AQA GCSE Physics

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Numbers in final column are OUP Chapter Numbers.

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1 Energy	Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored before and after such changes	Energy stores and systems		1
		Changes in energy		1
		Energy changes in systems		2
		Power		1
	Conservation and dissipation of energy	Energy transfers in a system		1,2
		Efficiency		1,2
	National and global energy resources Low Demand Standard Demand High Demand			3
2 Electricity	Current, potential difference and resistance Low & Standard Demand High Demand		Standard circuit diagram symbols	4
			Electrical charge and current	4
			Current, resistance and potential difference	4
			Resistors	4
	Series and parallel circuits			4
	Domestic uses and safety	Direct and alternating potential difference		5
		Mains electricity		5
	Energy transfers	Power		5
		Energy transfers in everyday appliances		5
		The National Grid		5
	Static electricity (physics only)	Static charge		4
		Electric fields		4
3 Particle model of matter	Changes of state and the particle model	Density of materials		6
		Changes of state		6
	Internal energy and energy transfers	Internal energy		2
		Temperature changes in a system and specific heat capacity		2,6
		Changes of heat and specific latent heat		6
	Particle model and pressure	Particle motion in gases		6
		Pressure in gases (physics only)		6
		Increasing the pressure of a gas (physics only) (HT only)		6
4 Atomic structure	Atoms and isotopes	The structure of an atom		7
		Mass number, atomic number and isotopes		7
		The development of the model of the atom		7
	Atoms and nuclear radiation	Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation		7
		Nuclear equations		7
		Half-lives and the random nature of radioactive decay		7
		Radioactive contamination		7
	Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation (physics only)	Background radiation
		Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes		7
		Uses of nuclear radiation		7
	Nuclear fission and fusion (physics only)	Nuclear fission		7
		Nuclear fusion		7
5 Forces	Forces and their interactions	Scalar and vector quantities		8
		Contact and non-contact forces		8, 15
		Gravity		8,10
		Resultant forces		8
	Work done and energy transfer			1
	Forces and elasticity			10
	Moments, levers and gears (physics only)			8
	Pressure and pressure differences in fluids (physics only)	Pressure in a fluid 1 and 2(HT only)		11
		Atmospheric pressure		11
	Forces and motion Describing motion along a line	Distance and displacement		9
		Speed		9
		Velocity		9
		The distance–time relationship		9
		Acceleration		9
	Forces, accelerations and Newton’s Laws of motion	Newton’s First Law (Inertia)		(10)
		Newton’s Second Law		10
		Newton’s Third Law
	Forces and braking	Stopping distance		10
		Reaction time		10
		Factors affecting braking distance 1		10
		Factors affecting braking distance 2		10
	Momentum (HT only)	Momentum is a property of moving objects		10
		Conservation of momentum		10
		Changes in momentum (physics only)		10
6 Waves	Waves in air, fluids and solids	Transverse and longitudinal waves		12
		Properties of waves		12,13
		Reflection of waves (physics only)		14
		Sound waves (physics only) (HT only)		12
		Waves for detection and exploration (physics only) (HT only)		12
	Electromagnetic waves Low Demand Standard Demand High Demand	Types of electromagnetic waves		12,13
		Properties of electromagnetic waves 1		12,13,14
		Properties of electromagnetic waves 2		13
		Uses and applications of electromagnetic waves		12,13,14
		Lenses (physics only)		14
		Visible light (physics only)		14
	Black body radiation (physics only)	Emission and absorption of infrared radiation		2
		Perfect black bodies and radiation		2
7 Magnetism and electromagnetism	Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields	Poles of a magnet		15
		Magnetic fields		15
	The motor effect	Electromagnetism		15
		Fleming’s left-hand rule (HT only)		15
		Electric motors (HT only)		15
		Loudspeakers (physics only) (HT only)		15
	Induced potential, transformers and the National Grid (physics only) (HT only)	Induced potential (HT only)		15
		Uses of the generator effect (HT only)		15
		Microphones (HT only)		15
		Transformers (HT only)		15
8 Space physics (physics only)	Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites (physics only)	Our solar system		16
		The life cycle of a star		16
		Orbital motion, natural and artificial satellites		16
	Red-shift (physics only)			16