physics: forces

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Decks in this class (23)

contact and non-contact forces
Length of vector arrow 1,
Direction of vector arrow 2,
What is a force 3
11  cards
weight, mass and gravity
Weight 1,
What does weight depend on 2,
Centre of mass 3
7  cards
resultant & resolving forces
Resultant force 1,
Resolving a force 2
2  cards
work done
What happens when a force moves a...,
One joule of work 2,
What is one joule equal to 3
4  cards
forces and elasticity
Elastic materials 1,
Elastic deformation 2,
Inelastic deformation 3
12  cards
RP investigating springs
0  cards
moments
Moment 1,
What can a force cause 2,
What happens if an object is bala...
6  cards
levers and gears
What can levers and gears be used...,
How do levers work 2,
How do gears work 3
3  cards
fluid pressure
Fluids 1,
Pressure in fluids 2,
What does pressure depend on 3
11  cards
atmospheric pressure
What is the atmosphere 1,
When does atmosphere get less den...,
What creates atmospheric pressure 3
4  cards
distance, displacement, speed and velocity
Which are scalar and which are ve...,
What is the equation that links d...,
What is distance 3
14  cards
distance-time
What do flat sections show 1,
What do straight uphill sections ...,
What represents acceleration or d...
9  cards
acceleration
Object that slows down 1,
How to calc acceleration from gra...,
Initial acceleration near earths ...
8  cards
velocity-time graphs
What does the gradient represent 1,
What do flat sections represent 2,
How is a greater acceleration dec...
8  cards
drag
Friction 1,
Drag 2,
Air resistance 3
5  cards
newton's laws and inertia
What is newton s first law 1,
What is needed to change the velo...,
An object is moving with a 50n fo...
19  cards
RP investigating motion
What force acts through the string 1,
Control variables 2,
How can acceleration be calculate...
3  cards
stopping distances
Stopping distance 1,
Thinking distance 2,
Braking distance 3
6  cards
reaction times
Typical ranges 1,
Methods used to measure human rea...,
Reaction time thats important for...
6  cards
braking distances
What affects braking distances 1,
Explain how factors affected stop...,
How does a car brake 3
8  cards
momentum
Momentum 1,
Unit momentum 2,
Conservation of momentum 3
13  cards

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