A-Level Physics Revision Videos (AQA)

Core Content

  1. Measurements & their errors
  2. Particles & radiation
  3. Waves
  4. Mechanics & materials
  5. Electricity

Sections 1-5 are assessed in AS papers 1 & 2.

  1. i) Periodic motion
    ii) Thermal physics
  2. Fields & their consequences
  3. Nuclear physics

Sections 1-6.1 are assessed in A-Level paper 1.
Sections 6.2-8 are assessed in A-Level paper 2.

AS Paper 1
Paper 1
What’s assessed

  • Sections 1 – 5
Assessed

  • written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • 70 marks
  • 50% of AS
Questions

  • 70 marks of short and long answer questions split by topic.
AS Paper 2
Paper 2
What’s assessed

  • Sections 1 – 5
Assessed

  • written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • 70 marks
  • 50% of AS
Questions

  • Section A: 20 marks of short and long answer questions on practical skills and data analysis
  • Section B: 20 marks of short and long answer questions from across all areas of AS content
  • Section C: 30 multiple choice questions
A-Level Paper 1
Paper 1
What’s assessed

  • Sections 1 to 5 and 6.1 (Periodic motion)
Assessed

  • written exam: 2 hours
  • 85 marks
  • 34% of A-level
Questions

  • 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.
A-Level Paper 2
Paper 2
What’s assessed

  • Sections 6.2 (Thermal Physics), 7 and 8
  • Assumed knowledge from sections 1 to 6.1
Assessed

  • written exam: 2 hours
  • 85 marks
  • 34% of A-level
Questions

  • 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.

Optional Content (Year 2)

9. Astrophysics
10. Medical physics
11. Engineering physics
12. Turning points in physics
13. Electronics

One option + practical skills & data analysis are assessed in A-Level paper 3.

A-Level Paper 3
Paper 3
What’s assessed

  • Section A Compulsory section: Practical skills and data analysis
  • Section B: Students enter for one of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13
Assessed

  • written exam: 2 hours
  • 80 marks
  • 32% of A-level
Questions

  • 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis.
  • 35 marks of short and long answer questions on optional topic.

Core Content

1. Measurements & their errors

2. Particles & radiation

  • Forces & particles of the standard model
  • Decays & interactions
  • Atomic structure & photons
  • Atomic energy levels
  • Fluorescent light bulbs
  • Example questions – Particle physics
  • Example questions – Quantum physics

3. Waves

  • Wave interference patterns
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Example questions – Double slit interference
  • Example questions – Diffraction grating
  • Example questions – Photoelectric effect
  • Example questions – Photoelectric effect & electron diffraction

4. Mechanics & materials

  • General skills in mechanics
  • Resolving & combining vectors
  • Sine & cosine rules
  • 1d SUVAT equations
  • 2d SUVAT equations
  • Example questions – SUVAT
  • Newton’s laws
  • Conservation of momentum
  • Collisions
  • Friction & slopes
  • Pulleys
  • Forces in equilibrium
  • Moments & centre of mass
  • Example questions (basic) – Moments
  • Example questions (harder) – Moments

5. Electricity

  • Circuit properties & I-V characteristics
  • Circuitry Laws
  • Resistivity, temperature, semiconductors & superconductors*
  • Potential divider equations
  • EMF & internal resistance*
  • Practical skills – taking measurements
  • Practical skills – designing an experiment
  • Example question – Circuitry experiment
  • Example question – Circuitry laws

6.1. Further mechanics

  • Circular motion
  • Simple harmonic motion
  • Damping & resonance
  • Maths, graphs & resultants
  • Energy in the Tour de France
  • Applying SHM equations
  • Spring system resonance
  • Circular motion problems
  • Conical pendulum
  • Example questions part A
  • Example questions part B

6.2. Further mechanics

7. Fields & their consequences

  • Radial gravitational fields
  • Worked questions on radial gravitational fields
  • Satellites & circular motion
  • Uniform electric fields
  • Example question – Electric fields
  • Example questions – Gravitational and Electric Fields
  • Capacitors
  • Example question – Capacitors

8. Nuclear physics

  • Rutherford scattering
  • Types of radiation
  • Radiation intensity
  • Decay & half-life
  • Decay & NZ graphs
  • Nuclear radius & density
  • Mass defect & binding energy
  • Nuclear fission

Optional Content (Year 2)

9. Astrophysics

  • Telescopes
  • The lens equation
  • Refracting telescope in normal adjustment
  • Limitations of telescopes
  • Reflecting telescope
  • Detecting radiation & CCDs
  • Cosmic distance ladder
  • Absolute & apparent magnitude
  • Stefan’s law & Wien’s law
  • Stellar classes & the HR diagram
  • Stellar evolution
  • Doppler effect
  • Hubble’s law
  • Dark side of astrophysics
  • Quasars

10. Medical physics

  • Ultrasound I: Production & principles
  • Ultrasound II: A-scans, B-scans & M-scans
  • Optical Fibres
  • Ultrasound & Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • MRI I: Physics behind MRI
  • MRI II: Localisation of the signal & MRI machine
  • The X-ray tube
  • X-ray production
  • X-ray attenuation I
  • X-ray attenuation II
  • X-ray image intensifiers & contrast
  • CAT / CT scanners
  • Nuclear medicine & tracers I
  • Nuclear medicine & tracers II: Gamma camera

11. Engineering physics

  • Rotational dynamics I: Introduction
  • Rotational dynamics II: Airplane propeller
  • Rotational dynamics III: Rotating circular table
  • Rotational dynamics IV: Turntable
  • Rotational dynamics V: Pulsar
  • Rotational dynamics VI: Grinding wheel
  • Moment of inertia
  • Rotational kinetic energy
  • Angular momentum
  • First law of thermodynamics
  • Engine cycles
  • Second law of thermodynamics

12. Turning points in physics

  • Discovery of the electron
  • Wave particle duality
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Electron microscrope
  • Michelson-Morley experiment
  • Special relativity
  • Time dilation

13. Electronics

  • MOSFET memory cells
  • Digital to analogue converter
  • Analogue to digital converter

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