Flashcards
unit 1 physics- motion
Cards in this deck (10)
- 1What is a measuring cylinder used for?To measure liquid volume.
- 2What is a stopwatch or stopclock used for?To time oscillations.
- 3What does a steep distance-time graph represent?The steeper the graph the greater the speed it represents.
- 4What is the equation for speed?distance travelled (metre)
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time taken (seconds) - 5What does the slope of the line on a distance-time graph show?It gives the speed.
- 6What is velocity?Speed and direction.
- 7What is acceleration?The change of velocity per second.
- 8What is the unit of acceleration?Meter/second 2 (squared)
- 9What does the area under a graph represent?It represents distance traveled.
- 10Does a free falling object have acceleration?Yes. It has constant acceleration.