Cambridge Lower Secondary Complete Physics: Student Book (Second Edition)
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Language
English
ISBN
9781382019071
Contents
Introduction
Thinking and working scientifically
1 Asking questions
2 Planning and carrying out investigations
3 Collecting and recording data
4 Drawing graphs
5 Analysis
6 Evaluation
Stage 7
1 Energy
1.1 What is energy?
1.2 Asking questions: Energy
1.3 Energy stores and transfers
1.4 Energy transfer diagrams
1.5 Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy
1.6 Planning: pendulum motion
1.7 Elastic potential energy
1.8 Review
2 Forces
2.1 Introduction to forces
2.2 Gravity
2.3 How 'old' is gravity?
2.4 Air resistance
2.5 Planning fair tests: streamlining
2.6 Round in circles
2.7 Review
3 Sound
3.1 Sound waves and how they travel
3.2 Detecting sounds
3.3 Echoes
3.4 Review
4 Electricity
4.1 Charging up
4.2 Electric circuits
4.3 Electric current
4.4 Modelling electric circuits
4.5 Dangers of electricity
4.6 Review
5 The Earth in space
5.1 Our planet: day and night
5.2 Our planet: seasons
5.3 The night sky
5.4 Our Solar System
5.5 The Moon
5.6 Changing ideas 1: Ancient ideas
5.7 Changing ideas 2: The geocentric model
5.8 Changing ideas 3: Modern ideas about the Universe
5.9 Using planetary data
5.10 Review
Stage 7 review
Stage 8
6 Forces
6.1 Speed
6.2 Precision and accuracy: what's the difference?
6.3 Distance-time graphs
6.4 Acceleration and speed-time graphs
6.5 Presenting data from racing
6.6 Balanced and unbalanced forces
6.7 Friction
6.8 Changing ideas about motion
6.9 Tension and upthrust
6.10 Presenting data from springs
6.11 Levers
6.12 Calculating moments
6.13 Centre of mass and stability
6.14 Pressure
6.15 Using pressure
6.16 Pressure in liquids
6.17 Pressure in gases
6.18 Diffusion of gases and liquids
6.19 Review
7 Light
7.1 Seeing things
7.2 The law of reflection
7.3 Reflection and images
7.4 Refraction
7.5 Refraction and total internal reflection
7.6 The speed of light
7.7 Dispersion
7.8 Colour
7.9 Looking at coloured objects
7.10 Changing ideas: Light
7.11 The eye and the camera
7.12 Review
8 Magnetism
8.1 The properties of magnets
8.2 Magnetic fields
8.3 Electromagnets
8.4 Using electromagnets
8.5 Risk, variables, and table: Investigating electromagnets
8.6 Review
9 Energy
9.1 The world's energy needs
9.2 Generating electricity
9.3 Non-renewable resources: Fossil fuels
9.4 Renewable resources: Solar and geothermal
9.5 Renewable resources: Water and wind
9.6 Renewable resources: Biofuels and bioplastics
9.7 Review
10 The Earth in space
10.1 Galaxies
10.2 Asteroids
10.3 Magnetic Earth
10.4 Review
Stage 8 review
Stage 9
11 Forces
11.1 Floating and sinking
11.2 Using ideas about density
11.3 Review
12 Energy
12.1 Hot and cold
12.2 Conservation of energy
12.3 Energy transfer: conduction
12.4 Energy transfer: convection
12.5 Energy transfer: radiation
12.7 Cooling by evaporation
12.8 Review
13 Sound
13.1 Loudness and amplitude
13.2 Pitch and frequency
13.3 Hearing, decibels, and risk
13.4 Adding up and cancelling out
13.5 Review
14 Electricity
14.1 Current in series and parallel circuits
14.2 Voltage in series and parallel circuits
14.3 Resistance
14.4 Planning investigations: resistance of a wire
14.5 Energy and power
14.6 Review
15 The Earth in space
15.1 The origin of the Universe
15.2 Collisions, asteroids, and mass extinctions
15.3 Collisions and the Moon
15.4 The life cycle of stars
15.6 Review
Stage 9 Review
Reference
1 Choosing apparatus
2 Working accurately and safely
3 Using ammeters and voltmeters
Glossary
Index
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