revision Checklist

Forces and motion

Use the list below when you revise for your
IGCSE examination.
The spread number, in brackets, tells you where
to find more information from the student book.

Topic Topic Topic Topic

Core Level understood revised Extended Level understood revised
• Measuring speed.  (2.01)   As for Core Level, plus the
• Linking acceleration with   following:
changing speed.  (2.01) • The difference between  
• Representing motion   speed and velocity.  (2.01)
using distance–time and • Calculating  
speed–time graphs.  (2.02) acceleration.  (2.01)
• Recognizing from the   • Recognizing the difference  
shape of a distance–time between uniform
graph when an object is (constant) and non-
– stationary (at rest) uniform (non-constant)
acceleration from the
– moving at a steady speed
shape of a speed–time
– moving with changing
graph.  (2.05)
speed.  (2.02)
• Calculating speed   • How an object moves if  
there is no resultant force
from a distance–time
on it.  (2.06)
graph.  (2.02)
• Calculating the distance   • The link between  
force, mass, and
travelled from a speed–
acceleration.  (2.07)
time graph.  (2.02)
• How the acceleration   • Defining the  
newton.  (2.07)
of free fall, g, is
constant.  (2.04) • How an object falls in  
a uniform (constant)
• Measuring force.  (2.06)  
gravitational field
• The newton, unit of  
– without air
force.  (2.06)
resistance.  (2.04)
• Weight is a force.  (2.06)  
– with air resistance. 
• The meaning of resultant   (2.05 and 2.06)
force.  (2.07)
• Terminal velocity.  (2.06)  
• How a force can change   • The difference between  
the motion of an
weight and mass.  (2.09)
object.  (2.07)
• Calculating weight, using  
• How forces can change   mass and gravitational
shape and volume, as well
field strength, g. (2.09)
as motion.  (2.07)
• The difference between  
vectors and scalars.  (2.11)

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Forces and motion (Continued)

Topic Topic
Extended Level understood revised

• Adding vectors using the  

parallelogram rule.  (2.11)
• Motion in a circle, and
centripetal force.  (2.12)  

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