Schleswig-Holstein Abitur Physics study guide
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The Abitur in Physics in Schleswig-Holstein is the school-leaving qualification that can be taken as a written, oral, or presentation subject within the German university-entrance examination. It is intended for upper-secondary students in Schleswig-Holstein who want to demonstrate physics competence at the highest school level, and it is recognised for university admission in Germany and, with the usual recognition procedures, abroad. The Schleswig-Holstein Abitur Physics study guide has 8 sections and about 3,522 words.
01Mechanics: kinematics, Newtonian dynamics, circular motion, gravitation, conservation laws
Mechanics in the Schleswig-Holstein Abitur covers kinematics in one and two dimensions, Newtonian dynamics, circular motion, gravitation and the conservation laws for energy and momentum. Tasks usually embed the physics in a context - a braking car, a loop track, a satellite - and demand a calculation, a justification of the model and a short evaluation of the result.
503 words, about 3 min02Electric and magnetic fields: field concepts, Coulomb and Lorentz force, motion of charged particles, induction
Electric and magnetic fields covers the field concept, Coulomb's law, the motion of charged particles in E and B fields, and electromagnetic induction. Typical tasks describe a cathode-ray tube, a mass spectrometer or a transformer and ask for field strengths, trajectories, induced voltages and a justified statement about direction.
436 words, about 2 min03Oscillations and waves: harmonic oscillator, wave properties, interference, diffraction, superposition
Oscillations and waves covers the harmonic oscillator, the description of waves, superposition, interference and diffraction. Tasks connect a pendulum or spring experiment with theory, read fringe patterns, and ask you to explain why a pattern appears rather than only computing a value.
413 words, about 2 min04Quantum physics: photon model, photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality, Bohr model, quantum phenomena
Quantum physics covers the photon model, the photoelectric effect, wave–particle duality, the Bohr model and the qualitative features of quantum phenomena. The exam expects energy balances in electronvolts, the interpretation of graphs, and an argument for why a classical wave model fails.
432 words, about 2 min05Atomic and nuclear physics: atomic structure, spectra, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, mass-energy
Atomic and nuclear physics covers atomic structure and spectra, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions and the mass–energy relation. Tasks range from reading a decay curve to calculating a Q-value and judging whether a proposed reactor or stellar reaction can run at all.
425 words, about 2 min06Special relativity: relativity principle, time dilation, length contraction, relativistic energy and momentum
Special relativity covers the two postulates, time dilation, length contraction, relativistic momentum and energy, and mass–energy equivalence. Tasks usually give a concrete scenario - a muon beam, a fast spacecraft, a particle accelerator - and ask for a comparison with the classical result.
428 words, about 2 min07Scientific working methods: experimental design, data analysis, error treatment, modelling, evaluation
Scientific working methods covers experimental design, data analysis, error treatment, modelling and evaluation. It is assessed across the whole written paper, often in a part that asks you to describe a measurement, linearise a graph, state uncertainties and judge whether a model is adequate for the data.
433 words, about 2 min08Context and communication: physics in technology, society and everyday life; presentation and argumentation
Context and communication asks you to place physics in technology, society and everyday life and to present and argue a case with it. Questions typically supply a short text, a data table or a device diagram and ask you to take a position - on energy supply, radiation exposure, medical imaging or electromobility - and justify it with calculation.
452 words, about 2 min