GCE A-Level Physics Syllabus
Chapter 2: Kinematics
Chapter Topics:
The equations of motion
Rectilinear motion
Non-linear motion
Question Bank:
Learning Objectives:
(a) Show an understanding of and use the terms; distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
(b) Use graphical methods to represent distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
(c) Identify and use the physical quantities from the gradients of displacement-time graphs and areas under the gradients of velocity-time graphs , including cases of non-uniform acceleration.
(d) Derive, from the definitions of velocity and acceleration, equations which represent uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line.
(e) Solve problems using equations which represent uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line, including the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field without air resistance.
(f) Describe qualitatively the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field without air resistance.
(g) Describe and explain motion due to a uniform velocity in one direction and a uniform acceleration in a perpendicular direction.