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SP1a Forces and Motion
Scalar quantities,
Vector quantities,
Examples of scalar quantities 4
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SP1b Acceleration
What is acceleration,
Describe a laboratory method for ...,
Estimate the magnitude of everyda...
3
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SP1c Motion Graphs
Speed,
Is speed a scalar or vector quantity,
Velocity
6
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SP1d Newton's first and second laws
Newton s first law,
Newton s second law,
What does acceleration in the dir...
7
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SP1e Mass and weight
What are the differences between ...,
Describe the relationship between...,
What is inertia
4
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SP1f Newton's Third Law and Momentum
Newton s third law,
Momentum,
What does momentum depend on
5
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SP1g Vehicles: stopping and crashing
Reaction time,
How can response times be measured,
What are some things that affect ...
7
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SP1h Braking Distance and Energy
Work done,
Kinetic energy,
If we increase the mass of an obj...
4
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SP1i Vector Diagrams
Resolving,
Component,
Resultant force
5
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SP1j Rotational forces
What does the size of the turning...,
Eq
2
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SP2a Conservation of energy
What is the conservation of energy,
Total energy input,
What is a system
11
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SP2b Renewables and non-renewables
What does non renewable mean,
What does renewable mean,
How are non renewable sources used
5
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SP2c Power and doing work
Joule j is equivalent to,
Work done is,
If the force is in the same direc...
8
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SP2d Efficiency and Stored Energies
Change in gravitaional potential ...,
Kinetic energy j,
Kinetic energy is proportional to
9
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SP2e Bending and Stretching
An elastic object may become comp...,
When a force pulls on an elastic ...,
Pt2 the greater the force the
15
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SP2f Extension and Energy Transfers
The gradient of the line s on a f...,
Force n,
Average force n
4
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SP3a Waves
What do waves not do,
What do waves transfer,
What is a transverse wave
17
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SP3b Refraction
Incident ray,
Refracted ray,
Normal
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SP3c Waves crossing boundaries
What coloured objects reflect mor...,
What do dark coloured objects do ...,
What 2 things does the interactio...
3
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SP3d Ears and hearing
What determines how vibrations of...,
1 what do sound waves reach and t...,
2 what do sound waves pass to
11
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SP3e Ultrasound and infrasound
What is ultrasound,
What do animals such as bats and ...,
How can ultrasound be used to fin...
11
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SP3f Ray diagrams
What is the law of reflection,
What happens when the angle of in...,
What happens at angles of inciden...
4
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SP3g Colour
When does diffuse reflection occur,
When does specular reflection occur,
Dispersion relating to white light
8
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SP3h Lenses
What is the power of a lens deter...,
Power d
11
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SP3i Electromagnetic Waves and the Spectrum
Electromagnetic waves,
Properties of all electromagnetic...,
There are 7 types of electromagne...
8
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SP3j Using electromagnetic waves and their dangers
What are microwaves used for,
What are microwaves used for,
What are infrared waves used for 4
11
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SP3k Radiation and Temperature
Describe the relationship between...,
Describe the relationship between...,
What must a system do to stay at ...
5
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SP4a Radioactivity
Protons repel each other with,
Protons attract each other with,
Protons attract neutrons with
17
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SP4b Atomic Models
What did the plum pudding model show,
What did the nuclear model show,
What did the nuclear model and pl...
12
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SP4c Radioactive Decay
State 3 facts about stable nuclei,
State 2 facts about unstable nuclei,
How can an unstable nucleus chang...
10
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SP4d Half-Life
What is half life of a radioactiv...,
State 2 facts about half life,
What is the unit for radioactivity
6
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SP4e Dangers of radioactivity and background radiation
Background radiation,
Radon,
How can radioactivity be detected
10
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SP4f Using Radioactivity
Explain how radioactivity is used...,
Explain how radioactivity is used...,
How do smoke detectors work
6
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SP4g Radioactivity in Medicine
How are radioactive medical trace...,
Which type of emitters are suitab...,
Explain how pet positron emission...
13
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SP4h Nuclear Energy and Fission
What are advantages of nuclear fuels,
What are disadvantages of nuclear...,
Nuclear fission
11
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SP4i Nuclear Fusion
Radioactive decay,
Nuclear fission,
Energy
8
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SP5a Astronomy
Star,
Planet,
Dwarf planet
15
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SP5b Gravity and Orbits
The value of g on the surface of ...,
The greater the mass and the smal...,
Polar orbit uses
9
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SP5c Life Cycles of Stars
Nebula,
Protostar 4,
Main sequence 3
14
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SP5d Red shift
Doppler effect,
Describe the amount of red shift ...,
Explain why the red shift of gala...
3
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SP5e Origin of the universe
What does the steady state theory...,
What does the big bang theory sug...,
Describe the evidence supporting ...
7
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SP6a Electricity and circuits
What do atoms contain,
Current,
When will current flow 2
18
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SP6b Current, charge, and energy
What does charge do and what is i...,
What is current a measure of,
What is 1 ampere equal to
9
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SP6c Resistance
What does resistance measure,
What is a reistor,
If potential difference is consta...
7
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SP6d More about Resistance
Is current a dependent or indepen...,
Is voltage a dependent or indepen...,
What are characteristic graphs us...
12
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SB6e Transferring energy
Explain energy transfer due to cu...,
Why when a current passes through...,
State 3 advantages of the heating...
12
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SB6f Power
What is power,
What is power measured in,
One watt is a transfer of what
4
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SP6g Electricity in the home
Explain direct current,
Explain alternating current ac,
What colour is the live wire
14
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SP7a Charges and Static Electricity
What does positively charged mean,
Whta does negatively charged mean,
What does neutral mean
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SP7b Dangers and uses of static electricity
Explain why we get shocks from ev...,
How does lightening occur 2,
How do electrostatic sprayers work 3
4
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SP7c Electric fields
What is an electric field,
What can an electric field do,
Do field lines go away or towards...
7
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SP8a Magnets and magnetic fields
How do magnets affect each other,
What are 3 magnetic materials,
What is the difference between pe...
14
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SP8b Electromagnetism
What can a current create,
How can you identify the directio...,
What does the strength of a magne...
9
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SP8c Magnetic Forces
Why can any wire carrying a curre...,
What kind of force do magnets exp...,
When does the greatest force on a...
12
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SP8d Electromagnetic Induction
When does electromagnetic inducti...,
What is the size of the induced p...,
What is the direction of the indu...
11
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SP8e The National Grid
What are transformers used for,
What are transformers,
There is no electrical connection...
9
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SP8f Transformers and energy
What is the law of conservation o...,
Power,
Power into a transformer
4
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SP9a Particles and density
What are the arrangement and prop...,
What are the arrangement and prop...,
What are the arrangement and prop...
14
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SP9b Energy and changes of state
What does heating a system and ra...,
Where do particles also have ener...,
What is internal energy of a part...
12
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SP9c Energy Calculations
Change in thermal energy j,
Change in state energy j,
Why is the specific latent heat o...
3
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SP9d Gas temperature and Pressure
1 pa pascal,
Atmospheric pressure,
How to convert from kelvin to cel...
10
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SP9e Gas pressure and Volume
Compression,
Expansion,
Pressure
9
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SP9f Pressure in fluids
What happens as altitude increases,
What is pressure from fluids insi...,
Why does pressure increase with d...
12
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SP9g Pressure and Upthrust
What will an object feel if you i...,
Force weight of column of fluid,
Pressure due to column of liquid pa
9
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