Physics for IGCSE & O level - Forces And Motion (Section 3)
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What does force cause an object to do?
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How do we describe a vector?
Answer(C)
By a size and a direction.
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If an object is moving in a circle at a constant speed, what is changing?
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What is the value of g (gravitational field strength) on Earth?
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What keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth?
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What does the motion look like on the distance-time graph if the car is stopped?
Answer(A)
A straight horizontal line.
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If a car doubles its speed, what happens to the stopping distance?
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According to Newton's Second Law, force is directly proportional to which of the following?
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Which quantity decreases when in an in-elastic collision?
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In free fall, the acceleration is primarily caused by which force?
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What are examples of friction?
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If an object is accelerating, which of the following statements are true?
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What will be the shape of the distance-time graph of a car moving with a constant speed?
Answer(C)
A straight line with a constant slope
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Which formula represents the relationship between distance (d), speed (s), and time (t)?
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If an object is thrown upward, what type of direction the force of gravity acts on it?
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What happens to the object's acceleration when the air resistance equals to the gravitational force?
Answer(B)
It moves at a constant velocity.
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In a velocity-time graph, what does the area under the curve represent?
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What does the term 'impulse' represent in physics?
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What does the term 'retardation' refer to in physics?
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Which law of motion relates force and rate of change of momentum?
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Which of the following is a vector quantity?
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Which of the following is equivalent to the change in momentum?
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What is the formula for calculating impulse?
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Which of the following is essential for a rocket's propulsion in space?
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Which of the following represents a constant acceleration in a speed-time graph?
Answer(B)
A straight, diagonal line.
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What does the area under a speed-time graph represent?
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What does a horizontal line represent on a distance-time graph?
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What is the correct unit for measuring velocity?
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If a car travels 60 meters in 2 seconds, what is its speed?
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What are the components of the force?
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How is average acceleration calculated?
Answer(B)
Change in velocity/change in time
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What force is responsible for keeping the planets in orbit around the sun?
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What is the name of the unit used for measuring weight?
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What is the unit for the change in velocity?
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Which of these is a component of a vector?
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If an object’s velocity is constant, what must be zero?
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What is the direction of acceleration due to gravity?
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What is the relationship between speed and distance traveled?
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If the force acting on an object is zero, what is the object's acceleration?
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A car is going around a curve. Which direction is the force acting on the car?
Answer(C)
Toward the center of the circle.
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In the context of forces, what are action-reaction pairs?
Answer(C)
Forces that act on different objects.
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Which direction does the force on the ground from a person standning on it point?
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Which of Newton's laws explains why a swimmer pushes water backward to move forward?
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What is a ticker tape used for in physics experiments?
Answer(A)
Measuring the acceleration of a trolley
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What does the ticker-tape experiment allow us to analyze?
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In the equation 'change in momentum = force x time', what is the term 'force x time' called?
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What does a curved line on a distance-time graph mean?
