Topic 1: Working as a Physicist
0.1 Specification notice:
Throughout their study of physics at this level, students should develop
their knowledge and understanding of what it means to work
scientifically. They should also develop their competence in manipulating
quantities and their units, including making estimates.
Students should gain experience of a wide variety of practical work that
gives them opportunities to develop their practical and investigative skills
by planning, carrying out and evaluating experiments. Through studying a
range of examples, contexts and applications of physics, students should
become increasingly knowledgeable of the ways in which the scientific
community and society as a whole use scientific ideas and methods, and
how the professional scientific community functions.
Students should develop their ability to communicate their knowledge
and understanding of physics in ways that are appropriate to the content
and to the audience.
It is not intended that this part of the specification be taught as a discrete
topic. Rather, the knowledge and skills specified here should pervade the
entire course and should be taught using examples and applications from
the rest of the specification.
1.Q Exam questions
● B is answer
Which of the following is the %U in the value
for the cross-sectional area?
, What are common criticisms for ‘criticising ● Number of decimal places for RAW DATA
the students results questions’? ● Number of significant figures for
Processed/calculated DATA
● Range is too small for values
● No evidence of repeats
● Not enough readings e.g between 24 and 60
degrees celsius
● E.g Four pairs of readings are not enough (for
qu below)
How would using a data logger make an ● Dataloggers are useful when data changes
experiment more accurate compared to over a very short (or very long) time scale
taking measurements manually? ● Dataloggers are useful when a number of
quantities are being measured simultaneously
● Dataloggers remove human reaction time
● Dataloggers have a high sampling rate
You may also need to mention data loggers with
lightgates
0.1 Specification notice:
Throughout their study of physics at this level, students should develop
their knowledge and understanding of what it means to work
scientifically. They should also develop their competence in manipulating
quantities and their units, including making estimates.
Students should gain experience of a wide variety of practical work that
gives them opportunities to develop their practical and investigative skills
by planning, carrying out and evaluating experiments. Through studying a
range of examples, contexts and applications of physics, students should
become increasingly knowledgeable of the ways in which the scientific
community and society as a whole use scientific ideas and methods, and
how the professional scientific community functions.
Students should develop their ability to communicate their knowledge
and understanding of physics in ways that are appropriate to the content
and to the audience.
It is not intended that this part of the specification be taught as a discrete
topic. Rather, the knowledge and skills specified here should pervade the
entire course and should be taught using examples and applications from
the rest of the specification.
1.Q Exam questions
● B is answer
Which of the following is the %U in the value
for the cross-sectional area?
, What are common criticisms for ‘criticising ● Number of decimal places for RAW DATA
the students results questions’? ● Number of significant figures for
Processed/calculated DATA
● Range is too small for values
● No evidence of repeats
● Not enough readings e.g between 24 and 60
degrees celsius
● E.g Four pairs of readings are not enough (for
qu below)
How would using a data logger make an ● Dataloggers are useful when data changes
experiment more accurate compared to over a very short (or very long) time scale
taking measurements manually? ● Dataloggers are useful when a number of
quantities are being measured simultaneously
● Dataloggers remove human reaction time
● Dataloggers have a high sampling rate
You may also need to mention data loggers with
lightgates
