Michael Jones Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I have an IB Physics internal exam tomorrow on all the core aspects of the syllabus, which if you're not aware of are:Physics and physical measurementMechanicsThermal physicsOscillations and wavesElectric currentsFields and forcesAtomic and nuclear physicsEnergy, power and climate changeAnd during revision, I've noticed that there are a lot of important formulas that aren't on the formula sheet, and can't even be easily derived (at least in my opinion) such as for instance: ω = sqrt(k/m) or F = 1/TSo what are some other of these formulas that will be important in the exam, and aren't already in the formula booklet, that I should keep in mind?Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Glau Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 SUVAT equations are a few. I have forgotten a lot of the others, sorry =/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aahmedov Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 v = sqrt (2gh)Its based on energy conservation and how potential energy transfers to kinetic energy right before an impract or collision.It comes from 1/2mv^2 = mgh Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CkyBlue Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Look through your coursework and your textbook problems, examples and see the derivations of generic formulas that you might encounter. Doing past papers helps you do this. Unfortunately, I don't really remember many core topic formulas that weren't on the Data Booklet, but as for facts, the IB can be a bitch. They can ask you for things such as the order of magnitude of the mass of an apple, to the identification of SI, vector and scalar units, prefixes on the metric system, and the percentage of energy types.Sorry that this isn't much help but I'm just trying to get you to be mindful of the subtleties. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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