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AQA GCSE Physics

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P1.1 Energy Changes in a System and the way Energy is Stored Required Practical 1 - Specific Heat Capacity P1.2 Conservation and Dissipation of Energy Required Practical 2 - Thermal Insulation P1.3 National and Global Energy Resources

P2.1.1-3 Circuit Diagrams, Current and Potential Difference P2.1.4 Resistors Required Practical 3 - Resistance P2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits Required Practical 4 - IV Characteristics P2.3 Domestic Use and Safety P2.4 Energy Transfers P2.5 Static Electricity (Physics only)

P3.1 Changes of State and the Particle Model Required Practical 5 - Density P3.2 Internal Energy and Energy Transfers P3.3 Particle Model and Pressure

P4.1 Atoms and Isotopes P4.2.1-2.2 Atoms and Nuclear Radiation P4.2.3-2.4 Half Lives and Radioactive Contamination P4.3 Hazards and Uses of Radioactive Emissions P4.4 Nuclear Fission and Fusion

P5.1.1-1.2 Scalars and Vector Qualities, Contact and Non-Contact Forces P5.1.3-1.4 Gravity and Resultant Forces P5.2 Work Done and Energy Transfer P5.3 Forces and Elasticity Required Practical 6 - Force and Extension P5.4 Moments, Levers and Gears (Physics only)P5.5 Pressure and Pressure Differences in Fluids (Physics only)P5.6.1.1-6.1.3 Describing Motion Along a Line: Speed and Velocity P6.1.3 - 6.1.5 The Distance-Time Relationship and Acceleration Required Practical 7 - Acceleration P5.6.2 Newton's Laws of Motion P5.6.3 Forces and Braking P5.7 Momentum (Higher Tier only)

P6.1.1-1.2 Properties of Waves 1 Required Practical 8 - Waves P6.1.3-1.5 Properties of Waves 2 (Physics only)Required Practical 9 - Reflection and Refraction P6.2.1-2.3 Types of Electromagnetic Waves and Their Properties Required Practical 10 - Radiation and Absorption P6.2.4 Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves P6.2.5-2.6 Lenses and Visible Light (Physics only)P6.3 Black Body Radiation (Physics only)

P7.1 Magnetism, Magnetic Forces and Fields P7.2.1 Electromagnetism P7.2.2-3 The Motor Effect, Fleming's Left-Hand Rule and Electric Motors (HT only)P7.2.4 Loudspeakers (HT & Physics only)P7.3 Induced Potential, Transformers and the National Grid (HT & Physics only)

P8.1 The Solar System; Stability of Orbital Motions and Satellites (Physics only)P8.2 Red Shift (Physics only)

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P1.1 Energy Changes in a System and the way Energy is Stored Required Practical 1 - Specific Heat Capacity P1.2 Conservation and Dissipation of Energy Required Practical 2 - Thermal Insulation P1.3 National and Global Energy Resources

P2.1.1-3 Circuit Diagrams, Current and Potential Difference P2.1.4 Resistors Required Practical 3 - Resistance P2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits Required Practical 4 - IV Characteristics P2.3 Domestic Use and Safety P2.4 Energy Transfers P2.5 Static Electricity (Physics only)

P3.1 Changes of State and the Particle Model Required Practical 5 - Density P3.2 Internal Energy and Energy Transfers P3.3 Particle Model and Pressure

P4.1 Atoms and Isotopes P4.2.1-2.2 Atoms and Nuclear Radiation P4.2.3-2.4 Half Lives and Radioactive Contamination P4.3 Hazards and Uses of Radioactive Emissions P4.4 Nuclear Fission and Fusion

P5.1.1-1.2 Scalars and Vector Qualities, Contact and Non-Contact Forces P5.1.3-1.4 Gravity and Resultant Forces P5.2 Work Done and Energy Transfer P5.3 Forces and Elasticity Required Practical 6 - Force and Extension P5.4 Moments, Levers and Gears (Physics only)P5.5 Pressure and Pressure Differences in Fluids (Physics only)P5.6.1.1-6.1.3 Describing Motion Along a Line: Speed and Velocity P6.1.3 - 6.1.5 The Distance-Time Relationship and Acceleration Required Practical 7 - Acceleration P5.6.2 Newton's Laws of Motion P5.6.3 Forces and Braking P5.7 Momentum (Higher Tier only)

P6.1.1-1.2 Properties of Waves 1 Required Practical 8 - Waves P6.1.3-1.5 Properties of Waves 2 (Physics only)Required Practical 9 - Reflection and Refraction P6.2.1-2.3 Types of Electromagnetic Waves and Their Properties Required Practical 10 - Radiation and Absorption P6.2.4 Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves P6.2.5-2.6 Lenses and Visible Light (Physics only)P6.3 Black Body Radiation (Physics only)

P7.1 Magnetism, Magnetic Forces and Fields P7.2.1 Electromagnetism P7.2.2-3 The Motor Effect, Fleming's Left-Hand Rule and Electric Motors (HT only)P7.2.4 Loudspeakers (HT & Physics only)P7.3 Induced Potential, Transformers and the National Grid (HT & Physics only)

P8.1 The Solar System; Stability of Orbital Motions and Satellites (Physics only)P8.2 Red Shift (Physics only)