Forces in motion paper 2 Flashcards

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What is distance?

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Distance is a scalar quantity

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What is displacement?

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It is a vector quantity

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3
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What is speed?

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How fast something is moving

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How do you calculate distance travelled?

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Distance travelled= speed x time

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What is velocity?

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Vector quantity, it is also the speed of an object in a given direction

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What is Newton’s first law?

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“An object will remain in the same state of motion unless acted in by an external force”

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What do distance-time graphs present?

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The motion of an object travelling in a straight line

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