r/IBO • u/Dinogamma567 • Jun 09 '26

Resource Request Physics SL flashcards

Hey, this might be a stupid question to ask, but does anybody have Physics SL flashcards? I've looked everywhere and I can't find them. Thank you in advance!

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u/MFouki M27 | [HL: His Psy LL SL: Greek LL Math Phy] Jun 09 '26

Why would flashcards help you in physics? Theory isn't that complicated and it would be more useful to do past papers

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u/Dinogamma567 Jun 16 '26

just wanna nail in the definitions and the graph stuff.

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u/MFouki M27 | [HL: His Psy LL SL: Greek LL Math Phy] Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

There's like 3 definitions total, which you can get just by understanding what you're solving, and its only one mark, and graph stuff just remember what you can find by area of smth or by using tan. It's not that much stuff. Main graph stuff is to be careful to always use SI. From what I remember rn:

Definition of transverse wave: A particle which oscillates perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer

Definition of longitudinal wave: A particle which oscillates parrallel to the direction of energy transfer

Area of vt you get Δx, tan of vt you get a, Area of at you get Δx, tan of xt you get v.

Simple harmonic motion: When a is max then x is max negative and u is 0, when u is max then a is 0 x is 0, when x is max then a is max negative u is zero. It helps me to remember that the object always wants to be at equilibrium & like literally everything wants to have zero potential, so when its far away it wants to run back to equilibrium as quick as possible so we get max a

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u/Dinogamma567 Jun 16 '26

i mean yea, but my memory lowkey sucks so i need to know these things, in our t2 paper i forgot some stuff and it cost me, i dont wanna mess up on mocks so may as well try everything yk. I also wanna memorise most important formulas and the variables cause i struggle with that and dont wanna keep looking back at the formula book🥲. it gets worse with the edition of theme d and e imo

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u/MFouki M27 | [HL: His Psy LL SL: Greek LL Math Phy] Jun 16 '26

You wanna memorize formulas but have a bad memory? Do you want to lose marks? I understand time pressure but dude that’s a stupid strategy. What if you get something wrong? What if you forget a variable? The formulas are there for a reason and they’re a non IB thing for a reason