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What are the scalar quantities? [6]

A

Distance
Time
Speed
Mass
Energy
Temperature

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What are the vector quantities? [6]

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Force
Weight
Velocity
Acceleration
Momentum
Electrical field strength
Gravitational field strength

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Describe terminal velocity

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As an object falls, the speed increases as well as air resistance
The object reaches a point where downward = upward force
Air resistance = Weight
Acceleration is now 0 and object is at terminal velocity

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What can resultant forces do by changing direction?

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Change the velocity

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What is the limit of proportionality?

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The point at which force is no longer directly proportional to extension.

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What is solid friction?

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The force between two surfaces that may impede motion and produce heating.

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When is there equilibrium in moment?

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  • no resultant force
  • no resultant moment
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What are the stores of energy?

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Kinetic
Gravitational potential
Chemical
Elastic
Nuclear
Electrostatic
Internal

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