Physics IAL topics, by unit

22 topics · 6 units · 128 papers

Every unit: topics taken from its own specification, and every question read to place them. A topic assessed in more than one unit appears under each, counted and listed for that unit alone.

Unit 1 — Mechanics and Materials

24 papers · assesses:

• Energy, work and power (24 papers)
• Fluids, upthrust and viscosity (24 papers)
• Forces and Newton's laws of motion (24 papers)
• Gravitational fields (22 papers)
• Kinematics (24 papers)
• Materials and the Young modulus (24 papers)
• Measurement, errors and uncertainty (5 papers)
• Moments and centre of mass (19 papers)
• Momentum and collisions (19 papers)
• Projectiles (23 papers)

Unit 2 — Waves and Electricity

23 papers · assesses:

• Electric circuits (23 papers)
• Energy, work and power (5 papers)
• Measurement, errors and uncertainty (4 papers)
• Quantum physics and the photoelectric effect (23 papers)
• Waves (23 papers)

Unit 3 — Practical Skills in Physics I

23 papers · assesses:

• Electric circuits (21 papers)
• Energy, work and power (8 papers)
• Fluids, upthrust and viscosity (14 papers)
• Forces and Newton's laws of motion (3 papers)
• Gravitational fields (8 papers)
• Kinematics (5 papers)
• Materials and the Young modulus (14 papers)
• Measurement, errors and uncertainty (23 papers)
• Moments and centre of mass (4 papers)
• Momentum and collisions (1 paper)
• Projectiles (3 papers)
• Quantum physics and the photoelectric effect (8 papers)
• Waves (19 papers)

Unit 4 — Further Mechanics, Fields and Particles

20 papers · assesses:

• Capacitance (20 papers)
• Circular motion (20 papers)
• Electric circuits (20 papers)
• Electric fields (20 papers)
• Energy, work and power (18 papers)
• Magnetic fields and induction (20 papers)
• Momentum and collisions (20 papers)
• Nuclear physics and radioactivity (20 papers)
• Particle physics (20 papers)
• Quantum physics and the photoelectric effect (4 papers)

Unit 5 — Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations and Cosmology

19 papers · assesses:

• Astrophysics and cosmology (19 papers)
• Electric circuits (2 papers)
• Energy, work and power (12 papers)
• Gravitational fields (19 papers)
• Nuclear physics and radioactivity (19 papers)
• Oscillations and simple harmonic motion (19 papers)
• Thermal physics and gases (19 papers)
• Waves (19 papers)

Unit 6 — Practical Skills in Physics II

19 papers · assesses:

• Astrophysics and cosmology (3 papers)
• Capacitance (4 papers)
• Circular motion (2 papers)
• Electric circuits (7 papers)
• Energy, work and power (1 paper)
• Fluids, upthrust and viscosity (9 papers)
• Kinematics (3 papers)
• Magnetic fields and induction (3 papers)
• Materials and the Young modulus (1 paper)
• Measurement, errors and uncertainty (19 papers)
• Momentum and collisions (1 paper)
• Nuclear physics and radioactivity (6 papers)
• Oscillations and simple harmonic motion (16 papers)
• Quantum physics and the photoelectric effect (1 paper)
• Thermal physics and gases (10 papers)
• Waves (4 papers)

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