Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1 Knowledge Organiser Forces and Motion
1 Knowledge Organiser Forces and Motion
Progre ss • Succe
ed
Knowledge organiser
force exerted by • T
he value of the gravitational field strength can vary, so although a
the Earth on the person’s mass would be the same on different planets, their weight
ball (due to gravity) would not be
Distance
steady stationary
acceleration or deceleration speed
• R
elative motion compares how quickly one object is moving
he resultant force is the difference between the two unbalanced
• T returning to
compared to another “zero point”
forces
• If both objects are moving at the same speed, they are not
5N 5N 5N 7N changing position in comparison to one another, meaning that their
relative speed is zero
0 Time
resultant = zero resultant = 2N • T
o find the average speed, the total distance must be divided by
stationary or accelerating
the total time
constant velocity to the right
Key terms Make sure you can write definitions for these key terms.