Physics Predictions/Thoughts (9 Viewers)

[v.tex]

I swear Physics is dying out in terms of student participation in the subject. Every year it seems less people choose it.

 

[C2H6O]

I swear Physics is dying out in terms of student participation in the subject. Every year it seems less people choose it.

cause its not real physics with all this engineering societal impacts yappery (ive been won over by coolcat)

 

[svad]

(ive been won over by coolcat)

ME TOO OMG. At first i thought they were overreacting but now they've mentioned it i've actually noticed how annoying the syllabus actually is

 

[C2H6O]

ME TOO OMG. At first i thought they were overreacting but now they've mentioned it i've actually noticed how annoying the syllabus actually is

not even the syllabus i swear trial papers are a bit more normal ish but the hsc papers are at least half yapping instead of physics-ing

 

[coolcat6778]

https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-05/2023-hsc-physics.pdf

Wow 2023 paper has the most math of all papers. (2022 does as well but that one trash cause it scaled so badly, likely due to good cohort)

2023 paper is clearly the best one, most similar to VCE.

Only 9 marks in total of history regurgitation unlike 2024 of 15 marks

 

[barnyard]

(ive been won over by coolcat)

bro ive been saying ts coolcat is actually right abt most things but yous dont listen bc of stuff like that lgbt staircase thread (it was lowk hilarious anyway so idc) i love the way they voice their opinions it's so funny coolcat is my favourite person on here

 

[C2H6O]

bro ive been saying ts coolcat is actually right abt most things but yous dont listen bc of stuff like that lgbt staircase thread (it was lowk hilarious anyway so idc) i love the way they voice their opinions it's so funny coolcat is my favourite person on here

yeah i always agreed with him on the sciences, maybe not to the same extent, but didnt voice it cause of the other crazy takes, but now i see no excuse anymore

(also i swear coolcat used to be male on BoS correct me if im wrong, coolcat)

 

[coolcat6778]

It's not just me, it's a common sentiment. People just don't bother making a long essay about it cause they go in to university a few months later. But me, since I did physics as an accel subject, I've had the time to familiarize my self with the HSC and other exam formats, where I've come to realize HSC favors societal impacts rather than technical questions way too greatly, especially for a subject like Physics.

2023

personally hoping for a HSC like last year except with harder calculations, I just want as few history/experiment questions as possible

the writing in physics sux, only bc their marking criteria always be having THE MOST SPECIFIC thing on earth and otherwise its wrong...

if the whole paper is calculations then it would be great as well as a couple of emf explain questions bc they have to, but there aint no way that thats happening and we probably gonna get mod 7/8 long response

pls just no long response on history stuff I’ll actually cry

I hate history I didn’t pick it for a reason WHY is it appearing in physics

2021

imagine nesa pulls a 180 and makes the entire exam maths questions with none based on history and experiments. i would kiss everyone in the room, including the supervisors.

sadly we dont live in an ideal world

There will be countless more similar quotes from 2019 (where the new physics exams were thought to be like VCE)

Although 2023 is the best HSC Physics paper, it still doesn't compare to VCE physics papers every year

 

[v.tex]

Should we remember the dates experiments were conducted or year? Or is it really not needed.

 

[RedDragonStar1]

I'm actually so done with the history stuff, I picked physics for physics, not for ts

 

[C2H6O]

Should we remember the dates experiments were conducted or year? Or is it really not needed.

No not at all, but the order which related discoveries were made is useful

 

[v.tex]

Yeah 23 had a decent amount of calcs, was pretty hard i would say, harder than 24??

 

[BionicMango]

I don't know how to explain it but does anyone else feel like some explanations in the syllabus are too surface level to even make sense? I find myself looking at uni videos on a topic which goes into much more detail - detail that would never be asked in the HSC - but it actually helps me understand what's going on at a better level

This was me for and physics and maths lol, I definitely encourage as many people to do this because going beyond the syllabus helped inform syllabus responses more easily

 

[BionicMango]

I swear Physics is dying out in terms of student participation in the subject. Every year it seems less people choose it.

Better scaling for the rest then lol

 

[BionicMango]

Guys how did you answer 2023 hsc physics the last part of the very last questions (Q34.c)? The marking criteria is incredibly vague and says 'answers could include' followed by three contradictory answers.

If Q is opposite P then Q is apogee. How should it depend on orbital velocity if it is an elliptical orbit (not circular, from where the equation for orbital velocity is derived?)

And even if it isn't apogee, then how do you know if it is to the left or right? If it is to the left then K becomes U, but if it is to the right, then U becomes K, so the exact opposite effect occurs.

They need to clean up the syllabus

 

[RedDragonStar1]

What do we think is the chance that a banked surface circular motion question might appear. I might need to do a lot of work on it since I suck at it for some reason.

 

[coolcat6778]

What do we think is the chance that a banked surface circular motion question might appear. I might need to do a lot of work on it since I suck at it for some reason.

just draw a triangle and use trigonometry

 

[coolcat6778]

Guys how did you answer 2023 hsc physics the last part of the very last questions (Q34.c)? The marking criteria is incredibly vague and says 'answers could include' followed by three contradictory answers.

If Q is opposite P then Q is apogee. How should it depend on orbital velocity if it is an elliptical orbit (not circular, from where the equation for orbital velocity is derived?)

And even if it isn't apogee, then how do you know if it is to the left or right? If it is to the left then K becomes U, but if it is to the right, then U becomes K, so the exact opposite effect occurs.

They need to clean up the syllabus

I'm pretty sure you can just say
"It follows an elliptical orbit around two focuses, with earth being one of them. It reaches maximum velocity at P since it has the least amount of potential energy and greatest amount of kinetic energy as it is the point closest to Earth. It reaches minimum velocity ..."

I don't know why they include calculations and formulas lol

 

[RedDragonStar1]

just draw a triangle and use trigonometry

yeah i just always forget which direction friction goes along the surface (up or down) with respect to the velocity of motion

just a me thing probably

 

[BionicMango]

yeah i just always forget which direction friction goes along the surface (up or down) with respect to the velocity of motion

just a me thing probably

If you’re at the exact right speed, then there is no sideways friction. If you’re too slow, you slip downwards, so friction acts up. If you’re too fast, you climb upwards and friction acts down.