BASIC PHYSICS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

BASIC PHYSICS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Work - ANSWER when a force is applied to something and it moves. Formula N=f•d. measured in newton
meters/ joules



Newtons - ANSWER a unit that is used to measure the amount of force that is applied to something



Joules - ANSWER unit of measuring energy particularly work. It is equivalent to 1 newton meter



GPE - ANSWER stored energy based off of an object's mass, gravitational acceleration, and how high an
object is. Measured in Newton Meters/Joules. It occurs during a free fall



Potential energy - ANSWER energy that hasn't happened yet but it could happen



Kinetic energy - ANSWER Energy that moves. Formula is KE=1/2mv^2



Distance - ANSWER How far something has moved. Measured in meters



Displacement - ANSWER the distance from one place to the other. Measured in meters



Speed - ANSWER the distance something travels per unit of time or how fast something is going.
(measure of distance/unit of time)



Average speed - ANSWER total distance traveled divided by the total time of travel (total distance/ total
time)



Instantaneous speed - ANSWER the speed at one point in time