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1
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What is a Vector Quantity?

A

Any quantity with magnitude and direction

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What is a scalar quantity?

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Any force with magnitude but no direction

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3
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What are the contact forces?

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Friction
Air Resistance
Tension
Reaction Force

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4
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What are the non- contact forces?

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Magnetic Force
Electrostatic Force
Gravitational Force

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What does gravitational force do?

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Attract 2 objects that have masses

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What do magnetic forces do?

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Attract or repulse, depends on the poles of the magnet

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What is gravitational force?

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The force of attraction between masses

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What is mass?

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The amount of “stuff” in an object

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What is weight?

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The force acting on an object due to gravity

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What is mass measured in?

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Kilograms (kg)

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What is inertia?

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the tendency for the motion of an object to remain unchanged

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What is Newtons 1st law?

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Newton’s first law states that
-if the resultant force of an object is 0:

  • if the object is stationary the object will remain stationary
    -if the object is moving, the object will continue to move at the same speed in the same direction ( the same velocity)
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What is velocity?

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The speed of an object in a given direction

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What quantity is velocity?

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A vector quantity

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15
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What is the typical speed of walking?

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1.5 m/s

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What is the typical speed of running?

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3 m/s

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What is the typical speed of cycling?

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6 m/s

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What is the typical speed of a car?

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25 m/s

19
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What is the typical speed of a train?

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55 m/s

20
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What is the typical speed of a plane?

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250 m/s

21
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What is the typical speed of sound?

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330 m/s

22
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What is speed?

A

How fast something is, no direction

23
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What quantity is speed?

A

Scalar quantity

24
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What does displacement do?

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Displacement measures distance and direction in a straight line from an objects starting point to an objects finishing point

25
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What is distance?

A

How far an object moves

26
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What is meant by the term “work done”

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When a force causes an object to move through a distance, work is done on an object

So a force does work on an object when then force causes a displacement of the object

27
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What is a non contact force?

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A non-contact force is a force which acts on an object without coming physically in contact with it

28
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What is a contact force?

A

A contact force is a force where the objects are physically touching

29
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What can a vector quantity be represented by?

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An arrow, the length of the arrow represents the magnitude, and the direction of the arrow represents the direction of the vector quantity

30
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Name me an example of a scalar quantity

A

Speed, distance, mass, time etc…

31
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Name me an example of a vector quantity

A

Force, velocity, displacement, acceleration

32
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Weight and mass are ________ proportional

A

Directly

33
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What does an objects “weight” depend on?

A

The gravitational field strength at the point where the object is

34
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What quantity is force?

A

Vector Quantity

35
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Newtons 2nd Law

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Newtons 2nd law states that the acceleration of an object is proportional to the resultant force adding on the object, and inversely proportional to
the mass of the object

36
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According to Newtons 2nd law if a resultant force acts on an object, the object will ________. Finish the sentence

A

accelerate

37
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What does inertial mass measure?

A

How difficult it is to change the velocity of an object

38
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What is Newtons 3rd law?

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When 2 objects interact, the forces they exert on each-over are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction

39
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What is stopping distance?

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The stopping distance of a vehicle is the sum of the distance the vehicle travels during the drivers reaction time (thinking time) and the distance it travels under the breaking force (breaking time)

40
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If we increase the speed of a vehicle, what happens to the stopping distance

A

The stopping distance increases because the greater the speed, the longer the braking distance

41
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What can affect a drivers reaction time?

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tiredness, drugs, alcohol, distractions

42
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What can affect the braking distance of a vehicle?

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Adverse roads( wet /icy) weather conditions, poor vehicle conditions (tires/ breaks)

43
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Large decelerations may lead to ______ and or loss of ________ . Fill in the blanks

A

overheating, loss of control

44
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In a closed system, the goal momentum before an event is equal to the total momentum after the event, what is this called?

A

Conservation of momentum

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