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Edexcel GCSE Physics Topic 2 Motion and forces overview quiz quiz

13questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which of these is a vector quantity?

  2. A car travels 400 m400\,\text{m} in 20 s20\,\text{s}. What is its average speed?

  3. What does the gradient of a distance-time graph represent?

  4. What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?

  5. An object speeds up from 4 m/s4\,\text{m/s} to 20 m/s20\,\text{m/s} in 8 s8\,\text{s}. What is its acceleration?

  6. What does Newton's first law state?

  7. A resultant force of 50 N50\,\text{N} acts on a 10 kg10\,\text{kg} object. What is its acceleration?

  8. What is the weight of a 20 kg20\,\text{kg} mass on Earth (g=10 N/kgg = 10\,\text{N/kg})?

  9. How does the mass of an astronaut change when they travel from Earth to the Moon?

  10. Which factor increases the thinking distance rather than the braking distance?

  11. What is the momentum of a 1000 kg1000\,\text{kg} car moving at 8 m/s8\,\text{m/s}?

  12. How does a crumple zone reduce the force on passengers in a collision?

  13. In a closed system, what happens to the total momentum during a collision?