Flashcards in Equations and General Knowledge Deck (41)
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How do you work out force?
change in momentum (kg m/s) divided by time (s)
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How do you work out stopping distance?
Thinking distance add braking distance
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What is thinking distance?
Distance a car travels in the drivers reaction time
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What is braking distance?
Distance taken to stop a car once the brakes have been applied
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How do you work out kinetic energy?
0.5 x mass x speed squared
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- x m x v squared
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How do you work out the change in gravitation potential energy?
m x g x h
mass x gravitational field strength x change in height
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What is the units for gravitational field strength?
N/kg
N = Newton's
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What is our gravitational field strength on earth?
10
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What are the 4 main energy stores?
mechanically
electrically
by heating
by radiation
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How do you work out efficiency?
useful energy transferred divided by total energy supplied
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What are the units for energy?
Joules (J)
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How do you work out power?
work done divided by time taken
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What are the units for power?
Watts (W)
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What is frequency measured in?
Hertz (Hz)
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How do you work out work done?
force x distance
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How do you work out wave speed?
Frequency x wavelength
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How do you work out acceleration?
change in velocity divided by time
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What are the units for acceleration?
m/s squared
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What do you use to measure speed of sound?
Oscilloscope
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What are all the electromagnet waves called?
radio waves
micro waves
infra red
visible light
ultra violet
x-rays
gamma rays
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How do you work out distance?
Speed x time
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How do you work out speed?
Distance divided by time
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How do you work out time?
Distance divided by speed
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What is the mass and charge of a proton?
Mass = 1
Charge = +1
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What is the mass and charge of a neutron?
Mass = 1
Charge = 0
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What is the mass and charge of an electron?
Mass = 0.0005
Charge = -1
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What is a vector?
Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction.
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Give 4 examples of a vector.
Force
Velocity
Weight
Acceleration
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What is a scalar?
Scalar quantities have only magnitude and no direction
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