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CCEA AS Physics, memorised in year one.

Everything the AS examines and nothing from the second year. Drill the 17 topics you are actually sitting in Northern Ireland this summer.

  • AS of 1210
  • 17 topics
  • 108 subtopics

What CCEA AS Physics covers, and what it leaves out

CCEA AS Physics is the first year of the 1210 course and a qualification in its own right, examined in 3 units, Unit AS 1, Unit AS 2 and Units AS 3. This page holds only what the AS examines: 17 topics across 108 subtopics, 1,517 active recall questions, starting with Physical Quantities, Scalars and Vectors, Moments and Equilibrium and Linear Motion and Dynamics. The 12 topics kept back for the second year are not shown, so nothing here is content you have not been taught yet.

Starting the second year? The full CCEA A-Level Physics page adds the A2 topics on top of everything here.

CCEA GCE Physics, subject code 1210, qualification number 601/8519/3, first teaching September 2016. Read the CCEA specification ↗

How it is assessed

Unit AS 1

Forces, Energy and Electricity

  • PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, SCALARS AND VECTORS
  • MOMENTS AND EQUILIBRIUM
  • LINEAR MOTION AND DYNAMICS
  • NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION
  • LINEAR MOMENTUM AND IMPULSE
  • WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
  • CURRENT, CHARGE AND POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE
  • RESISTANCE AND RESISTIVITY
  • INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND POTENTIAL DIVIDERS

Unit AS 2

Waves, Photons and Astronomy

  • WAVES
  • REFRACTION
  • LENSES
  • SUPERPOSITION, INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION
  • QUANTUM PHYSICS
  • WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY
  • ASTRONOMY

The full specification

17 topics, 108 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.

01Physical Quantities, Scalars and Vectors5 subtopics
02Moments and Equilibrium4 subtopics
03Linear Motion and Dynamics6 subtopics
04Newton's Laws of Motion5 subtopics
05Linear Momentum and Impulse7 subtopics
06Work, Energy and Power7 subtopics

How you work through it

Pick the mode that fits the time you have.

Try three questions

No account needed. Answer from memory first.

Your recallNot started
Key term

Express the coulomb and the volt in SI base units.

Key term

Explain why mass is a scalar but weight is a vector.

Key term

Describe how the resultant of two coplanar vectors is found by scale drawing.

Spaced Repetition Schedule

How reviews are timed

Levo will automatically distribute all of your progress into a spaced repetition calendar. Once you’ve answered, it’s scheduled for you on the next day in the spaced repetition schedule. Over time, the gaps between your recall get bigger, from a day to three years, reinforcing memorisation over a long period of time.

Interval sequence

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What is inside Levo

Six ways to work the same material

1Closed book
2Open book
3Closed book

The 3-step method, run for you

Answer cold, learn it, then prove it stuck. Levo tracks the jump between your first attempt and your last.

Physical Quantities, Scalars and Vectors
Moments and Equilibrium
Linear Motion and Dynamics
Newton's Laws of Motion

Cram a whole paper in one sitting

Sort every topic into what you know and what you do not, then drill only the weak ones.

The quarks and the .
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Blank Blitz makes facts automatic

Rapid timed gap-fills on the terms and numbers you need to recall without thinking.

AA current I is a charge q passing in time t.
BThe length l is vt.
CBIl becomes B × (q/t) × vt, which is Bqv.

Build It gets the exam shape right

Assemble a full-mark answer from its marking points, in the order an examiner wants them.

Coulomb is a quantity of charge.
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Test It catches misconceptions

Spot the fault in a statement. The traps are the mistakes students actually make.

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Brain Breaks between sessions

Short focus games to reset attention, so the next set lands better than the last.

Physics revision questions

Common questions about revising CCEA AS-Level Physics. Tap any to open it.

What is on CCEA AS Physics?

17 topics across 108 subtopics, examined in Unit AS 1, Unit AS 2 and Units AS 3. They are all listed on this page, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it. The full topic list is Physical Quantities, Scalars and Vectors, Moments and Equilibrium, Linear Motion and Dynamics, Newton's Laws of Motion, Linear Momentum and Impulse, Work, Energy and Power and more.

Does AS Physics count towards the full A level?

Yes. In Northern Ireland the AS units are marked as a standalone AS qualification and also carry forward into the full CCEA A level, which is why the first year matters more here than it does in England. Check the current weighting on the 1210 specification, as it is set by the board rather than by us.

What is the difference between AS and A level Physics?

AS is the first-year units only. The A level adds 12 further topics, among them Deformation of Solids, Thermal Physics, Uniform Circular Motion, and expects you to connect them back to the AS material. Work the AS content here, then move up to the full A level page when you start the second year.

When do you sit CCEA AS Physics?

Normally at the end of Year 12, in the summer series. That gives you one year to memorise 1,517 questions' worth of material, which is roughly 8 questions a day across an academic year if you start in September.

How should you revise for AS Physics?

By retrieval, not rereading. Cover the answer, pull it from memory, then check. Levo runs that loop across all 17 AS topics and brings each question back on a spaced schedule, so what you learn in September is still there in June.

Is it worth revising AS content again for the A level?

Yes, and it is the mistake most students make. The second-year papers assume the first year, and in Northern Ireland the AS marks usually count towards the final grade as well. Keeping the AS material on a spaced schedule through Year 13 costs far less time than relearning it.

How many questions are there for CCEA AS Physics?

1,517, written from the 1210 subject content and grouped into 108 subtopics so you can work one small area at a time rather than a whole topic at once.

Can you use Levo for just the AS year?

Yes. Pick your subject, choose the AS topics on the topic screen, and every mode — the 3-step method, Cram, Blank Blitz, Build It and Test It — works only that material. Add the second-year topics when you get to them.

Every question in Physics, on a schedule.

Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.

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