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Edexcel AS/A level Physics Student Book 1
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | 4 | ||
| How to use this book | 6 | ||
| Topic 1 | 8 | ||
| Chapter 1: Working as a Physicist | 8 | ||
| 1: Units | 10 | ||
| Base and derived quantities | 10 | ||
| SI units | 10 | ||
| Power prefixes | 11 | ||
| 2: Estimation | 12 | ||
| Order of magnitude | 12 | ||
| Fermi questions | 12 | ||
| Topic 2: Mechanics | 14 | ||
| Chapter 2.1: Motion | 14 | ||
| 1: Velocity and acceleration | 16 | ||
| Rate of movement | 16 | ||
| Acceleration | 17 | ||
| 2: Motion graphs | 18 | ||
| Displacement-time graphs | 18 | ||
| Velocity-time graphs | 19 | ||
| Acceleration-time graphs | 20 | ||
| 3: Adding forces | 21 | ||
| Adding forces in the same line | 21 | ||
| Adding perpendicular forces | 21 | ||
| Adding two non-perpendicular forces | 21 | ||
| Free-body force diagrams | 22 | ||
| 4: Moments | 23 | ||
| Moment of a force | 23 | ||
| Principle of moments | 23 | ||
| Centre of gravity | 24 | ||
| 5: Newton’s laws of motion | 26 | ||
| Newton’s first law of motion | 26 | ||
| Newton’s second law of motion | 26 | ||
| Newton’s third law of motion | 28 | ||
| 6: Kinematics equations | 29 | ||
| Zero acceleration | 29 | ||
| Constant acceleration | 29 | ||
| 7: Resolving vectors | 32 | ||
| Resolving vectors calculations | 32 | ||
| Alternative resolution angles | 33 | ||
| 8: Projectiles | 34 | ||
| Horizontal throws | 34 | ||
| Recombining velocity components | 34 | ||
| Vertical throws | 35 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Durham Castle Siege | 36 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 38 | ||
| Chapter 2.2: Energy | 40 | ||
| 1: Gravitational potential and kinetic energies | 42 | ||
| Gravitational potential energy | 42 | ||
| Kinetic energy | 42 | ||
| Conversion between Ep and Ek | 43 | ||
| 2: Work and power | 45 | ||
| Work | 45 | ||
| Work done by forces at an angle | 46 | ||
| Efficiency | 47 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: The Mechanics Of Hockey | 48 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 50 | ||
| Chapter 2.3: Momentum | 52 | ||
| 1: Momentum | 54 | ||
| Momentum | 54 | ||
| 2: Conservation of linear momentum | 56 | ||
| Collisions | 56 | ||
| Explosions | 57 | ||
| Newton’s third law | 59 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Saving Hockey Goalkeepers | 60 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 62 | ||
| Topic 3: Electric circuits | 64 | ||
| Chapter 3.1: Electrical quantities | 66 | ||
| 1: Electric current | 66 | ||
| Electric Charge | 66 | ||
| Electric Current | 66 | ||
| 2: Electrical energy transfer | 69 | ||
| Voltages | 69 | ||
| Electrical models | 70 | ||
| 3: Current and voltage relationships | 72 | ||
| Resistance calculations | 72 | ||
| Current–voltage characteristics | 73 | ||
| 4: Resistivity | 75 | ||
| 5: Conduction and resistance | 77 | ||
| Conduction in metals | 77 | ||
| The transport equation | 78 | ||
| Resistance | 78 | ||
| Resistivity | 78 | ||
| 6: Semiconductors | 80 | ||
| Conduction in semiconductors | 80 | ||
| Insulators | 82 | ||
| Superconductivity | 82 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Shocking Stuff | 84 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 86 | ||
| Chapter 3.2: Complete electrical circuits | 88 | ||
| 1: Series and parallel circuits | 90 | ||
| Current | 90 | ||
| Voltages around circuits | 91 | ||
| Resistance | 92 | ||
| 2: Electrical circuit rules | 94 | ||
| Electric current rule | 94 | ||
| Electrical voltages rule | 94 | ||
| 3: Potential dividers | 96 | ||
| The potential divider equation | 97 | ||
| The potentiometer | 98 | ||
| Potential dividers in sensor circuits | 98 | ||
| 4: Emf and internal resistance | 100 | ||
| 5: Power in electric circuits | 102 | ||
| Electrical work | 102 | ||
| Electrical power | 102 | ||
| Efficiency | 103 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Curious Voltage Drop | 106 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 108 | ||
| Topic 4: Materials | 110 | ||
