Key topics/chapters from physics 1/2 used in 3/4?

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Hi guys

I was wondering which topics in 1/2 would be beneficial for me to know if I was to do physics 3/4 without 1/2. I borrowed a copy of the physics 1/2 textbook and I'm planning on studying over it during the term holidays

[Cassidyhogi]

This is a bit of a late reply but here are the topics you should revise (some you don't really need):
Motion
Electronics (although this is not really covered in Yr 12, I think it is still important to understand for the content you learn in Units 3 and 4)
My school didn't use a textbook for Yr 11 physics but for Yr 12 it would be good to follow the following dot points from the Yr 11 study design:
Energy from the atom
•    explain nuclear energy as energy resulting from the conversion of mass: E = mc2
•    compare the processes of nuclear fusion and nuclear fission
•    explain, using a binding energy curve, why both fusion and fission are reactions that produce energy
•    explain light as an electromagnetic wave that is produced by the acceleration of charges
•    describe the production of synchrotron radiation by an electron radiating energy at a tangent to its circular path
•    model the production of light as a result of electron transitions between energy levels within an atom.

Hope this helps and good luck!

[ojwhop]

Motion, motion, motion.
Having a strong foundation in motion type questions (which you develop in units 1/2) makes units 3/4 much easier.
also, a lot of the electronic power content covered in units 1/2 remains relevant however resistance isn't really taught any further and is treated as expected knowledge.