A-LEVEL Exam A-LEVEL Physics

A-LEVEL Physics

3.1 Measurements and their errors

3.2 Particles and radiation

3.4 Mechanics and materials

3.5 Electricity

3.6 Further mechanics and thermal physics

3.7 Fields and their consequences

3.8 Nuclear physics

3.9 Astrophysics

3.10.1 Physics of the eye

3.10.2 Physics of the ear

3.10.3 Biological measurement

3.10.4 Non-ionising imaging

3.10.5 X-ray imaging

3.10.6 Radionuclide imaging and therapy

3.11 Engineering physics

3.12 Turning points in physics

3.12.1 The discovery of the electron

3.12.2 Thermionic emission of electrons

3.12.2.1 Newton's corpuscular theory of light

3.12.2.2 Significance of Young's double slits experiment

3.12.2.3 Electromagnetic waves

3.12.2.4 The discovery of photoelectricity

3.12.2.5 Wave-particle duality

3.12.2.6 Electron microscopes

3.12.3 Specific charge of the electron

3.13 Electronics

3.12.2.1 Newton's corpuscular theory of light

3.12.2.2 Significance of Young's double slits experiment

3.12.2.3 Electromagnetic waves

3.12.2.4 The discovery of photoelectricity

3.12.2.5 Wave-particle duality

3.12.2.6 Electron microscopes