International AS and A Level Physics Revision Guide

INTERNATIONAL AS AND A LEVEL

PHYSICS

REVISION GUIDE

Richard Woodside

Edited by Mary Jones and Chris Mee

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A/AS Physics

International AS and A Level Physics Revision Guide

Contents

Introduction

About this guide........................................................................................................... 5 The syllabus ................................................................................................................. 5 Assessment .................................................................................................................. 6 Scientific language ...................................................................................................... 8 Revision........................................................................................................................ 9 The examination ......................................................................................................... 10

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AS Content Guidance

I General physics ..................................................................................................... 14 II Newtonian mechanics .......................................................................................... 24 III Matter ................................................................................................................... 54 IV Oscillations and waves ........................................................................................ 65 V Electricity and magnetism ................................................................................... 80 VI Modern physics .................................................................................................... 96 AS Experimental Skills and Investigations.............................................................. 100

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AS Questions & Answers

About this section ...................................................................................................... 118 Exemplar paper ......................................................................................................... 119

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A2 Content Guidance

I General physics .................................................................................................. 132 II Newtonian mechanics ....................................................................................... 132 III Matter ................................................................................................................. 144 IV Oscillations and waves ...................................................................................... 160 V Electricity and magnetism ................................................................................. 170

VI Modern physics .................................................................................................. 201 VII Gathering and communicating information ..................................................... 221 A2 Experimental Skills and Investigations............................................................. 258

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A2 Questions & Answers

Exemplar paper: section A....................................................................................... 268 Exemplar paper: section B....................................................................................... 282

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