n00b Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Paper 1 was okay. I thought paper 2 was pretty hard (at least compared to previous years). What did you think? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucy Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 How did it go? For me Paper 1 was pretty easy but Paper 2 was BRUTAL. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver*linings Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hello everyone! Hope you're still intact after that 3hrs 15mins of joy , how did you find it?Personally, the groupings of the Section B questions weren't ideal, I did B1 and B4 but find myself wishing I'd done B3 as the SHM/waves stuff looked reasonably okay.Once you actually got into the questions they seemed to turn quite nasty - appearances were definitely deceiving.And what was up with A6 that weird electromagnetic induction question?!!!! Anyway, thoughts on that and paper 1 if you like? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 How did it go for all of you? I found paper 1 harder than average and paper 2 easier than most.Others I've talked to said the opposite.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm_95 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Neither of them really stood out as 'harder' or 'easier' than any past papers to me, personally. Paper 1 was pretty good. Objectively, section B on paper 2 was harder, but I think I still did alright. What questions on Section B did you answer? I did 3 and 4. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJBurke Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Paper 1 seemed easier than past papers to me. Paper 2 didn't seem too bad, although I didn't like the pairing of questions in part B - I did 1 and 2. They were papers where you can't really tell I think, everyone I've spoken to disagrees on how easy/difficult they were! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrew Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I agree.. p1 was really easy... iwas suspicious when I left the room, something was wrong....Obviusly i got raped in paper 2... part A about interference and wave superposition was brutal i didn't know where to start... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJBurke Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I thought everything up to A6 was actually alright, seemed better than past papers. But A6 was nasty. Yeh the pairing of questions in section B wasn't great at all, I did 1 and 2 and realised at the end that I would have got more marks on 3, but nevermind! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madame_lexie Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I also chose B1 and B4! I think B4 was the easiest out of all the Section B questions. I regret choosing B1, because I had little time left and only did half of it. When I first saw section A I was dumbfounded! Some questions were embarrassingly easy (like the thermal question and the falling ball in well) but A6 was a complete mystery to me. I couldn't calculate the force, because I thought they didn't give us enough details, such as the strength of the magnetic field. What do you guys think?Oh and Paper 1 was a gift Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madame_lexie Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Same here. I'm really confident with paper 1, think I did really well. Paper 2 on the other hand... What the heck was question A6?! And I hated the pairing in section B. Did B1 and B4. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver*linings Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Totally agree about the other Section A questions, they were rather lovelyI also chose B1 and B4! I think B4 was the easiest out of all the Section B questions. I regret choosing B1, because I had little time left and only did half of it. When I first saw section A I was dumbfounded! Some questions were embarrassingly easy (like the thermal question and the falling ball in well) but A6 was a complete mystery to me. I couldn't calculate the force, because I thought they didn't give us enough details, such as the strength of the magnetic field. What do you guys think?Oh and Paper 1 was a gift Yeah that's what I thought about A6 - surely we had to know the magnetic field strength at least?Paper 1 was okay despite some odd little questions such as a later one which seemed to be about beta positive decay but had the answers "neutron/neutrino/alpha/beta capture", wasn't entirely sure what it meant by that (put neutron) and also I stupidly thought an increase in volcanic activity would contribute to global warming (but then I hated that climate change topic with a passion so did little revision), otherwise though I thought everything up to A6 was actually alright, seemed better than past papers. But A6 was nasty. Yeh the pairing of questions in section B wasn't great at all, I did 1 and 2 and realised at the end that I would have got more marks on 3, but nevermind! That's the best attitude to have for sure, there's nothing we can do now so might as well just forget about it until July 5th!!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSmith Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) I stupidly thought an increase in volcanic activity would contribute to global warming (but then I hated that climate change topic with a passion so did little revision), otherwise though I said it does too, because volcanoes make sulphur compounds which act as greenhouse gases and also increase CO2, so surely they do no?EDIT: (It looks like we were right: look here and here )I was just shocked by the exponential question (A1). I said it wasn't but apparently it was "within error". Anyone else get that? Also if anyone did B3, the CCD question was pretty tricky. Edited May 7, 2013 by JohnSmith Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrofire Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) A6? huh, the one I did only went up to A5. Did B2 and B4. Didn't sound too bad. B1 and B3 looked pretty scary though. Or parts thereof. Edited May 7, 2013 by macrofire Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vera Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 @macrofire - you probably had TZ1My physics exam was in spanish, but it was the same as TZ2. Paper 1 was easier than most past papers ... The only question which I really guessed was the resolution one .... Paper 2 was awesome except for that question A6 ... I also did B1 and B4. B4 was a gift ... The momentum question was easy. I loved that 5 mark question ... And the last question on nuclear physics was really interesting (to estimate the earth´s age using the half - life of radio-active elements). B1 was also easy, although there were some tricky questions ... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsu Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Paper 2 was killer man... I had so many blanks. Thankfully papers 1 and 3 were easier than I expected Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsu Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Neither of them really stood out as 'harder' or 'easier' than any past papers to me, personally. Paper 1 was pretty good. Objectively, section B on paper 2 was harder, but I think I still did alright. What questions on Section B did you answer? I did 3 and 4.Went for B1 and B4 because I was most familiar with those topics.. OR SO I THOUGHT Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrofire Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 @macrofire - you probably had TZ1My physics exam was in spanish, but it was the same as TZ2. Paper 1 was easier than most past papers ... The only question which I really guessed was the resolution one .... Paper 2 was awesome except for that question A6 ... I also did B1 and B4. B4 was a gift ... The momentum question was easy. I loved that 5 mark question ... And the last question on nuclear physics was really interesting (to estimate the earth´s age using the half - life of radio-active elements). B1 was also easy, although there were some tricky questions ... Whoops. Wrong thread then. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
difiCa Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I found P1 harder than average as well, and P2 quite alright (except A6 somewhat sucked). I did B2 and B4 as well. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Did no one chose B2 and B3? I thought they were quite alright except for the last question in B3 with the ccd and pixel stuff.A6 (the one with electromagnetic induction) was confusing at first, just managed to figure it out in the last 5 minutes. Had to rewrite a formula and such to eliminate B and v. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakeem Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 What was the answer to the last paper 1 question (magnification) ?!?!?!?!And wasnt A6 like a question from 2012????? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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