SI base and derived units, homogeneity of equations, prefixes, scalars and vectors, and the treatment of errors and uncertainties.
Displacement, velocity and acceleration; motion graphs; the equations of uniformly accelerated motion; free fall and projectile motion.
Newton's three laws, mass and weight, linear momentum, impulse and the conservation of momentum in elastic and inelastic collisions.
Types of force, moments and couples, the principle of moments, equilibrium of coplanar forces, centre of gravity, density and fluid pressure.
Work done by a force, kinetic and gravitational potential energy, conservation of energy, efficiency and power.
Tensile and compressive forces, Hooke's law and the spring constant, stress, strain and the Young modulus, and elastic strain energy.
Progressive waves, wave terminology, the wave equation, transverse and longitudinal waves, intensity, the electromagnetic spectrum, polarisation and the Doppler effect.
The principle of superposition, interference and coherence, the double-slit experiment, diffraction gratings, and stationary waves.
Charge and current, potential difference and e.m.f., resistance and Ohm's law, resistivity, I–V characteristics, Kirchhoff's laws and potential dividers.
The nuclear atom and the alpha-scattering experiment, nucleon and proton numbers, isotopes, the four fundamental forces, quarks, leptons and beta decay.
Radians and angular speed, centripetal acceleration and force, and examples of circular motion.
Newton's law of gravitation, gravitational field strength, gravitational potential, and orbital motion of satellites.
Simple harmonic motion, the defining equation, displacement-velocity-acceleration relationships, energy in SHM, and damping and resonance.
Internal energy, temperature scales, specific heat capacity and latent heat, the ideal gas law, and the kinetic theory of gases.
Electric field strength and Coulomb's law, electric potential, uniform fields, capacitance and energy stored, and capacitors in series and parallel.
Magnetic flux density and the force on a current and a moving charge, fields around currents, magnetic flux, and Faraday's and Lenz's laws of induction.
The photon and photoelectric effect, wave–particle duality, energy levels and line spectra, mass–energy equivalence and binding energy, and radioactive decay.