IB Physics

A. Space, time and motion

A.1 Kinematics

A.1.1—Position, velocity and acceleration

A.1.2—Velocity and acceleration rates

A.1.3—Displacement

A.1.4—Distance and displacement

A.1.5—Instantaneous and average values

A.1.6—Uniform acceleration equations

A.1.7—Uniform vs non-uniform acceleration

A.1.8—Projectile components

A.1.9—Fluid resistance on projectiles

A.2 Forces and momentum

A.3 Work, energy and power

B. The particulate nature of matter

B.1 Thermal energy transfers

B.2 Greenhouse effect

B.3 Gas laws

B.5 Current and circuits

C. Wave behaviour

C.1 Simple harmonic motion

C.2 Wave model

C.3 Wave phenomena

C.4 Standing waves and resonance

C.5 Doppler effect

D. Fields

D.1 Gravitational fields

D.2 Electric and magnetic fields

D.3 Motion in electromagnetic fields

E. Nuclear and quantum physics

E.1 Structure of the atom

E.3 Radioactive decay

E.4 Fission

E.5 Fusion and stars

S Skills in Physics

S1.1 Experimental techniques

S1.2 Technology

S1.3 Mathematics

S2.1 Exploring and designing

S2.2 Collecting and processing data

S2.3 Concluding and evaluating

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