ACSPH070
Mechanical waves transfer energy through a medium; mechanical waves may oscillate the medium or oscillate the pressure within the medium
ACSPH070 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH073
A mechanical system resonates when it is driven at one of its natural frequencies of oscillation; energy is transferred efficiently into systems under these conditions
ACSPH073 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH096
When a mass moves or is moved from one point to another in a gravitational field and its potential energy changes, work is done on or by the field
ACSPH096 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH105
When a charged body moves or is moved from one point to another in an electric field and its potential energy changes, work is done on or by the field
ACSPH105 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH111
Conservation of energy, expressed as Lenz’s Law of electromagnetic induction, is used to determine the direction of induced current
ACSPH111 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH119
Select, construct and use appropriate representations, including text and graphic representations of empirical and theoretical relationships, simulations, simple reaction diagrams and atomic energy level diagrams, to communicate conceptual understanding, …
ACSPH119 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH134
The concept of mass-energy equivalence emerged from the special theory of relativity and explains the source of the energy produced in nuclear reactions
ACSPH134 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH135
Atomic phenomena and the interaction of light with matter indicate that states of matter and energy are quantised into discrete values
ACSPH135 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH136
On the atomic level, electromagnetic radiation is emitted or absorbed in discrete packets called photons; the energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency; and the constant of proportionality, Planck’s constant, can be determined experimentally …
ACSPH136 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH139
The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom integrates light quanta and atomic energy states to explain the specific wavelengths in the hydrogen spectrum and in the spectra of other simple atoms; the Bohr model enables line spectra to be correlated with atomic …
ACSPH139 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH140
On the atomic level, energy and matter exhibit the characteristics of both waves and particles (for example, Young’s double slit experiment is explained with a wave model but produces the same interference pattern when one photon at a time is passed through …
ACSPH140 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH145
Variations of reactions can be found by applying symmetry operations to known reactions. These include reversing the direction of the reaction diagram (time reversal symmetry) and replacing all particles with their antiparticles and vice versa (charge …
ACSPH145 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH146
High-energy particle accelerators are used to test theories of particle physics including the Standard Model
ACSPH146 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSSU097
Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated from a range of sources
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ACSSU097 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU155
Energy appears in different forms, including movement (kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and energy transformations and transfers cause change within systems
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ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU176
Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems
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ACSSU176 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU179
Chemical reactions, including combustion and the reactions of acids, are important in both non-living and living systems and involve energy transfer
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ACSSU179 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU182
Energy transfer through different mediums can be explained using wave and particle models
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ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU190
Energy conservation in a system can be explained by describing energy transfers and transformations
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ACSSU190 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACTDEK020
Investigate how electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system
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ACTDEK020 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum