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Resonance

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The build up of a large amplitude oscillation when the frequencies of vibrating objects match

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Phase

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Whether a substance is a solid, liquid or gas

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Ideal gas

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A gas that has internal energy only in the form of kinetic energy

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Specific latent heat of fusion

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The quantity of energy required per unit mass to change a substance from a solid to a liquid at a constant temperature

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Displacement

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The distance of the body from an equilibrium position

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Amplitude

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The maximum displacement

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Frequency

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The number of oscillations per unit time

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Angular frequency

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The product of 2pif or 2pi/period

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Specific latent heat of vapOrisation

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The quantity of energy required per unit mass to change a substance at constant temperature from a liquid into a vapour

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Ideal gas temperature

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For a fixed mass of an ideal gas at constant pressure, it’s volume is proportional to the ideal gas temperature in kelvin.

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One mole

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The Avogadro constant is the number of particles in one mole.

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Boltzmann constant

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1.3807*10^-23JK^-1 the gas constant for a single molecule

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Boyle’s law

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Pressure is inversely proportional to volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature

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The Newton

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The force which gives a mass of one kg an acceleration of one ms^-1

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Gravitational field strength

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Force per unit mass at a point in a gravitational field.

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Newton’s first law

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A body will remain at rest or continue to move with constant velocity unless acted on by a force

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Newton’s second law

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Force is proportional to the rate of change of momentum

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Newton’s third law

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When one body exerts a force on another, the other body exerts an equal and opposite force on the first body.

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Principle of conservation of linear momentum

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Total momentum is constant for a closed system

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Inelastic collision

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Some loss of kinetic energy during the collision. The coefficient of restitution is less than one.

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The kilowatt-hour

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The energy used by a 1kW device in 1h

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Internal energy

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Sum of randomly distributed kinetic energy and potential energy of molecules

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Impulse of a force

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Force x time for which the force acts. (Change in momentum)

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Specific heat capacity

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Energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by a unit temperature rise.

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Equilibrium

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The resultant force is zero.

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Simple harmonic motion

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Acceleration is proportional to displacement and is directed in the opposite direction to the displacement, towards the equilibrium position.

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Thermal equilibrium

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No net heat flow between objects

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Perfectly elastic collision

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A collision with no loss of kinetic energy. Coefficient of restitution = 1

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Linear momentum

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Mass x velocity

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Kepler’s third law

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The cube of the planet’s mean radius of its orbit is proportional to the square of the orbital period.

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Centripetal acceleration

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For an object travelling in a circle of radius r with constant speed v, a is given by a=v^2/r in a direction towards the centre of the circle.

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Field

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The region in which a force operates

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One radian

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The angle subtle dead at the centre of a circle by an arc of length equal to the circle’s radius.

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Period

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For circular motion, the time taken to complete one revolution. v=Circumference/time

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Newton’s law of gravitation/ gravitational force

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Between two bodies, it’s directly proportional to the product of their masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them squared.
F=(-GMm)/r^2

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Period of a planet

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The time taken for one complete orbit of the sun

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Damping

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Deliberately reducing the amplitude of an oscillation

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Impulse

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The expression F/\t. It equals the change in momentum of a body. It is the area beneath a force-time graph

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