2008 Hsc (1 Viewer)

[sonnylongbottom]

I saw this thread in the chem forum so yea. What questions do you think will pop up this year? hope there is no g forces, but wish there is michelson morley

 

[henry08]

I like G-forces
I bet there is definatly lots of relativity/michelson morley experiment.
Motors and generators is too broad. Something to do with back emf will be in there I bet.
JJ Thompson and cathode rays haven't been up for a while, so they will probably be in the exam (hopefully).
Astrophysics 7 mark question will be on adaptive optics/active optics etc.
I hope for something easy as well like ac power use effects on socity, or the Planck Vs Einstein debate etc.

 

[clonestar]

I am hoping for something on X-ray crystallography but the way the examiners write questions lately you need to focus heavily on these 2 items:

1. Language.. be prepared to be bamboozled with literacy and deception. Yes that's right no typo look for the best answer when it appears there are two similar answers eg multiple choice. With the longer essay questions focus on the verb and the marks and that should guide you in the right direction.
2. Calculations-mathematical...be familiar with multiple parts in a questions and generally speaking something in part (a) will be required for b or c or d. Also set out your working clearly and logically.

I expect for core projectile motion this year, relativity with interferometer been years since we had a question on the null result; superconductivity; photoelectric effect; AC induction motors; possibly political and social forces on Science Vs politics eg Einstein Vs Plank; Planks Quantum physics- E=nHf and much much more.

Don't leave anything to waste study everything and don't forget your option :jaw:

 

[SkimDawg]

Haha nice, I was just about to make this thread. I think possible questions they MIGHT ask this year are:
- Eddy current braking or induction cookers
- Michelson Morley, prolly why their experiment is so valued
- Einstein and Plancks "parting of the ways", about the WW1 (pacifist vs nazi? lol) and having different views
- Edison and Westinghouse, why did westinghouse win
- A big dirty 8 marker for each optional topic
- A safe re entry 5 marker

I didnt read the above posts until now, and its funny how many people are suggesting Einstein vs Planck.

 

[dolbinau]

or the Planck Vs Einstein debate etc.

Do you know where I can get good information on this? Do you recall the last time this was asked in the HSC so I can get HSC marking guidelines/SuccessOne marking?

 

[samwell]

I sincerely hope we have michelson morley for space, 8 mark question for BCS theory/band structure and 5 mark question on induction cooker or EM braking. I also hope we get cloud chamber experiment 4 Q2Q.

 

[henry08]

Haha nice, I was just about to make this thread. I think possible questions they MIGHT ask this year are:
- Eddy current braking or induction cookers
- Michelson Morley, prolly why their experiment is so valued
- Einstein and Plancks "parting of the ways", about the WW1 (pacifist vs nazi? lol) and having different views
- Edison and Westinghouse, why did westinghouse win
- A big dirty 8 marker for each optional topic
- A safe re entry 5 marker

I didnt read the above posts until now, and its funny how many people are suggesting Einstein vs Planck.

If that's what the questions were that would be great.

 

[henry08]

I sincerely hope we have michelson morley for space, 8 mark question for BCS theory/band structure and 5 mark question on induction cooker or EM braking. I also hope we get cloud chamber experiment 4 Q2Q.

I doubt there would be an 8 mark question on BCS theory/band structure. I like induction cookers and EM braking.

I think superconductivity will be a big part.

 

[squeenie]

I get the bad feeling that there will be something on projectile motion (there usually is). It looks like Einstein vs Planck hasn't been tested in a while (I think... can someone confirm?), so that might come up.

 

[henry08]

I just had a look at paper 2001 - 2007 and I didn't see the Planck Vs Einstein question AT ALL.


There is a question on Projecticle motion (3/4/5 marks) every year. I like them.

 

[henry08]

Do you know where I can get good information on this? Do you recall the last time this was asked in the HSC so I can get HSC marking guidelines/SuccessOne marking?

http://www.hscphysics.edu.au/resource/PlaEin.flv

 

[squeenie]

Then in that case they could possibly test Einstein vs Planck this year. Projectile motion is probably always going to be part of the paper. Everyone else's predictions seem pretty good. Well, good luck in the exams, everyone!

 

[henry08]

Good luck sqeenie.

 

[dolbinau]

What do you think the chances are we'll have to name a scientist and their contributions in the space topic? Have they ever asked that?

 

[henry08]

I know they have in Chemistry, but since the Physics syllabus changed in 2001 it has never been asked in Physics.

 

[SkimDawg]

I know they have in Chemistry, but since the Physics syllabus changed in 2001 it has never been asked in Physics.

Are you kidding? That was my assessment task for that unit. What a waste of time heh.

 

[henry08]

Lol. What unit was it for?

 

[SkimDawg]

Space wasn't it? A rocketry sicentist and their contributions to, well, i guess you could say space travel.

 

[sonnylongbottom]

Yeah you had to find the contributions of either Tsiolkovsky, Oberth, Goddard, Esnault-Pelterie, O Neill or Von Braun. Well I did this as an assignment as well

 

[Artemis.]

I'm pretty sure the praticising scientist is somewhere else in the syllabus, and different to the von Braun/Oberth dot point. Cos we had to do an assessment on a practising Australian scientist, and it could relate to any module.
So I hope that gets tested lol.