Physics – Force and Movement

1. What does the area beneath a velocity-time graph represent?

2. What is the formula for acceleration?

3. Newton’s Second Law of Motion can be summarized by which equation?

4. If a car increases in velocity from +5 m/s to +15 m/s in three seconds, what is its acceleration?

5. What is the gravitational field strength of the Moon?

6. What does a downwards line correspond to in a speed-time graph?

7. If a person has a weight of 600 N, how much will they weigh on the Moon?

8. What is friction?

9. How do you calculate resultant force?

10. What is the vertical axis in a speed-time graph?

11. What are the units for mass?

12. What does a steep line correspond to in a distance-time graph?

13. What is the vertical axis in a distance-time graph?

14. Which force did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb first describe?

15. What are the units of force?

16. What is a force?

17. What is the formula for average speed?

18. What happens if the resultant force on a car is in the direction in which it is travelling?

19. How is velocity different from speed?

20. What does Newton’s First Law of Motion state?