Revision Reviews 1 word
Covering Units Prefixes and Scientific Notation and Uncertainties. Also scalars and vectors.
Review Answers, don’t cheat, it wont do anyone any good, especially you!
Review answers1_2 word
The above answers are only corrected to the first two review!
The 2018 part 1 Electricity Notes.
this is the pdf version of the document above covering a.c/ d.c, rms, resistance, circuits, and emf.
And even hotter off the press part 2 Electricity Notes, sorry these have taken 6 months!
An LED is FORWARD biased. A photon is emitted when an electron falls from the conduction band into the valence band.
Power Matching (word) Power Matching (pdf) Here is a task to show how to get the greatest power from your circuit. I’ve uploaded it as a pdf and word document.
Here are the answers in an excel spreadsheet, but don’t peek until you’ve completed your own graphs and table! power matching
White Board Revision of Electricity 2
final-question-past-paper Here are the questions from the Revised Higher Physics Papers in topic order with the marking instructions. If you can’t read this I can upload as a pdf file, just ask!
A graph of current against time for charging and discharging at different frequencies. Notice how at low frequencies (0-16s) the current can drop quite low, whereas at higher frequencies (16-26s) their is greater current overall.
Here is a nice introduction to semiconductors
My powerpoint for this section contains some exciting explanations that I’ve “borrow” from Chris Hooley, Paul at High School Physics Explained and helpmyphysics. The first powerpoint is 588MB so I’ve had to break it up to upload it. If you want to use it you’ll need to download each part and paste it all back together!
I’ve taken out the embedded videos so some of the helpmyphysics, you might need to cut some of it. Hope it helps you.
[table id=16 /]2016 Higher Question Paper
Some cars use LEDs in place of filament lamps. An LED is made from semiconductor material that has been doped with impurities to create a p-n junction. The diagram represents the band structure of an LED.
A voltage is applied across an LED so that it is forward biased and emits light.
Using band theory, explain how the LED emits light.
(Voltage applied causes) electrons to move towards conduction band of p-type/ away from n-type (towards the junction) (1)
Electrons move/ drop from conduction band to valence band (1)
Photon emitted (when electron drops) (1)
Thanks to N. Hunter for these great notes from Anderson High.
This is the end of the course! Thanks for making the journey with me. Just revision to do now. All of those resources can be found in the REVISION section.
For speed I will add some of the worked answer files here until I can produce an answer booklet, which I’ll do a.s.a.p.
electric fields and resistors tutorials 2010
ac voltage tutorials answers corrected
electric fields and resistors tutorial answers
Clicking on the link above will take you to the You Must Justify Questions that we didn’t have time for! Please look over this.
I’ve put together, with Mrs Mac’s help, a document with quantity, symbol, unit and unit symbol so that you know the meaning of the terms in the Relationships Sheet. It is in EXCEL so that you can sort it by course, quantity or symbol.
Quantity, Symbol, Units the excel sheet
Quantity, Symbol, Units a pdf sheet sorted by course and then alphabetical by quantity.
This is the same information in readily available Tablepress form. If you click on the Higher tab at the top it should sort by terms that you need in alphabetical order, or search for a term. Let me know if I’ve missed any.
