HSC Physics Module 6 Exam and Worked Solutions

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Below is a skills checklist I created based on the syllabus, if you can do everything listed below you should be in a good position for both your school’s module 6 topic test and the HSC.

  • Understand the acceleration and work done on a charged particle between two parallel charged plates

  • Understand how charged particles move in uniform magnetic fields

  • Relate the movement of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields to projectile and circular motion respectively

  • Understand the interaction between a current carrying conductor and a uniform magnetic field

  • Understand the interaction between two parallel current carrying wires

  • Understand the definition of the ampere and how it relates to current carrying wires

  • Define magnetic flux and understand how it can change

  • Understand Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law which describe what happens when there is a change in magnetic flux

  • Understand how energy is transferred in ideal transformers, why they are used and explain why transformers in the real world are not ideal

  • Understand the operation of a simple DC motor, including the function of its components, the production of torque and the effects of back emf

  • Understand the operation of simple AC and DC generators as well as AC induction motors

  • Explain magnetic breaking