Salters Horners Advanced Physics AS Level Revision Guide

Introduction - How to revise

Unit PSA1: Physics at Work, Rest and Play

Motion equations and graphs

Force and acceleration

Combining and resolving forces

Energy, work and power

Projectile motion

Electric circuits

Combining Resistors

Resistance and temperature

Internal resistance

Heating and cooling

Oscillations and waves

Superposition

Standing waves

Lenses

Photons and spectra

Practice exam questions for PSA1

 

Unit PSA2: Physics for Life

Resistance and resistivity

Potential dividers

Nuclear radiation

Thermoluminescence

Photoelectric effect

Using straight-line graphs

Fluid flow

Refraction

Pulse-echo techniques

Lenses

Polarisation

Properties of materials

Energy in stretching a sample

Materials under stress

X-rays and diffraction

Polymers and electron diffraction

Practice exam questions for PSA2

Answers to quick check questions

Answers to practice exam questions

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