Kinematics of motion in a straight line
4.2What the syllabus asks of you
- understand the concepts of distance and speed as scalar quantities, and of displacement, velocity and acceleration as vector quantities
- sketch and interpret displacement–time graphs and velocity–time graphs, and in particular appreciate that – the area under a velocity–time graph represents displacement, – the gradient of a displacement–time graph represents velocity, – the gradient of a velocity–time graph represents acceleration
- use differentiation and integration with respect to time to solve simple problems concerning displacement, velocity and acceleration
- use appropriate formulae for motion with constant acceleration in a straight line.
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Chapter 19: Kinematics of motion in a straight line
Drill this topic
All 158 questions on Kinematics of motion in a straight line, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
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Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
158 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.