Physics Ladder · High school · Grade 12
Exam Challenge: Multi-Step Physics Problems
Hard, exam-style problems once you know Physics 1 and 2: each one a short scene with a moving diagram, then two to four linked questions that build on each other, from projectiles and loops to gas cycles, lenses, fields and atoms.
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Unit 1 Mechanics
7 topics
Throws, collisions, loops, circles and springs, each problem a chain of two to four linked questions.
Unit 2 Heat and Gases
2 topics
A gas under a piston and a gas running an engine cycle: the gas law, work, heat and efficiency.
Unit 3 Waves and Sound
3 topics
Two speakers in step, a siren near a wall and a string over a pulley: path difference, the Doppler effect and standing waves.
Unit 4 Light and Optics
3 topics
A convex lens, a lamp under water and light through two slits.
Unit 5 Electricity and Magnetism
4 topics
A capacitor in a circuit, beams bent by electric and magnetic fields, and a rod sliding on rails.
Unit 6 Atoms and Light
2 topics
Light knocking electrons out of a metal, and hydrogen atoms jumping between energy levels.