Physics study guides

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.1 Measurements and their errors. Covers SI base and derived units, prefixes and homogeneity, random and systematic errors, precision and accuracy, combining uncertainties, and the estimation of physical quantities and orders of magnitude.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.2 Particles and radiation. Covers the constituents of the atom, the strong force and radioactive decay, antiparticles and photons, exchange particles and Feynman diagrams, the classification of hadrons and leptons, quarks, the photoelectric effect, energy levels and wave-particle duality, with the conservation laws and calculations AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.3 Waves. Covers progressive and stationary waves, the wave equation, transverse and longitudinal waves and polarisation, superposition and coherence, Young's double-slit experiment, single-slit and grating diffraction, and refraction with total internal reflection, including the equations and exam patterns AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.4 Mechanics and materials. Covers scalars and vectors, moments, kinematics and suvat, projectiles, Newton's laws, momentum, work, energy and power, conservation of energy, the bulk properties of solids and the Young modulus, with the calculations and exam patterns AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.5 Electricity. Covers current and charge, current-voltage characteristics, Ohm's law, resistivity and superconductivity, series and parallel circuits, Kirchhoff's laws, power, the potential divider, and EMF with internal resistance, including the calculations and exam patterns AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.6 Further mechanics and thermal physics. Covers circular motion, simple harmonic motion, forced vibrations and resonance, thermal energy transfer, ideal gases and the molecular kinetic theory model, with the equations and exam patterns AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.7 Fields and their consequences. Covers gravitational fields and potential, orbits, electric fields and potential, capacitance and capacitor discharge, magnetic flux density, electromagnetic induction and alternating currents and transformers, with the equations and exam patterns AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level Physics guide to module 3.8 Nuclear physics. Covers Rutherford scattering, the properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, radioactive decay and half-life, nuclear instability, nuclear radius, mass and energy, induced fission and nuclear reactors, with the equations and exam patterns AQA repeats.