Int2 revision
These resources are intended to help you prepare for the Intermediate 2 exam. Thanks to Mrs. Boath for sharing them with me!
Check this blog post to find out how you can get free physics revision software for home use only.
Important
To open all the files, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader and Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer. If you don’t have these on your home pc, go here to find links that will let you open these types of file inside your browser.
Alternatively, you can download the OpenOffice.org suite for free!
Download your copy of the SQA data booklet.
Unit 1 – Mechanics & Heat
I have split this subject up into separate mechanics and heat downloads. The mechanics material is in a web page format so you can jump around it easily.
You know the difference between speed & velocity, don’t you?
Here is a video guide to drawing a vector scale diagram to find displacement.
Vector Scale Diagrams from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
mechanics – summary for entire mechanics section (powerpoint version here)
projectile motion (video)
example of projectile motion - shoot the monkey (video)
animation showing effects of air resistance
Newton’s 1st law causes a headache for a lorry driver in this video
work, power and energy
potential energy examples
kinetic energy examples
conservation of energy in a roadrunner cartoon (youtube clip)
Friction: here are 3 clips about friction from the BBC programme Bang goes the Theory
and look what happens when cold weather removes the friction that helps you to control your car!
Here is a lesson on Momentum from Valdo
heat – powerpoint file
latent heat summary – how to use heat equations when there is a change of state
summary of mechanics & heat equations
Unit 2 – Electricity & Electronics
This is a large unit so I have split up the revision material into electricity and electronics sections rather than post one enormous file. I have put the electricity file online as a web page that allows you to jump to different sections if you want to skip ahead or go back to something quickly – just use the left hand navigation column for this. If you want to read through one page at a time, just use the arrows at the bottom of the screen.
electricity summary pages (powerpoint version here)
Here is a short video about resistors.
MAKE presents: The Resistor from make magazine on Vimeo.
Ohm’s Law.
Untitled from make magazine on Vimeo.
Notice how the presenter converts the current from mA to A before doing the calculation in his example.
There are useful set of series and parallel resistor activities here. Use the next button or follow links in the left sidebar to progress through the topic.
electricity quiz – test your electricity knowledge
electronics – summary of electronics part of the unit (powerpoint version here)
High School of Glasgow’s electronics summary notes – powerpoint version &pdf version
LEDs – these Standard Grade notes provide a comparison of LEDs and lightbulbs, including a worked example of how to calculate the series resistor for an LED.
LEDs
MAKE presents: The LED from make magazine on Vimeo.
transformers - short summary of terms used when dealing with transformers
Unit 3 – Waves & Optics
quiz about waves – pdf file with questions about the properties of waves
waves – complete summary of unit 3 in a powerpoint file (large file!) I recommend the ray diagram section of this presentation, it has clear instructions on how to draw a diagram correctly.
Total internal reflection
total internal reflection from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
You should be able to draw ray diagrams for the following situations;
- objects closer than one focal length
- objects between one and two focal lengths
- objects more than two focal lengths from the lens
These videos will help.
how to draw a ray diagram from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
ray diagram for distance > 2f from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
ray diagram for objects closer than 1f from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
Unit 4
radioactivity – powerpoint file summarising the radioactivity unit
radiation quiz – how much do you know about radioactivity?
We can measure the Activity of a radioactive source using a Geiger-Müller tube. Watch this video to see how they work.
How to do half-life calculations (pdf)
Radiation doses are mentioned in this article in The Guardian newspaper.
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Thanks again, this stuff is really useful.
Good luck for tomorrow, Connor!
Good stuff mate
Thanks for all the effort. I know how long it must have taken. Much appreciated.
Really usefull stuff
cheers mate! youre lesson are so much better than my teachers:P
this is brill man!!!!! can you be my tutor because my teacher teaches us biology instead of physics
Quality
maybe u shud phone up the bbc and take over bitesize.
shame the monkey shootin video never worked . I WAS GUTTED
@Joheff
Thanks for your comment. I had a look at the monkey shootng video and it still works but it needs quicktime installed on your computer.
You can download it for free at http://www.apple.com/quicktime
thanks for this material. I am finding it all very useful and am grateful you have taken the time to do it and that you are willing to share
Hey. Thanks, If it was not for this i would have not passed int2 this yeer. exteemly helpful. need something like this for higher maths.
decently helpful
This is a great revision tool. cheers for the effort put in!
Thankyou
I’ve learned more from this site than two years of lessons from my teacher. I may acctually pass Physics now lol
Thanks for this website, concise and helpful!
Mr McKenzie
What a find! My son might stand a chance now of not only passing his physics exams but actually getting interested in the subject again. Thank you.
Thanks alot, usefull stuff
Cheers Mr. Mackenzie, 10X Better Than My Normal Physics Teacher
Heyy Mr Makenzie
Great Int 2 stuff. Is there going to be any more in the new year for Int 2..
Stuff on circuits would be great
taaa!!
You sir, are a saint. Thankyou very much.
this stuff is great learnt more here in ten minites than ive learnt in hours in class :L
much more interesting that bitesize and my teacher i understand it even better now thank you.
This is very useful
Thank you very much! Have my physics exam on Friday, hopefully i’ll be able to do my ray diagrams now that i never used to be able to do 
wow! If only every subject had this kind of site with the power points and videos – I would be guaranteed straight A passes int 2!
Thankyou very much for this
think i may pass physics now… if not i could always do int2 again if 5th year :L
Thank you so much, this really helped and it was entertaining :L. Physics exam soon, now i might even pass it
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thank you ma main man Mr M-A-C to the Capital K… dis really help out man
don’t go to your school but I’ve been using this site over the last 2 years to help me with int 2 and hopefully it will have helped me for my final exam tomorrow! thanks!
this stuff is really useful, just was doing some last minute revision and came across this. good luck with the exam everybody who is taking it, I hope it wont be too hard! As long as you know how to use all the different equations and rearrange them it should all be good…
this stuff is great! i wish i’d found it earlier…:L
Yes omg this helped me soo much av been stressing about this for aaaaaaaaggges :L xxxxxxxx
This helped me a lot as I failed my Int2 Waves&Optics NAB by half a mark!! I’ll let you know if I pass the resit.
What happened to all of the past papers that used to be on this page? I miss them!
Thanks for having them up before it really helped my pupils and I having easy access to so many Past Papers.
Helllooo SuperProbie!!!
I had to move, it was costing me too much to keep this site up & running where it was. Past papers will return in the near future, I promise. Here is a tip to keep you going until then – works for H & AH too!
hi thanks for the waves and optics stuff. i have a NAB tomorrow and i was struggling with refraction. Your powerpoint straightened it up though. Thanks alot.
Your very liked Mr Mackenzie – and I can understand why. Your videos are incredibly well thought out – and make everything seem much more simple than most.
Thanks for the help, It’s been incredibly useful! ^^