A-level physics, animated.
Free A-level physics revision built around drawings that carry the argument: illustrated notes for every topic, original exam-style questions with mark schemes, the required practicals, flashcards and printable workbooks.
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Written explainers for all 71 core topics, plus the electronics, engineering physics, astrophysics, turning points and medical physics options, organised by the physics rather than by any exam board.
Measurements
Mechanics
Materials
Waves
Quantum phenomena
Particles
Electricity
Periodic motion
Thermal physics
Gravitational fields
Electric fields
Capacitance
Magnetic fields
Nuclear physics
Electronics
Engineering physics
Astrophysics
Turning points
Medical physics
Every topic
MEASUREMENTS
MECHANICS
- Scalars and vectors
- Moments and equilibrium
- Motion graphs and the SUVAT equations
- Projectile motion
- Newton's laws and the resultant force
- Mass and weight
- Drag and terminal speed
- Momentum and impulse
- Work, energy and power
- Conservation of energy
MATERIALS
WAVES
- Progressive waves
- Longitudinal, transverse and polarisation
- Stationary waves
- Refraction and total internal reflection
- Diffraction and the single slit
- Interference and Young's double slit
- Diffraction gratings
- Lenses and images
QUANTUM PHENOMENA
- The photoelectric effect
- Collisions of electrons with atoms
- Energy levels and photon emission
- Wave-particle duality
PARTICLES
- Constituents of the atom
- Stable and unstable nuclei
- Antimatter and photons
- Particle interactions and exchange particles
- Classification of particles
- Quarks and antiquarks
- Conservation laws
ELECTRICITY
- Current, charge and the direction problem
- Current-voltage characteristics
- Resistivity and superconductivity
- Circuits and Kirchhoff's laws
- Potential dividers
- EMF and internal resistance
PERIODIC MOTION
- Circular motion
- Simple harmonic motion
- SHM systems: pendulums and springs
- Forced vibrations and resonance
THERMAL PHYSICS
- Thermal energy transfer and specific heat capacity
- Ideal gases and the gas laws
- Molecular kinetic theory
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
- Coulomb's law and electric field strength
- Electric potential
- Comparing electric and gravitational fields
CAPACITANCE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
- Magnetic flux density and the force on a wire
- Force on a moving charge
- Magnetic flux and flux linkage
- Electromagnetic induction: Faraday and Lenz
- Alternating currents
- Rectification and smoothing
- Transformers
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
- Rutherford scattering and the nuclear atom
- Radioactive decay and half-life
- Nuclear radius and density
- Mass-energy and binding energy
- Fission and fusion
- Nuclear reactors and safety
ELECTRONICS
- Discrete semiconductor devices
- Resonant circuits and filters
- Operational amplifiers
- Summing and difference amplifiers
- Digital signal processing
- Data communication
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
- Rotational motion and moment of inertia
- Torque, angular momentum and rotational power
- The first law of thermodynamics
- Heat engines and heat pumps
ASTROPHYSICS
- Telescopes and image formation
- Telescopes across the spectrum
- Star brightness and magnitude
- Black-body radiation and spectral classes
- The HR diagram and stellar evolution
- The Doppler effect and Hubble's law
- Quasars and exoplanets
TURNING POINTS
- Cathode rays and the electron
- Millikan's oil drop experiment
- The nature of light
- Quanta and wave-particle duality
- The Michelson-Morley experiment
- The consequences of special relativity