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Scalars

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Quantities that are fully described by a magnitude or size (or numerical value) alone

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Vectors

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Quantities that are full described by both a magnitude and a direction

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On a distance time graph what does a diagonal line mean

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It means it’s moving at a constant speed

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On a distance time graph what does a horizontal line mean

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It means the object has stopped

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On a distance time graph what does a steeper diagonal line mean

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It means the object is going faster but still at a constant speed

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On a distance time graph what does a diagonal line downwards mean

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It means the object is going back to the start/ reversing still at a constant speed

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What is speed

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How fast you are travelling and is scalar

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What is velocity

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Speed in a given direction and is vector

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Acceleration (m/s^2) =

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Change in velocity (m/s)/ time taken (s)

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In a velocity time graph what does an upwards line mean

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It means the object is accelerating constantly

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In a velocity time graph what does horizontal line mean

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It means the car has stopped accelerating and is moving at a constant velocity

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In a velocity time graph what does a shallower line mean

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It means the object is accelerating less but still constant

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In a velocity time graph what does a downwards line mean

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It means the object is slowing down/ decelerating

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In a velocity time graph what does the area under the graph mean

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It shows the distance travelled D=ST

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What is gravity

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Gravity is a field not a force. The force due to gravity on an object is its weight

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What force is acting on a book at rest and what is the equal and opposite force?

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Friction is acting on the book and the equal and opposite force is the reaction of the table.

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What force is acting on a floating ball and what is the equal and opposite force?

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The force acting is the upthrust of water and the equal and opposite force is the weight of balls

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What is the resultant force

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A single force that has the same effect as all the forces combined

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What happens if the forces on an object are unbalanced?

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The object will accelerate

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What is the thinking distance

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The distance the car travels during reaction time

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Thinking distance increases if…

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Distractions
Tired
Under influence of alcohol or drugs
Driving fast

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What is the braking distance

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The distance car travels while the brakes are applied

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Braking distance increase if…

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High mass of car
Wet/icy road
Gravel on road
Worn down tires
Faulty brakes
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What is the stopping distance

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Thinking distance + braking distance

25
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Thinking distance is proportional the speed so…

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If the speed doubles the thinking distance doubles

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Braking distance is proportional to speed squared so…

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If the speed is doubles, the braking distance is quadrupled

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What is Newton’s first law of motion

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An object will remain at rest or will move at a constant velocity unless there is a resultant force acting on it

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What is Newton’s second law of motion

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The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the object mass

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What is Newton’s third law of motion

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If object A exerts a force on object B the object B exerts a force on object A which is equal and opposite in size and direction

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What do you do if the force of the two vectors are in the same direction

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The add together

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What do you do if the two vectors are at 90 degrees

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Use Pythagoras theorem

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When is it best to use the head to tail method

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When the vectors are displacements because they have an obvious order

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When do we use parallelogram of forces

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When there are forces

34
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What is the weight of an object

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The force of gravity acting on it

35
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What is the mass of an object

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The amount of matter in it

36
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What happens if an object falls freely

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No other forces act on it so the resultant force is its own weight. Accelerates downwards at constant acceleration of 10m/s^2 called the acceleration due to gravity

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What if the object falls in a fluid

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The fluid drags on an object and the drag force increases with speed. The resultant force on the object is its weight minus the drag force.

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Work done

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When any object is moved around work will need to be done on it to get it to move

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What energy does elastic store

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Elastic potential energy is stored in elastic when work is done on a an object

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What happens to ‘plastic’ objects when the forces deforming it are removed

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The objects don’t regain its original shape

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Hookes law

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States that the extension of a spring is in direct proportion with the force applied to it e.g. If the force is doubled the extension is doubled (F=ke)

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What does hookes law apply to

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Only elastic materials

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What happens if the force added on the spring is larger

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It stops being elastic and doesn’t return to its original length. It has exceeded the limit of proportionality and so Hookes law no longer applies. This is known as elastic limit

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What is inertial mass

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A measure of how difficult it is to change the velocity of an object. defined by the ration of force over acceleration

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What happens to the acceleration of an object falling in water

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Acceleration decreases as it falls because drag force increases as the object speeds up so the resultant force on it decreases

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