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Motion
 Distance- time graphs. Draw and interpret them.
 Know the difference between speed and velocity
 Know how to calculate acceleration when given the formula
 Know how to draw and interpret velocity time graphs
Speeding up and slowing down.
 What a resultant force is and how to calculate it.
 About equal and opposite forces
 How to calculate stopping distances and what can affect it.
 The difference between mass and weight.
 How to calculate weight
 What terminal velocity is
Work, Energy and momentum
 How to calculate work done and GPE
 How to calculate kinetic energy (higher)
 What is elastic potential energy
 How to calculate momentum
 That momentum is conserved
 How to calculate the change in momentum caused by a force (higher)
Static electricity
 How static electricity is caused
 How current flows
 What charge is
 Why objects are earthed
 Why do charged objects produce sparks (higher)
 Uses and dangers of static electricity
Current Electricity
 The symbols for circuit components
 Where to put ammeters and voltmeters in circuits
 To know Ohms Law and be able to calculate resistance
 To know the difference between series and parallel circuits
 To know be able to recognise/interpret current-potential difference graphs
Mains electricity
 To know the difference between AC and DC current
 To know the frequency of mains supply
 How we can use an oscilloscope to measure the frequency of an alternating current (higher)
 To know how a plug should be wired
 Why the all components are made out of specific materials
 Why the one wire is attached to the long pin in the plug.
 How to choose the right fuse by calculating
 What a fuse does
 The relationship between power and energy
 How to calculate electrical power
 How to calculate charge flow (higher)
Nuclear Physics
 The structure of an atom – its mass and charge
 What is an isotope ?
 How alpha and beta radiation are emitted
 What causes background radiation
 How the nucleus was discovered (higher)
 How nuclear fission occurs
 What happens inside a nuclear reactor
 What happens in nuclear fusion
 How fusion reactors work