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Cambridge AS & A Level Physics

AA Level subject content

A Level subject content in Cambridge AS & A Level Physics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
Syllabus section882 practice questions40 lessons

Overview

Topics 12-25: A Level only; examined in Paper 4 (AS content assumed).

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Lessons

  • Capacitance and capacitor combinations

    45 min

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  • Alternating current: period, peak and r.m.s. values

    40 min

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  • Photons: energy, momentum and the electronvolt

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  • Radians and angular speed

    30 min

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  • Mass-energy equivalence, mass defect and binding energy

    50 min

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  • Nuclear fission and fusion

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  • Ultrasound: production, reflection and attenuation

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  • Simple harmonic motion

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  • Luminosity, radiant flux intensity and standard candles

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  • Centripetal acceleration and centripetal force

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  • Energy in simple harmonic motion

    35 min

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  • Energy stored in a capacitor

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  • The mole and the ideal gas equation

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  • Force on a current-carrying conductor and magnetic flux density

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  • Newton's law of gravitation and circular orbits

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  • The photoelectric effect

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  • X-rays: production, imaging, attenuation and CT scanning

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  • Radioactive decay: activity, decay constant and half-life

    55 min

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  • Rectification and smoothing

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  • Wien's law, the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the sizes of stars

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A Level subject content: sample question

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A sinusoidal alternating voltage has a peak value of 17 V. What is its r.m.s. value?

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