Hey guys.
Here are you predictions for your first AQA physics paper.
Now, you have to remember that I am not an examiner,
so I do not know exactly what is going to come up
in the exams.
I'm just a teacher who's done a lot of thinking
and a lot of research.
So please, after you've watched this,
go and watch the whole topic video
revise everything, use the checklist in my original guide
to make sure you've covered everything
and you know it really, really well.
Like all of the other prediction videos,
to go with this, over on my website I've done a
predicted exam paper, so you can sit there and go through
and try all of the questions that I think might come up.
Now we know for physics, that 30% of the qualification
is going to be maths.
That is a huge, huge chunk.
So it is vitally important
that you know all of your equations,
that you have your flashcards for your equations
and your units sorted.
Because with all the maths involved,
it can seem quite random and weird sometimes.
The maths in physics,
I know it doesn't seem like it sometimes,
is really quite straightforward.
If you can work out which equation to use,
you plug the numbers in, do the maths
and then write the units down.
And that can generally be a solid four mark question
without having to actually write very many words at all.
You just need to practice doing this.
There are a few things you need to account for
with your maths in physics.
You need to check that they're in standard units.
For example, there could be something in centimeters,
and first you need to convert it into meters
before you can do the equation.
Or something that is in grams
which you need to convert into kilograms.
This is a common thing they do.
You'll also need to be aware of rearranging the equations
to make sure that the subject or the formula is the thing
you actually want to find out.
Once you've done all of that, you just put the numbers in
that they give you in the equation,
do whatever you need to do,
you multiply them and divide them
and then give your answer.
There is generally going to be one mark
for writing down the units, so please learn them.
Like with the equations,
I've done you loads and loads of videos and flashcards.
Videos are on here, I'll link them down below.
Flashcards you can get from my website.
Please, when you're writing your units,
make sure you get the case correct.
So I mean uppercase and lowercase.
Newtons is a capital N.
You will not get marks when writing down a lowercase n.
Hertz is a capital H and a lowercase z,
anything else will not get the marks.
And one mark for writing one or two letters,
who doesn't want one mark for writing one or two letters?
So please, please, please,
I know I've been nagging you about this the entire time,
learn your units and learn your equations.
Now, if your mind goes blank and you cannot think
of one of the equations,
you don't need to leave the question blank.
Just try multiplying the two numbers together,
because quite a lot of the time, about 50% of the time,
that's actually what you need to do.
So if you really can't remember anything else,
if you're really, really stuck,
if you can't remember your equations,
you can't remember the unit,
take the two numbers and try to multiply them together.
And that way, you might get some of the marks.
We know that another 15%, so already we're up to 45%,
nearly half of the exam,
another 15% is all going to be about practicals.
And we've done quite a lot of practicals for our GCSE.
So we've done ones on the specific heat capacity,
and we've done loads and loads on circuits.
Circuits is a big, big thing in this.
Circuits, circuit equations,
loads of stuff about electricity
comes up pretty much every single year.
So make sure you know your circuits
and your electricity equations really, really well.
There are a few things that have moved around, like density,
so the examiners might want to examine you on that
because it's something new,
something a little bit different,
so maybe your teachers aren't used
to teaching that very well.
But then, there are a few things like circuits,
that keep coming up over and over again.
So electricity generation,
how the different forms of electricity are generated,
so fossil fuel, nuclear power ...
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Hey everyone, good luck in your exams.
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What was I saying? So, electricity generation,
fossil fuels, nuclear power stations,
the different types of renewable energy,
the advantages and disadvantages to all of these.
It is really important you get these sorted.
And then radioactivity,
so the different types of radioactivity,
things that it can be used for,
your radioactivity equations.
So this could be a way that maths comes into it,
but not plugging things into equations.
So, half-life equations, radioactive decay equations.
So that is what I think is going to come up in the exam.
But like I said, I don't know for sure,
so please go and watch the whole total video
and revise absolutely everything.
For combined science, this is where the video ends.
So, good luck guys.
I'm gonna be with you every single step of the way.
Don't forget, I've done these and whole topic videos,
quickfire videos,
and 7, 8, 9 question videos for every single exam for you.
I'm gonna be here with you every single step of the way.
For separate science people,
for paper one there isn't actually a lot more extra stuff.
There's a bit on nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
Those will be really common questions that come up
over and over and over again.
And there's a little bit on stuff on the volume
of all the gasses, which is really, really common,
or is common with chemistry.
So this comes up in physics and chemistry,
so these are the things extra
that they could ask you questions on.
So good luck, guys,
I'm keeping all of my fingers crossed for you.
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