AQA A-level Physics Paper 1 (7408/1) - 24th May 2023 [Exam Chat]

Original post by username6172672

Do we have to know the required practicals for paper 1?

Not all of them. For paper one you should be aware of:

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Diffraction practicals (Young's Single and Double Slit)

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Fluorescent Tube (More of an AS topic but can still come up)

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Variable Resistor (Resistivity)

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Refraction practical (The one with the block and you find angles iirc)

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Line/Emission spectra practicals (Or atleast the appreciation for how they work)

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Pendulum / SHM Practicals

_{note I may have missed a few, please quote me if you know of any others.}

You won't be asked for a method as that is paper 3 content, but you will be expected to know the effects of the variables.
Take the double slit practical, if the distance between the slits changes you need to know how that can affect calculations of orders and the maximum index. A lot of it can be done by following the equations but you'll need to know this information anyway for paper 3 so might as well know it for paper 1.

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Original post by samrii

Yes haha, skip to 29:36
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rLh7ziFU6r4

Thanks for sharing the video we me :smile:

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riiya25

Any tips for approaching the more word-heavy, 6-mark questions? I never seem to know how many points are enough to get all the marks.

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Original post by riiya25

Any tips for approaching the more word-heavy, 6-mark questions? I never seem to know how many points are enough to get all the marks.

Practice practice practice. Underline anything in the question that is relevant to the answer and try to mention it somewhere. Any chance you can give an example on a 6 marker? Going through the 2022 paper now and I'm not seeing any to really help explain

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riiya25

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Original post by TristanTaylor06

Practice practice practice. Underline anything in the question that is relevant to the answer and try to mention it somewhere. Any chance you can give an example on a 6 marker? Going through the 2022 paper now and I'm not seeing any to really help explain

This question for example, the hardest part for me is linking the different laws of motion with each stage of the ball's motion.

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Roshanr04

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I have done all the A-Level past papers for paper 1 and im doing the AS paper 1s now as they are the same content. Is this worth it? Because i feel like the questions are alot easier, but its still practicing the relevant content. Also i have no idea if the AS paper 2s would be worth it because they seem to have more paper 3 style practical questions.

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Original post by riiya25

This question for example, the hardest part for me is linking the different laws of motion with each stage of the ball's motion.

Immediately I notice the fact that the ball is instantly entering the oil, so my first point of contact would be to explain how N1 decreases the acceleration until we reach terminal velocity. Something along the lines of
"In the instant that A enters the oil, the oil applies a resultant force to A to cause it to decelerate until terminal velocity is reached. This is evidenced by the curve on the graph, as N1 states that for an object to experience a change in velocity requires an external force to act upon it, in this instance from the ball."

Adding a bit more depth to that to get a few extra marks, and then I'd probably start talking about F=Ma relates to the resultant, so at a point in the container F=Ma becomes constant, so we are no longer accelerating and our forces are balanced, leaving us in equilibrium (which is evidenced at the point of constant on the graph)

That's a nasty question to be fair, and I wouldn't want that to come up in an exam. There's probably something else to add to what I said to get the full 6 marks though.

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Original post by TristanTaylor06

Practice practice practice. Underline anything in the question that is relevant to the answer and try to mention it somewhere. Any chance you can give an example on a 6 marker? Going through the 2022 paper now and I'm not seeing any to really help explain

how did you get your hands on the 2022 paper? I cannot seem to find it? even my teachers for some reason haven't put it up, can you share it please maybe in a google drive for practice?

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anyone know, if I should do the AS papers aswell? I mean the A level papers I have done and they're getting too "oh I sorta remember the answer", I'm told they're both same difficult just minus SHM and Circular Motion

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Original post by CodeX420

how did you get your hands on the 2022 paper? I cannot seem to find it? even my teachers for some reason haven't put it up, can you share it please maybe in a google drive for practice?

My teachers gave us a physical copy and an online copy; I'll upload it to google drive and update this message with the link once it's done :smile:

EDIT;
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1gWrNBk8JmT4Y47KIUZUkKFV865wuk3l3
Contains papers, mark schemes, and examiners notes.

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riiya25

Okay, this really helps! Thanks a lot :smile:

Original post by TristanTaylor06

Immediately I notice the fact that the ball is instantly entering the oil, so my first point of contact would be to explain how N1 decreases the acceleration until we reach terminal velocity. Something along the lines of
"In the instant that A enters the oil, the oil applies a resultant force to A to cause it to decelerate until terminal velocity is reached. This is evidenced by the curve on the graph, as N1 states that for an object to experience a change in velocity requires an external force to act upon it, in this instance from the ball."

Adding a bit more depth to that to get a few extra marks, and then I'd probably start talking about F=Ma relates to the resultant, so at a point in the container F=Ma becomes constant, so we are no longer accelerating and our forces are balanced, leaving us in equilibrium (which is evidenced at the point of constant on the graph)

That's a nasty question to be fair, and I wouldn't want that to come up in an exam. There's probably something else to add to what I said to get the full 6 marks though.

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oliviacantmath

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Original post by TristanTaylor06

My teachers gave us a physical copy and an online copy; I'll upload it to google drive and update this message with the link once it's done :smile:

EDIT;
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1gWrNBk8JmT4Y47KIUZUkKFV865wuk3l3
Contains papers, mark schemes, and examiners notes.

ooh thank you! im still so confused on 4.5 lolol we did this paper as a mock and i cant seem to understand!!

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Original post by TristanTaylor06

My teachers gave us a physical copy and an online copy; I'll upload it to google drive and update this message with the link once it's done :smile:

EDIT;
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1gWrNBk8JmT4Y47KIUZUkKFV865wuk3l3
Contains papers, mark schemes, and examiners notes.

Original post by riiya25

Okay, this really helps! Thanks a lot :smile:

my god, thank you!, I genuienly didn't expect to get access this quick

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Original post by oliviacantmath

ooh thank you! im still so confused on 4.5 lolol we did this paper as a mock and i cant seem to understand!!

Haha yeah 4.5 was pretty mean. Just gotta remember Ohm's law and how parallel resistance works in order to get the marks for it though.

Original post by CodeX420

my god, thank you!, I genuienly didn't expect to get access this quick

I've got nothing better to do whilst I do these past papers so it's not like I'm busy ahah

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Original post by TristanTaylor06

Haha yeah 4.5 was pretty mean. Just gotta remember Ohm's law and how parallel resistance works in order to get the marks for it though.

I've got nothing better to do whilst I do these past papers so it's not like I'm busy ahah

is your game plan just do past papers from now till wednesday?
(I'm think about just doing the AS aswell as the normal A level ones and then perhaps for electricity or weaker topics do compilation sheets (the 2016-2022 or older spec topic sheets) ? I will review them on tuesday/wednesday

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