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Decks in this class (64)

SP1a Forces and Motion
Scalar quantities,
Vector quantities,
Examples of scalar quantities 4
11  cards
SP1b Acceleration
What is acceleration,
Describe a laboratory method for ...,
Estimate the magnitude of everyda...
3  cards
SP1c Motion Graphs
Speed,
Is speed a scalar or vector quantity,
Velocity
6  cards
SP1d Newton's first and second laws
Newton s first law,
Newton s second law,
What does acceleration in the dir...
7  cards
SP1e Mass and weight
What are the differences between ...,
Describe the relationship between...,
What is inertia
4  cards
SP1f Newton's Third Law and Momentum
Newton s third law,
Momentum,
What does momentum depend on
5  cards
SP1g Vehicles: stopping and crashing
Reaction time,
How can response times be measured,
What are some things that affect ...
7  cards
SP1h Braking Distance and Energy
Work done,
Kinetic energy,
If we increase the mass of an obj...
4  cards
SP1i Vector Diagrams
Resolving,
Component,
Resultant force
5  cards
SP1j Rotational forces
What does the size of the turning...,
Eq
2  cards
SP2a Conservation of energy
What is the conservation of energy,
Total energy input,
What is a system
11  cards
SP2b Renewables and non-renewables
What does non renewable mean,
What does renewable mean,
How are non renewable sources used
5  cards
SP2c Power and doing work
Joule j is equivalent to,
Work done is,
If the force is in the same direc...
8  cards
SP2d Efficiency and Stored Energies
Change in gravitaional potential ...,
Kinetic energy j,
Kinetic energy is proportional to
9  cards
SP2e Bending and Stretching
An elastic object may become comp...,
When a force pulls on an elastic ...,
Pt2 the greater the force the
15  cards
SP2f Extension and Energy Transfers
The gradient of the line s on a f...,
Force n,
Average force n
4  cards
SP3a Waves
What do waves not do,
What do waves transfer,
What is a transverse wave
17  cards
SP3b Refraction
Incident ray,
Refracted ray,
Normal
16  cards
SP3c Waves crossing boundaries
What coloured objects reflect mor...,
What do dark coloured objects do ...,
What 2 things does the interactio...
3  cards
SP3d Ears and hearing
What determines how vibrations of...,
1 what do sound waves reach and t...,
2 what do sound waves pass to
11  cards
SP3e Ultrasound and infrasound
What is ultrasound,
What do animals such as bats and ...,
How can ultrasound be used to fin...
11  cards
SP3f Ray diagrams
What is the law of reflection,
What happens when the angle of in...,
What happens at angles of inciden...
4  cards
SP3g Colour
When does diffuse reflection occur,
When does specular reflection occur,
Dispersion relating to white light
8  cards
SP3h Lenses
What is the power of a lens deter...,
Power d
11  cards
SP3i Electromagnetic Waves and the Spectrum
Electromagnetic waves,
Properties of all electromagnetic...,
There are 7 types of electromagne...
8  cards
SP3j Using electromagnetic waves and their dangers
What are microwaves used for,
What are microwaves used for,
What are infrared waves used for 4
11  cards
SP3k Radiation and Temperature
Describe the relationship between...,
Describe the relationship between...,
What must a system do to stay at ...
5  cards
SP4a Radioactivity
Protons repel each other with,
Protons attract each other with,
Protons attract neutrons with
17  cards
SP4b Atomic Models
What did the plum pudding model show,
What did the nuclear model show,
What did the nuclear model and pl...
12  cards
SP4c Radioactive Decay
State 3 facts about stable nuclei,
State 2 facts about unstable nuclei,
How can an unstable nucleus chang...
9  cards
SP4d Half-Life
What is half life of a radioactiv...,
State 2 facts about half life,
What is the unit for radioactivity
6  cards
SP4e Dangers of radioactivity and background radiation
Background radiation,
Radon,
How can radioactivity be detected
10  cards
SP4f Using Radioactivity
Explain how radioactivity is used...,
Explain how radioactivity is used...,
How do smoke detectors work
6  cards
SP4g Radioactivity in Medicine
How are radioactive medical trace...,
Which type of emitters are suitab...,
Explain how pet positron emission...
13  cards
SP4h Nuclear Energy and Fission
What are advantages of nuclear fuels,
What are disadvantages of nuclear...,
Nuclear fission
11  cards
SP4i Nuclear Fusion
Radioactive decay,
Nuclear fission,
Energy
8  cards
SP5a Astronomy
Star,
Planet,
Dwarf planet
15  cards
SP5b Gravity and Orbits
The value of g on the surface of ...,
The greater the mass and the smal...,
Polar orbit uses
9  cards
SP5c Life Cycles of Stars
Nebula,
Protostar 4,
Main sequence 3
14  cards
SP5d Red shift
Doppler effect,
Describe the amount of red shift ...,
Explain why the red shift of gala...
3  cards
SP5e Origin of the universe
What does the steady state theory...,
What does the big bang theory sug...,
Describe the evidence supporting ...
7  cards
SP6a Electricity and circuits
What do atoms contain,
Current,
When will current flow 2
18  cards
SP6b Current, charge, and energy
What does charge do and what is i...,
What is current a measure of,
What is 1 ampere equal to
9  cards
SP6c Resistance
What does resistance measure,
What is a reistor,
If potential difference is consta...
7  cards
SP6d More about Resistance
Is current a dependent or indepen...,
Is voltage a dependent or indepen...,
What are characteristic graphs us...
12  cards
SB6e Transferring energy
Explain energy transfer due to cu...,
Why when a current passes through...,
State 3 advantages of the heating...
12  cards
SB6f Power
What is power,
What is power measured in,
One watt is a transfer of what
4  cards
SP6g Electricity in the home
Explain direct current,
Explain alternating current ac,
What colour is the live wire
14  cards
SP7a Charges and Static Electricity
What does positively charged mean,
Whta does negatively charged mean,
What does neutral mean
9  cards
SP7b Dangers and uses of static electricity
Explain why we get shocks from ev...,
How does lightening occur 2,
How do electrostatic sprayers work 3
4  cards
SP7c Electric fields
What is an electric field,
What can an electric field do,
Do field lines go away or towards...
7  cards
SP8a Magnets and magnetic fields
How do magnets affect each other,
What are 3 magnetic materials,
What is the difference between pe...
15  cards
SP8b Electromagnetism
What can a current create,
How can you identify the directio...,
What does the strength of a magne...
9  cards
SP8c Magnetic Forces
Why can any wire carrying a curre...,
What kind of force do magnets exp...,
When does the greatest force on a...
12  cards
SP8d Electromagnetic Induction
When does electromagnetic inducti...,
What is the size of the induced p...,
What is the direction of the indu...
11  cards
SP8e The National Grid
What are transformers used for,
What are transformers,
There is no electrical connection...
9  cards
SP8f Transformers and energy
What is the law of conservation o...,
Power,
Power into a transformer
4  cards
SP9a Particles and density
What are the arrangement and prop...,
What are the arrangement and prop...,
What are the arrangement and prop...
14  cards
SP9b Energy and changes of state
What does heating a system and ra...,
Where do particles also have ener...,
What is internal energy of a part...
12  cards
SP9c Energy Calculations
Change in thermal energy j,
Change in state energy j,
Why is the specific latent heat o...
3  cards
SP9d Gas temperature and Pressure
0  cards
SP9e Gas pressure and Volume
0  cards
SP9f Pressure in fluids
0  cards
SP9g Pressure and Upthrust
0  cards

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