electrici...,
What is alternating current,
What is direct current
5  cards
21. Electricity & Circuits: Fuses & Earthing
What is the purpose of earthing a...,
What is an electrical surge,
How do earth wires and fuses work
5  cards
22. Magnetic Fields: Magnets & Magnetic Fields
0  cards
22. Magnetic Fields: Permanent & Induced Magnets
0  cards
22. Magnetic Fields: Electromagnetism & Motor Effect
0  cards
22. Magnetic Fields: Solenoids & Electromagnetic Induction
0  cards
22. Magnetic Fields: Transformers
0  cards
23. Matter: Density
What is density,
What is density a measure of,
What is density
3  cards
23. Matter: Kinetic Theory & States of Matter
0  cards
23. Matter: Specific Heat Capacity
0  cards
23. Matter: Specific Latent Heat
0  cards
23. Matter: Particle Motion in Gases
0  cards
23. Matter: Forces & Elasticity
0  cards
Practical Skills: Apparatus & Techniques
0  cards
Practical Skills: Heating Substances
0  cards
Practical Skills: Safety & Experiments
0  cards

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