IB Physics Topics

IB Physics SL

Topic 1: Measurements and uncertainties
  • 1.1 – Measurements in physics
  • 1.2 – Uncertainties and errors
  • 1.3 – Vectors and scalars

Topic 2: Mechanics
  • 2.1 – Motion
  • 2.2 – Forces
  • 2.3 – Work, energy and power
  • 2.4 – Momentum and impulse

Topic 3:Thermal Physics
  • 3.1 – Thermal concepts
  • 3.2 – Modelling a gas

Topic 4:Waves
  • 4.1 – Oscillations
  • 4.2 – Travelling waves
  • 4.3 – Wave characteristics  
  • 4.4 – Wave behaviour
  • 4.5 – Standing waves

Topic 5:Electricity and Magnetism

 

  • 5.1 – Electric fields
  • 5.2 – Heating effect of electric currents  
  • 5.3 – Electric cells
  • 5.4 – Magnetic effects of electric currents

Topic 6: Circular motion and gravitation
  • 6.1 – Circular motion
  • 6.2 – Newton’s law of gravitation

Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics
  • 7.1 – Discrete energy and radioactivity 7.2 – Nuclear reactions

  • 7.3 – The structure of matter

Topic 8: Energy production
  • 8.1 – Energy sources

  • 8.2 – Thermal energy transfer

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Topic 9: Wave phenomena
  • 9.1 – Simple harmonic motion
  • 9.2 – Single-slit diffraction
  • 9.3 – Interference
  • 9.4 – Resolution
  • 9.5 – Doppler effect

Topic 10: Fields
  • 10.1 – Describing fields

  • 10.2 – Fields at work

Topic 11: Electromagnetic induction
  • 11.1 – Electromagnetic induction
  • 11.2 – Power generation and transmission
  • 11.3 – Capacitance
 

 

Topic 12: Quantum and nuclear physics
  • 12.1 – The interaction of matter with radiation

  • 12.2 – Nuclear physics

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Measurements and Uncertainties

Mechanics

Thermal Physics

Electricity and Magnetism

Circular Motion and gravitation

Atomic,Nuclear and Particle

Energy production

IB Physics HL

Wave Phenomena

Electromagnetic Induction

Quantum and Nuclear Physics