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Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics evision Guide If you found this guide helpful you can get the same quality revision support for your other exams. © Plan and pace your own revision ¢ Improve your exam technique © Get advice from experienced examiners Visit www.hoddereducation.com/revision to discover our complete range of revision material. Revision Guide Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics Second Edition Richard Woodside Series editor: Mary Jones d> HODDER ? EDUCATION LEARN MORE Hodder Bucs, an Hachette UK worrpary, Carnelte House, 90 Vicwria Ziaur krrent, London ECAY ODZ. 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Use them ta consol dace your revision 2nd praccse your exam kil Now test yourself These short, owiedge baseel questions provide te fine step in testing your learn ng, Arswers2re az the back of the book @ AS topics 1 Physical quantities and units 9 Sl units. 11. Scalars and vectors. 2 Measurement techniques 14 Measurements... 17 Errors and uncertainties. 3 Kinematics 19. Equations of motion... 4 Dynamics 27 Momentum and Newton's laws of motion 30. Linear momentum and its conservation... 5 Forces, density and pressure 33. Types of force. eos 34 Turning effects of forces... 35. Equilibrium of forces 38 Density and pressure 6 Work, energy and power 40 Work and efficiency. 41 Energy conversion and conservation 42. Potential energy and kinetic energy 43. Power... 7 Deformation of solids 45 Elastic and plastic behaviour 46. Stress and strain... 8 Waves 48 Progressive waves 50. Transverse and longitudinal waves. 50. Determination of frequency and wavelength of | sound waves 51 Doppler effect 52. Electromagnetic spectrum. .. 9 Superposition 54. Stationary waves 57 Diffraction... . 57 Interference .. 10 Electric fields 61 Concept of an electric field 61 Uniform electric fields... Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics Revision Guide 11 Current of electricity 63 Electric current. 64 Potential difference and power 65 Resistance and resistivity. 12 D.C. circuits 68 Practical circuits. 70 Kirchhoff's laws. 72 Potential dividers... 13 Particle and nuclear physics 75. Atoms, nuclei and radiation. 78. Fundamental partides.... AS experimental skills and investigations 81 Making measurements 83 Presentation of data and observations......000....00. 60000 86 Evaluation of evidence... 88 Evaluating the experiment. 90 AS exam-style questions and answers read el topics 14 Motion in a circle 97 Kinematics of uniform circular motion... 99 Centripetal acceleration and centripetal Force... 15 Gravitational fields 101 Gravitational forces between point masses... 104 Gravitational potential ... 16 Ideal gases 107 Equation of state... 4107 Kinetic theory of gases... 409 Kinetic energy of a MOLeCUIe 10 sense ee eee 17 Temperature 111. Thermal equilibrium. ...... 111 Temperature scales. ones 18 Thermal properties of materials 113. Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat. 119. Intemal energy and the first law of thermodynamics... 19 Oscillations 121 Simple harmonic oscillations Z My Revision Planner © My revision planner Revised Tested Bam ready 124 Energy in simple harmonic motion... 125 Damped and forced oscillations, resonance... 20 Waves 128 Production and use of ultrasound in diagnosis... 21 Communication 132, Communication channels 134 Modulation... 136 Digital communication 138. Relative merits of channels of communication... 140 Attenuation. 22 Electric fields 142 Electric forces between point charges... 143 Electric field of a point charge. 143 Electric potential 23 Capacitance 146 Capacitors and capacitance 149 Energy stored in a capacitor CI LI L) 24 Current of electricity and D.C. circuits 150. Sensing devices and potential dividers 25 Electronics 152 The ideal operational amplifier...» 153. Operational amplifier circuits. 156 Output devices. 26 Magnetic fields 158 Concept of magnetic field 160 Force on a current-carrying conductor 162. Force on a moving charge 168 Magnetic fields due to currents 168 Nudear magnetic resonance imaging 27 Electromagnetic induction 170. Laws of electromagnetic induction... 28 Alternating currents 172. Characteristics of alternating currents 174 The transformer, aE 475. Transmission of electrical energy... 176 Rectification... 29 Quantum physics 179. Energy of a photon.... (©) Cambridge international AS and A Level Physics Revision Guide 181 Energy levels in atoms and line spectra... 183 Wave-particle duality. 185 Band theory 4187 Production and use of X-rays. 30 Particle and nuclear physics 193 Mass defect and nuclear binding energy 196 Radioactive decay A level experimental skills and investigations 4199. The examination questions... 200 How to get high marks in Paper 5. 204 A level exam-style questions and answers Revised Tested @ 215. 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