Required Practical: Investigating Force & Acceleration (OCR GCSE Physics A, Combined (Gateway Science Suite)): Flashcards

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Required Practical: Investigating Force & Acceleration
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Equipment for acceleration practical

Toy car, string, pulley, weight stack, chalk lines, timer

Purpose of chalk lines on bench

Measure car's movement at equal intervals

When to start timer

When weight stack is released

When to stop timer

When car reaches pulley at end of bench

What varies in 1st investigation

Force (via weight stack)

What's constant in 1st investigation

Mass of car

Mass added each time to weight stack

10g

What varies in 2nd investigation

Mass of car

What's constant in 2nd investigation

Force (weight stack)

Acceleration formula using velocities

a=vfvita = \frac{v_f - v_i}{t}

Value of viv_i when starting from rest

0

Acceleration formula with distance & time

a=distancetime2a = \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}^2}

Physical law demonstrated by practical

Newton's Second Law of Motion

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