6 topics · specification H556 · explanations and examiner marking in OCR’s own language
This is the full OCR A-Level Physics specification, code H556, as elid holds it — 6 topics, each with the terminology OCR marks against. Every explanation and every mark elid gives you is written against this list, not a generic A-level one, because the same question answered in AQA, CAIE or Edexcel language loses marks it should have earned.
Experimental design, data analysis, evaluation of methods, systematic and random uncertainties, significant figures.
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Physical quantities, SI base units, derived units, prefixes, scalars and vectors, resolving and adding vectors.
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Equations of motion, projectile motion, terminal velocity, moments, torque, center of gravity, work, energy, power, materials, hooke's law, young modulus.
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Electric current, potential difference, resistivity, electromotive force, internal resistance, potential dividers, wave characteristics, electromagnetic waves, superposition, diffraction, interference, photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality.
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Specific heat capacity, specific latent heat, gas laws, circular motion, angular velocity, simple harmonic motion, resonance, gravitational field strength, gravitational potential, stellar evolution, Stefan's law, Wien's displacement law, Hubble's law.
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Capacitors, charge and discharge curves, electric fields, Coulomb's law, electric potential, magnetic fields, magnetic flux, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Lenz's laws, fundamental particles, radioactivity, medical imaging.
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elid uses these weightings when it decides which topics deserve your revision time first.
| Paper | Share of the qualification |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | 37% |
| Paper 2 | 37% |
| Paper 3 | 26% |
Paste an answer you have written and elid marks it point by point against the OCR scheme: which marking points you hit, which you missed, and the sentence that would have earned each missing one. It is the difference between being told an answer is “good” and being told exactly where the marks went.