Physics Topic: Kinematics

  1. Define displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration.

  2. Use graphical methods to represent distance travelled, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration.

  3. Find displacement from the area under a velocity-time graph.

  4. Use the slope of a displacement-time graph to find the velocity.

  5. Use the slope of a velocity-time graph to find the acceleration.

  6. Derive, from the definitions of velocity and acceleration, equations which represent uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line.

  7. 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.

  8. Describe qualitatively the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field with air resistance.

  9. Describe and explain motion due to a uniform velocity in one direction and a uniform acceleration in a perpendicular direction.