| Chapter 4.1: Fluids | 110 | ||
| 1: Fluids, density and upthrust | 112 | ||
| Fluids | 112 | ||
| Density | 112 | ||
| Upthrust | 113 | ||
| Floating | 113 | ||
| The hydrometer | 114 | ||
| 2: Fluid movement | 115 | ||
| Laminar flow | 115 | ||
| Streamlining | 116 | ||
| 3: Drag act | 117 | ||
| Viscosity | 117 | ||
| 4: Terminal velocity | 119 | ||
| Stokes’ law | 119 | ||
| Viscous drag | 121 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: The Plimsoll Line | 122 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 124 | ||
| Chapter 4.2: Solid material properties | 126 | ||
| 1: Hooke’s law | 128 | ||
| Hooke’s law | 128 | ||
| Elastic strain energy | 129 | ||
| 2: Stress, strain and the Young modulus | 131 | ||
| Stress | 131 | ||
| Strain | 131 | ||
| Young modulus | 131 | ||
| 3: Stress-strain graphs | 133 | ||
| Stress-strain analysis | 133 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Get Roped In | 136 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 138 | ||
| Topic 5: Waves and the particle nature of light | 140 | ||
| Chapter 5.1: Basic waves | 140 | ||
| 1: Wave basics | 142 | ||
| Energy transfer | 142 | ||
| Graphing waves | 142 | ||
| Wave measurements | 143 | ||
| Pulse-echo measurements | 143 | ||
| 2: Wave types | 145 | ||
| Transverse waves | 145 | ||
| Longitudinal waves | 145 | ||
| Graphing waves | 145 | ||
| Longitudinal waves in action | 145 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Earthquake! | 148 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 150 | ||
| Chapter 5.2: The behaviour of waves | 152 | ||
| 1: Wave phase and superposition | 154 | ||
| Phase | 154 | ||
| Wavefronts | 155 | ||
| Wave superposition | 155 | ||
| 2: Stationary waves | 157 | ||
| Standing waves | 157 | ||
| String wave speeds | 158 | ||
| 3: Diffraction | 160 | ||
| Diffraction | 160 | ||
| Diffraction patterns | 160 | ||
| The diffraction grating | 161 | ||
| 4: Wave interference | 163 | ||
| Two-source interference | 163 | ||
| Two-slit interference | 163 | ||
| Explaining two-source interference | 164 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: The Marimba | 166 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 168 | ||
| Chapter 5.3: Optics | 170 | ||
| 1: Refraction | 172 | ||
| Refraction | 172 | ||
| Dispersion | 173 | ||
| 2: Total internal reflection | 174 | ||
| Refraction revisited | 174 | ||
| Applications of TIR | 175 | ||
| 3: Lenses | 176 | ||
| Refraction in a lens | 176 | ||
| Power of a lens | 177 | ||
| 4: Image formation | 179 | ||
| What is an image? | 179 | ||
| Image calculations | 180 | ||
| Magnification | 180 | ||
| 5: Polarisation | 182 | ||
| Plane polarisation | 182 | ||
| Polarisation by refl ection and refraction | 183 | ||
| Polarisation by chemical solutions | 183 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Glass Forensics | 184 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 186 | ||
| Chapter 5.4: Quantum physics | 188 | ||
| 1: Wave–particle duality | 190 | ||
| Huygens’ principle | 190 | ||
| Light is a wave | 190 | ||
| Light is a particle | 190 | ||
| Electrons are particles | 191 | ||
| Electrons are waves | 192 | ||
| Waves or particles? | 192 | ||
| 2: The photoelectric effect | 193 | ||
| Photoelectrons | 193 | ||
| The photoelectric effect equation | 194 | ||
| The photoelectric cell experiment | 194 | ||
| 3: Electron diffraction and interference | 196 | ||
| Electron diffraction | 196 | ||
| de Broglie equation | 196 | ||
| Two-slit electron interference | 197 | ||
| Electron microscopy | 197 | ||
| 4: Atomic electron energies | 198 | ||
| Electron energy levels | 198 | ||
| Line spectra | 200 | ||
| Intensity of radiation | 201 | ||
| Thinking Bigger: Solar Cells to Power the USA? | 202 | ||
| Exam-style questions | 204 | ||
| Maths skills | 206 | ||
| Arithmetic and numerical computation | 206 | ||
| Algebra | 206 | ||
| Handling data | 207 | ||
| Graphs | 207 | ||
| Geometry and trigonometry | 208 | ||
| Applying your skills | 210 | ||
| Preparing for your exams | 212 | ||
| Glossary | 217 | ||
| Index | 221 |