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==Energy==
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===Energy changes in a system, and in the ways energy is stored before and after such changes===
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====[[System]]s====
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*[[Open System]]
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*[[Closed System]]
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*[[Closed Isolated System]]
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====[[Energy Store]]====
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*[[Thermal Energy Store]]
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*[[Elastic Potential Energy Store]]
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*[[Chemical Potential Energy Store]]
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*[[Kinetic Energy Store]]
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*[[Magnetic Potential Energy Store]]
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*[[Electrostatic Potential Energy Store]]
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*[[Nuclear Potential Energy Store]]
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*[[Gravitational Potential Energy Store]]
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*[[Internal Energy|Internal Energy Store]]
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*[[Vibrational Energy Store]]
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====[[Calculating Energy Stores]]====
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*[[Kinetic Energy Store#Calculating Kinetic Energy|Calculating Kinetic Energy]]
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*[[Gravitational Potential Energy Store#Calculating Gravitational Potential Energy|Calculating Gravitational Potential Energy]]
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*[[Elastic Potential Energy Store#Calculating Elastic Potential Energy|Calculating Elastic Potential Energy]]
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*[[Thermal Energy Store#Calculating Thermal Energy|Calculating Thermal Energy]]
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====[[Energy Transfer]]s====
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*[[Mechanical Energy Transfer|Mechanical]]
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**[[Work Done#Work Done by a Force|Work Done by a Force]]
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*[[Electricity|Electrical Energy Transfer]]
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**[[Work Done#Work Done by Electricity|Work Done by Electrical Current]]
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*[[Radiation|Energy Transfer by Radiation]]
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*[[Heating|Energy Transfer by Heating]]
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[[GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Thermal Insulators]]
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====Power Ratings of Electrical Appliances====
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*[[Power]]
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*[[Electrical Appliance#Energy Transfers|Energy Transfers in Electrical Appliances]]
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===Conservation, dissipation and national and global energy sources===
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*[[Conservation of Energy]]
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**[[Closed Isolated System]]
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*[[Total Energy]]
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*[[Useful Energy]]
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*[[Wasted Energy]]
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*[[Dissipated Energy]]
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====Improving Energy Transfers====
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*[[Lubrication]]
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*[[Thermal Insulator]]
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*[[Energy Efficiency]]
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*[[Power Efficiency]]
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====[[Energy Resource]]s====
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*[[Non-renewable Energy Resource]]
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**[[Coal Power]]
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**[[Oil Power]]
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**[[Gas Power]]
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**[[Nuclear Power]]
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*[[Renewable Energy Resource]]
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**[[Biofuel#Power|Biofuel]]
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**[[Geothermal#Power|Geothermal]]
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**[[Hydroelectric#Power|Hydroelectric]]
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**[[Solar Power|Solar]]
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**[[Tidal#Power|Tidal]]
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**[[Wave Power#Power|Wave]]
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**[[Wind Power#Power|Wind]]
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==Electricity==
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===Current, potential difference and resistance===
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====[[Electrical Current]]====
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*[[Electrical Charge|Charge]]
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*[[Coulomb]]
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*[[Ammeter]]
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*[[Amp]]
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====[[Potential Difference]]====
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*[[Voltmeter]]
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*[[Volt]]s
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====[[Electrical Resistance|Resistance]]====
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*[[Electrical Conductor|Conductor]]
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**[[Ohmic Conductor]]
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**[[Ohm's Law]]
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*[[Electrical Insulator|Insulator]]
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*[[Ohm]]
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*[[Resistor]]
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**[[Resistor#Resistors in Series|Resistors in Series]]
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**[[Resistor#Resistors in Parallel|Resistors in Parallel]]
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[[GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Resistance]]
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====[[Electrical Components]]====
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*[[Electrical Cell|Cell]]
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**[[Battery]]
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*[[Variable Power Supply]]
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*[[Alternating Current Supply]]
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*[[Wire]]s
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*[[Electrical Bulb]]
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*[[Switch]]
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*[[Buzzer]]
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*[[Motor]]
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*[[Voltmeter]]
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*[[Ammeter]]
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*[[Resistor]]s
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**[[Variable Resistor]]
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**[[Light Dependent Resistor]]
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**[[Thermistor]]
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*[[Diode]]
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*[[Light Emitting Diode]]
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*[[Electrical Fuse]]
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*[[Electrical Heater]]
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====[[IV Graph]]====
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*[[Resistor#IV Graph|Resistor IV Graph]]
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*[[Electrical Bulb#IV Graph|Bulb IV Graph]]
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*[[Diode#IV Graph|Diode IV Graph]]
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*[[Thermistor#IV Graph|Thermistor IV Graph]]
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*[[Light Dependent Resistor#IV Graph|Light Dependent Resistor IV Graph]]
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[[GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Electrical Components]]
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===Series and Parallel Circuits===
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*[[Electrical Component|Circuit Component]]s
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*[[Circuit Diagram]]
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*[[Circuit]]
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*[[Series Circuit]]
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**[[Series Circuit|Resistors in Series]]
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*[[Parallel Circuit]]
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**[[Parallel Circuit|Resistors in Parallel]]
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===Domestic uses and safety===
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*[[Mains Electricity]]
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*[[Direct Current]]
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*[[Alternating Current]]
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*[[3-Core]]
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*[[Electrical Plug]]
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**[[Earth Wire]]
