1. Additional Physics – Forces
Exam Date -
“The need for speed”
L/O :- To be able to calculate acceleration

2. Quick quiz
What can the motion be like of an object with BALANCED forces? (2 marks)
What can the motion be like of an object with UNBALANCED forces (2 marks)
How do you work out speed?
What does this distance time graph tell you about the journey?

3. These cars all have the same speed but different velocities
These cars all have the same speed but different velocities. Why is this?
So what is the difference between speed and velocity?
How can you work out velocity?

4. Speed vs. Velocity Speed is simply how fast you are travelling…
This car is travelling at a speed of 20m/s
Velocity is “speed in a given direction”…
This car is travelling at a velocity of 20m/s east
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5. These vehicles all have a similar engine size (roughly 300 horse power) Which one will accelerate the fastest and why?
11339kg
1273kg
The bike will have the fastest acceleration because it has the lowest mass
You can prove this using the equation
F = m x a
281kg F
m x a
Use the equation to check your predictions

6. Don’t forget to underline the key info in an exam
Acceleration
V-U T A
Acceleration = change in velocity (in m/s)
(in m/s2) time taken (in s)
Don’t forget to underline the key info in an exam
A cyclist accelerates from 0 to 10m/s in 5 seconds. What is her acceleration?
A ball is dropped and accelerates downwards at a rate of 10m/s2 for 12 seconds. How much will the ball’s velocity increase by?
A car accelerates from 10 to 20m/s with an acceleration of 2m/s2. How long did this take?
A rocket accelerates from 1,000m/s to 5,000m/s in 2 seconds. What is its acceleration?

7. Velocity-time graphs 1) Upwards line = 80 60 40 20 4) Downward line =
4) Downward line =
Velocity
m/s
3) Upwards line =
2) Horizontal line =
T/s
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8. 80 60 40 20
Velocity
m/s
T/s
How fast was the object going after 10 seconds?
What is the acceleration from 20 to 30 seconds?
What was the deceleration from 30 to 50s?
How far did the object travel altogether?

9. The time starts when the boy gets on the bike
The time starts when the boy gets on the bike. All times must be recorded as how many seconds after this.
Incident
Boy gets on bike [A]
Leaps bike over hedge [B]
Bike swerves in front of lorry [C]
Lorry hits first car [D]
Bike goes down ramp [E]
Bike stops near bridge [F]
Speed (m/s) 6 9
Time (s)

10. The time starts when the boy gets on the bike
The time starts when the boy gets on the bike. All times must be recorded as how many seconds after this.
Incident
Boy gets on bike [A]
Leaps bike over hedge [B]
Bike swerves in front of lorry [C]
Lorry hits first car [D]
Bike goes down ramp [E]
Bike stops near bridge [F]
Speed (m/s) 6 9
Time (s)
Incident
We first see Terminator [G]
Terminator shoots at gate chains
Terminator’s bike drops into drain
Lorry’s tyre is burst [H]
Lorry explodes [I]
Speed (m/s) 12
Time (s)

11. Leaps bike over hedge [B] Bike swerves in front of lorry [C]
Incident
Boy gets on bike [A]
Leaps bike over hedge [B]
Bike swerves in front of lorry [C]
Lorry hits first car [D]
Bike goes down ramp [E]
Bike stops near bridge [F]
Speed (m/s) 6 9
Time (s)
Incident
We first see Terminator [G]
Terminator shoots at gate chains
Terminator’s bike drops into drain
Lorry’s tyre is burst [H]
Lorry explodes [I]
Speed (m/s) 12
Time (s)

13. 1. The manufacturer of a family car gave the following information.
Mass of car 950 kg.
The car will accelerate from 0 to 33 m/s in 11 seconds.
(a) Calculate the acceleration of the car during the 11 seconds
Answer
(2)
(b) Calculate the force needed to produce this acceleration.
(3)
(c) The manufacturer of the car claims a top speed of 110 miles per hour. Explain why there must be a top speed for any car.

14. 2. The graph shows the speed of a runner during an indoor 60 metres race.
(a) Choose words from this list to complete the sentences below.
moving at a steady speed slowing down speeding up stopped
Part A of the graph shows that the runner is
Part B of the graph shows that the runner is
Part C of the graph shows that the runner is
(3) (b) Calculate the acceleration of the runner during the first four seconds. (Show your working.)
(3)

15. 3. (a). The diagram below shows a moving tractor
3. (a) The diagram below shows a moving tractor. The forward force from the engine exactly balances the resisting forces on the tractor.
(i) Describe the motion of the tractor.
(ii) The tractor comes to a drier part of the field where the resisting forces are less. If the forward force from the engine is unchanged how, if at all, will the motion of the tractor be affected?
(3)

16. (b) Two pupils are given the task of finding out how fast a tractor moves across a field. As the tractor starts a straight run across the field the pupils time how long it takes to pass a series of posts which are forty metres apart. The results obtained are shown in the table below.
(i) Draw a graph of distance travelled against time taken using the axes on the graph below. Label your graph line A.
(2)(ii) Calculate the speed of the tractor.
In another, wetter field there is more resistance to the movement of the tractor. It now travels at 4 m/s.
(i) Calculate the time needed to travel 200m.
(ii) On the graph in part (b) draw a line to represent the motion of the tractor across the 2nd field. Label this line B.
(4) (d) On a road the tractor accelerates from rest up to a speed of 6 m/s in 15 seconds.
Calculate the acceleration of the tractor.
Acceleration = m/s²
(3) (Total 15 marks)

17. 4. The graph shows the speed of a runner during an indoor 60 metres race.
(a) Calculate the acceleration of the runner during the first four seconds. (Show your working.)
(b) How far does the runner travel during the first four seconds? (Show your working.)
(c) At the finish, a thick wall of rubber foam slows the runner down at a rate of 25 m/s2. The runner has a mass of 75kg. Calculate the average force of the rubber foam on the runner. (Show your working.)
Answer newtons (N)
(2)

18. 5. The manufacturer of a family car gave the following information.
Mass of car 950 kg
The car will accelerate from 0 to 33 m/s in 11 seconds.
(a) Calculate the acceleration of the car during the 11 seconds.
(2)
 (b) Calculate the force needed to produce this acceleration.
(c) The manufacturer of the car claims a top speed of 110 miles per hour. Explain why there must be a top speed for any car.
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

19. 6. A rollercoaster car stops above a vertical drop
6. A rollercoaster car stops above a vertical drop. Suddenly it falls under gravity.
The drop is 60 metres high and at the bottom of the drop the car travels at 125 km/h. The acceleration experienced by the people in the car is 10 m/s2. The mass of the car and its passengers is 1210 kg.
Calculate the force exerted on the car and its passengers. Show your working.
Force = N
(Total 3 marks)

20. What have you learnt?
Do you know what the difference between speed and velocity is?
Do you know how to work out acceleration?
Do you know which way the axes on a velocity-time graph go?
Do you know how to work out acceleration from a velocity-time graph?