| N | H | A | Physical Quantity | sym | Unit | Unit Abb. |
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| 5 | absorbed dose | D | gray | Gy | ||
| 5 | absorbed dose rate | H (dot) | gray per second gray per hour gray per year | Gys-1 Gyh -1 Gyy-1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | acceleration | a | metre per second per second | m s-2 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | acceleration due to gravity | g | metre per second per second | m s -2 |
| 5 | activity | A | becquerel | Bq | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | amplitude | A | metre | m |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | angle | θ | degree | ° |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | area | A | square metre | m 2 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | average speed | v (bar) | metre per second | m s-1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | average velocity | v (bar) | metre per second | m s -1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | change of speed | ∆v | metre per second | m s -1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | change of velocity | ∆v | metre per second | m s-1 |
| 5 | count rate | - | counts per second (counts per minute) | - | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | current | I | ampere | A |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | displacement | s | metre | m |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | distance | d | metre, light year | m , ly |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | distance, depth, height | d or h | metre | m |
| 5 | effective dose | H | sievert | Sv | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | electric charge | Q | coulomb | C |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | electric charge | Q or q | coulomb | C |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | electric current | I | ampere | A |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | energy | E | joule | J |
| 5 | equivalent dose | H | sievert | Sv | ||
| 5 | equivalent dose rate | H (dot) | sievert per second sievert per hour sievert per year | Svs-1 Svh-1 Svy -1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | final velocity | v | metre per second | m s-1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | force | F | newton | N |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | force, tension, upthrust, thrust | F | newton | N |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | frequency | f | hertz | Hz |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | gravitational field strength | g | newton per kilogram | N kg-1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | gravitational potential energy | Ep | joule | J |
| 5 | half-life | t1/2 | second (minute, hour, day, year) | s | ||
| 5 | 6 | heat energy | Eh | joule | J | |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | height, depth | h | metre | m |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | initial speed | u | metre per second | m/s |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | initial velocity | u | metre per second | m s-1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | kinetic energy | Ek | joule | J |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | length | l | metre | m |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | mass | m | kilogram | kg |
| 5 | number of nuclei decaying | N | - | - | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | period | T | second | s |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | potential difference | V | volt | V |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | potential energy | Ep | joule | J |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | power | P | watt | W |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | pressure | P or p | pascal | Pa |
| 5 | radiation weighting factor | wR | - | - | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | radius | r | metre | m |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | resistance | R | ohm | Ω |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | specific heat capacity | c | joule per kilogram per degree Celsius | Jkg-1°C -1 |
| 5 | 6 | specific latent heat | l | joule per kilogram | Jkg-1 | |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | speed of light in a vacuum | c | metre per second | m s-1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | speed, final speed | v | metre per second | ms -1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | speed, velocity, final velocity | v | metre per second | m s-1 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | supply voltage | Vs | volt | V |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | temperature | T | degree Celsius | °C |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | temperature | T | kelvin | K |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | time | t | second | s |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | total resistance | R | ohm | Ω |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | voltage | V | volt | V |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | voltage, potential difference | V | volt | V |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | volume | V | cubic metre | m3 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | weight | W | newton | N |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | work done | W or E W | joule | J |