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**[[Live Wire]]
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**[[Electrical Fuse|Fuse]]
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**[[Neutral Wire]]
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===Energy transfers===
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*[[Electrical Power]]
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**[[Watt]]s
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*[[Motor#Energy Transfers|Energy Transfers in a Motor]]
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*[[Electrical Heater#Energy Transfers|Energy Transfers in an Electrical Heater]]
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*[[National Grid]]
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===Static electricity – forces and electric fields===
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''Higher''
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*[[Static Electricity]]
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**[[Electrical Charge|Charge]]
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**[[Electron]]s
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**[[Electrostatic Field]]
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**[[Electrostatic Potential]]
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**[[Electrostatic Induction]]
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==Particle Model of Matter==
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===Changes of state and the particle model===
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*[[Density]]
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[[GCSE Physics Required Practical: Calculating Densities]]
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*[[Particle Model]]
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**[[Solid]]
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**[[Liquid]]
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**[[Gas]]
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*[[State Change]]
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*[[Melting]]
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**[[Melting Point]]
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*[[Freezing]]
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*[[Evaporating]]
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*[[Boiling]]
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**[[Boiling Point]]
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*[[Condensing]]
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*[[Subliming]]
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*[[Depositing]]
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===Internal energy, energy transfers and particle motions===
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*[[Internal Energy]]
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*[[Thermal Energy Store]]
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*[[Specific Heat Capacity]]
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[[GCSE Physics Required Practical: Determining Specific Heat Capacity]]
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*[[Specific Latent Heat]]
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**[[Specific Latent Heat of Vaporisation]]
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**[[Specific Latent Heat of Fusion]]
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===Particle model and pressure===
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*[[Kinetic Theory]]
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*[[Gas Pressure]]
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==Atomic Structure==
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===Nuclear atom and isotopes===
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*[[Dalton Model|The Dalton Model of the Atom]]
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*[[Plum Pudding Model|The Plum Pudding Model of the Atom]]
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*[[Nuclear Model|The Nuclear Model of the Atom]]
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**[[Rutherford's Alpha Scattering Experiment]]
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*[[Bohr Model|The Bohr Model of the Atom]]
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**[[Energy Level]]
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*[[Atom|The Atom]]
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*[[Atomic Nucleus|Nucleus]]
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**[[Nucleon]]
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**[[Proton]]s
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**[[Neutron]]s
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*[[Electron]]s
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**[[Electron Orbital|Electron Shells]]
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*[[Atomic Number]]
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**[[Relative Atomic Charge]]
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*[[Relative Atomic Mass]]
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**[[Isotope]]s
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*[[Calculating the Numbers of Protons, Neutrons and Electrons]]
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===Absorption and emission of ionizing radiations and of electrons and nuclear particles===
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*[[Bohr Model|The Bohr Model of the Atom]]
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**[[Energy Level]]
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**[[Outer Shell]]
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**[[Ion]]s
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*[[Unstable Isotope]]s
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*[[Radioactive Decay]]
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**[[Ionising Radiation]]
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***[[Alpha Particle|Alpha Radiation]]
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***[[Beta Particle|Beta Radiation]]
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***[[Gamma-ray|Gamma Radiation]]
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***[[Neutron Radiation]]
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*[[Penetration Depth]]
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*[[Ionising Potential]]
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*[[Contamination]]
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*[[Irradiation]]
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*[[Nuclear Equation]]s
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*[[Half Life]]
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===Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation===
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*[[Radioactivity]]
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*[[Count Rate]]
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**[[Becquerel]]
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*[[Radiation Dose]]
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**[[Sievert]]
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*[[Ionising Radiation]]
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*[[Half Life]]
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*[[Nuclear Waste]]
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**[[High Level Nuclear Waste]]
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**[[Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste]]
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**[[Low Level Nuclear Waste]]
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*[[Background Radiation]] - jobs
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*[[Geiger Counter]]
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*[[Ionising Radiation#Medical Applications|Medical Uses of Ionising Radiation]]
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**[[Radioactive Tracer]]
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**[[Irradiating Tumours]]
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===Nuclear fission and fusion===
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*[[Unstable Isotope]]
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*[[Nuclear Fission]]
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**[[Nuclear Chain Reaction]]
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**[[Nuclear Fission Reactor]]
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***[[Fuel Rod]]
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***[[Control Rod]]
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***[[Moderator]]
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*[[Nuclear Fusion]]
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*[[Mass-Energy Equivalence]]

Latest revision as of 11:25, 19 July 2019

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Energy

Energy changes in a system, and in the ways energy is stored before and after such changes

Systems

Energy Store

Calculating Energy Stores

Energy Transfers

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Thermal Insulators

Power Ratings of Electrical Appliances

Conservation, dissipation and national and global energy sources

Improving Energy Transfers

Energy Resources

Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance

Electrical Current

Potential Difference

Resistance

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Resistance

Electrical Components

IV Graph

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Electrical Components

Series and Parallel Circuits

Domestic uses and safety

Energy transfers

Static electricity – forces and electric fields

Higher

Particle Model of Matter

Changes of state and the particle model

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Calculating Densities

Internal energy, energy transfers and particle motions

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Determining Specific Heat Capacity

Particle model and pressure

Atomic Structure

Nuclear atom and isotopes

Absorption and emission of ionizing radiations and of electrons and nuclear particles

Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation

Nuclear fission and fusion