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Year 12

Side A2: Kinematics

Cover motion graphs, SUVAT equations, vertical motion, vectors, projectile motion, and practical/exam preparation.

Part of Year 12 CIE Physics 9702.

Topic Overview

What students will cover

This topic builds the mathematical language of motion. You will move between graphs, equations, vectors, and projectile models, so keep checking what each representation is telling you about the same physical situation.

By the end of Side A2, you should be able to choose a sensible model for a motion problem, justify your sign convention, and explain whether your answer is a displacement, velocity, acceleration, or time.

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Recall vocabulary

  • Distance

    the length of the path travelled by an object.

  • Displacement

    the distance moved in a specified direction from the starting point.

  • Speed

    the rate of change of distance.

  • Velocity

    the rate of change of displacement.

  • Acceleration

    the rate of change of velocity.

  • SUVAT

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  • free fall

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  • vector

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  • component

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  • projectile motion

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  • gradient

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  • area under a graph

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  • constant acceleration

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  • initial velocity

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  • final velocity

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  • time

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  • gravitational field strength

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  • acceleration of free fall

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Syllabus

CIE 9702 coverage in this topic

12 points across 6 lessons

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1.4.1

understand the difference between scalar and vector quantities and give examples of scalar and vector quantities included in the syllabus

L04 Vectors
1.4.2

add and subtract coplanar vectors

L04 Vectors
1.4.3

represent a vector as two perpendicular components

L04 Vectors
2.1.1

define and use distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration

L01 Motion Graphs
2.1.2

use graphical methods to represent distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration

L01 Motion Graphs
2.1.3

determine displacement from the area under a velocity–time graph

L01 Motion Graphs
2.1.4

determine velocity using the gradient of a displacement–time graph

L01 Motion Graphs
2.1.5

determine acceleration using the gradient of a velocity–time graph

L01 Motion Graphs
2.1.6

derive, from the definitions of velocity and acceleration, equations that represent uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line

L02 SUVAT Equations
2.1.7

solve problems using equations that represent uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line, including the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field without air resistance

L02 SUVAT Equations L03 Vertical Motion and Calculating g
2.1.8

describe an experiment to determine the acceleration of free fall using a falling object

L03 Vertical Motion and Calculating g
2.1.9

describe and explain motion due to a uniform velocity in one direction and a uniform acceleration in a perpendicular direction

L05 Projectile Motion L06 Projectile Motion Practice
Lessons

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Assessment checkpoint for Side A2.