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SQA Higher Physics - Paper 2 - 25th April 2024 [Exam Chat]

SQA Higher Physics - Paper 2 - 25th April 2024 [Exam Chat]

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Date/Time: 25 Apr/ 10.15AM-12.30PM

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SQA Higher Physics - Paper 2 - 25th April 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.
Wishing you all the best of luck. :yy:
General Information
Date/Time: 25 Apr/ 10.15AM-12.30PM
Good luck!
Click here to find discussions for other SQA exams
Hi i struggle a lot with the remembering parts of physics but i am generally really good at the calculations especially in electricity. If i only focus on calculations alone what type of grade do you think i could get with my assignment which i think i did really well in
If you only do calculations i.e. only do things which have answers on the equation sheet: I think as long as you can do basic problem solving to work out which equation and if you don’t make any silly mistakes, and assuming you were to get 0 for all other questions I think you would get a B or possibly and A providing you did as well as you think on the assignment
Original post by Asher Campbell
If you only do calculations i.e. only do things which have answers on the equation sheet: I think as long as you can do basic problem solving to work out which equation and if you don’t make any silly mistakes, and assuming you were to get 0 for all other questions I think you would get a B or possibly and A providing you did as well as you think on the assignment

Thank you so much I've been going over key definitions aswell and explain questions so I'm going to try my best to answer a couple of explain questions
Original post by islamiccont
Thank you so much I've been going over key definitions aswell and explain questions so I'm going to try my best to answer a couple of explain questions


With that and a good assignment it should definitely be possible to get an A
Reply 5
Hello! How did everyone feel about the exam?
Fairly good a few hard explain questions
Original post by v3liona
Hello! How did everyone feel about the exam?

I did so bad. I didn't even know how to even start the tension question on the forces and everything was so bad. I am done for and I need an A in this aswell.
Reply 8
I didnt finish all the questions😅 really hoping i did well in my assignment to boost my grade. How did you find it
Emf question on the graph was a little hard and the path difference 4 mark one wether it was constructive or destructive
Reply 10
It was not good. Paper one was good though but I feel the actual topics in paper two weren’t difficult but the questions were weird and not set out how you would expect. I hope grade boundaries go down
Reply 11
Original post by ..lola1123
I didnt finish all the questions😅 really hoping i did well in my assignment to boost my grade. How did you find it

I finished it in time! I just think some of the questions were really strange. Like the emf graph one was REALLY weird, but i managed to answer it, although idk if i did it right.
Original post by islamiccont
Emf question on the graph was a little hard and the path difference 4 mark one wether it was constructive or destructive

For the emf i got 19.2V and the path differnece 1.5 destructive interference
what did everyone get for the force question (paper 2 q2)
Original post by islamiccont
Emf question on the graph was a little hard and the path difference 4 mark one wether it was constructive or destructive


Got 19V for emf
Was the short circuit current 5A?
Original post by hampineapple
what did everyone get for the force question (paper 2 q2)


For the minimum caravan acceleration force I had 66N
Original post by lzzylynn
It was not good. Paper one was good though but I feel the actual topics in paper two weren’t difficult but the questions were weird and not set out how you would expect. I hope grade boundaries go down

Is there a marking scheme up? Paper 1 was definitely harder all my teachers agreed aswell paper 2 was slightly easier but had a couple hard ones here and there
Normally takes a few days
I thought paper was quite easy in the questions although I know I got Q2 wrong

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