GCSE Revision

Physics

AQA GCSE Physics (separate science), topics P1 to P8.

Your Physics course

Equation sheet: every equation, with units

Terminology: every key term, with pictures

Topics

P1

Energy

How energy is stored and moved between stores, how to calculate it, and how we can waste less of it and generate it.

P2

Electricity

How charge flows round circuits, how resistance changes it, and how electricity reaches and powers our homes safely.

P3

Particle Model of Matter

Using the idea of moving particles to explain density, changes of state, heating and the pressure of gases.

P4

Atomic Structure

What atoms are made of, why some nuclei are radioactive, how radiation is used safely, and how fission and fusion release energy.

P5

Forces

How forces push, pull, stretch and turn things, and how they change the way objects move, from cars braking to collisions.

P6

Waves

How sound, light and the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum travel, reflect and refract, and how we use them.

P7

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

How magnets and electric currents make magnetic fields, and how those fields drive motors, generators and transformers.

P8

Space Physics

Our solar system, how stars are born and die, how things stay in orbit, and the evidence that the universe is expanding.