# Physics - Syllabus

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# Physics Syllabus
Link to specification: <https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171726-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-physics-a-h556.pdf>
Exams: [redacted](https://ollybritton.com/404)

## AS-Level
* [Physics - Units and Prefixes](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/units-and-prefixes/)
* [Physics - Vectors and Scalars](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/vectors-and-scalars/)
* [redacted](https://ollybritton.com/404)
* [Physics - Vernier Callipers and Micrometers](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/vernier-callipers-micrometers/)
* [Physics - Uncertainty](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/uncertainty/)
* [Physics - Galileo's Slope Experiment](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/galileos-slope-experiment/)
* [Physics - Combining Vectors](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/combining-vectors/)
* [Physics - Resolving Vectors](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/resolving-vectors/)
* [Physics - Syllabus](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/syllabus/)
* [Physics - SUVAT Equations](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/suvat-equations/)
* [Physics - Force and Newtons](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/force-and-newtons/)
* [Physics - Stopping Distances](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/stopping-distances/)
* [Physics - Free Fall](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/free-fall/)
* [Physics - Moments](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/moments/)
* [Physics - Calculating Acceleration Due To Gravity](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/calculating-g/)
* [Physics - Equilibrium](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/equilibrium/)
* [Physics - Projectiles](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/projectiles/)
* [Physics - Density](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/density/)
* [Physics - Pressure](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/pressure/)
* [Physics - Archimedes' Principle](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/archimedes-principle/)
* [Physics - Hooke's Law](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/hookes-law/)
* [Physics - Work Done](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/work-done/)
* [Physics - Energy](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/energy/)
* [Physics - Power](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/power/)
* [Physics - Elastic Potential Energy](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/elastic-potential-energy/)
* [Physics - Momentum](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/momentum/)
* [Physics - Charge and Current](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/charge-and-current/)
* [Physics - Circuits](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/circuits/)
* [Physics - Electron Drift Velocity](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/electron-drift-velocity/)
* [Physics - Collisions in 2D](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/collisions-in-2d/)
* [Physics - Voltage and Potential Difference](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/potential-difference/)
* [Physics - Resistance and Ohm's Law](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/ohms-law/)
* [Physics - Resistivity](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/resistivity/)
* [Physics - Waves](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/waves/)
* [Physics - Thermistors and LDRs](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/thermistors-and-ldrs/)
* [Physics - Oscilliscopes](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/oscilliscopes/)
* [Physics - Reflection and Refraction](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/reflection-and-refraction/)
* [Physics - Diffraction](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/diffraction/)
* [Physics - Polarisation](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/polarisation/)
* [Physics - Intensity](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/intensity/)
* [Physics - Electromagnetic Waves](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/electromagnetic-waves/)
* [Physics - Young's Modulus](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/youngs-modulus/)
* [Physics - Internal Resistance](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/internal-resistance/)
* [Physics - Potential Dividers](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/potential-dividers/)
* [Physics - Quantum Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/quantum-physics/)
* [Physics - Electromagnetic Radiation](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/electromagnetic-radiation/)
* [Physics - The Photoelectric Effect](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/photoelectric-effect/)
* [Physics - Superposition](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/superposition/)
* [Physics - Wave-Particle Duality](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/wave-particle-duality/)
* [Physics - Standing Waves](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/standing-waves/)

### Recall Questions for AS-Level
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 3: Motion](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-3-motion/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 4: Forces in Action](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-4-forces-in-action/)
* [Phyiscs - Recall for Chapter 5: Work, Energy and Power](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-5-work-energy-and-power/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 6: Materials](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-6-materials/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 7: Laws of Motion and Momentum](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-7-laws-of-motion-and-momentum/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 8: Current and Charge](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-8-current-and-charge/)
* [Phyiscs - Recall for Chapter 9: Energy, Power and Resistance](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-9-energy-power-and-resistance/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 10: Electrical Circuits](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-10-electrical-circuits/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 11: Waves I](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-11-waves-i/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 12: Waves II](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-12-waves-ii/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 13: Quantum Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-13-quantum-physics/)

## A-Level
* [Physics - Spectra](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/spectra/)
* [Physics - Circular Motion](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/circular-motion/)
* [Physics - Thermal Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/thermal-physics/)
* [Physics - Oscillations](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/oscillations/)
* [Physics - Moles](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/moles/)
* [Physics - Ideal Gases](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/ideal-gases/)
* [Physics - Gravitational Fields](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/gravitational-fields/)
* [Physics - Kepler's Laws](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/keplers-laws/)
* [Physics - Satellites](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/satellites/)
* [Physics - Gravitational Potential](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/gravitational-potential/)
* [Physics - Stellar Evolution](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/stellar-evolution/)
* [Physics - Objects in the Universe](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/objects-in-the-universe/)
* [Physics - The Nuclear Atom](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/nuclear-atom/)
* [Physics - Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/hertzsprung-russell-diagrams/)
* [Physics - Black-Body Curves](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/black-body-diagrams/)
* [Physics - Standard Model](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/standard-model/)
* [Physics - Beta Decay](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/beta-decay/)
* [Physics - Cosmology](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/cosmology/)
* [Physics - Radioactivity](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/radioactivity/)
* [Physics - Electric Fields](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/electric-fields/)
* [Physics - Capacitance](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/capacitance/)
* [Physics - Nuclear Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/nuclear-physics/)
* [Physics - Medical Imaging](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/medical-imaging/)
* [Physics - Magnestism](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/topics/magnetism/)

### Recall Questions for A-Level
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 14: Thermal Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-14-thermal-physics/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 15: Ideal Gases](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-15-thermal-physics/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 16: Circular Motion](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-16-circular-motion/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 17: Oscillations](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-17-oscillations.csv/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 18: Gravitational Fields](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-18-gravitational-fields/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 19: Stars](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-19-stars/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 20: Cosmology](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-20-cosmology/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 21: Capacitance](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-21-capacitance/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 22: Electric Fields](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-22-electric-fields/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 23: Magnetic Fields](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-23-magnetic-fields/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 24: Particle Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-24-particle-fields/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 25: Radioactivity](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-25-radioactivity/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 26: Nuclear Physics](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-26-nuclear-physics/)
* [Physics - Recall for Chapter 27: Medical Imaging](https://ollybritton.com/notes/a-level/physics/recall-questions/chapter-27-medical-imaging/)

## Spec
* Module 1: Development of Practical Skills in Physics __(Y12 & Y13)__
	* Practical skills assessed in a written exam
	* Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement
* Module 2: Foundations in Physics __(Y12 & Y13)__
	* Physical quantities and units
	* Making measurements and analysing data
	* Nature of quantities
* Module 3: Forces and Motion __(Y12)__
	* Motion
	* Forces in action
	* Work, energy and power
	* Materials
	* Newton's laws of motion and momentum
* Module 4: Electrons, Waves and Photons __(Y12)__
	* Charge and current
	* Energy, power and resistance
	* Electrical circuits
	* Waves
	* Quantum physics
* Module 5: Newtonian World and Astrophysics __(Y13)__
	* Thermal physics
	* Circular motion
	* Oscillations
	* Gravitational fields
	* Astrophysics and cosmology
* Module 6: Particles and Medical Physics __(Y13)__
	* Capacitors
	* Electric fields
	* Electromagnetism
	* Nuclear and particle physics
	* Medical imaging

### Info
This page was last updated `2022-03-17`.

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