Physics Revision

P4
1 - Wednesday 30
th
October
- Effects of forces - Forces move objects, stop objects, slow objects down and cause
chemical reactions
- Action at a distance - Where the interacting forces happen from a distance, e.g
gravity
- Unbalanced Forces - Unbalanced forces are when one force which is exerted on an
object is stronger than the other force exerted on the object.
- Reaction Force - When one force acts on an object but is affected by another force
- Friction - A force which acts against a moving object. Friction changes depending on
the speed of the object and the surface it is travelling along.
QUESTIONS -
June 2009
Q1a) A - - !
Q1b) "ravity, #pposite, $eaction
February 2010
Q2) %he resultant force on Alex gives her momentum in a bac&wards direction.
Q3b)%he partner force was friction, or air resistance, from the air which would have
slowed the velocity of 'the ball.
Q4a)%he burning of the roc&et fuel creates a force which counter-acts gravity, pushing
the roc&et upwards.
January 2011
Q2c)%he weight decreases
Q2d)(adhur
June 2011
Q4a)
A - !ounter forces
- $epulsive forces
! - Weight
) - )riving Force
Q4b)%he counter of this force is gravity.
2 - Wednesday 30
th
October
- Distance - )istance is the length between two points
- Displaceent - %he action of moving something away from it*s original position
- !o calc"late speed # +peed , )istance
%ime
- $peed is how fast the object is moving, whereas velocity is the rate an object changes
it*s position
QUESTIONS
June 2009
Q2)
A) %) Average speed , -'&m.h
%%) +peed in middle part , /'mph
&) -01''
Force acting on car , friction
%he bra&ing force and the driving force are not e2ual
February 2010
Q3 +andra
3 # Friday 1
st
'oveber
- Forces chan(e otion by reducing or increasing the momentum of the object
- 3n crashes, the crumple 4one, airbags and other safety features increase the
time it ta&es for the momentum to drop, and as a result, the amount of force is
reduced.