OCR AS Physics - Motion Summary

OCR AS Physics - Motion Summary

1. Constant acceleration equations

   • SUVAT

2. Motion graphs

   • Describe motion
   • Acceleration - time graphs
   • Velocity - time graphs
     • Area = Displacement Gradient = Acceleration
   • Displacement - time graphs

3. SI units

   • 10^12 10^9 10^6 10^3 10^2 10^-3 10^-6 10^-9 10^-12
   • kg m s K A mol

4. Vectors

   • Resolving
     • Horizontal and vertical components
   • Calculations
     • Trigonometry
     • Pythagoras
   • Diagrams
   • e.g. electric current, velocity, displacement, acceleration, force...

5. Scalars

   • e.g. potential difference, distance, speed, pressure...

6. Free Fall

   • Trap - door method
   • g=9.81ms^-2

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