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Energy Stores and Systems
What is energy transferred between,
What are the 8 energy stores you ...,
What is the fancy word for a sing...
6
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Stores
What always has a kinetic energy ...,
When is energy transferred to a k...,
When is energy transferred away f...
7
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Specific Heat Capacity
What is the equation for change i...,
What is specific heat capacity
2
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Conservation of Energy and Power
What is power measured in,
What is the equation for power
2
cards
Reducing Unwanted Energy Transfers
When an object is heated where is...,
What is thermal conductivity,
What does insulation do
4
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Efficiency
What does more efficient mean,
What is the equation for efficiency
2
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Energy Resources and Their Uses
What are examples of non renewabl...,
What are the three main fossil fuels,
What are the seven main renewable...
3
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Wind, Solar and Geothermal
What are the disadvantages of win...,
What are the advantages of wind t...,
What are the disadvantages of sol...
6
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Hydro-Electricity, Waves and Tides
What does hydro electricity require,
What are the advantages of hydro ...,
What are the disadvantages of hyd...
7
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Bio-Fuels and Non-Renewables
What are bio fuels made from,
What are the advantages of bio fuels,
What are the disadvantages of bio...
5
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Trends in Energy Resource Use
What is renewable energy limited by,
What is most of the uks energy pr...
2
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Current and Circuit Symbols
What is current,
What is the potential difference ...,
What is voltage measured in
6
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Resistance and V=IR
What is the equation for potentia...
1
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Resistance and I-V Characteristics
What always has a constant resist...,
What happens to the resistance of...,
What happens to the electrical ch...
4
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Circuit Devices
What is ldr short for,
What are the characteristics of ldrs,
What does the resistance of a the...
5
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Series Circuits
What is the conditions of the cur...,
What is a series circuit,
What are the characteristics of a...
3
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Parallel Circuits
What are the characteristics of a...,
What is a parallel circuit,
What is the difference between a ...
3
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Electricity in the Home
What is the difference between ac...,
What are ac and dc electricity su...,
What is the voltage of a standard...
12
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Power of Electrical Appliances
What does energy transferred depe...,
What is the equation for energy t...,
What does the total energy of an ...
3
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More on Power
What is the equation for power
1
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The National Grid
How is electricity distributed in...,
What is the national grid,
What does the national grid do
6
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The Particle Model and Motion in Gases
What do colliding gas particles c...,
What does increasing the temperat...,
What is pressure measured in
4
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Density of Materials
What is the equation for density,
What is density,
What are the units given for density
3
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Internal Energy and Changes of State
What is internal energy,
Where is the energy stored in a s...,
What does heating a system do to ...
3
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Specific Latent Heat
What is specific latent heat,
What is specific latent heat when...,
What is the equation for specific...
4
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Developing the Model of the Atom
What did rutherford to the plum p...,
What did j j thompson discover,
What did john dolton discover
6
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Isotopes and Nuclear Radiation
What are isotopes,
What is the atomic number,
What is the mass number
12
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Nuclear Equations
What are nuclear equations,
How are nuclear equations written,
In nuclear equations what alpha d...
5
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Half-life
What does the radioactivity of a ...,
Where does the radioactive substa...,
How can radiation be measured
4
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Irradiation and Contamination
What exposure to radiation called,
How can you reduce the effects of...,
What is contamination in radioact...
4
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Contact and Non-Contact Forces
What are vector quantities,
What are scalar quantities,
What are vector quantities usuall...
6
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Weight, Mass and Gravity
What is gravitational force,
What is mass,
What is weight
6
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Resultant Forces and Work Done
What do free body diagrams show,
What is the resultant force,
What is the equation for work done
4
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Calculating Forces
How do you know an object is in e...
1
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Forces and Elasticity
What does stretching compressing ...,
What is extension directly propor...,
What happens when a force stretch...
5
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Investigating Springs
What is the equation for elastic ...
1
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Distance, Displacement, Speed and Velocity
If you walk 5 m north then 5m sou...,
If you walk 5 m north then 5m sou...,
What is the difference between sp...
10
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Acceleration
What is acceleration,
What is the equation for accelera...,
What is acceleration measured in
5
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Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
In distance time graphs what does...,
In distance time graphs what do t...,
In distance time graphs what do t...
11
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Terminal Velocity
What will happen to an object if ...,
What direction does friction act on,
How can you reduce friction
9
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Newton's First and Second Laws
If the resultant force on a stati...,
If the resultant force on a movin...,
What is acceleration proportional to
4
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Inertia and Newton's Third Law
What is inertia,
What is newtons third law,
What formula do you use to find i...
4
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Stopping Distances
What is the thinking distance aff...,
What is braking distance affected by,
What is the formula to find stopp...
5
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Reaction Times
How can you measure reaction times,
What can affect someones reaction...,
What is the typical reaction time...
4
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Momentum
What is the formula for momentum,
In a closed system what is the to...,
What does it mean if the velocity...
3
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Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
What direction to waves transfer ...,
What is the amplitude of a wave,
What is the wavelength
6
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Experiments With Waves
When attaching a single generator...,
How do you set up an oscilloscope
2
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Wave Behaviour and Electromagnetic Waves
What happens to all waves once it...,
What is the order of electromagne...,
Once an em wave is transferred fr...
4
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Refraction
When a wave crosses a boundary be...,
What will happen to the wave if i...,
What happens to the wave if it hi...
8
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Radio Waves
How are radio waves made,
What are em waves made up of,
Where is the energy transferred t...
6
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EM Waves and Their Uses
What are microwaves mainly used b...,
What objects give out infrared ra...,
How do infrared cameras detect in...
4
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More Uses of EM Waves
What do fibre optic cables use to...,
What are optical fibres,
How do fibre optic cables use vis...
7
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Dangers of Electromagnetic Waves
What type of radiation do x rays ...,
How can you measure the dosage of...,
What does the risk of the radiati...
3
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Permanent and Induced Magnets
What do all magnets have and do,
What does it mean if the lines on...,
What do compasses show
6
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Electromagnetism
When a current flows through a wi...,
What is a solenoid,
What does a solenoid do
5
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The Motor Effect
What is the magnetic flux density,
What is the motor effect,
How do you experience the full fo...
5
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Electric Motors
What rule do you use to find the ...,
In the left hand rule what does y...,
In the left hand rule what does y...
6
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