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What is the Symbol and Units of Displacement?

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Symbol: S
Units: m

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What is the Symbol and Units of Initial Velocity?

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Symbol: u
Units: ms^-1

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What is the Symbol and Units of Final Velocity?

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Symbol: v
Units: ms^-1

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What is the Symbol and Units of Acceleration?

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Symbol: a
Units: ms^-2

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What is the Symbol and Units of Time?

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Symbol: t
Units: s

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What is the gradient of a Displacement-Time graph?

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Velocity

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What is the gradient of a Velocity-Time graph?

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Acceleration

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What is the area of a Velocity-Time graph?

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Displacement

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What is the area under an Acceleration-Time graph?

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Velocity

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What are the five SUVAT equations?

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v = u+at
s = vt-0.5at²
s = ut+0.5at²
s = t(u+v)/2
v² = u²+2as
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When are SUVAT equations applicable?

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When the acceleration is constant

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12
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What is Projectile Motion?

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It is a simplified way to understand and calculate the motion of an object.
It models horizontal and vertical motion as independent

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What is assumed with Projectile Motion?

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Air ressistance is ignored
It is in a uniform field
The initial velocity is imparted instantaneously
Vertical and horizontal motion is independent

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What is Newton’s First Law of Motion?

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An object will remain at rest or continue to move with a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a resultant force.

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What is the Resultant Force?

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The Overall force acting upon an object

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What is Newton’s Second Law of Motion?

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The force acting on an object is product of the mass and the acceleration

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17
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What is Newton’s Second Law of Motion as an equation?

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F = ma

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What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?

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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction acting upon a different object.

19
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When is Newton’s Third Law of Motion true?

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It is true for all situations

Not just equilibrium

20
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What is Terminal Velocity?

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It is the constant speed reach in free fall

21
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When is Terminal Velocity reached?

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When Weight = Ressistance

22
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What is the equation the links Work Done, Force and Displacement?

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Work Done = Force x Displacement in direction of the force

w = Fs

23
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Is Work Done Scalar or Vector?

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Scalar

24
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What is the equation for Kinetic Energy?

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Energy = 0.5 x Mass x Velocity²
E = 0.5mv²
25
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What is Kinetic Energy proportional to?

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E ∝ m

E ∝ v²

26
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What is the equation for change in Gravitational Potential Energy?

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Energy = Mass x Gravitaional Field Strength x Change in height
E = mgΔh
27
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Define Power?

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The rate of work done
Or
The rate of energy transfer

28
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What is the Symbol and Units of Power?

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Symbol: P
Units: W

29
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What is the equation that links Power, Force and Velocity?

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Power = Force x Velocity
P = fv
30
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What is the equation that links Power, Work Done and Time?

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P = w/t

31
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Define Efficiency?

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The ration of Useful Output Power to Total Input Power

32
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What is the equation of Efficiency?

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(Useful Output Power / Input Power) x 100
Or
(Useful Output Energy / Input Energy) x 100

33
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What is the equation for Momentum?

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Momentum = Mass x Velocity
p = mv
Momentum = Force x Time
p = Ft
34
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What is the Symbol and Units of Momentum?

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Symbol: p
Units: Ns

35
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What is an Elastic Collision?

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A collision where no energy is lost

36
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What is an Inelastic Collision?

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A collision where energy is lost

37
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What is Change in Momentum?

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Impluse

38
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What are the equations for Impulse?

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Change in Momentum = Force x Change in Time
Δp = FΔt

Change in Momentum = Mass x Change in Velocity
Δp = mΔv

39
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What is the area under a Force-Time graph?

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Impulse

40
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For an object to be in Static Equilibrium it has to what?

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Have no resultant force

Therefore no acceleration

41
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What is the Moment of a Force?

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The rotaional force acting on an object

42
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What is the Symbol and Units of Moment of Force?

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Symbol: T
Units: Nm

43
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What is the equation for calculating a Moment of a Force?

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Moment = Force x Perperndicular distance between force and pivot
T = Fm
44
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What does the Principle of Moments state?

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If a body is in rotaional equilibrium, the total clockwise moment is equal to the total anticlockwise moment
Σ↻ = Σ↺

A Level Physics (16 decks)

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