Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.5 Astrophysics Specification 5.5.3 Cosmology Hubble’s Law, the age of the Universe, the accelerating universe, Big Bang theory and Dark matter Book 20.3 & 20.4 page 124, 127 Book 20.4 & 20.5 page 126 - 130 Book page 135 Cepheid variables + References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.5 Astrophysics Specification 5.5.3 Cosmology Doppler effect and redshift, isotropy and homogeneity, cosmic background radiation, possible futures of the Universe Book 20.2 page 121 – 123 Book 20.3 page 125 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.5 Astrophysics Specification 5.5.2 Electromagnetic radiation from stars, 5.5.3 Astronomical distances Stefan Boltzman law, Wien’s law, astronomical distances, stellar parallax Book 19.7 page 112 – 114 Book 20.1 page 118 - 120 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.5 Astrophysics Specification 5.5.2 Electromagnetic radiation from stars Absorption and emission spectra, energy levels, diffraction grating Book 19.4 & 19.5 page 105 – 108 Book 19.6 page 109 - 111 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.5 Astrophysics Specification 5.5.1 Stars Stellar objects, fate of stars and HR diagram Book 19.1 page 96 -98 Book 19.2 page 99 -102 Book 19.3 page 103 -104 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.4 Gravitational Fields, Specification 5.4.4 Gravitational potential and energy This also includes escape speed and orbital energies Book 18.6 page 87 -89 Book 18.7 page 90 - 92 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.4 Gravitational Fields, Specification 5.4.3 Planetary motion Book 18.4 page 81 – 83 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.4 Gravitational Fields, Specification 5.4.1 Point and spherical masses, 5.4.2 Newton’s Laws of gravitation Book 18.1 & 18.2 page 72 – 77 Book 18.3 page 78 - 80 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.3 Oscillations: 5.3.2 Energy of simple harmonic motion, 5.3.3 Damping Book 17.3 page 60 -62 Book 17.4 & 17.5 page 63 - 68 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford

Module 5 Newtonian world & Astrophysics, Physics H556 Term 1 year 2 5.3 Oscillations: Specification 5.3.1 Simple harmonic oscillations Explanation of SHM, graphical analysis and mathematical treatment using equations of SHM Book 17.1 page 52 – 55 Book 17.2 page 56 - 59 References are to the Book A level Physics for OCR Year 2, Oxford