Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics 9702 syllabus Syllabus aims and assessment objectives

3. Syllabus content

3.1 Structure of the syllabus

The table shows which parts of the syllabus contain AS Level material and which contain additional material
that is examined only in the full A Level.

Topic AS Level A Level

1 Physical quantities and units 9 9

2 Measurement techniques 9 9
3 Kinematics 9
4 Dynamics 9
5 Forces, density and pressure 9
6 Work, energy and power 9
7 Motion in a circle 9
8 Gravitational fields 9
9 Deformation of solids 9
10 Ideal gases 9
11 Temperature 9
12 Thermal properties of materials 9
13 Oscillations 9
14 Waves 9 9
15 Superposition 9
16 Communication 9
17 Electric fields 9 9
18 Capacitance 9
19 Current of electricity 9 9
20 D.C. circuits 9 9
21 Electronics 9
22 Magnetic fields 9
23 Electromagnetic induction 9
24 Alternating currents 9
25 Quantum physics 9
26 Particle and nuclear physics 9 9

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