| 7 | angle | θ | radian | rad | ||
| 7 | angular acceleration | a | radian per second per second | rad s-2 | ||
| 7 | angular displacement | θ | radian | rad | ||
| 7 | angular frequency | ω | radian per second | rad s-1 | ||
| 7 | angular momentum | L | kilogram metre squared per second | kg m2s -1 | ||
| 7 | angular velocity, final angular velocity | ω | radian per second | rad s-1 | ||
| 7 | apparent brightness | b | Watts per square metre | Wm-2 | ||
| 7 | back emf | e | volt | V | ||
| 6 | 7 | capacitance | C | farad | F | |
| 7 | capacitive reactance | Xc | ohm | W | ||
| 6 | critical angle | θc | degree | ° | ||
| density | ρ | kilogram per cubic metre | kg m-3 | |||
| 7 | displacement | s or x or y | metre | m | ||
| efficiency | η | - | - | |||
| 6 | 7 | electric field strength | E | newton per coulomb volts per metre | N C-1 Vm-1 |
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| 7 | electrical potential | V | volt | V | ||
| 6 | 7 | electromotive force (e.m.f) | E or ε | volt | V | |
| 6 | energy level | E1 , E2 , etc | joule | J | ||
| feedback resistance | Rf | ohm | Ω | |||
| focal length of a lens | f | metre | m | |||
| 6 | frequency of source | fs | hertz | Hz | ||
| 6 | 7 | fringe separation | ∆x | metre | m | |
| 6 | 7 | grating to screen distance | D | metre | m | |
| 7 | gravitational potential | U or V | joule per kilogram | J kg-1 | ||
| half-value thickness | T1/2 | metre | m | |||
| 6 | 7 | impulse | (∆p) | newton second kilogram metre per second | Ns kgms-1 |
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| 7 | induced e.m.f. | E or ε | volt | V | ||
| 7 | inductor reactance | XL | ohm | W | ||
| 7 | initial angular velocity | ω o | radian per second | rad s-1 | ||
| input energy | E i | joule | J | |||
| input power | Pi | watt | W | |||
| input voltage | V1 or V2 | volt | V | |||
| input voltage | V i | volt | V | |||
| 6 | internal resistance | r | ohm | Ω | ||
| 6 | 7 | irradiance | I | watt per square metre | W m-1 | |
| 7 | luminoscity | L | Watt | W | ||
| 7 | magnetic induction | B | tesla | T | ||
| 7 | moment of inertia | I | kilogram metre squared | kg m2 | ||
| 6 | 7 | momentum | p | kilogram metre per second | kg m s-1 | |
| 6 | number of photons per second per cross sectional area | N | - | - | ||
| number of turns on primary coil | np | - | - | |||
| number of turns on secondary coil | ns | - | - | |||
| 6 | observed wavelength | λobserved | metre | m | ||
| output energy | Eo | joule | J | |||
| output power | Po | watt | W | |||
| output voltage | Vo | volt | V | |||
| 6 | peak current | Ipeak | ampere | A | ||
| 6 | peak voltage | V peak | volt | V | ||
| 7 | phase angle | Φ | radian | rad | ||
| 6 | 7 | Planck’s constant | h | joule second | Js | |
| 7 | polarising angle (Brewster’s angle) | ip | degree | ̊ | ||
| power (of a lens) | P | dioptre | D | |||
| power gain | Pgain | - | - | |||
| 7 | Power per unit area | Watts per square metre | Wm-2 | |||
| primary current | Ip | ampere | A | |||
| primary voltage | Vp | volt | V | |||
| 7 | radial acceleration | ar | metre per second per second | m s-2 | ||
| 6 | redshift | z | - | - | ||
| 6 | 7 | refractive index | n | - | - | |
| 6 | relativistic length | l' | metre | m | ||
| 6 | relativistic time | t' | second | s | ||
| rest mass | mo | kilogram | kg | |||
| 6 | rest wavelength | λrest | metre | m | ||
| 6 | root mean square current | I rms | ampere | A | ||
| 6 | root mean square voltage | Vrms | volt | V | ||
| 7 | rotational kinetic energy | Erot | joule | J | ||
| 7 | schwarzchild radius | rSchwarzchild | metre | m | ||
| secondary current | Is | ampere | A | |||
| secondary voltage | Vs | volt | V | |||
| 7 | self-inductance | L | henry | H | ||
| 6 | 7 | slit separation | d | metre | m | |
| 7 | tangential acceleration | at | metre per second per second | m s-2 | ||
| 6 | threshold frequency | fo | hertz | Hz | ||
| 7 | time constant | t | second | s | ||
| 7 | torque | Τ | newton metre | Nm | ||
| 7 | uncertainty in Energy | ∆E | joule | J | ||
| 7 | uncertainty in momentum | ∆px | kilogram metre per second | kgms-1 | ||
| 7 | uncertainty in position | ∆x | metre | m | ||
| 7 | uncertainty in time | ∆t | second | s | ||
| 6 | velocity of observer | vo | metre per second | m s-1 | ||
| 6 | velocity of source | vs | metre per second | m s-1 | ||
| voltage gain | - | - | - | |||
| voltage gain | Ao or V gain | - | - | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | wavelength | λ | metre | m |
| 6 | work function | W | joule | J |
These papers and marking instructions are reproduced to support SQA qualifications, please check the conditions of use and ensure they are not used for commercial benefit.
