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Physics Q&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every TAS Physics syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Unit 3: Gravity and Electromagnetism
Explain the operation of an AC generator and the sinusoidal EMF it produces.
Analyse the circular motion of charged particles in uniform magnetic fields and its applications.
Apply Coulomb's law to the force between point charges and describe how objects become charged.
Define electric field strength and represent the fields of point charges and parallel plates with field lines.
Analyse the work done on a charge and the motion of charged particles in uniform electric fields.
Apply Faraday's and Lenz's laws to electromagnetic induction, generators and transformers.
Describe the magnetic force on currents and charges and explain the operation of a DC motor.
Apply Faraday's law and Lenz's law to determine the magnitude and direction of induced EMF.
Apply Newton's law of universal gravitation and the field model to orbital motion.
Describe gravitational potential energy in a radial field and relate work done to changes in field energy.
Use the equations of motion to analyse uniform and uniformly accelerated straight line motion.
Describe magnetic fields from magnets and currents and represent them with field lines.
Explain how Millikan's oil drop experiment balanced electric and gravitational forces to find the elementary charge.
Apply conservation of momentum and the impulse-momentum relationship to collisions and explosions in one and two dimensions.
Apply Newton's three laws of motion to objects modelled as point masses.
Analyse projectile motion and uniform circular motion using vectors and Newton's laws.
Explain apparent weightlessness and apply Kepler's laws to the orbits of satellites and planets.
Apply work, kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy and power to mechanical systems.
Unit 4: Revolutions in Modern Physics
Explain atomic energy levels and spectra and analyse nuclear decay and mass-energy in reactions.
Apply Einstein's postulates to time dilation, length contraction and mass-energy equivalence.
Use the photon model and Einstein's photoelectric equation to explain the photoelectric effect.
Describe the Standard Model's particles, the four fundamental forces and their carriers.