AQA GCSE Physics Paper 2 Content

Forces

Forces and their Interactions

Representing Forces

• Vectors
• Forces as Vectors
• Free Body Diagram
• Scale Diagram
• Resolving Forces
• Resultant Force

Contact Forces

• Normal Contact Force
• Friction
• Drag
  • Air Resistance
  • Water Resistance
• Upthrust
• Driving Force
• Thrust
• Lift
• Tension

Non-contact Forces

• Magnetic Force
• Electrostatic Force
• Gravitational Force
  • Weight
  • Gravitational Field Strength

Interactions

• Balanced Forces
• Unbalanced Forces
  • Resultant Force
  • Newton's First Law
• Newton's Third Law
  • Force Pair
• Equilibrium Forces
  • Deformation
    • Elastic Deformation
    • Inelastic Deformation
    • Hooke's Law
    • Spring Constant
    • Work Done by Deformation

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Hooke's Law

Work Done as force x distance, energy transfer

• Work Done
• Mechanical Energy Transfer

Pressure and pressure differences in fluids

• Pressure
  • Normal
• Fluid Pressure
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Upthrust

Moments, Levers and gears

• Moments
  • Centre of Mass
• Levers
• Gears

Forces and Motion

Speed and velocity, speed as distance over time; acceleration; distance-time and velocity-time graphs

Motion

• Vector
• Scalar
• Displacement
• Distance
• Velocity
• Speed

• Acceleration
  • Free Fall
  • Terminal Velocity
• Circular Motion

• SUVAT

Graphing Motion

• Distance-Time Graphs
• Velocity-Time Graphs

Forces, accelerations and Newton’s laws of motion

• Newton's First Law
• Newton's Second Law
  • Inertial Mass
• Newton's Third Law

Higher

• Momentum
• Conservation of Momentum
  • Explosions
  • Elastic Collisions
  • Inelastic Collisions
  • Impact Forces

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Newton's Second Law

Safety in public transport

• Reaction Time
• Stopping Distance
  • Thinking Distance
  • Braking Distance
• Rapid Deceleration

Waves in matter

Waves in air, fluids and solids

Wave Properties

• Amplitude
• Frequency
• Period
• Wavelength
• Wave Speed

• Transverse Wave
• Longitudinal Wave

Mechanical Waves

• Water Wave
• Sound Wave
• Waves on a String
• Seismic Waves

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Mechanical Waves

Waves at material interfaces: applications in exploring structures

• Interface
  • Medium
• Reflection
  • Specular Reflection
  • Diffuse Reflection
  • Law of Reflection
• Refraction

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Reflection and Refraction of Light

• Transmission
• Absorption

Higher

• Sound Waves
  • Ear
    • Infrasound
    • Ultrasound
  • Echolocation
  • Ultrasound Imaging
• Seismic Waves
  • P-waves
  • S-waves
    • Structure of Earth

Light and Electromagnetic Waves

Frequency range of the spectrum

Electromagnetic Waves

• Radiowaves
• Microwaves
• Infra-red
• Visible Light
• Ultra-violet
• X-rays
• Gamma-rays

Interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter and their applications

• Transmission
• Absorption
• Reflection
• Refraction

• Making Radiowaves
• Absorption Spectra
• Emission Spectra

Applications of Electromagnetic Waves

• Applications of Radiowaves
• Applications of Microwaves
• Applications of Infra-red
• Applications of Visible Light
• Applications of Ultra-violet
• Applications of X-rays
• Applications of Gamma-rays

Dangers of Electromagnetic Waves

• Dangers of Radiowaves
• Dangers of Microwaves
• Dangers of Infra-red
• Dangers of Visible Light
• Dangers of Ultra-violet
• Dangers of X-rays
• Dangers of Gamma-rays

Lenses

• Refraction
• Lens
  • Convex Lens
  • Concave Lens
  • Focal Length
• Image
  • Real Image
  • Virtual Image

Colour and frequency; differential effects in transmission, absorption and diffuse reflection

• Colour
• Specular Reflection
• Diffuse Reflection

Black Body Radiation

• Leslie Cube
• Temperature Constancy
• Albedo
• Greenhouse Effect

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Infra-red Radiation

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields

Magnetism

• Magnets
  • Poles
• Permanent Magnet
• Induced Magnet
• Magnetic Field
  • Magnetic Flux Density
  • Tesla
• Compass
• Earth's Magnetic Field

Magnetic effects of currents and the motor effect

• Wire
• Solenoid
• Electromagnets

Higher

• Motor Effect
• Fleming's Left Hand Rule
• D.C. Motor

Induced potential, transformers and the national grid

• Generator Effect
• Lenz's Law
• Alternator
• Dynamo
• Transformers

Microphones and speakers; oscillating currents in detection and generation of radiation

• Microphone
• Speaker

Space Physics

Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites

• Gravity
  • Weight
  • Gravitational Field Strength
  • Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
  • Orbit
• Solar System
  • The Solar System
  • The Sun
  • Planet
  • Dwarf Planet
  • Satellite
    • Artificial Satellite
  • Moon
    • The Moon
  • Earth

• Lifecycle of a Star
• Stars
  • Low Mass Star
    • Nebula
    • Protostar
    • Main Sequence Star
    • Red Giant
    • White Dwarf
    • Black Dwarf
  • High Mass Star
    • Nebula
    • Protostar
    • Main Sequence Star
    • Red Super Giant
    • Supernova
    • Neutron Star
    • Black Hole

Red-shift as sources move away; the ‘big bang’ and universal expansion

• Galaxy
• Universe
• Light Year
• Doppler Effect
  • Red Shift
  • Blue Shift
• Big Bang Theory
  • Cosmic Microwave Background
• Steady State Theory