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A level practicals - Physics

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Practical 1- Measurement Of The Density Of Solids
What apparatus do we need,
Resolution,
30cm ruler resolution
21  cards
Practical 2 - Determination of unknown masses using the principal of moments
What are the apparatus for this p...,
At what point do we nail the rule...,
What does a risk assessment apply to
25  cards
Practical 3 - Invstigation of Newton’s second law
What does the gravitational force...,
What causes he entire mass of the...,
What makes up the entire mass of ...
27  cards
Practical 4 - Determination of Young Modulus of a metal in the form of a wire
How do we plot the graph in this ...,
What goes along the y axis,
What goes along the x axis
21  cards
Practial 5 - Investigation of the force-extension relationship of rubber
What do we hang from a stand boss...,
Where do we hang the cut rubber b...,
What s the cross section of the r...
17  cards
Graph Evaluations
What are some points to make when...
1  cards
Practical 6 - Investigation of the I-v characteristic of a filment of a lamp and a metal wire at constant temperature
What is potential difference prop...,
How can we determine the validity...,
What are the two components we re...
10  cards
Practical 7 - Determination of the resistivity of a wire
What do we put along the x axis o...,
What do we put along the y axis o...,
What is the gradient that we have...
10  cards
Practical 8 - Investigation of the variation of resistance with temperature for a metal wire
What is the relationship between ...,
Draw and label the equipment requ...,
How do we change the temperature ...
15  cards
Practical 9 - Determination of the internal resistance of a cell
Equation for determining internal...,
Draw and label the circuit needed...,
What acts as our external resistance
13  cards
Practical 10 - Measurement of the intensity variations for polarisaton
Describe the light waves in a ray...,
Describe the light through a pola...,
What does the 1st polaroid filter...
13  cards
Practical 11 - Determination of wavelength using Young’s double slits
What kind of graph do we plot for...,
What type of graph should we get ...,
What can we use the gradient of o...
11  cards
Practical 12 - Determintion of wavelength using a diffraction grating
How can we determine wavelength u...,
How do we determine the spacing b...,
How do we determine the value of
10  cards
Practical 13 - Determination of the speed of sound using stationary waves
What s the method for this practical,
What is the distance raised equal to,
Draw the apparatus for this pract...
9  cards
Practical 14 - Measurement of the refractive index of a material
Which equation will we use to cal...,
What will be the values inputted ...,
What type of graph would we plot ...
7  cards
Uncertainities
What is our uncertainty when usin...,
What is the uncertainty in a spre...,
How do we calculate uncertainties
22  cards
Practical 15 - Detrmination of h using LED’s
What are we determining in this p...,
What are we using to determine h,
How do we use led s to determine ...
10  cards
YEAR 2 - Practical 1 : Investigating Circular Motion
Which formula are we using to mea...,
Equipment,
How is the bung rotated
15  cards
Important things for writing out practical methods
What are all the things we need t...,
2 rules for writing out results t...,
What should be included in an eva...
6  cards
Practical 2 : Investigating simple harmonic motion
Equation used,
What are we trying to work out,
How do we eliminate the square ro...
16  cards
Practical 3 - Measurement of g with a pendulum
How is the period of a pendulum r...,
How do we re arrange the equation...,
What goes along the x axis of the...
15  cards
Using error bars
On what type of graphs should err...,
Where are error bars plotted,
What do we do for error bars if i...
9  cards
Practical 4 - Investigaton of the damping of a spring
What is this practical an example of,
What is the damping of an oscilla...,
Which relationship does the expon...
17  cards
Practical 5 - Investigaion of the varation of intensity of gamma radiation with distance
Setting up,
Method,
Inverse square law equation
12  cards
Practical 6 - Investiation of radioactive decay - a dice analogy
What is often used instead of a d...,
Method for this practical,
Equation for the curve of best fi...
12  cards
Practical 7 - Estimation of absolte zero by use of the gas laws
Which law do we use for this prac...,
What does charles law state,
Describe the air column trapped i...
6  cards
General Important Practical Stuff
How do we justify the number of s...,
How do we estimate the difference...,
How do we justify if the results ...
11  cards
Practical 8 - Measurement of the specific heat capacity for a solid
Equation used in this practical,
What does q represent in the equa...,
Way to work out energy using power
11  cards
Practcal 9 - Investigation of the energy stored in a capacitor
What is the equation for the ener...,
What plot would give a straight l...,
What would the gradient of a u vs...
5  cards
Practical 10 - Investigation of the charging and dischaging of a capacitor to determine the time constant
Equation for the potential differ...,
Method,
What do we need to make sure that...
5  cards
Practical 11 - Investigation of the force on a current in a magnetic field
Which equation are we using for t...,
Method,
What causes the weight to increas...
8  cards
Practical 12 - Investigation of magnetic flux density using a hall probe
How does a hall probe work,
Relationship between the potentia...,
Under which circumstance is the p...
5  cards

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