Oxford IB Diploma Programme: IB Prepared: Physics

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IB Prepared resources are developed directly with the IB to provide the most up-to-date, authentic and authoritative guidance on DP assessment. IB Prepared: Physics combines a concise review of course content with strategic guidance, past paper material and exam-style practice opportunities, allowing learners to consolidate the knowledge and skills that are essential to success. Front Cover Title Page Contents Introduction 1 MEASUREMENTS AND UNCERTAINTIES 1.1 MEASUREMENTS IN PHYSICS 1.2 UNCERTAINTIES AND ERRORS 1.3 VECTORS AND SCALARS 2 MECHANICS 2.1 MOTION 2.2 FORCES 2.3 WORK, ENERGY AND POWER 2.4 MOMENTUM 3 THERMAL PHYSICS 3.1 TEMPERATURE AND ENERGY CHANGES 3.2 MODELLING A GAS 4 OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES 4.1 OSCILLATIONS 4.2 TRAVELLING WAVES 4.3 WAVE CHARACTERISTICS 4.4 WAVE BEHAVIOUR 4.5 STANDING WAVES 5 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 5.1 ELECTRIC FIELDS 5.2 HEATING EFFECT OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT 5.3 ELECTRIC CELLS 5.4 MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS 6 CIRCULAR MOTION AND GRAVITATION 6.1 CIRCULAR MOTION 6.2 NEWTON’S LAW OF GRAVITATION 7 ATOMIC, NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 7.1 DISCRETE ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVITY 7.2 NUCLEAR REACTIONS 7.3 THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER 8 ENERGY PRODUCTION 8.1 ENERGY SOURCES 8.2 THERMAL ENERGY TRANSFER 9 WAVE PHENOMENA (AHL) 9.1 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION 9.2 SINGLE-SLIT DIFFRACTION 9.3 INTERFERENCE 9.4 RESOLUTION 9.5 THE DOPPLER EFFECT 10 FIELDS (AHL) 10.1 DESCRIBING FIELDS 10.2 FIELDS AT WORK 11 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION (AHL) 11.1 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION 11.2 POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION 11.3 CAPACITANCE 12 QUANTUM AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (AHL) 12.1 THE INTERACTION OF MATTER WITH RADIATION 12.2 NUCLEAR PHYSICS 13 DATA-BASED AND PRACTICAL QUESTIONS (SECTION A) A RELATIVITY A.1 BEGINNINGS OF RELATIVITY A.2 LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS A.3 SPACETIME DIAGRAMS A.4 RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS (AHL) A.5 GENERAL RELATIVITY (AHL) B ENGINEERING PHYSICS B.1 RIGID BODIES AND ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS B.2 THERMODYNAMICS B.3 FLUIDS AND FLUID DYNAMICS (AHL) B.4 FORCED VIBRATIONS AND RESONANCE (AHL) C IMAGING C.1 INTRODUCTION TO IMAGING C.2 IMAGING INSTRUMENTATION C.3 FIBRE OPTICS C.4 MEDICAL IMAGING (AHL) D ASTROPHYSICS D.1 STELLAR QUANTITIES D.2 STELLAR CHARACTERISTICS ANDSTELLAR EVOLUTION D.3 COSMOLOGY D.4 STELLAR PROCESSES (AHL) D.5 FURTHER COSMOLOGY (AHL) INTERNAL ASSESSMENT PRACTICE EXAM PAPERS Index Back Cover