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Electromagnetic Wave Practicals

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One of the uses of UV radiation is a security feature of bank notes. Shining UV radiation on to the bank note causes them to fluoresce (the atoms in the material take in the UV radiation and re-emits it as light which we can see)

Look at how advanced the fluorescing shapes and colours are.

Experiments- Uses of UV to check the authenticity of bank notes

IR cameras are used by the police to track for criminals at night but they are also really useful to the fire brigade at finding people in smoked filled buildings, you can’t hide behind a bin bag and even a hand print can leave a “heat print”.

You can’t hide in a bin bag if someone has the IR camera on you!

Did you know you can be on the radio? Not very musical but it can drown out Radio Scotland.

Do try this at home, use cheese marshmallows or chocolate but you need to take the turntable out and DON’T put things on a metal tray!

The electromagnetic (em) spectrum is a collection of transverse waves that all travel at the same speed in air, the speed of light, 300 000 000 m/s. (equivalent to 7.5 times round the Earth every second)

One of the waves is VISIBLE LIGHT

A=amplitude λ = wavelength

Others are RADIO & TV, MICROWAVE.

The others are INFRA-RED, ULTRA VIOLET, X-RAYS, GAMMA WAVES.

The only difference between each of these waves is their wavelength or frequency. They all fit the formula

Speed= frequency × wavelength

v=f λ

The order is important and to remember it use the following rhyme!

Randy                  Radio & TV

Monkeys              Microwaves

Invade                 Infrared

Venezuela           Visible

Using                   Ultraviolet

Xylophone           X-rays

Gunships             Gamma

Period, T, is the time for one wave to pass a point and is measured in seconds.

Frequency, f is the number of waves being produced or passing a point per second. Frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz)

Here are lots of resources for you to check and practice. My utmost apologies if I have not credited people for sending this material. As soon as I know who you are I will thank you personally.

EM Spectrum answers pdfDownload
EM Spectrum answers excelDownload
I2_WavesOpticsDownload
em-spectrumDownload

REVISION GAMES FOR WAVES

Assignment Practical Sheets

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE SQA

The first thing that you must do before starting your Assignment is to know what you will be doing, what expectations there are and how you will be writing this up. All of this is contained in the candidate guide below.

Candidate Instructions word

Candidate Instructions pdf

Marking Instructions for the N5 Assignment

mark scheme pdf form

mark scheme excel form

In another post ASSIGNMENT PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTAL SHEETS have been uploaded.

I think the following experiments would be suitable-

check that:

  1. the theory is in the compendium,
  2. the topic is in the course,
  3. there is a graph of your experiment online or in one of the text books in school. Does your graph contain data ie, are there proper points on the graph or is it a trendline- which do you think is better?
  4. there is theory that you can write about that relates to your experiment.

Remember If you’ve used the results from your experiment to determine further values, you should show at least one sample calculation.

Here is the what you can take into the write-up phase. Collect a polypocket and keep it all in there.

Pupil checklist flyleaf    word    Pupil checklist flyleaf pdf (Thanks N Forwood)

Assignment Investigation Sheets

NOTE: TO ALL TEACHERS,  IT IS  YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE SHEETS YOU ARE GIVING TO STUDENTS DO NOT BREACH THE STRICT GUIDELINES GIVEN IN THE ASSESSMENT GUIDE AND THAT THESE EXPERIMENT SHEETS MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS. YOU ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING YOUR OWN RISK ASSESSMENTS, ITEMS IN THESE SHEETS ARE A GUIDE. 

I have updated the sheets for the 2023 session,

The ones with the mrsphysics logo have been updated.

This table has more than one page!

TopicSheetNotes
Dynamics / SpaceN5 Hookes Law AHookes Law A
Dynamics / SpaceN5 Hookes Law BHookes Law B
DynamicsN5 Acc slopeAcceleration and angle of the slope
DynamicsN5 F=m a AF=ma changing mass :A
DynamicsN5 F=m a BF=ma changing mass: B
DynamicsN5 projectiles A
Projectiles changing the launch angle: A
DynamicsN5 projectiles BProjectiles changing the launch speed: B
DynamicsN5 projectiles CProjectiles changing the launch height: C
DynamicsN5 Stopping distance AHow the speed affects the stopping distance
DynamicsN5 Stopping distance BHow the speed affects the stopping distance
DynamicsPendulum and length
Prop. of Matter
Prop. of MatterN5 Charles' Law AVolume and Temperature with constant pressure
Prop. of MatterN5 Boyles Law APressure and volume for constant temperature
Prop. of MatterN5 Boyles Law BPressure and volume for constant temperature: A
Prop. of MatterN5 Pressure Law APressure and Temperature for constant volume: B
Prop. of MatterN5 Pressure and depth AEffects of pressure of a liquid with depth
Prop. of MatterN5 SHC ASpecific Heat Capacity measure V and I
Prop. of MatterN5 SHC BSpecific Heat Capacity using joule meter
Prop. of MatterN5 Cooling Curve ACooling curve of water and stearic acid
Prop. of MatterN5 Latent heat of vaporisation ADetermining latent heat of vaporisation A
Prop. of MatterN5 Latent heat of vaporisation BDetermining latent heat of vaporisation B
Electricity / EnergyN5 Solar Cell A angle
Solar Cells A Angle
Electricity / EnergyN5 Solar Cell B distanceSolar Cells B Distance
Electricity / EnergyN5 Solar Cell C translucentSolar Cells C Translucent
Electricity / EnergyN5 Solar Cell D area
Solar Cells D Area
ElectricityN5 Ohms Law AMeasuring voltage and current for a ohmic conductor (resistor)
ElectricityN5 Ohms Law BMeasuring voltage and current for a non-ohmic conductor
ElectricityN5 Thermistors A 2023Thermistors
ElectricityN5 LED 2023LEDs
ElectricityN5 LDR AAn LDR -distance from the light source.
N5 Assign LDR BAn LDR - light intensity: B
ElectricityN5 Assign LDR C
Calibrating an LDR against a light level meter
SpaceOrbit period v height
Waves / SpaceMicrowave distance v signal strength
WavesN5 Speed of SoundSpeed of Sound
WavesN5 Refraction ARefraction
Radiation

3779phys2_tcm4-124418 Again this is a temporary file until I can get the experiment cards organised but the experiments you could choose can be found on pp 33, 34, 36, 37, 76, 77, 87, 125

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