WJEC AS A2 Physics 2009 and 2010

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References to work from the GCSE section of the site that would be useful at AS/A2 level are shown as (14-16) or (11-14)

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For the full version of the specification please see: WJEC AS and A2 Physics 2009/2010

1.4 Conduction of electricity

(a)Attraction and repulsion of electric charges
Electric charges
Charge distribution

(b) Charging by friction and the sign of the charges
Static electricity (11-14)
Electric charges

(c) Charges on the electron and proton
Atomic structure (14-16)
Atomic theories

(d) Charging by friction
Static electricity (11-14)
Electric charges

(e) The coulomb and the electron charge
Electric charge and current
Charge and current (11-14)

(f) Motion of electric charge through conductors
Electric charge and current
Conduction in metals

(g) Current as a flow of charge
Electric charge and current
Electrical circuits current and charge (14-16)

(h) Current = Charge/Time
Electric charge and current

(i) The ampere (A) as the unit of current
Electric charge and current

16-19/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Problems/Electricity charge and current
16-19/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Problems/Basic electricity
16-19/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Problems/Current electricity

(j) Free electron motion
Free electron motion

(k) I = nAve
Free electron motion

16-19/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Problems/Flow of electrical charge

16-19/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Experiments/Flow of electrical charge

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