GRADE 12 UNIVERSITY PREP EXAMINATION REVIEW
How to Study for this Exam
1. Prepare good study notes. Look through your notes and textbook to get a succinct summary of the
key concepts, terminology and facts that go with the bullets below. Your study notes should have
three levels
Level 1 – a brief definition or explanation of a term or concept.
Level 2 – a brief description about how that concept or term is related to others in the unit or
course.
Level 3 – Make up questions that you think I could ask you about the concept or term. Make
sure to answer the questions you make up.
2. Practicing Mathematical Problems
Level 1 - Write the step-by-step problem-solving method shown to you in class to solve a
specific problem.
Level 2 – Copy out a solution to a problem that was either an example or homework question.
Label each step as it corresponds to Level 1
Level 3 – create your own question that relates to the concept and solve it. Have me or
another student look over your solution for any mistakes.
3. Use your study notes to go back and correct your tests if you haven’t corrected them already. Unit
tests cover the important points in a unit in more depth than you will see on your exam. If you can
answer all the questions on a test correctly now, you should not have any problems with your exam.
4. If you don’t see a topic or concept in the list below, don’t study it because it will not be on the exam.
Try to determine what is important and focus on that material.
5. In the final days before the exam, create a study group with equally skilled individuals. Quiz each
other with the questions you created in Level 3. The more you talk about what you need to know,
the more it will stick in your head.
6. The night before our exam you should go through your study notes one more time to look over the
problem solving steps that go along with the concepts. Relax and have a good sleep. A lack of
sleep will decrease your ability to do well on a test or exam.
7. On the day of your exam come to school with only your study notes, your textbook and lots of water
and fruit. It is good to get exercise on the day of your exam and eat well. You can’t control what’s
on the exam, but you can control what you know. The better prepared you are, the more relaxed
you will be when you sit down and read over the exam paper.
8. Before you leave an exam you should
a. Read over every answer a second time to make sure the points you are try to make are clear
and answer the question.
b. Make sure you have answered all the questions. Guessing at an answer is better than
leaving it blank.
c. Sit for 15 minutes once you are finished and relax. The worst feeling in the world is having
an answer pop in your head just as you leave the room...trust me. I know.
KEY CONCEPTS and DEFINITIONS – Make sure you know the concepts and definitions that are
associated with the following topics in each unit.
Unit Key Concepts and Terms Suggested
Problems
P. 63 #12 -19
□ Describe the characteristics and give examples of
o Uniform motion P. 64 # 8, 11, 18, 20,
o Relative motion 23 – 27, 33
o Uniform circular motion
o Projectile motion. P. 117 # 8 – 10, 14 –
o Frame of reference 16
o The different types of forces and how they affect the motion of an
Dynamics
object. P.159 # 9 – 12, 17,
o Newton’s Laws of Motion on level and sloped surfaces and pulleys 18
o Hooke’s law
□ Solve problems involving
o distance, position, and displacement using vector-scale diagrams.
o Uniform acceleration in one or two dimensions.
o Projectile motion
o Simple circular motion problems
o Motion problems involving forces acting on a object.
P. 226 # 3, 9 – 18, 22
□ Describe the characteristics and give examples of – 25
Energy and Momentum
o Conservation of energy
o Simple Harmonic Motion P. 269 # 7 – 14
o Elastics and inelastic collisions
o Impulse – technologies that use it.
o Conservation of Momentum
□ Solve problems involving
o Conservation of energy involving Kinetic, Gravitational Potential,
Elastics Potential, Work, Radiant Energy, and Electric Potential
o Momentum and Impulse
P. 378 # 7, 12, 13,
□ Describe the characteristics and give examples of 11, 14, 18 – 32
Electricity and Magnetism
o Compare and contrast the properties of gravitational, magnetic and (even)
electric fields
o Millikan’s Experience P. 428 # 6 – 12, 14
o Coulomb’s Law
o Lenz’s law
o Principle of Electromagnetism
□ Solve problems involving
o Forces on charged particles in electric and magnetic fields
o Electric and magnetic fields
o Motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields
o Energy in an electric field.
P. 490 # 6, 11 – 21
The Wave Nature of Light
□ Describe the characteristics and give examples of (odd)
o The diffraction and interference of light and water waves in 2 P. 546 # 8, 10, 11, 15
dimensions
o Properties of light including polarization, diffraction, interference,
o Thin film interference
o Young’s Double Slit experiment
□ Solve problems involving
o Light passing through single, double and multiple slits
o Thin films
o Refraction
P. 590 # 10 - 12, 15
□ Describe the characteristics and give examples of
o Evidence that supports the particle model of light P. 661 # 5 - 7, 9, 18
Revolutions in Modern Physics
o Photoelectric effect
o DeBroglie’s matter waves
o Compton effect
o Einstein’s two postulates for the theory of relativity and describe the
evidence that supports the theory
o Half-lives of elementary particles
o Conversion of matter into energy
o Thought Experiments
o The Standard Model of elementary particles in terms of the
characteristics of quarks, hadrons and field particles.
□ Solve problems involving
o Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity
o Compton Effect
o Photoelectric Effect