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Physics paper 1 common definitions. 2011-2020Question 2+3- kinematics
Velocity*4
Rate of change of displacement
Equilibrium in terms of forces
Resultant force is 0
Acceleration*5
Rate of change of velocity
Speed
Rate of change of distance
Distance*2
Length of path travelled
Displacement*2
The change in position
Principle of conservation of mechanical energy*4
If only conservative forces are present, mechanical energy is constant
Work energy theorem*4
The work done by a net force on an object is
equal to the change in the Kinetic energy of the object
Law of conservation of momentum and linear momentum*4
The momentum of an isolated system remains constant
The total linear momentum of an isolated system remains constant
, Relative velocity
The vector difference in the velocities of two objects
Impulse*2
The instantaneous change in momentum
Question 4+5 Newton and Momentum, work, energy and power.
Newtons second law of motion*5
The net force acting on an object is equal to the rate of change of
momentum
Newtons first law
Mechanical energy
The sum of gravitational potential and kinetic energy at a point
Kinetic energy*2
The energy an object has as a result of the objects motion
Newtons third law
When an object A exerts a force on object B, object B simultaneously
exerts an oppositely directed force of equal magnitude on object A
Frictional force due to a surface*2
The force that opposes the motion of an object
Frictional force
The force that opposes the motion of an object
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