National 5 Physics 2015-2016

Yeah they do there was 3 people in my physics class that got Cs last year and the still did it but they all have either left or dropped the subject this year.


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Do you take Higher Physics ? What do you think of the course in comparison to Nat 5 ? Feedback is appreciated !

Oh they get your mark out of 90 for part B so for example 78/90 then just multiply it by 2/3 to make it out of 60 ie 52/60

At my school they want you to get a B however luckily i have a good relationship with my teacher - he said he'll let me do it if i get a C looool

Nat 5 physics is just kinda like a training course for higher. Higher involves more problem solving and expands on the stuff you did in Nat 5, like forces and electricity questions. Over all higher physics is a good course and if you enjoyed Nat 5 and are good at physics and if you put the effort in you should do also do well in higher.


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Was it because they didn't enjoy it or they didn't have the knowledge and understanding needed ?

hahaha. You got them cheats and VIP pass :P

Is there much of Radioactivity ? Please say No

Well kind of. When I went this morning to revise with him he kept blabbering on about transistors and mosfets when I didn't even mention transistors so it's like he was telling me "Transistors are gonna be in the exam" and he showed me a transistor in a circuit and guess what - it came up in the exam.

I dunno if he just didn't realise or if he was genuinely trying to make me score a few extra marks xD

He probably helped make the paper and works for the SQA. Giving you some cheeky hints

WHATS A MOSFET ??!? All I have ever done is NPN Transistor ?

He probably helped make the paper and works for the SQA. Giving you some cheeky hints

WHATS A MOSFET ??!? All I have ever done is NPN Transistor ?

Is there much of Radioactivity ? Please say No

Absolute none. The stuff that is in Nat 5 that isn't in higher is pressure, absorbed dose, equivalent dose, activity. But there is nuclear reactions with fission and fusion but they're fairly straightforward and they're a good 5 marker to get in the exam.


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Electricity questions are a large part of the course though, and they get a lot harder in higher. If you're not strong on them I would really recommend practicing them a lot in higher and they'll be worth well over 20 marks in the paper.


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Absolute none. The stuff that is in Nat 5 that isn't in higher is pressure, absorbed dose, equivalent dose, activity. But there is nuclear reactions with fission and fusion but they're fairly straightforward and they're a good 5 marker to get in the exam.


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Yeah he's the head of science lmao so he does probabaly go to all these sqa meetings It's a transistor that operates above 2.0 V and NPN transistor is one that only operates above 0.7v

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I love fission and fusion <3

I said that the heating element will switch off if the voltage is lower than 0.7 V ? We were never taught transistors. 2 days ago I checked the marking scheme for a similar question (It was either the 2014/2015 paper) but it never had an exact value.

I absolutely ****ing hate electricity. It's a load of bull****. Don't understand ****ing **** on electricity. I'm going to get my parents to get my tuition for Higher Physics for the electricity topic. I can already sense the failure.