Physics – Force and Movement

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

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

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

4. How is velocity different from speed?

5. What is a force?

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

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

8. How do you calculate resultant force?

9. What is the formula for average speed?

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

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

12. What are the units of force?

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

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

15. What is friction?

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

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

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

19. What are the units for mass?

20. What is the formula for acceleration?