Unit 4: Revolutions in modern physics Physics
The development of quantum theory and the theory of relativity fundamentally changed our understanding of how nature operates and led to the development of a wide range of new technologies, including technologies that revolutionised the storage, processing …
Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH132
Motion can only be measured relative to an observer; length and time are relative quantities that depend on the observer’s frame of reference
ACSPH132 | 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