PHYSICS PAPER 2 2026 REVISION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ A value with magnitude and direction is a ____________? Answer:
vector
◉ Distance and speed are examples of _________ quantities Answer:
scalar
◉ Force, displacement and velocity are examples of __________
quantities Answer: vector
◉ What is a contact force? Answer: A force between two objects
which are touching
◉ What ia a non-contact force? Answer: A force between objects
which are separated by space.
◉ Give two examples of contact forces Answer: e.g. friction, air
resistance
◉ List three non-contact forces Answer: gravitational, electrostatic,
magnetic
,◉ Define weight Answer: The force of gravity acting on an object's
mass
◉ What device is used to measure weight? Answer: A newtonmeter
◉ What is the name of the single point at which an object's mass
appears to act? Answer: centre of mass
◉ The centre of mass of an object is... Answer: the single point at
which the object's weight appears to act.
◉ The single force which has the same effect as the combination of
all the different forces acting on an object is the ______________
_______________. Answer: resultant force
◉ Work is done when an object is .... Answer: ... moved through a
distance
◉ Moving objects with mass are said to have __________? Answer:
momentum
, ◉ State the law of conservation of momentum Answer: In a closed
system the total momentum before an event is equal to the total
momentum after an event.
◉ State the equation which links gravitaional field strength, mass
and weight Answer: W=mg
◉ State the equation which links distance, force and work done
Answer: W=Fs
◉ State the equation which links extension, force and spring
constant Answer: F=ke
◉ State the equation which links distance, speed and time Answer:
s=vt
◉ State the equation which links acceleration, change in velocity and
time taken Answer: a=Δv/t
◉ State the equation which links acceleration, mass and resultant
force Answer: F = ma
◉ State the equation which links mass, momentum and velocity
Answer: ρ = mv
AND ANSWERS
◉ A value with magnitude and direction is a ____________? Answer:
vector
◉ Distance and speed are examples of _________ quantities Answer:
scalar
◉ Force, displacement and velocity are examples of __________
quantities Answer: vector
◉ What is a contact force? Answer: A force between two objects
which are touching
◉ What ia a non-contact force? Answer: A force between objects
which are separated by space.
◉ Give two examples of contact forces Answer: e.g. friction, air
resistance
◉ List three non-contact forces Answer: gravitational, electrostatic,
magnetic
,◉ Define weight Answer: The force of gravity acting on an object's
mass
◉ What device is used to measure weight? Answer: A newtonmeter
◉ What is the name of the single point at which an object's mass
appears to act? Answer: centre of mass
◉ The centre of mass of an object is... Answer: the single point at
which the object's weight appears to act.
◉ The single force which has the same effect as the combination of
all the different forces acting on an object is the ______________
_______________. Answer: resultant force
◉ Work is done when an object is .... Answer: ... moved through a
distance
◉ Moving objects with mass are said to have __________? Answer:
momentum
, ◉ State the law of conservation of momentum Answer: In a closed
system the total momentum before an event is equal to the total
momentum after an event.
◉ State the equation which links gravitaional field strength, mass
and weight Answer: W=mg
◉ State the equation which links distance, force and work done
Answer: W=Fs
◉ State the equation which links extension, force and spring
constant Answer: F=ke
◉ State the equation which links distance, speed and time Answer:
s=vt
◉ State the equation which links acceleration, change in velocity and
time taken Answer: a=Δv/t
◉ State the equation which links acceleration, mass and resultant
force Answer: F = ma
◉ State the equation which links mass, momentum and velocity
Answer: ρ = mv
