CUP As Level

1 Kinematics  

1.1 Speed  

1.2 Distance and displacement, scalar and vector  

1.3 Speed and velocity  

1.4 Displacement-time graphs  

1.5 Combining displacements  

1.6 Combining velocities  

1.7 Subtracting vectors  

1.8 Other examples of scalar and vector quantities  

2 Accelerated motion  

2.1 The meaning of acceleration  

2.2 Calculating acceleration  

2.3 Units of acceleration  

2.4 Deducing acceleration  

2.5 Deducing displacement  

2.6 Measuring velocity and acceleration  

2.7 Determining velocity and acceleration in the laboratory  

2.8 The equations of motion  

2.9 Deriving the equations of motion  

2.10 Uniform and non-uniform acceleration  

2.11 Acceleration caused by gravity  

2.12 Determining g  

2.13 Motion in two dimensions: projectiles  

2.14 Understanding projectiles  

3 Dynamics  

3.1 Force, mass and acceleration  

3.2 Identifying forces  

3.3 Weight, friction and gravity  

3.4 Mass and inertia  

3.5 Moving through fluids  

3.6 Newton's third law of motion  

3.7 SI units  

4 Forces  

4.1 Combining forces  

4.2 Components of vectors  

4.3 Centre of gravity  

4.4 The turning effect of a force  

4.5 The torque of a couple  

5 Work, energy and power  

5.1 Doing work, transferring energy  

5.2 Gravitational potential energy  

5.3 Kinetic energy  

5.4 Gravitational potential to kinetic energy transformations  

5.5 Down, up, down: energy changes  

5.6 Energy transfers  

5.7 Power  

6 Momentum  

6.1 The idea of momentum  

6.2 Modeling collisions  

6.3 Understanding collisions  

6.4 Explosions and crash landings

6.5 Collisions in two dimensions  

6.6 Momentum and Newton’s laws  

6.7 Understanding motion  

7 Matter and materials  

7.1 Density  

7.2 Pressure  

7.3 Archimedes’ principle  

7.4 Compressive and tensile forces  

7.5 Stretching materials  

7.6 Elastic potential energy  

8 Electric current  

8.1 Circuit symbols and diagrams  

8.2 Electric current  

8.3 An equation for current  

8.4 The meaning of voltage  

8.5 Electrical resistance  

8.6 Electrical power  

9 Kirchhoff’s laws  

9.1 Kirchhoff’s first law  

9.2 Kirchhoff’s second law  

9.3 Applying Kirchhoff’s laws  

9.4 Resistor combinations  

10 Resistance and resistivity  

10.1 The I-V characteristic for a metallic conductor  

10.2 Ohm’s law  

10.3 Resistance and temperature  

10.4 Resistivity  

11 Practical circuits  

11.1 Internal resistance  

11.2 Potential dividers  

11.3 Sensors  

11.4 Potentiometer circuits  

12 Waves  

12.1 Describing waves  

12.2 Longitudinal and transverse waves  

12.3 Wave energy  

12.4 Wave speed  

12.5 The Doppler effect for sound waves  

12.6 Electromagnetic waves  

12.7 Electromagnetic radiation  

12.8 Orders of magnitude  

12.9 The nature of electromagnetic waves  

12.10 Polarization

13 Superposition of waves  

13.1 The principle of superposition of waves  

13.2 Diffraction of waves  

13.3 Interference  

13.4 The Young double-slit experiment  

13.5 Diffraction gratings  

14 Stationary waves  

14.1 From moving to stationary  

14.2 Nodes and antinodes  

14.3 Determining the wavelength and speed of sound  

15 Atomic structure  

15.1 Looking inside the atom  

15.2 Alpha-particle scattering and the nucleus  

15.3 A simple model of the atom  

15.4 Nucleons and electrons  

15.5 Forces in the nucleus  

15.6 Discovering radioactivity  

15.7 Radiation from radioactive substances  

15.8 Energies in α and β decay  

15.9 Equations of radioactive decay  

15.10 Fundamental particles  

15.11 Families of particles  

15.12 Another look at β decay  

15.13 Another nuclear force  

P1 Practical skills at AS Level  

P1.1 Practical work in physics  

P1.2 Using apparatus and following instructions  

P1.3 Gathering evidence  

P1.4 Precision, accuracy, errors and uncertainties  

P1.5 Finding the value of an uncertainty  

P1.6 Percentage uncertainty  

P1.7 Recording results  

P1.8 Analyzing results

P1.9 Testing a relationship  

P1.10 Combining uncertainties  

P1.11 Identifying limitations in procedures and suggesting improvements