STUDENT CHECKLIST
P1 – Motion
P2 – Matter & Forces
At the end of this topic, you should:
CORE
 Be able to calculate average speed from
total distance/total time
 Plot and interpret a speed/time graph and a
distance/time graph.
 Demonstrate a qualitative understanding
that acceleration is related to changing
speed (velocity).
 Recognise from the shape of a speed/time
graph when a body is:
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SUPPLEMENT
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Distinguish between speed and velocity
Recognise linear motion for which the
acceleration is constant and calculate the
acceleration.
Recognise motion for which the acceleration
is not constant.
Calculate the area under a speed/time graph to
work out the distance travelled for motion
with constant acceleration.
At rest,
Moving with constant speed,
Moving with changing speed.
P1 Vocabulary (define each word, give an example, and draw a diagram, where applicable, that
represents the word)
Speed –
Velocity acceleration ________________________________________________________________________________
P2. Matter & Forces
2.1 Mass & Weight
CORE
 Be able to distinguish between the mass and
weight of an object graph and a
distance/time graph.
 Know that the Earth is the source of a
gravitational field.
SUPPLEMENT
 Demonstrate understanding that mass is a
property that ‘resists’ change in motion
 Describe, and use the concept of, weight as
the effect of a gravitational field on a mass.
2.2 Density
CORE
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Describe an experiment to determine the density
of a liquid and of a regularly shaped solid and
make the necessary calculation using the
equation density = mass/volume or d = m/v.
Describe the determination of the density of an
irregularly shaped solid by the method of
displacement, and make the necessary
calculation.
SUPPLEMENT
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2.3 Effects of Forces
CORE
 Know that a force is measured in newton’s
(N).
 Describe how forces may change the size,
shape, and motion of an object.
 Plot extension/load graphs and describe the
associated experimental procedure.
 Find the resultant of two (2) or more forces
acting along the same line.
 Explain how a system is in equilibrium
when there is not resultant force.
SUPPLEMENT
 Interpret extension/load graphs.
 State and use Hooke’s Law and recall and use
the expression Force = constant x extension
(F = kx)
 Recognise the significance of the term ‘limit
of proportionality’ for an extension/load
graph.
 Recall and use the relation between force,
mass and acceleration (including the
direction), F = ma
P2 Vocabulary (define each word, give an example, and draw a diagram that represents the word
where applicable)
Mass –
Weight –
Density –
Force –
Pressure –
Hooke’s law –
P1 & 2 Equations
Average Speed = Total distance/total time (avg. s = Total d/total t)
Acceleration = change in velocity/change in time (a = Δv/ Δt)
Density = mass/volume (D = m/v)
Force = mass x acceleration (F = m x a)
Pressure = force/acceleration (P = F/a)
Hooke’s Law: load = spring constant x extension or force = constant x extension (F = kx)
The spring constant will vary depending on the force and extension. K = F/x