AQA GCSE Physics -
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Paper 2 Questions With Correct Answers
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Scalar //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔quantities /
/with //only //magnitude //such //as //speed, //distance, //time //and //mass.
Vector //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔quantities /
/with //
a/
/magnitude /
/and /
/direction /
/e.g. /
/acceleration, /
/force /
/momentum /
/and /
/weight. //
A/
/vector /
/quantity /
/can /
/be /
/represented /
/as //an //arrow, //the //size //representing //the //magnitude //and //the //direction, //the //direction.
Non-
contact /
,/force //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //objects //are //physically //separate //e.g. //magnetism/gravity/electrostatic.
3 //non-contact //forces //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔magnetism //
gravity
electrostatic
Contact //force //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔objects //are //physically //touching //.
3 //contact //forces //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔friction
resistance
tension
Gravity //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Weight /
/is /
/the /
/force /
/acting /
/on /
/an /
/object /
/due /
/to //gravity, //it //acts //on //an //objects //'centre //of //mass' //and //is //directly //proportional //to //mass
,Weigh //Equation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Weight //= //mass //x //grav. //field //strength
Resultant /
/forces //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/number /
/of /
/forces /
/acting /
/on /
/an /
/object /
/may /
/be /
/replaced /
/by //
a/
/single /
/force /
/that /
/has /
/the /
/same /
/effect /
/as /
/all //the //original //forces //acting //together, //this //single //force //is //the //called //the //resultant //force.
In //
a/
/tug /
/of /
/war, //1000N //to //the //left //and //800N //to //the //right. //The //resultant //force //is //200N //to //the //left
, Free-
Body /
/force /
/diagrams //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔When /
/an //object //is //acted //on //by //more //than //one //force //you //can //draw //a //free-
body /
/force /
/diagram /
/to /
/work /
/out /
/the /
/resultant /
/force /
/on /
/the /
/object. /
/It /
/shows //the //forces //acting //on //an //object //without //any //other //objects //or //other //forces //shown.
//Each /
/force /
/is /
/shown /
/on //the //diagram //by //a //vector, //which //is //an //arrow //pointing //in //the //direction //of //the //force. //(
//the /
/normal /
/force /
/is /
/that /
/component /
/of //the //contact //force //that //is //perpendicular //to //the //surface //that //an //object //contacts)
How /
/to /
/resolve /
// // //
Paper 2 Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // //
Scalar //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔quantities /
/with //only //magnitude //such //as //speed, //distance, //time //and //mass.
Vector //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔quantities /
/with //
a/
/magnitude /
/and /
/direction /
/e.g. /
/acceleration, /
/force /
/momentum /
/and /
/weight. //
A/
/vector /
/quantity /
/can /
/be /
/represented /
/as //an //arrow, //the //size //representing //the //magnitude //and //the //direction, //the //direction.
Non-
contact /
,/force //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //objects //are //physically //separate //e.g. //magnetism/gravity/electrostatic.
3 //non-contact //forces //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔magnetism //
gravity
electrostatic
Contact //force //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔objects //are //physically //touching //.
3 //contact //forces //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔friction
resistance
tension
Gravity //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Weight /
/is /
/the /
/force /
/acting /
/on /
/an /
/object /
/due /
/to //gravity, //it //acts //on //an //objects //'centre //of //mass' //and //is //directly //proportional //to //mass
,Weigh //Equation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Weight //= //mass //x //grav. //field //strength
Resultant /
/forces //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/number /
/of /
/forces /
/acting /
/on /
/an /
/object /
/may /
/be /
/replaced /
/by //
a/
/single /
/force /
/that /
/has /
/the /
/same /
/effect /
/as /
/all //the //original //forces //acting //together, //this //single //force //is //the //called //the //resultant //force.
In //
a/
/tug /
/of /
/war, //1000N //to //the //left //and //800N //to //the //right. //The //resultant //force //is //200N //to //the //left
, Free-
Body /
/force /
/diagrams //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔When /
/an //object //is //acted //on //by //more //than //one //force //you //can //draw //a //free-
body /
/force /
/diagram /
/to /
/work /
/out /
/the /
/resultant /
/force /
/on /
/the /
/object. /
/It /
/shows //the //forces //acting //on //an //object //without //any //other //objects //or //other //forces //shown.
//Each /
/force /
/is /
/shown /
/on //the //diagram //by //a //vector, //which //is //an //arrow //pointing //in //the //direction //of //the //force. //(
//the /
/normal /
/force /
/is /
/that /
/component /
/of //the //contact //force //that //is //perpendicular //to //the //surface //that //an //object //contacts)
How /
/to /
/resolve /
