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1
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What is the equation for speed?

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speed = distance/time

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What is the equation for weight?

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weight = mass x gravity

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What is the equation for acceleration?

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acceleration = change in velocity/time

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What is the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration?

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force = mass x acceleration

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5
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What does the gradient in a distance time graph represent?

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speed

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What does the gradient in a velocity time graph represent?

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acceleration

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What does a curving line represent on a distance time graph?

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acceleration/ deceleration

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What does a curving line represent on a velocity time graph?

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increasing acceleration / deceleration

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9
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What does a horizontal line represent on a distance time graph?

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stopped

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10
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What does a horizontal line represent on a velocity time graph?

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steady speed

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What IS acceleration?

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the rate of increase of velocity with time

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12
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Why do objects reach terminal velocity?

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when an object has the balanced forces of air resistance and weight on it. It falls at a constant speed. The two examples are a sky diver and sycamore seeds.

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13
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How do you find distance from a velocity time graph?

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area under graph

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14
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What is the unit for velocity?

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m/s

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15
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What is the unit for acceleration?

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m/s2

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16
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What is the unit for force?

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Newtons

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17
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What is the unit for momentum?

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kg m/s

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18
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What is the unit for volume?

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m3

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19
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What is the fancy unit for temperature?

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Kelvin (-273°C)

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What is the difference between a vector and a scalar quantity?

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a vector quantity has both direction and magnitude, where as a scalar quantity just has magnitude.

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21
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What IS friction?

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the force which opposes motion

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22
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Use ideas about molecules to explain how pressure is caused inside an object.

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Any three of
MP1. idea of (continuous) random
movement;
MP2. collisions / impact/eq;
MP3. with (inside) walls;
MP4. idea that force is produced (by
bombarding molecules);
MP5. idea of pressure as force on an
area;
23
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What is the equation for gravitational potential energy?

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gravitational potential energy = mass x gravity x height

24
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What is the equation for refractive index?

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n = sin i/ sin r

25
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What is Newton’s third law of motion?

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for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

26
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What does stopping distance consist of?

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thinking distance = braking distance

27
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What 2 things affect thinking distance?

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  • speed

- state of driver (eg. old age, tiredness, dugs, alcohol, inexperience?

28
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What 4 things affect breaking distance?

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  • speed
  • mass of vehicle
  • quality of brakes
  • grip (road surface, weather, tyres)
29
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What is the equation for momentum?

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momentum = mass x velocity

30
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What is the unit for momentum?

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kg m/s

31
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Momentum before and momentum after are…

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equal

32
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What is the relationship between force, momentum and time?

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force = change in momentum/time

33
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How does a crumple zone help?

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increases the time for the change in momentum to happen, therefore reducing the force on the car.

34
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What is the equation for moments?

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moment = force x distance

35
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What is the unit for moments?

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Newton meters (Nm)

36
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Where does the weight of a body act on an object?

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centre of gravity

37
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What is the principle of moments for a balanced object?

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total anticlockwise moments = total clockwise moments

- if this is not true, there will be a resultant movement and the object will turn

38
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What is Hooke’s law?

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extension is directly proportional to force

39
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What is elastic limit? What happens past it?

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when a material stops obeying hooke’s law. If the force is increased past the elastic limit, the material will be permanently stretched, and will not return to its original shape.

40
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Elastic behaviour is shown when…

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a material returns to its original shape after elastic deformation.

41
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Is force a scalar or vector quantity?

A

vector

42
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Our solar system is part of our…

A

galaxy

43
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What is a galaxy?

A

a huge collection of stars

44
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What is the universe?

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a large collection of billions of galaxies`

45
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What causes orbits?

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gravity pulls the objects inwards towards the planet/star, as it is trying to constantly change direction.

46
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How do planets obit?

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slightly elliptically

47
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Two things in orbit of the earth

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the moon, artificial satellites

48
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In orbits, the further away an object is from the thing it’s orbiting

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the weaker the gravity and the force of attraction

49
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How do comets obit?

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very elliptically

50
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What is a geostationary satellite and what is it useful for?

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has an orbital period of exactly one day, useful for communications.

51
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Describe an experiment to investigate motion

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  • toy car on a ramp using light gates to find the car’s average speed
  • connect light gates to computer and repeat to make it more reliable
  • to calculate average speed of car divide distance between light gates by time taken
  • you could change mass of car, different materials for friction, change ramp to see acceleration due to gravity, angle of ramp, different cars
52
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Describe an experiment to investigate terminal velocity

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  • sycamore seeds
  • measure mass and wing length of different seeds
  • use seeds with either same wing length or same mass to keep variables constant
  • drop from same height and record time (higher = better cos improves accuracy)
  • repeat and find average
  • draw graph of wing length against time to show relationship between seed size and terminal velocity
53
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Why are sycamore seeds used when investigating terminal velocity?

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they have a small weight and large surface area so reach terminal velocity quickly

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