Unit A - Momentum and Impulse
Students will:
Key Concepts:
- explain how momentum is conserved when objects interact in an isolated system
Key Concepts:
- Impulse
- Momentum
- Newton's laws of motion
- Elastic collisions
- Inelastic collisions
Unit B - Forces and Fields
Students will:
- explain the behaviour of electric charges, using the laws that govern electrical interactions
- describe electrical phenomena, using electric field theory
- explain how the properties of electric and magnetic fields are applied in numerous devices
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Unit C - Electromagnetic Radiation
Students will:
- explain nature and behaviour of EMR, using the wave model
- explain the photoelectric effect, using the quantum model
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Unit D - Atomic Physics
Students will:
- describe the electrical nature of the atom
- describe the quantization of energy in atoms and nuclei
- describe nuclear fission and fusion as powerful energy sources in nature
- describe the ongoing development of models of the structure of matter
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