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Forces, Motion, and Work Principles

The document outlines key concepts related to forces and motion, including balanced and unbalanced forces, resultant forces, and terminal velocity. It also covers calculations of average speed, distance-time and speed-time graphs, and the principles of levers and moments. Additionally, it explains the concept of work and its calculation, as well as the effect of mass on a spring's extension.

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Forces, Motion, and Work Principles

The document outlines key concepts related to forces and motion, including balanced and unbalanced forces, resultant forces, and terminal velocity. It also covers calculations of average speed, distance-time and speed-time graphs, and the principles of levers and moments. Additionally, it explains the concept of work and its calculation, as well as the effect of mass on a spring's extension.

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Objectives:

Understand the relationship between forces (balanced and unbalanced) on an object and its
motion.

Understand the idea of a resultant force.

Understand how to perform simple calculations of resultant forces.

Know that moving objects have a maximum speed.

Understand the concept of terminal velocity of a falling object.

Understand the idea of speed and average speed.

Know that there are various units for speed and understand how to interconvert between
them. For example, convert km/h into m/s.

Understand how to use the formula: average speed = distance travelled ÷ time taken.

Understand how to construct and interpret distance–time graphs, describing patterns or


relationships

Understand how to construct and interpret speed–time graphs, describing patterns or


relationships.

Understand simple examples of the idea of relative speed.

Know how a simple lever operates.

Know the use of the terms ‘pivot’/‘fulcrum’, ‘effort’ and ‘load’.

Know about the application of the principle of levers to simple situations, including the
human arm.

Know that a ‘moment’ is the turning effect of a force

Understand how to calculate the moment of a force and know the unit is Nm.

Understand how to use moments to find out if something will balance or not.

Know how ramps and pulleys allow less force to be used to move an object.

Know that ‘work’ is the amount of energy transferred when something is moved (from one
place to another) using a force.

Know that work, like energy, is measured in joules (J).

Understand how to calculate the amount of work done using the formula: work = force ×
distance moved (in the direction of the force)

Know that adding a mass to a spring affects its extension

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