Topic Reviews

Key Physics Concepts and Definitions

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Overview

Browse concepts by module.

Kinematics

• Acceleration
• Displacement
• Relative Velocity
• Vector Addition
• Velocity

Dynamics

• Conservation of Momentum
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Impulse
• Kinetic Energy
• Momentum
• Newton’s First Law
• Newton’s Second Law
• Newton’s Third Law
• Work

Waves and Thermodynamics

• Doppler Effect
• Latent Heat
• Reflection
• Refraction
• Snell’s Law
• Specific Heat Capacity
• Standing Waves
• Superposition
• Total Internal Reflection
• Wave Equation
• Wave Properties

Electricity and Magnetism

• Coulomb’s Law
• Electric Charge
• Electric Current
• Electric Field
• Electric Potential
• Magnetic Field
• Ohm’s Law
• Parallel Circuits
• Series Circuits

Advanced Mechanics

• Centripetal Acceleration
• Centripetal Force
• Circular Motion
• Escape Velocity
• Gravitational Field Strength
• Kepler’s Laws
• Orbital Motion
• Projectile Motion
• Total Orbital Energy
• Universal Gravitation

Electromagnetism

• Back EMF
• Charged Particles in Fields
• DC Motor
• Electric Generator
• Faraday’s Law
• Lenz’s Law
• Lorentz Force
• Magnetic Flux
• Motor Effect
• Transformer

The Nature of Light

• Black Body Radiation
• Diffraction
• Double Slit Interference
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Length Contraction
• Mass-Energy Equivalence
• Photoelectric Effect
• Photon
• Polarisation
• Special Relativity
• Time Dilation

From the Universe to the Atom

• Atomic Energy Levels
• Atomic Models
• Binding Energy
• Bohr Model
• Emission Spectrum
• H-R Diagram
• Half-Life
• Mass Defect
• Nuclear Fission
• Nuclear Fusion
• Radioactive Decay
• Rutherford Model
• Stellar Nucleosynthesis
• de Broglie Wavelength