WJEC Additional Science (Physics)

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Forces and Motion

6. Distance, speed and acceleration

(a) Motion graphs
(a) Motion graphs
(a) Distance-time graphs
(a) Velocioty-time graphs
(a) Velocity and displacement

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(b) Equations of motion
(a) Equations of motion

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7. The effect of forces

(a) Balanced and unbalanced forces
(a) Newton's First Law
(a) Newton's Second Law experiment
(a) Addition of forces

(b) Force = mass x acceleration
(a) Newton's Second Law

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14-16/Mechanics/Forces in motion/Problems/Inertia and Newton's Laws
14-16/Mechanics/Forces in motion/Experiments/Newton's second law

(c) Mass and weight
(a) Mass and weight

(d) Terminal speed
(a) Terminal velocioty

8. Interactions between objects

(a) Forces between objects
(a) Newton's Third Law

(b) Work
(a) Work

(c) Work = Force x Distance
(a) Work

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(e) Kinetic and gravitational potential energy equations
(a) Kinetic energy
(a) Gravitational potential energy

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14-16/Mechanics/Forces in motion/Experiments/Potential and kinetic energy

(f) Stopping distances
(a) Stopping distances

(g) Safety in cars
(a) Car safety

(h) Speed restrictions and speed cameras
(a) Car safety

Further text, problems and experiments will be added later.