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GCSE OCR Physics Revision Notes
1. Matter
- Developing models of the atom
- Atomic structure
- Density
- Solids, liquids & Gases
- Changes of state
- Heat energy & Temperature
- Specific heat capacity
- Specific latent heat
- Temperature & Pressure
- Pressure and Volume
- Work on a gas
- Atmospheric pressure
- Floating & sinking
- Pressure in a liquid
2. Forces
- Measuring speed
- Calculating Speed
- SI Units
- Scalars and Vectors
- Graphs of motion
- Area under velocity-time graph
- Calculating uniform acceleration
- Contact and Non-Contact forces
- Forces as Vectors
- Free body diagram
- Balanced & unbalanced forces
- Circular motion
- Newton’s first law
- Newton’s 2nd law
- Newton’s 3rd law
- Inertia
- Momentum
- Force & Momentum
- Work done
- Energy Stores & Transfers
- Power
- Changing shapes
- Hook’s law
- Force-Extension graph
- Work done on a spring
- Weight, mass & Gravity
- Calculating weight
- Moments
- Levers & Gears
- Forces & Pressure
3. Electricity
- Electric charge
- Static electricity
- Electric fields
- Charge & Current
- Circuit diagrams
- Current, resistance & Potential difference
- Resistors
- I-V graphs
- Series & parallel circuits
- Resistors in series and parallel
- Comparing series and parallel circuit
- Testing series and parallel circuits
- Electrical power
- Calculating Energy transfers
4. Magnetism & Magnetic Fields
- Magnetism
- Permanent & Induced magnets
- Magnetic fields
- The Earth’s magnetic fields
- Magnetic fields in wires and solenoids
- The motor effect
- Fleming’s left-hand rule
- Electric motor
- Electromagnetic induction
- Generators & Dynamos
- Transformers
- Transformer equations
- Microphones, Loudspeakers and Headphones
5. Waves in Matter
- Describing wave motion
- The wave equation
- Transverse & longitudinal waves
- Measuring the speed of waves
- Transmission of sound waves
- Reflection, absorption & Transmission
- Sound waves & Hearing
- Properties of electromagnetic waves
- The electromagnetic waves
- Applications of EM waves
- Dangers of High-Energy EM waves
- Imaging using EM waves
- Radio waves
- EM waves and Matter
- Convex & Concave lenses
- Concave & Convex ray diagrams
- Color & Light
6. Radioactivity
- Atomic nuclei
- Absorption & Emission of EM radiation
- Nuclear notation
- Isotopes
- Radioactive decay
- Decay equations
- Properties of Alpha, Beta & Gamma
- Half life
- Calculating radioactive decay
- Contamination & Irradiation
- Hazards of Contamination & Irradiation
- Medical Uses of radiation
- Nuclear fission
- Nuclear fusion
7. Energy
- Laws of conservation of energy
- Examples of energy transfer
- Changes in energy
- KE
- GPE
- EPE
- Wasted energy
- Thermal Conductivity
- Efficiency
- Improving Efficiency
- Energy transfers in Appliances
- Power Ratings
8. Global Challenges
- Estimating Speeds & Accelerations
- Units & Calculations
- Reaction time
- Factors affecting stopping distance
- Estimating decelerating forces
- Estimating braking distance, speed & Acceleration
- Energy resources
- Comparing energy resources
- The national grid
- Use of transformer
- AC & High voltage transmission
- AC & DC
- Mains Electricity
- Dangers of mains Electricity
- Galactic red-shift
- Life cycle of a Star
- Black Body radiations
- The solar system
- Orbital motion
- Temperature of the Earth
- Seismic waves