CCEA AS/A2 Unit 3 Physics Student Guide: Practical Techniques and Data Analysis
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English
ISBN
9781510485495
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Getting the most from this book
About this book
Content Guidance
Mathematical content
Arithmetic and numerical computation
Handling data
Algebra
Graphs
Geometry and trigonometry
Practical skills
Implementing
Analysis
Evaluation
Refinement
Communication
Practical activities 1–23
1 Determine the density of a solid or liquid
2 Determine (a) the value of an unknown mass and (b) the mass of a uniform ruler using the principle of moments
3 Determine the acceleration of free fall by means of a falling object and light gates
4 Verification of the mathematical form of Newton’s second law
5 Verification of the conservation of linear momentum in a collision
6 Investigate the energy exchange between potential and kinetic for a falling body
7 Determine resistance by the ammeter–voltmeter method and using a multimeter or ohmmeter and the I–V characteristics of a metallic conductor at constant temperature and a filament lamp
8 Verify the relationships for resistors in (a) series and (b) parallel
9 Determine the resistivity of a material
10 Determine the resistance–temperature characteristic of a negative temperature coefficient (ntc) thermistor
11 Determine the e.m.f. and internal resistance of a battery
12 Verify Snell’s law and determine the refractive index of a material
13 Determine the critical angle of glass or Perspex® using a semicircular block
14 Determine the focal length of a converging lens and verify experimentally the lens equation for real images
15 Verify that the magnification of a real image is equal to the ratio of the image distance to the object distance
16 Determine the speed of sound in air using a resonance tube
17 Determine the wavelength of light using a double slit
18 Determine the wavelength of light using a diffraction grating
19 Determine the Young modulus for the material of a metal wire
20 Perform and describe an electrical method for determining specific heat capacity (of a liquid)
21 Investigate experimentally the motion of the simple pendulum and the loaded spiral spring
22 Describe experiments to demonstrate the discharge and charge of a capacitor and measure the time constant
23 Describe how the cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO) can be used to determine the voltage and frequency
Questions & Answers
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AS 3B paper-style questions
A2 3B paper-style questions
Knowledge check answers
Glossary
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