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SQA National 5 Physics

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Flashcards for SQA National 5 Physics, split into the course's six areas, from Dynamics to Radiation, and then by key area in the order of the course specification (version 5.1, session 2026 to 27), with a subdeck of units and prefixes. Each equation card says whether it is given on the relationships sheet or needs to be recalled.

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What is inside (28 subdecks)

  • 1 Dynamics108 cards
    • 1(a) Vectors and scalars31 cards
    • 1(b) Velocity-time graphs12 cards
    • 1(c) Acceleration10 cards
    • 1(d) Newton's laws26 cards
    • 1(e) Energy17 cards
    • 1(f) Projectile motion12 cards
  • 2 Space53 cards
    • 2(a) Space exploration39 cards
    • 2(b) Cosmology14 cards
  • 3 Electricity94 cards
    • 3(a) Electrical charge carriers12 cards
    • 3(b) Potential difference (voltage)6 cards
    • 3(c) Ohm's law15 cards
    • 3(d) Practical electrical and electronic circuits45 cards
    • 3(e) Electrical power16 cards
  • 4 Properties of matter49 cards
    • 4(a) Specific heat capacity10 cards
    • 4(b) Specific latent heat11 cards
    • 4(c) Gas laws and the kinetic model28 cards
  • 5 Waves86 cards
    • 5(a) Wave parameters and behaviours35 cards
    • 5(b) Electromagnetic spectrum38 cards
    • 5(c) Refraction of light13 cards
  • 6 Radiation58 cards
    • 6(a) Nuclear radiation58 cards
  • 7 Units, prefixes and scientific notation19 cards
    • 7(a) SI units, prefixes and significant figures19 cards

Some of its cards

  • What does the resistance of a component measure?
    How much it opposes (resists) the flow of current
  • Vector quantity
    A quantity that has both magnitude and direction
  • A force that opposes relative motion (or attempted motion) between two surfaces in contact
    Friction
  • What does the principle of conservation of energy state?
    Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another or transferred
  • When does refraction occur?
    When a wave passes from one medium into another
  • What is a light-year a measure of?
    Distance: the distance light travels in one year, not a measure of time
  • What do waves transfer?
    Energy
  • What happens to a charged particle placed in an electric field?
    It experiences a force
  • Electric current is defined as the [...].
    Electric current is defined as the electric charge transferred per unit time.
  • What does the prefix nano (n) mean?
    10−910^{-9}

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