GCSE AQA Physics Paper 1 Grade 9 Notes

From one full Grade 9 student to another.

These are the notes I made during my GCSE years, allowing me to be get a grade 9 in my Physics GCSE.

Please note that these notes are specific to the AQA Separate Science Trilogy course (8461 AQA course code). Using only these notes may not be suitable for other courses or exam boards - please check with your teacher if you are unsure.

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Paper 1 consists of the following:

P1 - Conservation & Dissipation Of Energy

• P1.1 - Changes in energy stores
• P1.2 - Conservation of energy
• P1.3 - Energy and work
• P1.4 - Gravitational potential energy stores
• P1.5 - Kinetic energy and elastic potential energy stores
• P1.6 - Energy dissipation
• P1.7 - Energy and efficiency
• P1.8 - Electrical appliances
• P1.9 - Energy and power

P2 - Energy Transfer By Heating

• P2.1 - Energy transfer by conduction
• P2.2 - Infrared radiation
• P2.3 - More about infrared radiation
• P2.4 - Specific heat capacity
• P2.5 - Heating and insulating buildings

P3 - Energy Resources

• P3.1 - Energy demands
• P3.2 - Energy from wind and water
• P3.3 - Power from the Sun and the Earth
• P3.4 - Energy and the environment

P4 - Electric Circuits

• P4.1 - Electrical changes and fields
• P4.2 - Current and charge
• P4.3 - Potential difference and resistance
• P4.4 - Component characteristics
• P4.5 - Series circuits
• P4.6 - Parallel circuits

P5 - Electricity In The Home

• P5.1 - Alternating current
• P5.2 - Cables and plugs
• P5.3 - Electrical power and potential difference
• P5.4 - Electrical currents and energy transfer
• P5.5 - Appliances and efficiency

P6 - Molecules & Matter

• P6.1 - Density
• P6.2 - States of matter
• P6.3 - Changes of state
• P6.4 - Internal energy
• P6.5 - Specific latent heat
• P6.6 - Gas pressure and temperature and volume

P7 - Radioactivity

• P7.1 - Atoms and radiation
• P7.2 - The discovery of the nucleus
• P7.3 - Changes in the nucleus
• P7.4 - More about alpha, beta and gamma radiation
• P7.5 - Activity and half life
• P7.6 - Nuclear radiation in medicine
• P7.7 - Nuclear fission
• P7.8 - Nuclear fusion
• P7.9 - Nuclear issues