AQA Science Suite - Physics topics covered:
Physics 1 [P1]
How is heat (thermal energy) transferred and what factors affect the rate at which heat is transferred?
What is meant by the the efficient use of energy?
Why are electrical devices so useful?
What are the uses and hazards of the waves that form the electromagnetic spectrum?
What are the uses and dangers of emissions from radioactive substances?
What do we know about the Universe and how it continues to change?
Physics 2 [P2]
How can we describe the way things move?
How do we make things speed up or slow down?
What happens to the movement energy when things speed up or slow down?
What is momentum?
What is static electricity, how can it be used and what is the conection between static electricity and electric currents?
What does the current through an electrical circuit depend upon?
What is mains electricity and how can it be used safely?
Why do we need to know the power of electrical appliances?
What happens to radioactive substances when they decay?
What are nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
Physics 3 [P3]
How do forces have a turninng effect?
What keeps bodies moving in a circle?
What provides the centripetal force for planets and satellites?
What do mirrors and lenses do to light?
What is sound?
What is ultrasound and how can it be used?
How can electricity be used to make things move?
How do generators work?
How do transformers work?
What is the life history of stars?
