AQA International GCSE Physics Unpacked is a comprehensive summary revision book aimed at 14-16-year-old students. This book is designed to cover all of the learning outcomes for the Oxford AQA International GCSE Physics (9203) syllabus for examinations from 2018 onwards. The layout of This book was designed by students; it contains clearly illustrated diagrams, step-by-step calculations and valuable additional support materials such as a complete formulae summary and glossary of important terms. All material is highlighted and, as a whole, helps to guide the learner. The font size is large and the text is well-spaced out and easy on the eye. It contains comprehensive notes.
Important information for students viii Features in this book x How to
use this book xi Revision checklist xii Unit 1 Forces and their effects
Chapter 1 Forces and their interactions 2
Chapter 2 Motion 16
Chapter 3
Momentum 34
Chapter 4 Forces and terminal velocity 49
Chapter 5 Moments and
levers 52 Unit 2 Energy
Chapter 6 Energy, work and power 64
Chapter 7 Energy
resources 87 Unit 3 Waves
Chapter 8 Properties of waves 94
Chapter 9
Electromagnetic spectrum 102
Chapter 10 Sound 113
Chapter 11 Light 123
Chapter 12 Lenses and the eye 135 Unit 4 Particle model of matter
Chapter 13
States of matter 146
Chapter 14 Change of temperature and change of state 156
Chapter 15 Energy transfers 169
Chapter 16 Expansion of solids, liquids and
gases 181 Unit 5 Electricity and magnetism
Chapter 17 Electrical quantities
186
Chapter 18 Series and parallel circuits 215
Chapter 19 Magnetism and
electromagnetism 223Unit 6 Generating and distributing electricity and
household use
Chapter 20 Generating electricity 240
Chapter 21 Electricity
transmission 251
Chapter 22 Using electricity in the home 258 Unit 7 Nuclear
physics
Chapter 23 Atomic structure 272
Chapter 24 Radioactivity 277
Chapter
25 Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion 295 Unit 8 Space Physics
Chapter 26
Stars 301
Chapter 27 Earth and the solar system 307
Chapter 28 The expanding
universe 320 Additional support material 1 Physical quantities and units 327
2 Equations 329 3 Practical skills 334 4 Working with numbers 344 5 Graphs
347 6 Glossary 350 7 Glossary of subject-specific terminology 355 8 Index 357
Kaleem Akbar was born on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland in 1980. He graduated with a B.Sc. Honours degree in Optoelectronics and Laser Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in 2002. Following an M.Sc. at The University of St Andrews, he completed his PGDE (Post Graduate Diploma in Education) in Physics at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. He taught in Scotland before moving out to the Middle East and has taught Physics for the past fifteen years at IGCSE, AS and A-Level. He has written these books in order to give his students the essentials in a clear and coherent format, in order that they can achieve their full potential. Kaleem's book was endorsed for revision by Cambridge Assessment International Education in 2014 and Edexcel in 2016.
