A level Physics follows the AQA syllabus. First Year of A Level Content: 1. Measurements and their errors. 2. Particles and radiation, including constituents of the atom, particle interactions, collisions of electrons with atoms. 3. Waves, including progressive waves, interference and diffraction. 4. Mechanics and energy, including projectile motion, and Newton’s laws of motion. 5. Electricity, including current/voltage characteristics, circuits, electromotive force and internal resistance. Second Year of A Level Content: 6. Further mechanics and thermal physics, including periodic motion, thermal energy transfer, molecular kinetic theory model 7. Fields, including Newton’s law of gravitation, orbits of planets and satellites, magnetic flux density 8. Nuclear physics, including evidence for the nucleus, radioactive decay, nuclear instability Plus one option from: • Astrophysics, including classification of stars by luminosity, Doppler effect, detection of exoplanets • Medical physics, including physics of vision, ECG machines, x-ray imaging • Engineering physics, including rotational dynamics, thermodynamics and engines • Turning points in physics, including discovery of the electron, Einstein’s theory of (special) relativity • Electronics, including discrete semiconductor devices, data communication
Name: A2 Physics Qualification title: GCE A level Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment Awarding - Created 20161018 10:28:07 Updated 20161020 11:41:28
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