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National 5 Physics (C857 75)

Every topic with its Qualifications Scotland (SQA) National 5 reference, and free notes and tools to revise it.

We made this map from the board's own specification. Our topics follow the GCSE and A-level courses, so where a board groups content differently, one reference can cover more than one topic. Specification (PDF) (opens a new tab)

TopicSpecNotes and tools
Energy stores, transfers and efficiencyDynamics: energy; Properties of matter: specific heat capacity Energy resourcesEnergy stores, kinetic and potential energyPower and efficiencySpecific heat capacity Physics FormulasPendulumMass on a spring
Electric circuitsElectricity: electrical charge carriers, Ohm's law, practical circuits Circuit symbols, charge and currentCurrent, potential difference and resistance Ohm's Law and CircuitsSeries & parallel circuits
Mains electricity, the National Grid and staticElectricity: electrical power Electrical power and mains electricity Ohm's Law and CircuitsElectric fields and equipotentials
Particle model, density and gas pressureProperties of matter: specific latent heat, gas laws and the kinetic model Density Gas laws
Atomic structure and radioactivityRadiation: nuclear radiation Atoms, nuclear radiation and half-life Periodic TableRadioactive decayHalf-life
Forces, work, elasticity, moments and pressureDynamics: Newton's laws Forces, mass and weightResultant forces and free body diagrams Forces on a slopeMass on a spring
Forces and motionDynamics: vectors and scalars, velocity-time graphs, acceleration Speed, velocity and distance-time graphsSUVAT and the equations of motion Forces & accelerationSUVAT SolverProjectile motion
MomentumDynamics: Newton's laws Momentum and its conservation Momentum and collisions
Waves and the electromagnetic spectrumWaves: wave parameters and behaviours, electromagnetic spectrum Transverse and longitudinal wavesWaves and the wave speed equation Waves on a stringRefraction and Snell's law
Lenses, visible light, sound and black bodiesWaves: refraction of light Reflection and refraction of light Refraction and Snell's lawLenses and ray diagrams
Space physicsSpace: space exploration, cosmology The solar system and the life cycle of a star Orbits and Kepler's laws
Required practicals, maths skills and the equationsUnits, prefixes and scientific notation Scientific CalculatorStatistics CalculatorGraphing Calculator

Official Qualifications Scotland (SQA) National 5 pages

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