Thermal Physics

Welcome to the GCSE Physics Ninja Thermal Physics course. These video lessons are based on question-and-answer flashcards. Become a member to download the printable flashcards, filter flashcards by your GCSE course, and enjoy the video tutorials ad-free!

Thermal Physics Flashcards and Tutorials
Particles and Internal Energy
1. Brownian Motion
2. States of matter
3. The energy of gases, solids and liquids
4. Temperature, particles and internal energy
5. What happens when you heat a substance?
6. Gas in a container
7. Heating solids, liquids and gases
8. Thermal expansion examples
9. Relative expansion of solids, liquids and gases
10. Compressing a gas at a constant temperature
11. Heating a gas at a constant pressure
12. Temperature and physical properties
13. The liquid-in-glass thermometer
14. Thermometers and temperature
15. Sensitivity, range and linearity of measuring instruments
16. The sensitivity, range and linearity of a liquid-in-glass thermometer
17. Structure and advantages of a thermocouple
18. Pressure vs. volume for a gas - equation
19. Gas pressure and volume calculation
Radiation, Conduction and Convection
20. Heat energy travels through space
21. Surface colour and texture matters
22. Infrared emission experiment
23. Infrared absorption experiment
24. Factors affecting infra-red emission
25. How does energy travel through a solid?
26. Rate of heat transfer between two objects
27. Heat conductivity experiments
28. Heat transfer in fluids
29. Heat transfer uses and everyday examples
30. Keeping objects cool
31. How to keep objects warm
32. The design features of the Thermos flask
33. How to reduce heat loss from your house (and save on your heating bills!)
34. Material U-values
Measuring Heat
35. What is the Specific Heat Capacity of a substance?
36. Electric storage heaters
37. Specific heat capacity calculation
38. Specific heat capacity experiment
39. Thermal capacity of a material
40. Thermal Capacity vs Specific Heat Capacity
41. Thermal capacity calculation
Evaporation, Condensation and Latent Heat
42. How evaporation causes cooling
43. Factors affecting the rate of evaporation
44. The differences between boiling and evaporation
45. Condensation, particles and heat transfer
46. Factors affecting the rate of condensation
47. Changing state
48. Melting and boiling
49. Melting ice - heating graph
50. Latent heat - temperature vs time graph heating ice
51. Specific latent heat of vaporisation - experiment
52. Specific latent heat of fusion - experiment
53. Specific Latent Heat of Fusion - calculation
Thermal Physics was last modified: November 7th, 2025 by Olly Wedgwood