What Could an Unconventional Physics Exam Question Look Like?

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In summary, the speaker's teacher informed them that there will be an "unconventional" physics question on the exam, which could potentially involve combining concepts from multiple units. They ask for ideas and input from their classmates, and mention that their teacher may have a similar approach to creating questions. The speaker lists the units they have covered in class and asks for anyone else's thoughts before the exam the following day.
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My teacher informed me that on the exam there will be one "unconventional" physics question. Apparently, "something that we have never seen before". Seeing as this is a Grade 12 Physics class, and most of you have taken it before, would any of you have an idea of what such a question could be based on?
 
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It depends...
Our teacher does something similar except he brings up questions we've never seen before based on a topic we've done, is that what your teacher means?
 
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Most likely.
The units that we have done are: 2D Kinematics, 1-d and 2-d momentum (elastic, nonelastic, completely nonelastic), special relativity, energy, projectiles, etc. Nothing too complicated.
 
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something unconventional?

dekoi said:
Most likely.
The units that we have done are: 2D Kinematics, 1-d and 2-d momentum (elastic, nonelastic, completely nonelastic), special relativity, energy, projectiles, etc. Nothing too complicated.

if, in the past, the kinds of questions you've seen have been based on concepts from "one unit at a time", or just the unit you're studying at that time, the description might imply you could expect a question involving concepts from two of the units you listed, combined in one problem statement.

just guessing, of course... let us know what happened!
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Anyone else? The exam is tomorrow.

Thanks to whoever participates.
 
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and the envelope, please?

dekoi said:
Anyone else? The exam is tomorrow.

Thanks to whoever participates.

so, what was the "unconventional" question?
 

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Conventional physics problems typically follow established laws and principles of physics, while unconventional problems require thinking beyond these boundaries. They may involve unknown variables, unconventional conditions, or new phenomena that have not been studied before.

3. What are some examples of unconventional physics problems?

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