Physics

Course summary

The A Level consists of the following eight topics plus one of the option topics. • Measurements and Practical Skills (inc. SI units, errors, prefixes) • Particles and Radiation (inc. particle interactions, atomic spectra) • Waves (inc. Interference, diffraction) • Mechanics and Energy (inc. motion, Newton’s laws) • Electricity (inc. component characteristics, emf, internal resistance) • Further Mechanics and Thermal Physics (inc. periodic motion, thermal energy transfer, molecular kinetic theory) • Fields – gravitational, electric and magnetic • Nuclear Physics (inc. the nucleus, radioactivity, nuclear instability) Options: • Astrophysics (inc. stellar properties, exoplanets, cosmology) or • Medical Physics (inc. vision, ECG, xrays)