Assignment Details

EQUATIONS Quiz

Year 2023-24

9A3-Physics - (tu)

Date Due

March 19, 2024

Additional Info
You must revise for an Equations quiz at the start of next lesson.
THE EQUATIONS YOU MUST LEARN ARE ATTACHED AS A PDF.
Please read ALL of this advice before revising.

The questions will be in the form of...
  1. Write the equation that links distance, speed, and time.
    • Answer;
    • either speed = distance x time
    • or s = d / t (not S = D / T !)
You will be told what is in the equation (with the exception of the efficiency, kinetic energy and gravitation potential energy equations), so you just need to learn the arrangement of the formulae.

NOTE ; You can learn the word equations (ON THE FIRST PAGE) , or just the the symbol equations (ON THE SECOND PAGE), but be aware, you must get the SYMBOLS correct... If you are unsure, learn the word equations (e.g, a capital 'T' for Time will be incorrect (as T = Time Period!))

REMEMBER, Things like list of revision is best revised using the LOOK - COVER - WRITE - CHECK method, and checking yourself LITTLE AND OFTEN - rather than all in one go on the night before!!!

Whilst you can write the equation in a rearranged form (e.g. s = d / t can be written as d = s x t ) I would prefer you learn them as they are arranged on this page for a number of reasons;
  • They are written in the form they appear on mark schemes in tests, so it is the way the examiner expects to see them written when you show in your working out which formula you are using.
  • This is they way they are most commonly used, so learning them like this means less chance of silly rearrangement errors
  • I would like to check that to check that people read these homework notes properly, so question 15 will be "Can you answer this question correctly?", and your answer will be exactly "1 house point please" - don't pass that on, only those who read this get the house point!!).
  • And finally, there is a sense to learning them in a similar format, so you can build your understanding by connecting between equations and definitions.... e.g. "Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity" is best learnt when you know the equation for accelerations is "a = ( v - u ) / t"
  • There is also some comparisons to formulae later in the course if you have learnt them a certain way in year 9.

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