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AQA A Level Physics

Syllabus 7408 · For first teaching 2015 · sourced from AQA -- official A-level Physics (7408) specification, live subject-content pages, verified 2026-08-19.

  1. 1. Measurements and their errors

    • 3.1.1 Use of SI units and their prefixes
    • 3.1.2 Limitation of physical measurements
    • 3.1.3 Estimation of physical quantities

  2. 2. Particles and radiation

    • 3.2.1 Particles
    • 3.2.2 Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena

  3. 3. Waves

    • 3.3.1 Progressive and stationary waves
    • 3.3.2 Refraction, diffraction and interference

  4. 4. Mechanics and materials

    • 3.4.1 Force, energy and momentum
    • 3.4.2 Materials

  5. 5. Electricity

    • 3.5.1 Current electricity

  6. 6. Further mechanics and thermal physics

    • 3.6.1 Periodic motion
    • 3.6.2 Thermal physics

  7. 7. Fields and their consequences

    • 3.7.1 Fields
    • 3.7.2 Gravitational fields
    • 3.7.3 Electric fields
    • 3.7.4 Capacitance
    • 3.7.5 Magnetic fields

  8. 8. Nuclear physics

    • 3.8.1 Radioactivity