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Subject Knowledge Audit - A Level Physics

The document is an audit of a student's physics knowledge at A-Level. It consists of a table for the student to self-assess their knowledge across various physics topics by ticking columns to indicate if they have a good knowledge, some knowledge, or weak/non-existent knowledge. The topics span mechanics, electricity and electromagnetism, waves, thermodynamics, modern physics, astrophysics, medical physics, materials, electronics, and telecommunications.

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Subject Knowledge Audit - A Level Physics

The document is an audit of a student's physics knowledge at A-Level. It consists of a table for the student to self-assess their knowledge across various physics topics by ticking columns to indicate if they have a good knowledge, some knowledge, or weak/non-existent knowledge. The topics span mechanics, electricity and electromagnetism, waves, thermodynamics, modern physics, astrophysics, medical physics, materials, electronics, and telecommunications.

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AUDIT OF PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE AT A-Level

Name:

In the following columns indicate how good your knowledge is of the subject by placing a tick in the
appropriate column.

Have a good Have some My knowledge


knowledge knowledge is weak or
non-existent.
Mechanics
Scalars and vectors
Forces and moments in equilibrium
Ways of describing motion
Equations of motion
Projectiles
Newton’s laws of motion
Forces of normal reaction, gravity and friction
Density and pressure
Drag and lift
Work, energy and power
Momentum and impulse
Stress, strain and Hook’s law
Vibrations and resonance
Circular motion
Simple harmonic motion
Radioactivity and the structure of the atom
The nuclear atom
Elements and isotopes
Nuclear instability
Properties of ionising radiation
Radioactive decay
Binding energy and mass defect
Applications of radioactivity
Probing matter
Electricity and electro-magnetism
Current as a flow of charge
Current, p.d. and resistance
Resistors and resistivity
Electrical energy and power
Kirchoff’s laws
Potential dividers and their uses
EMF and internal resistance
Alternating currents
Capacitors
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetic induction
Kinetic theory
Temperature
Behaviour of gasses
Ideal gas equations

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Have a good Have some My knowledge
knowledge knowledge is weak or
non-existent
Internal energy
Specific and latent heat capacities
Waves and oscillations:
Types of waves and their properties
Electromagnetic spectrum
Reflection and refraction
Total internal reflection and fibre optics
Diffraction and resolution
Superimposition
Interference
Standing waves
Plank’s constant
Photoelectric effect
Atomic line spectra
De Broglies equation and atomic models
Particle diffraction and probing the atom
Fields:
Newton’s law of universal gravitation
Gravitational fields
Electric forces and fields
Electric potential and charged particles
Acceleration
Comparisons: gravitational and electric fields
OPTIONS:
Nuclear and Particle physics 1:
The standard model: 12 fundamental particles
Matter and anti-matter
Hadrons, baryons and mesons
Forces: the four fundamental forces
Nuclear & particle physics 2:
Baryon number, strangeness and conservation
Particle accelerators
Astrophysics 1:
Distance measurement, parallax, luminosity
Apparent and absolute magnitude
Stellar absorption spectra; doppler effect
Astrophysics 2
Birth and death of stars
White dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes
How to get the best images of stars
Astrophysics 3:
Olber’s paradox
Gravity won’t allow a static universe
Cosmological red shift
Hubble’s law
Cosmological principle
Fate of the universe and the omega factor
Big bang theory

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knowledge knowledge is weak or
non-existent
Medical and health physics 1
The eye and seeing
The ear and hearing
Medical and health physics 2:

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Medical diagnosis X-ray, MRI, Ultrasound etc
Medical treatment: radiotherapy
Electronics 1
Electrical measurement
Capacitors
Electronics 2
Diodes
Resistive transducers
Junction transistors
Mechanical switches
Electronics 3
Operational amplifiers
Materials 1
Stress-strain graphs for different materials
Forces between particles
Materials 2
Behaviour of metals
Behaviour of glass
Behaviour of rubber and other polymers
Telecommunications 1
Signals
Principles of communication
AM radio receiver
Telecommunications 2
Communication channels
Turning points in Physics 1
The discovery of the electron
Wave-particle duality and microscopes
Turning points in Physics 2
Einstein’s theory of special relativity
Electromagnetic waves

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