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Flashcards for VCE Physics Units 3 and 4, split by area of study and then by key knowledge group, following the 2023 study design (accredited from 2023, Units 3 and 4 from 2024). Equation cards say whether the equation is on the formula sheet or must be recalled.

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What is inside (34 subdecks)

  • How are fields used in electricity generation?74 cards
    • Alternating current and voltage15 cards
    • Generators, alternators and photovoltaic cells13 cards
    • Magnetic flux and electromagnetic induction19 cards
    • Transformers12 cards
    • Transmission of electricity15 cards
  • How do physicists explain motion in two dimensions?139 cards
    • Circular motion in a vertical plane12 cards
    • Momentum, impulse and conservation of energy20 cards
    • Newton's laws and force notation17 cards
    • Projectile motion34 cards
    • Uniform circular motion in a horizontal plane30 cards
    • Work and energy transformations26 cards
  • How do things move without contact?123 cards
    • Charged particles in magnetic fields18 cards
    • Comparing gravitational and electric fields about a point mass or charge23 cards
    • Effects of electric fields on charges18 cards
    • Field models: gravitational, magnetic and electric25 cards
    • Motors and the force on a current-carrying conductor19 cards
    • Satellites and particle accelerators20 cards
  • How has understanding about the physical world changed?145 cards
    • Einstein's postulates and evidence for special relativity18 cards
    • Energy and mass in special relativity15 cards
    • Light as a particle: the photoelectric effect24 cards
    • Light as a wave22 cards
    • Matter as particles and waves16 cards
    • Spectra: similarities between light and matter14 cards
    • Time dilation and length contraction18 cards
    • Young's double slit experiment and interference18 cards
  • How is scientific inquiry used to investigate fields, motion or light?66 cards
    • Investigation methodologies and design18 cards
    • Measurement, error and uncertainty24 cards
    • Scientific communication and the investigation poster9 cards
    • Significant figures and graphing conventions15 cards

Some of its cards

  • What experimental observation provides evidence for the wave-like nature of matter?
    Electron diffraction patterns, similar to those produced by waves passing through a gap or crystal lattice
  • What is the work done by a constant force acting in the direction of an object's displacement?
    W=FsW = Fs
  • What did Young's double slit experiment provide evidence for, about the nature of light?
    Its wave-like nature
  • What limitation of classical mechanics does Einstein's special theory of relativity address?
    Classical mechanics becomes inaccurate for objects moving at speeds approaching the speed of light
  • What is the momentum of an object of mass mm moving at velocity vv?
    p=mvp = mv
  • What physical principle allows a transformer to change the voltage of an AC supply?
    Electromagnetic induction: a changing current in the primary coil produces a changing magnetic flux, which induces an emf in the secondary coil
  • What is the 'true value' of a measured quantity?
    The value a quantity would have if it were measured with no error at all
  • What format is used to present the findings of a student-designed practical investigation in physics?
    A scientific poster
  • What is uniform circular motion?
    Motion in a circle at constant speed, with the direction of velocity continuously changing
  • For a coil rotating at constant rate in a uniform magnetic field, what quantity does the sinusoidal AC voltage's frequency correspond to?
    The rate at which the coil rotates (its number of rotations per second)

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