Physics – Force and Movement

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

2. What is the formula for acceleration?

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

4. What is friction?

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

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

7. How is velocity different from speed?

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

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

10. What are the units of force?

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

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

13. What is the formula for average speed?

14. What are the units for mass?

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

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

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

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

19. How do you calculate resultant force?

20. What is a force?