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G484 / G485 Physics OCR June 2014

Hi Physicists!

I couldn't find a thread for these exams so I thought why not make one myself.

I have copied and pasted these resources from one of last years threads,

They may be quite helpful:

Specification

http://pdf.ocr.org.uk/download/kd/oc..._gce_spec.pdf?

Past Papers

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications...s_a/documents/

From Jan 10 to Jan 12 with mark schemes - http://www.mediafire.com/?omrcsu4pef8tobe

Older Paper Questions (good for practice if you've gone through all the current spec papers):

Circular Motion & Simple Harmonic Motion - http://www.mediafire.com/?n8u8vcibmfbl7l4

Thermal Physics - http://www.mediafire.com/?39wnyg73q1w93jn

NOTES

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...44442042,d.d2k

Powerpoint Presentations & Worksheets
http://www.mediafire.com/?4g9ahc4kj707nui
http://www.mediafire.com/?39wnyg73q1w93jn

http://www.st-ambrosecollege.org.uk/1273/academic/science---physics/physics-a2-level/
(Practice questions and revision notes)

Good Luck Everyone!

Thanks veryintelligent for the link:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2244676

Includes very helpful links/questions ect.

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 1

Kamal_Voltaic

I'm so happy that you made this, I reeeeeaaallly need an A in both of these papers. Especially since I want to study Physics at Uni.
But yeah, thanks. :smile:

Reply 2

Layontheland

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Original post by Kamal_Voltaic

I'm so happy that you made this, I reeeeeaaallly need an A in both of these papers. Especially since I want to study Physics at Uni.
But yeah, thanks. :smile:

Good luck. I'm surprised no thread had been made as of yet.
(Unless I can't find it)
Yeah I'm hoping for an A* in physics :s-smilie:

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Reply 3

nmanvi

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I have finally reached the final module of A2 physics : Cosmology :biggrin:

(which is really interesting)
how is everyone else doing?

Reply 4

Layontheland

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Original post by nmanvi

I have finally reached the final module of A2 physics : Cosmology :biggrin:

(which is really interesting)
how is everyone else doing?

Just had G484 mock test I have G485 mock test next week but the last two topics as far as I remember have been removed from the paper since we haven't covered them yet. Would you say cosmology is generally easy, I'm hoping to finish it up myself in a day?

Reply 5

nmanvi

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Original post by Layontheland

Just had G484 mock test I have G485 mock test next week but the last two topics as far as I remember have been removed from the paper since we haven't covered them yet. Would you say cosmology is generally easy, I'm hoping to finish it up myself in a day?

well im still studying the topic but the stuff ive done so farrr (formation and death of stars and olbers paradox) are quite straight forward :smile:

Reply 6

Layontheland

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Original post by nmanvi

well im still studying the topic but the stuff ive done so farrr (formation and death of stars and olbers paradox) are quite straight forward :smile:

Sounds good, I'm just finishing off medical physics then its universes.

Reply 7

alow

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Original post by Layontheland

Sounds good, I'm just finishing off medical physics then its universes.

For medical physics, remember how all of the scanners and things work, there's almost always a question worth at least 5/6 marks (sometimes 9 including a QWC mark) that's like 'Describe how an MRI scanner works' or 'Describe how a photomultiplier tube works'. Easy marks if you just pretty much write the paragraph out of the textbook.

Reply 8

Layontheland

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Original post by alow

For medical physics, remember how all of the scanners and things work, there's almost always a question worth at least 5/6 marks (sometimes 9 including a QWC mark) that's like 'Describe how an MRI scanner works' or 'Describe how a photomultiplier tube works'. Easy marks if you just pretty much write the paragraph out of the textbook.

That's great! In biology AQA they tend to have 3 five marker questions at the end which are pretty simple. Though with physics I'd probably study from the mark schemes so I avoid waffle.

Reply 9

Kamal_Voltaic

Our teacher sped through everything and we actually finished both G484 & G485 by the end of January, so it gives us a lot of time.
Although I can't stand Medical Physics, not only is it boring, there's hardly any equations. :unimpressed:

Reply 10

nmanvi

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Original post by Kamal_Voltaic

Our teacher sped through everything and we actually finished both G484 & G485 by the end of January, so it gives us a lot of time.
Although I can't stand Medical Physics, not only is it boring, there's hardly any equations. :unimpressed:

wow that is really fast!
My G484 teacher is crap so had to finish it on my own last december...
My G485 is gonna finish in march so i got the next two months to prepare

Reply 11

Kamal_Voltaic

Original post by nmanvi

wow that is really fast!
My G484 teacher is crap so had to finish it on my own last december...
My G485 is gonna finish in march so i got the next two months to prepare

You had to finish it on your own? Wow that kinda sucks .

Reply 12

precious maro

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we are like halfway through g485 in school at the moment

Reply 13

veryintelligent

From a previous thread http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2244676. All the past paper questions from when the syllabus was arranged differently has been sorted into relevant topics. I've noticed that OCR practically repeat a lot of these in the recent exams so I definitely recommend downloading them.

Reply 14

FaisalTreShah

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I honestly have no idea where we are with G485. My teacher has gone all over the place. :frown:

However, I do know that there is a lot of content to cover, and I'm fairly worried that we won't get to cover it all in time.

As for G484, I'm okay-ish with that. I'm just struggling with the thermal stuff and the forces involved with circular motion. Hopefully I'll improve in time.

Reply 15

precious maro

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only nuclear physics to go now yaay!

Reply 16

Layontheland

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Thankfully just finished the physics OCR Syllabus. It's time to get down on the past papers and complete the practicals (never ending)!

Where is everyone else at in syllabus?

Good luck everyone :smile:

-Lay

Reply 17

aminkaram

Original post by Layontheland

Thankfully just finished the physics OCR Syllabus. It's time to get down on the past papers and complete the practicals (never ending)!

Where is everyone else at in syllabus?

Good luck everyone :smile:

-Lay

Wow you've already finished! We've just finished MRI scans before easter. Although to be fair we've done all our mocks, practicals, etc.
Are you going to look at the old syllabus past papers? I'm not sure if I should bother doing them since we've done lots of the questions as revision tests or homework at some point already.

Reply 18

Layontheland

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Original post by aminkaram

Wow you've already finished! We've just finished MRI scans before easter. Although to be fair we've done all our mocks, practicals, etc.
Are you going to look at the old syllabus past papers? I'm not sure if I should bother doing them since we've done lots of the questions as revision tests or homework at some point already.