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Foundations of Physics

Learn the answers to the questions below then cover the answers column with a
piece of paper and write as many answers as you can. Check and repeat.

a property of an object or of a
What is a physical quantity? phenomenon that can be
measured

What are the S.I. units of kilogram (kg), metre (m),


mass, length, and time? second (s)

What base quantities do the


current, temperature, amount of
S.I. units A, K, and mol
substance
represent?

List the prefixes, their pico (p) 10 , nano (n) 10 ,


–12 –9

symbols and their micro (μ) 10 , milli (m) 10 , centi


–6 –3

multiplication factors from (c) 10 , deci (d) 10 , kilo (k) 10 ,


–2 –1 3

pico to tera (in order of mega (M) 10 , giga (G) 10 , tera


6 9

increasing magnitude) (T) 10 12

a quantity that has magnitude


What is a scalar quantity?
(size) but no direction

a quantity that has magnitude


What is a vector quantity?
(size) and direction
What are the equations to
resolve a force, F, into two
perpendicular components,
F and F ?
x y

distance is a scalar quantity

What is the difference


between distance and
displacement?

displacement is a vector
quantity

What does the Greek capital


‘change in’
letter Δ (delta) mean?

What is the equation for


average speed in algebraic
form?

What is instantaneous the speed of an object over a


speed? very short period of time
What does the gradient of a
displacement–time graph tell velocity
you?

acceleration is the gradient

How can you calculate


acceleration and
displacement from a
velocity–time graph?

displacement is the area under


the graph

Write the equation for


acceleration in algebraic
form.

What do the letters suvat s = displacement, u = initial


stand for in the equations of velocity, v = final velocity, a =
motion? acceleration, t = time taken

Write the four suvat


equations.
the total distance travelled from
when the driver first sees a
Define stopping distance
reason to stop, to when the
vehicle stops

the distance travelled between


the moment when you first see
Define thinking distance
a reason to stop to the moment
when you use the brake

the distance travelled from the


Define braking distance time the brake is applied until
the vehicle stops

when an object is accelerating


What does free fall mean? under gravity with no other force
acting on it

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