Physics - Paper 2

Paper 2 condensed notes specific to the GCSE Physics Triple AQA (Separate science) course, will also be helpful to anyone studying the other exam boards. Paper 1 is on my website already. You save £1.40 by buying this bundle rather than the individual files themselves. This file includes:

Forces in Balance

• Vectors and scalars
• Resultant forces
• Moments at work
• Leaver and gears
• Centre of mass
• Resolution of forces
• Parallelogram of forces
• Momentum

Motion

• Speed and distance time graphs
• Velocity and acceleration
• Velocity time graphs
• Motion graphs

Force and motion

• Force and acceleration
• Weight and terminal velocity
• Forces and braking
• Momentum
• Conservation of momentum
• Impact forces
• Saftey
• Forces and elasticty

Force and pressure

• Pressure and surfaces
• Pressure in a liquid
• Atmospheric pressure
• Upthrust and flotation

Waves

• The nature of waves
• The properties of waves
• Reflection and refraction
• Sound waves
• Ultrasound
• Seismic waves

Electromagnetic waves

• The electromagnetic spectrum
• Radio waves
• Microwaves
• Infrared radiation
• Visible light
• Ultraviolet
• X-rays
• Gamma rays
• Communication

Light

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Light and colour
• Lenses
• Using lenses

Electromagnetism

• Magnetic fields
• Electromagnets in devices
• The motor effect
• The generator effect
• AC and DC generators
• Transformers
• Transformers in action

Space

• Formation of the Solar System
• The life cycle of a star
• Orbital motion
• Red shift
• The Big bang

Practicals

• Specific heat capacity
• Thermal insulation
• Resistance
• I-V characteristics
• Density of irregular object and regular object
• Force and extension
• Acceleration
• Waves
• Radiation and absorbtion
• Light

6 markers

• Nuclear fusion
• Nuclear fission
• Radioactive tracers
• The risk from internal contamination of alpha radiation
• The life cycle of a star

(Please note that these are ALL of the Physics 6 markers and practicals, I have not separated them into Paper 1 and Paper 2.)