Summary GCSE AQA Physics Checklist - made directly from specification

Physics:
Covered Notes Flashcards Practise Confident
Topic in Class Questions
Paper 1: 1hr 45mins, 100 marks, 50% of GCSE
Energy:
Energy stores and systems
Changes in energy
Energy changes in systems:
Power
Energy transfers in a system
Efficiency
National and global energy resources
Electricity:
Standard circuit diagram symbols
Electrical charge and current
Current, resistance and potential difference
Resistors
Series and parallel circuits
Direct and alternating potential difference
Mains energy
Power
Energy transfers in everyday appliances
The national grid
Static charge
Electric fields
Particle Model of Matter:
Density of materials
Changes of state
Internal energy
Temperature changes in a system and specific
heat capacity
Changes of state and specific latent heat
Particle motion in gases
Pressure in gases
Increasing the pressure of a gas
Atomic Structure:
The structure of an atoms
Mass number, atomic number and isotopes
Development of the model of the atom
Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
Nuclear equations
Half-lives & random nature of radioactive decay
Radioactive contamination
Background radiation
Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes
Uses of nuclear radiation
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion