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Mock Revision Flashcards

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Speed and Stopping Distances

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Speed ∝ Thinking Distance
Speed^2 ∝ Braking Distance

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Upthrust

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The upwards force that a fluid exerts on a body floating in it due to the fluid displaced

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Factors Affecting Drag

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  • Velocity (drag ∝ velocity^2)
  • Cross sectional area of the object
  • Density of the fluid
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4
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The more of the object submerged

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The greater the upthrust

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5
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To travel further

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Streamline

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Stiffness

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The ability of a material to resist a tensile force

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7
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Extension depends on

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  • material
  • length
  • cross sectional area
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8
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Ductile

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Material can be drawn into wires

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Malleable

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Material can be hammered into flat sheets

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Hard

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Material will resist plastic deformation by surface indentation or scratching

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A Newton’s Third Law pair of forces must

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  • be the same type of force
  • act in opposite directions
  • act on different objects
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12
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Impulse =

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Change in momentum

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13
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Energy Flows

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Hotter –> Cooler

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14
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Thermal Equlibrium

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Two objects in contact with each other at the same temperature are said to be in thermal equilibrium

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15
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Min internal energy at

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absolute zero: no kinetic, some potential

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16
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Kinetic Model of Matter (general + s,l,g)

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In kinetic model of matter, all matter is made up of very small particles which are in constant motion
- Solids: vibrate about their fixed positions
- Liquids: slide past one another
- Gases: free to move quickly in random directions

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Internal Energy

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The sum of the randomly distributed kinetic and potential energies of all the atoms/molecules within a system

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18
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In system of gas particles at fixed temp

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There is a distributed of kinetic energies among the molecules
- since wide range of different translational speeds
- peak of curve = most probable speed

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19
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Brownian Motion

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The random movement of small visible particles suspended in a fluid due to collisions with much smaller, randomly moving atoms/molecules of the fluid

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20
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Brownian Motion: as visible particle mass increases

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Velocity decreases, so they move around less

21
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Specific Heat Capacity

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The energy needed to increase the temperature of 1kg of a substance by 1K

22
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Specific Latent Heat of Fusion/Vaporisation

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The energy needed to melt/boil 1kg of a substance

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An Ideal Gas

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A gas that has internal energy only in the form of random kinetic energies

24
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Real gases behave like ideal gases if

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  • The temperature is well above its boiling point
  • The pressure is low so that the particles are far apart
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Assumptions of the kinetic model of gas

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  • The gas contains a large number of particles
  • The particles move rapidly and randomly
  • All collisions are perfectly elastic
  • There are negligible attractive forces between particles except during collisions
  • The time for a collisions to happen is negligible compared to the time between collisions
  • Particles have a negligible volume compared with the volume of gas in the container
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Boyle’s Law

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p ∝ 1/V
- where T constant
- where number of moles is constant

27
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Charles’s Law

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V ∝ T
- where p constant
- where number of moles is constant

28
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Pressure Temperature Law

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p ∝ T
- where V is constant
- where number of moles is constant

29
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Ideal Gas Proportionality

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T ∝ Ek for ideal gases since they have negligible potential energy
All gases at the same temperature have the same Ek

30
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Internal Energy of a ideal gas

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3/2 NkT

31
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Circular Motion: Time Period

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The time taken for one complete circular path

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Linear Velocity

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The velocity at a given time

33
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Angular Velocity

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The rate of angular rotation

34
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Acceleration is proportional to

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Linear Velocity

35
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Centripetal Acceleration Acts

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  • inwards towards the centre
  • perpendicular to linear velocity
36
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Centripetal Force

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The resultant force on an object acting towards the centre of the circle causing it to move in a circular path

37
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Centripetal Force is the resultant of

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Tension and Weight

38
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Vertical Circle: slowest at

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  • the top (centripetal force = weight)
  • if weight > centripetal force, won’t spin in vertical circle
  • acceleration > 9.81
39
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Simple Harmonic Motion

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A body will oscillate with S.H.M if its acceleration is directly proportional to its displacement from a fixed point and always directed towards that fixed point (a ∝ -x)

40
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In SHM

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amplitude and time period is constant

41
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Damping

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Damping forces reduce the amplitude of an oscillation with time due to energy being removed from the system

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Resonance

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  • When driving frequency = natural frequency of the system
  • Results in body oscillating with a max amplitude due to max energy transfer
43
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As damping forces increase

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  • The rate of energy removal from system increases
  • The period will increase slightly
44
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A Gravitational Field

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The region around a body in which other bodies will feel a force due to the mass of the body

45
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Gravitational field strength is

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  • Uniform over short distances
  • At 2x distance, field has 1/4 strength (inverse square law)
46
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Geostationary Satellites

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  • Same place above surface at all time
  • 24 hour time period
  • Monitoring the weather, broadcasting TV signals
47
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Gravitational Potential

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  • Grav potential at a point in a gravitational field is the energy required per unit mass to move an object from infinity to that point in the field
  • Vg is defined to be 0 at infinity
48
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Gravitational Potential Energy

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Grav potential energy = work in bringing an object from infinity to a point in the field

49
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Escape Velocity

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  • The escape velocity from a point in a gravitational field is the minimum launch velocity required to move an object from that point to infinity
  • ½ mv2 ≥ GMm/r

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