Welcome to Seneca Revision Notes

1.1.1Use of SI Units

1.1.2SI Prefixes, Standard Form & Converting Units

1.1.3End of Topic Test - Units & Prefixes

1.1.4Avogadro's Constant

1.1.5Scalars & Vectors

2.1.1Measuring Length, Time & Volume

2.1.2Measuring Temperature

2.1.3Circuit Measurements

2.1.4Limitation of Physical Measurements

2.1.5Uncertainty

2.1.6Estimation

2.1.7Displaying Data

2.1.8End of Topic Test - Measurements & Errors

3.1.1Motion in a Straight Line

3.1.2Graphs of Motion

3.1.3Bouncing Ball Example

3.1.4End of Topic Test - Motion in a Straight Line

3.1.5Acceleration Due to Gravity

4.1.1Mass & Inertia

4.1.2Newton's Laws

4.1.3Momentum

4.1.4End of Topic Test - Newton's Laws & Momentum

4.1.5A-A* (AO3/4) - Newton's Third Law

4.2.1Projectile Motion

4.3.1Conservation of Momentum

4.4.1Fields

4.4.2Force in Uniform Fields

4.4.3Friction

4.4.4Buoyancy

4.4.5Terminal Speed

4.4.6End of Topic Test - Acceleration Due to Gravity

4.4.7Centre of Mass

4.4.8Forces & Equilibrium

4.4.9End of Topic Test - Scalars & Vectors

4.4.10Moments

4.4.11End of Topic Test - Moments & Centre of Mass

4.4.12Density

4.4.13Pressure

4.5.1Work & Energy

4.5.2Power & Efficiency

4.5.3Conservation of Energy

4.5.4End of Topic Test - Work, Energy & Power

4.6.1Circular Motion

4.6.2Circular Motion 2

4.6.3End of Topic Test - Circular Motion

5.1.1Newton's Law

5.1.2Gravitational Field Strength

5.1.3Gravitational Potential

6.1.1Bulk Properties of Solids

6.1.2Energy in Materials

6.1.3Young Modulus

6.1.4End of Topic Test - Materials

7.1.1Temperature

7.1.2Measuring Temperature

7.1.3Ideal Gas Law

7.1.4Ideal Gases

7.1.5Boyle's Law & Charles' Law

7.1.6Molecular Kinetic Theory Model

7.1.7Molecular Kinetic Theory Model 2

7.1.8Thermal Energy Transfer

7.1.9Thermal Energy Transfer Experiments

7.1.10End of Topic Test - Thermal Energy & Ideal Gases

7.1.11First Law of Thermodynamics

8.1.1Simple Harmonic Motion

8.1.2Simple Harmonic Systems

8.1.3Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

8.1.4Resonance

8.1.5End of Topic Test - Simple Harmonic Motion

8.1.6A-A* (AO3/4) - Simple Harmonic Motion

8.1.7End of Topic Test - Gravitational Fields

8.2.1Progressive Waves

8.2.2Intensity of Waves

8.2.3Wave Speed & Phase Difference

8.2.4Longitudinal & Transverse Waves

8.2.5End of Topic Test - Progressive Waves

8.2.6Electromagnetic Waves

8.2.7Doppler Effect

8.2.8Sound Waves

8.2.9Measuring Sound Waves

8.2.10End of Topic Test - Waves

8.2.11Ultrasound Imaging

8.2.12Ultrasound Imaging 2

8.3.1Stationary Waves

8.3.2Stationary Waves 2

8.3.3End of Topic Test - Stationary Waves

8.3.4A-A* (AO3/4) - Stationary Waves

8.3.5Interference

8.3.6Interference 2

8.3.7End of Topic Test - Interference

8.3.8Diffraction

8.3.9Diffraction Gratings

8.3.10End of Topic Test - Diffraction

9.1.1Communication Channels

9.1.2Modulation

9.1.3Attenuation

9.2.1Digital & Analogue Signals

9.2.2Representing Sound

10.1.1Coulomb's Law

10.1.2Electric Field Strength

10.1.3Electric Field Strength 2

10.1.4Electric Potential

10.1.5End of Topic Test - Electric Fields

10.1.6A-A* (AO3/4) - Electric and Gravitational Field

10.2.1Capacitance

10.2.2Parallel Plate Capacitor

10.2.3Energy Stored by a Capacitor

10.2.4Capacitor Discharge

10.2.5Capacitor Charge

11.1.1Basics of Electricity

11.1.2Mean Drift Velocity

11.1.3Current-Voltage Characteristics

11.1.4End of Topic Test - Basics of Electricity

11.1.5Resistivity

11.1.6End of Topic Test - Resistivity & Superconductors

11.1.7Power and Conservation

11.1.8Microphones

11.1.9Components

11.1.10Relays

11.1.11Strain Gauges

11.2.1Circuits

11.2.2Potential Divider

11.2.3Emf & Internal Resistance

11.2.4End of Topic Test - Power & Potential

12.1.1Magnetic Flux Density

12.1.2End of Topic Test - Capacitance & Flux Density

12.1.3Moving Charges in a Magnetic Field

12.1.4Magnetic Flux & Flux Linkage

12.1.5Electromagnetic Induction

12.1.6Electromagnetic Induction 2

12.1.7Magnetic Flux Density

12.1.8Magnetic Resonance Scanning

12.2.1Alternating Currents

12.2.2Operation of a Transformer

12.2.3End of Topic Test - Electromagnetic Induction & AC

12.2.4Rectification

13.1.1The Photoelectric Effect

13.1.2The Photoelectric Effect Explanation

13.1.3End of Topic Test - The Photoelectric Effect

13.1.4Collisions of Electrons with Atoms

13.1.5Energy Levels & Photon Emission

13.1.6Wave-Particle Duality

13.1.7End of Topic Test - Absorption & Emission

13.1.8Band Theory

13.1.9Diagnostic X-Rays

13.1.10X-Ray Image Processing

13.1.11Absorption of X-Rays

13.1.12CT Scanners

13.2.1Rutherford Scattering

13.2.2Atomic Model

13.2.3Isotopes

13.2.4Stable & Unstable Nuclei

13.2.5A-A* (AO3/4) - Stable & Unstable Nuclei

13.2.6Alpha & Beta Radiation

13.2.7Gamma Radiation

13.2.8Particles, Antiparticles & Photons

13.2.9Quarks & Antiquarks

13.2.10Particle Interactions

13.2.11Radioactive Decay

13.2.12Half Life

13.2.13End of Topic Test - Radioactivity

13.2.14Nuclear Instability

13.2.15Mass & Energy

13.2.16Binding Energy

13.2.17A-A* (AO3/4) - Nuclear Fusion