Comprehensive revision notes on Practical Skills from the Edexcel Physics A Level syllabus from an A* student in the 23/24 exam cycle. Complete with labelled diagrams and thoroughly fact checked and up to date.
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When the
question asks for advantage of changing usually
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an an experimental technique it
of 'uncertainty reduced and leads
expects an answer : will be to more accurate
value for MP2.
Smaller % U does smaller
NOT always uncertainty
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mean
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Give answers to save number of signtig's as the data in the question
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Critiquing recording of data
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Row data should all be recorded the
to some number of decimal places
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processed data should be recorded to the same number of significant
figures as the rodata it came from
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Independent variable should be atleast 6 different values ofgood range
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All row data should be recorded
All units should be recorded quantities
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next to
Take repeats
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To improve ACCURACY :
reduces
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Doing repeats and taking an average only the effect of random error .
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Controlling the control variables well
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Ensure rulers are vertical and read at level in order to reduce perallax
eye
Measure
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as large a value as possible to reduce %
Uncertainty
.
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Check for zero error on legth measurement instruments
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Draw graphs and obtain gradients
data logger instead of stopwatch reduces
Using light gate +
the effect of
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human reaction time and lowers percentage uncertainty
Use fiducial markers to help count oscillations
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measure over several intervals and divide by number of intervals to
reduce
percentage uncertainty
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Using datalogger
a :
Allows for short time
more
readings in a
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Increases sample rate
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