GCSE Science (Physics Module 2) Flashcards on AQA Physics Module 2, created by Iona Diack on 25/11/2015.
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What is Fission?
What are 2 Fissionable materials?
What must happen for fission to occur?
Why is a neutron fired at the nucleus in fission?
What happens when the splitting in fissions occurs?
How is fission controlled in a reactor tower?
What is fusion?
What happens when fusion occurs occurs?
What is an example of a process of fusion?
What is the first stage in the life cycle of a star?
What is the second stage in the life cycle of a star?
What is the third stage in the life cycle of a star?
What is the fourth stage in the life cycle of a massive star?
What is the Fifth stage in the life cycle of a massive star?
What happens to a heavy star?
What happens to a light star?
What is the fourth stage in the life cycle of a star in a star like out sun?
What happens to a star like our sun after it becomes a red giant?
What does alpha decay involve?
What is an alpha particle made up of?
What happens to an isotope when it releases an alpha particle?
What happens in beta decay?
What happens to the proton number in beta decay?
What happens to the mass number in beta decay?
What is background radiation?
What are the three types of radiation?
How many protons are in Alpha?
What is Beta?
What is Gamma?
What charge does:
a) Alpha have
b) Beta Have
c) Gamma Have
What is Alpha absorbed by?
What is Beta absorbed by?
What is Gamma absorbed by?
What is their ionising powers?
a) Alpha
b) Beta
C) Gamma
Which type of radiation are deflected by a magnetic or an electronic field ?
What is the charge of a:
A) Neutron
B) Proton
C) Electron
What is an isotope?
What is a fuse?
What is a fuses main job?
What is a thermistor?
What does AC stand for?
What does an AC current do?
What does DC stand for?
What does a DC current do?
What graph is this?
What graph is this?
What graph is this?
What is static electricity?
What does static electricity cause?
What do like charges and unlike charges do?
What are neutral objects attracted to?
How could you check if an object is charged?
What is always conserved?
What does the conservation of momentum mean?
What happens when a force acts upon an object?
What is velocity?
What is Acceleration?
What is the resultant force?
When is the resultant force 0?
How do forces affect sky divers acceleration?
What is the thinking distance?
What are some factors that affect the thinking distance?
What is the breaking distance?
What are some factors that effect the breaking distance?
What is the stopping distance?
Where is elastic potential energy stored?
What does mass tell us?
What is weight?
What is work done?
What happens when you move an object against a surface with friction?
When does friction occur?
What does friction produce?
What does power tell us?
What are good at producing static electricity?
What is momentum?
What does a velocity time graph tell you?
What does it mean if there is a smooth slop on a velocity time graph?
What does it mean if there is a flat line on a velocity time graph?
What does a steeper slope mean on a velocity time graph?
What does a downwards slope mean on a velocity time graph mean?
How do you find the distance travelled on a velocity time graph?
How do you find out the acceleration on a velocity time graph?
What is terminal velocity?
What is the limit of proportionality?
What happens to a spring after it goes past its limit of proportionality?
What is gravitational potential energy?
What does the Open switch symbol look like?
What symbol is this?
What does the lamp switch look like?
What symbol is this?
What does the Diode symbol look like?
What does a Thermistor look like?
What symbol is this?
What does a Voltmeter look like?
What does a Resistor look like?
What symbol is this?
What symbol is this?
What does the symbol for an Ammeter look like?
What symbol is this?
What symbol is this?
What does resistance do?
What are the three main wires in a plug?
Which two wires are responsible for carrying the charge to and from the mains supply?
What happens if the live wire comes into contact with the metal case of a plug?
What does the earth wire do?
How is the fuse made as a safety device?
What is another safety device in circuits, what are they and how to they make the circuit safe?
What was the early 1900's model of the atom and what did it suggest the atom was like?
How was the plum pudding model disproved?
What conclusion came from the Rutherford and Marsden scattering experiment?
What is Hooke's law?
How can the spring constant be determined on a graph?
What can you determine with an oscilloscope?
What are the properties of a series circuit?
What are the properties of a parallel circuit?
What does a distance time graph show?
What does a smooth slope on a distance time graph show?
What does a flat line on a distance time graph show?
What does a slope downward on a distance time graph show?
