A printable workbook for the AQA Atomic structure topic, one section for each lesson, ready for class, homework or revision.

Matches AQA GCSE Physics (8463) and Combined Science: Trilogy (8464). Printable A4 PDFs.

Each lesson has:

• a real-life example to start
• the key words, or each quantity with its symbol and unit, and what they mean
• worked examples, then practice questions
• exam-style questions in most lessons
• answers to every question, marked point by point, starting on a new page so you can print without them

Four versions in one download, so you can pick the one your class sits:

• Combined Science: Trilogy, Foundation: 9 lessons, 52 pages
• Combined Science: Trilogy, Higher: 9 lessons, 52 pages
• Physics, Foundation: 14 lessons, 79 pages
• Physics, Higher: 14 lessons, 79 pages

Lessons (Physics, Higher; the other versions leave out what their course or tier does not cover):
The atom, and how big it is; Atomic number, mass number and isotopes; How the model of the atom changed; What unstable nuclei emit; Penetration, range and ionising power; Nuclear equations; Half-life and the randomness of decay; Background radiation, and measuring it; Contamination and irradiation; The hazards of ionising radiation; Uses of nuclear radiation; Nuclear fission and nuclear power; Nuclear fusion; Modelling radioactive decay.

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