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Electricity, magnetism, light and sound

Circuits, conductors and the three effects of an electric current; the properties of magnets and how an electromagnet differs from them; reflection, mirrors, lenses and the eye; and how sound is produced, carried and heard, with loudness and pitch kept apart.

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