2 LESSONS OF REVISION REQUIRED BEFORE THEN
A possible date for the Space Test Friday 6th September, but it depends on the content.
I don’t want to cover the energy section until we do with the Dynamics Section.
Thanks to S Gray, Drummond Community High School, for putting together this book of experiments that you should have covered in your N5 Physics lessons. Any of these could be discussed in your exam as a question.
Space Notes
Sorry I just couldn’t get this to fit on 2 pages. I am sure someone will send it back to me looking beautiful!
Just heard about this on twitter!
You can read about some of the risks of human spaceflight in the infographic below.
Source Space.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Here are a few links and documents. Hope you can get access to them.
www.open.edu/History of Universe Timeline
The EM Spectrum and Space
The EM spectrum gives us loads of important information about the world outside our Earth
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/HTML5/emission_spectra.html
Want to be a rocket scientist? Can you launch a payload to 400 km in your first go? Don’t forget to have drag on and mass use to be more natural!
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/389-lift-offRocket
Lots of people are asking me about the answers to these North Ayrshire revision check tests. Can I also recommend you pop across to the Learning Outcome Questions, which have fully worked answer. Click on the links below. No cheating though!
https://mrsphysics.co.uk/n5/category/coursematerials/lo/
Thanks to those in North Ayrshire who provided these excellent questions for you to get your teeth into. I’ll post the answers as password protected to protect those students and staff who are giving these for homework! They’re in the old order, so you’ll have to search through for the right section.
ENJOY!
| Units | Summary Notes | Problems |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamics & Space | Summary Notes D&S | Questions D&S pdf Problems D&S doc |
| Electricity & Energy | Summary Notes E&E | Questions E&E pdf Problems E&E doc |
| Waves & Radiation | Summary Notes W&R | Questions W&R pdf Problems W&R doc |
If you don’t know your scalars from your vectors try this….
Space Definitions 1
Space Definitions 2
Thanks to Ms K Ward from Edinburgh Academy for these equation flashcards. If you print them on card double sided you can get two lots to share with a friend
A revision planner for you to use. 
Revision-plan 2018 19
Try the following questions
Section 1: q6, 10, 11, 12, 13,14,15,16,17, Section 2: Q5, 6, 7, 8
Section 1: Q1-7, 19, Section 2: Q1,2,3,
Section 1: Q1-7 Section 2: Q1,2,3,4,5
Section 1: Q1-6 Section 2: Q1,2,3,4
Section 1: Q1-7 Section 2: Q1,2,3
Learn the formula for
Ew=QV, Ew=Fd, Ep=mgh, Ek=½mv2, E=Pt, Ee=ItV, EH=mcΔT, EH = ml, P=F/A, Q=It, R in series, R in parallel, V1 =R1/Rt ´Vs, V=IR, P=IV, P=I2R, P=V2/R, pV/T(K)=constant
Make flashcards of
Learn the units for all the electricity quantities, properties of matter and energy quantities.
I’ll add to this during the week as I have time
Look over some OLD Higher papers for the Pressure and Gas Laws as well as the relevant past papers above. I’ll look out the papers with question numbers as soon as I can.
If you’re doing the Waves and Radiation UASP I’ll get some revision plans up soon
Old/ traditional higher……
H 2015 Q7 and 24
H 2014 Q7 and 24
H 2013 Q7 and 24 not part c
H2012 Q7 and 24
H 2011 Q7 and 24
H 2010 Q7 and 23 b
H 2009 Q7 and 23 a,c
H 2008 Q7 and 23
These can be found on the higher part of the website.
Updated July 18
Answer the following Questions from the Understanding Standards website
https://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Subjects/Physics
It is important that you spend an adequate time on this homework (an hour is advised). If you complete this thoroughly you ought to have a good grasp of what is required for the Assignment at National 5.
August 2023