| Digital Paper (spell) | Higher Paper | YEAR | MI | Exam Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tagging xls | 2015- 2022 | tagging pdf | skills tagging | |
| 2023P1 DQP 2023P2DQP 2023ABDQP | 2023P1 2023P2 | 2023 | 2023P1MI 2023P2MI RelationS2023 2023AB | |
| 2022 P1DQP 2022P2DQP | P1 2022 P2 2022 Grid 2022 | 2022 | 2022P1MI 2022P2MI | 2022Report |
| P1 2021 P2 2021 Grid 2020 | 2021 | 2021P1MI 2021P2MI | keymessages | |
| 2019 DQP | NH 2019 | 2019 | 2019MI | 2019 Report |
| SpecP1 Spec P2 | Spec | P1MI P2MI | ||
| 2018 DQP | NH 2018 | 2018 | 2018MI | 2018 Report |
| 2017 DQP | NH 2017 | 2017 | 2017MI | 2017 Report |
| 2016 DQP | NH 2016 | 2016 | 2016MI | 2016 Report |
| 2015 DQP | NH 2015 | 2015 | 2015MI | 2015 Report |
| H S1 DQP H S2 DQP | NH Spec | Spec | SpecMI | |
| Physics marking | general principles | READ THIS! | MARK GUIDE |
If you’d like to work through past papers by topic then Mr Davie has done all the hard work for you and has promised to keep this list up to date. He says
Below are the Revised Higher Past Papers, the content is very very similar to the new National (CfE) Higher, although the marks would be different. These were the last past papers with half marks!
| Higher Paper | YEAR | MI | Exam Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|
| H Rev 2015 | 2015 | MI Rev 2015 | 2015 Report |
| H Rev 2014 | 2014 | MI Rev 2014 | 2014 Report |
| H Rev 2013 | 2013 | MI Rev 2013 | 2013 Report |
| H Rev 2012 | 2012 | MI Rev 2012 | 2012 Report |
| H Rev Spec | Specimen Paper | MI Rev Spec | |
| READ THIS | MARK GUIDE |
These are the traditional Higher Past Papers (once also known as revised!) Remember some of this material is no longer on the syllabus, and some is relevant to National 5.
| Higher Paper | YEAR | Marking Instructions | Exam Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|
| H 2015 | 2015 | MI 2015 | 2015 Report |
| H 2014 | 2014 | MI 2014 | 2014 Report |
| H 2013 | 2013 | MI 2013 | 2013 Report |
| H 2012 | 2012 | MI 2012 | 2012 Report |
| H 2011 | 2011 | MI 2011 | 2011 Report |
| H 2010 | 2010 | MI 2010 | 2010 Report |
| H 2009 | 2009 | MI 2009 | 2009 Report |
| H 2008 | 2008 | MI 2008 | 2008 Report |
| H 2007 | 2007 | MI 2007 | 2007 Report |
| H 2006 | 2006 | MI 20062006mcH&Int2 stats | 2006 Report |
| H 2005 | 2005 | MI 2005 | 2005 Report |
| H 2004 | 2004 | MI 2004 | 2004 Report |
| H 2003 | 2003 | MI 2003 | 2003 Report |
| H 2002 | 2002 | MI 2002 | 2002 Report |
| H 2001 | 2001 | MI 2001 | 2001 Report |
| H 2000 | 2000 | MI 2000 | Internal report U Standards 2000 |
| H Rev Specimen QP | Specimen | MI H Rev Specimen |
From National Parent Forum of Scotland This great little pdf file gives some ideas of suitable questions from the traditional Higher papers that are suitable for the new National Qualifications.
Thanks to Mr John Irvine and Mr Stuart Farmer for the course reports.
PLEASE both teachers and students READ the Report after tackling the past paper. The course reports give really good background and information about how candidates performed in the exam and what messages you should learn from them.
| Higher Paper | YEAR | Marking Instructions |
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| 1999 | H 1999 PI Solutions H 1999 PII Solutions |
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| 1998 | H 1998 PI Solutions H 1998 PII Solutions |
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| 1997 | H 1997 PI Solutions H 1997 PII Solutions |
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| 1996 | H 1996 P1 Solutions H 1996 PII solutions |
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| 1995 | H 1995 PI Solutions H 1995 PII Solutions |
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| 1994 | H 1994 PI Solutions H 1994 PII Solutions |
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| 1993 | H 1993 PI Solutions H 1993 PII Solutions |
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| 1992 | H 1992 PI solutions H 1992 PII Solutions |
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| 1991 |
All the best with your revision!
