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OCR B A-level Physics Paper 2 Advancing Physics (H557/02) - 6th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

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OCR B A-level Physics Paper 2 Scientific literacy in Physics (H557/02) - 6th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.

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Date/Time: 6th June, am
Length: 2hr 15mins

Resources
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-and-a-level/physics-b-advancing-physics-h157-h557-from-2015/
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-and-a-level/physics-b-advancing-physics-h157-h557-from-2015/assessment/
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/667307-data-booklet.pdf
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/physics-revision/a-level-ocr-b/
https://www.alevelphysicsonline.com/ocr-spec-b

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Reply 1
hopefully this one isn’t as bad as the first 😭
I really hope so
That first paper was horrible
Does anyone have any notes on what could come up in the article section??
Original post by Darian_Amin
That first paper was horrible

Hopefully 2022 grand boundaries
any predictions?do you guys think it will be harder than paper 1
Reply 7
Original post by Usha pendkar
any predictions?do you guys think it will be harder than paper 1

My teacher thinks it'll be harder than paper 1 as paper 1 was relatively accessible so good luck!
Reply 8
Original post by Usha pendkar
any predictions?do you guys think it will be harder than paper 1

Also, I think as paper 1 had quite a lot of year 12 stuff it'll be year 13 content heavy. I'm thinking some quantum, oscillations, more fields - magnetic and electric. Possibly some circular motion as there was nothing of that on paper 1. Some electricity maybe EMF?
How was the paper?
Reply 10
omg that paper saved my grade… what did u guys get for the width of the galaxy? i got something like 74000 light years (but accidentally put m instead of light years for the end answer smh) and i got something like 1.2 x 10^-14 for the diameter of the silver atom i think it was
Reply 11
Original post by miamooos
omg that paper saved my grade… what did u guys get for the width of the galaxy? i got something like 74000 light years (but accidentally put m instead of light years for the end answer smh) and i got something like 1.2 x 10^-14 for the diameter of the silver atom i think it was

Same light years as me this paper was good I think matter is definitely on paper 3.
Original post by miamooos
omg that paper saved my grade… what did u guys get for the width of the galaxy? I got something like 74000 light years (but accidentally put m instead of light years for the end answer smh) and i got something like 1.2 x 10^-14 for the diameter of the silver atom i think it was

yesssss we got it
Reply 13
Original post by theoa28392
yesssss we got it
My diameter was something to the -22 because I was struggling w graph but we probably had mostly similar working
Original post by Bhhhghhgg
Same light years as me this paper was good I think matter is definitely on paper 3.

Grade boundaries for this paper?
Reply 15
Original post by Bhhhghhgg
My diameter was something to the -22 because I was struggling w graph but we probably had mostly similar working

i chose sin30 as that was where the peak was i forgot the reasoning behind it but i vaguely remember learning it lmao
Reply 16
Did u have to use sin30 cos I fully guessed that?
Reply 17
I think I messed up the width of the galaxy, Accidently multiplied by a parsec at the beginning instead of dividing which would of made a massive ecf. How many marks do you think id loose for this because I'm pretty confident my method was right
Reply 18
similar to 2023 but I think paper 1 will bring it down
Original post by zmohammed
Did u have to use sin30 cos I fully guessed that?

wasnt it 22 cos it wanted minimum

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