Year 10 Science – Physics Exam
When:
June 25, 2019 @ 8:50 am – 10:30 am
2019-06-25T08:50:00+10:00
2019-06-25T10:30:00+10:00
Where:
Kildare Hall
Lavalla Catholic College
Traralgon
Lavalla Catholic College
Traralgon
Contact:
The Year 10 Science – Physics Exam is scheduled for Tuesday the 25th June in the Kildare Hall commencing at 8:50am and finishing at 10:30am. Details as follows:
Allowed materials
- A4 summary sheet (double sided) – hand written/typed/photocopied
- A scientific calculator
- Pens, pencils, highlighters and erasers
- Ruler
Material provided
- Exam question & answer booklet
- Exam formula & data sheet
- Exam front cover
Topic 1 Electricity (Notes 10.1.1 – Notes 10.1.7)
- Definitions of voltage and current
- Scientific notation (mA, kV, MΩ)
- Series & parallel circuits; calculations of voltage and current
- Measuring voltage and current using analog meters
- Calculation of effective resistance
- Resistance colour coding; determining the resistance of an unknown resistance
- Ohm’s Law; graph analysis and equation calculation
- Electrical power; P=VI & E=Pt, calculation of the cost of power consumption
Topic 2 Motion (Notes 10.2.1 – Notes 10.2.6)
- Distance and displacement
- Position-Time graphs; calculation of velocity and displacement
- Velocity-Time graphs; calculation of acceleration and displacement
- Unit conversions from m/s to km/h and vice versa
- Average speed and average velocity
- Average acceleration
- Basic ticker timer calculations; calculation of velocity
- Equations of constant acceleration
- Energy forms; kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy & strain potential energy
- Energy conversions