Physics – Force and Movement

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are the units for mass?

7. What is friction?

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

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

10. How do you calculate resultant force?

11. What is the formula for acceleration?

12. How is velocity different from speed?

13. What is a force?

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

15. What is the formula for average speed?

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

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

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

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

20. What are the units of force?