IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences · Area 3 of 3

Physics

The P1-P6 physics section of the 0654 syllabus - motion, forces and energy, thermal physics, waves, electricity and magnetism, nuclear physics and space physics.

6 topics · 54 exam-style questions · 159 marks

One page per syllabus section. Each teaches the Core content, diagrams it, then tests it with self-marked exam questions.

Motion, Forces and Energy

Motion, forces and energy brings together the mechanics of everything that moves: measuring physical quantities, describing motion, mass and weight, density, forces and m...

9 questions · 24 marks

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Thermal Physics

Thermal physics is the study of heat: the kinetic particle model of matter, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity, melting and boiling, and the three ways thermal ene...

9 questions · 26 marks

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Waves

Waves covers how energy travels without matter travelling: wave properties, the reflection and refraction of light, thin lenses, the electromagnetic spectrum and sound.

9 questions · 28 marks

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Electricity and Magnetism

Electricity and magnetism covers how charge is stored, moved and controlled: magnetism, charge, current, resistance and power, circuit diagrams, series and parallel circu...

9 questions · 28 marks

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Nuclear Physics

Nuclear physics covers what is inside the atom and what happens when a nucleus changes: the nuclear model, nuclide notation, isotopes, fission and fusion, background radi...

9 questions · 28 marks

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Space Physics

Space physics covers the physics of everything larger than a planet: the Earth's rotation and orbit, the Moon's phases, the Solar System, orbits and gravitational fields,...

9 questions · 25 marks

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This page is one area of Cambridge IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences 0654 / 0973. IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences is the course home: every area and every topic in Cambridge's own order, the papers you sit and what each one tests, and the exam-practice tools. The full topic list, with each topic linked to its revision page, is on the IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences syllabus page.