Topic list


Unit 1 General physics

  • Section 1.1 Length and time

    Page 2
  • Section 1.2 Motion

  • Section 1.3 Mass and weight

    Page 17
  • Section 1.4 Density

  • Section 1.5 Forces

    Page 33
  • Section 1.6 Momentum

  • Section 1.7 Energy, work and power

    Page 69
  • Section 1.8 Pressure

    Page 76

Unit 2 Thermal physics

  • Section 2.1 Simple kinetic molecular model of matter

    Page 86
  • Section 2.2 Thermal properties and temperature

    Page 98
  • Section 2.3 Thermal processes

Unit 3 Properties of waves, including light and sound

  • Section 3.1 General wave properties

  • Section 3.2 Light

    Page 132
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  • Section 3.3 Sound

    Page 153

Unit 4 Electricity and magnetism

  • Section 4.1 Simple phenomena of magnetism

    Page 158
  • Section 4.2 Electrical quantities

    Page 170
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  • Section 4.3 Electrical circuits

  • Section 4.4 Digital electronics

    Page 204
  • Section 4.5 Dangers of electricity

  • Section 4.6 Electromagnetic effects

Unit 5 Atomic physics

  • Section 5.1 The nuclear atom

  • Section 5.2 Radioactivity

    Page 231

Additional support material

  1. Physical quantities and units

  2. How to use formulae effectively

  3. Formulae

    Page 245
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  4. Working with numbers

  5. Graphs

  6. Glossary

  7. Glossary of examination terminology

  8. Index