Physics: Facts & Practice for A LevelFrustrated with exam guides that provide mainly content and only a few questions? Or the opposite, with just practice questions but with no content for support? Oxford Facts and Practice are here to help and they do just what they say on the cover: give facts and practice for A Level. · All that students need to know in 56 pages · Designed for the new A- and AS-Level specifications, each book starts with tips on exam technique and a description of the main specifications · The authors all work in a tutorial college and are very experienced in preparing students for examinations from all of the exam groups. · The books have been extensively trialled to ensure that they provide lucid explanations at the right level of detail |
Contents
NUMBER | 79 |
Decimals | 85 |
Ratio | 93 |
Basic algebra | 100 |
Flow charts | 110 |
Plotting and reading graphs | 118 |
Rate of change | 126 |
Exam technique | vii |
12 | 42 |
13 | 50 |
16 | 58 |
Tangents and area under a curve | 62 |
18 | 70 |
20 | 76 |
21 | 82 |
24 | 94 |
Common terms and phrases
acceleration algebraic angle atom baryons Bohr model bracket called capacitor centre centripetal force charge circle circuit cm² cm³ coil CONCEPT TEST conductor constant velocity Contd cumulative frequency curve decay decimal places diagram diffraction displacement distance Draw electric electromagnetic electron emitted equal equation example field strength force acting formula fraction frequency GCSE gradient gravitational heat height horizontal inequality interquartile range length lepton m/s² magnetic field mass momentum moving multiply negative neutron nuclear fission nucleus object Ohm's law opposite oscillation particle pence photon Planck constant potential difference produced quarks R₁ R₂ radius refractive represents resistance resistor rotation shown right sides sine rule speed square straight line temperature term TESTS RECALL TEST Total 20 marks travelling triangle unit V₁ values vector vertical volume wave wavelength whole number wire Write