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Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics syllabus)
Energy resources,
energy
transfers, work done & electrical power supply
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
Types of energy & stores - examples compared/explained, calculations of
mechanical work done & power
Chemical
energy stores *
Elastic
potential energy stores and calculations
Electrical
& electrostatic energy stores *
Gravitational potential
energy and calculations
Kinetic
energy stores
and calculations *
Nuclear
energy store
Thermal
energy stores *
Light energy *
Sound energy *
Magnetic
energy stores
Conservation of energy,
energy transfers-conversions, efficiency - calculations and
Sankey diagrams
See also
Methods of reducing heat transfer eg in a house, insulating properties of materials
Energy resources: uses, survey, trends,
comparing renewables, non-renewables, generating electricity
Renewable energy (1) Wind power and
solar power, advantages and disadvantages
Renewable energy (2) Hydroelectric power and
geothermal power,
advantages and disadvantages
Renewable energy (3) Wave power and tidal barrage power,
advantages and disadvantages
See also
Renewable energy - biomass - biofuels & alternative fuels,
hydrogen, biogas, biodiesel
Greenhouse
effect, global warming, climate change,
carbon footprint from fossil fuel burning
Absorption
& emission of radiation - temperature & surface factors including global warming
The Usefulness of Electricity
and
The 'National Grid' power supply, mention of small
scale supplies, transformers
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Heat Transfer: Explaining physical changes
& physical properties using particle models
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
Much of this
is to do with thermal energy ('heat')
transfers from one store to another
Introduction to heat transfer - conduction
(and thermal conductivity),
convection and radiation
Specific heat capacity: how to determine it, use of data,
calculations and thermal energy stores
Energy transfer and efficiency - calculations and
Sankey diagrams
More on reducing heat transfer eg in a house
and investigating insulating properties of materials
Particle theory models: gases, liquid, solid, internal energy, heat transfer in state changes,
latent heat
The density of materials (including measurements) and the particle model of matter
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Electricity and
magnetism revision
notes index
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
1.
Usefulness of electricity, safety, energy transfer, cost & power calculations, P = IV = I2R,
E = Pt, E=IVt
2. Electrical circuits and how to draw them, circuit symbols, parallel
circuits and series circuits explained
3. Ohm's Law, experimental investigations of
resistance, I-V graphs, calculations V = IR, Q = It, E = QV
4. Circuit devices and how are they used? (e.g. thermistor, LDR, diode), relevant graphs
5. More on series and parallel circuits,
circuit diagrams, measurements and calculations
6. The 'National Grid' power supply, environmental
issues, use of transformers
7.
Comparison of methods of generating electricity
8. Static electricity and electric fields, uses
and dangers of static electricity
9.
Magnetism
- magnetic materials - temporary (induced) and permanent magnets - uses
10.
Electromagnetism, solenoid coils, uses of electromagnets
11. Motor effect of an electric current,
electric motor, loudspeaker, Fleming's left-hand rule, F = BIL
12.
Generator effect, applications e.g. generators
generating electricity and microphone
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States of matter,
state changes and gas laws revision notes index
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
Particle models of gases–liquids–solids, explaining properties, state changes
(GCSE chemistry notes)
Particle theory models, internal energy, heat transfer in state changes and
latent heat and particle motion in gases
and gas pressure
(written more from a 'physics' point of view)
P-V-T pressure-volume-temperature gas
laws and calculations (revision notes for physicists or chemists!)
The density of materials and the particle model of matter
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WAVES - electromagnetic radiation, sound, optics-lenses, light & astronomy
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Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
General
introduction to the types and properties of waves, ripple tank expts, how to do
wave calculations
Illuminated & self-luminous objects, reflection visible light,
ray box experiments, ray diagrams, mirror uses
Refraction and diffraction, the visible light
spectrum, prism investigations, ray diagrams explained
Electromagnetic spectrum,
sources, types, properties, uses (including medical) and dangers
Absorption
& emission of radiation by
materials - temperature & surface factors including global warming
See also
Global warming, climate change,
reducing our carbon footprint from fossil fuel burning
Optics - types of lenses (convex, concave, uses),
experiments and ray
diagrams, correction of eye defects
The visible spectrum of colour, light filters and
explaining the colour of objects
Sound waves, properties explained, speed measure,
uses of sound, ultrasound, infrasound, earthquakes
The Structure of the Earth, crust, mantle, core and earthquake waves (seismic wave
analysis)
Astronomy - solar system, stars, galaxies and
use of telescopes and satellites
The life cycle of stars - mainly worked out from emitted
electromagnetic radiation
Cosmology - the
Big Bang Theory of the Universe, the red-shift & microwave background radiation
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Atomic structure, radioactivity,
ionising radiation - properties and uses
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
0.
Atomic structure, history, definitions,
examples and explanations including isotopes
1.
Atomic
structure and fundamental particle knowledge needed to understand radioactivity
2.
What
is Radioactivity? Why does it happen? Three types of atomic-nuclear-ionising radiation
3.
Detection of
radioactivity, its measurement
and radiation dose units,
ionising
radiation sources
- radioactive materials, background radiation
4.
Alpha, beta & gamma radiation - properties of 3 types of radioactive
nuclear emission & symbols
,dangers of radioactive emissions - health and safety issues and ionising radiation
5. Uses of radioactive isotopes emitting alpha, beta (+/–) or gamma radiation in
industry and medicine
6.
The half-life of a radioisotope - how
long does material remain radioactive? implications!, uses of decay data and half-life values
-
archaeological radiocarbon dating, dating ancient rocks
7.
What
actually happens to the nucleus in alpha and beta radioactive decay and why? nuclear
equations!, the
production of radioisotopes - artificial sources of radioactive-isotopes,
cyclotron
8. Nuclear
fusion reactions and the formation of 'heavy elements' by bombardment techniques
9. Nuclear Fission Reactions, nuclear power
as an energy resource
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Forces
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
1. What are contact forces &
non-contact forces?, scalar & vector quantities, free body force diagrams
2. Mass and the effect of gravity force on it - weight, (mention of work done,
GPE and circular motion)
3. Calculating resultant forces using vector
diagrams and work done calculations
4.
Elasticity and energy stored in a spring
5. Turning forces & moments - spanners
to wheelbarrows, levers, gears & equilibrium situations
6. Pressure in liquid fluids and hydraulic
systems
7. Pressure & upthrust in liquids, why do
objects float/sink?, variation of atmospheric pressure with
height
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Motion and associated forces (including Newton's Laws of
Motion)
Revision help notes for
Oxford International AQA examinations - International GCSE Physics 9203
specification (Oxford AQA IGCSE Physics)
1. Speed and velocity - the relationship between
distance and time, distance-time graphs
2. Acceleration, velocity-time graph interpretation and calculations,
problem solving
3. Acceleration,
friction, drag effects and terminal velocity experiments
4. Newton's First, Second and Third Laws of
Motion, inertia and F = ma calculations
5. Reaction times, stopping distances, safety
aspects.
calculations including F=ma
6. Elastic and non-elastic collisions, momentum
calculations and Newton's 2nd law of
motion
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