Acceleration

• Resources Structure
• Key Stage 4
• Physics
• II. Motion
• 8. Acceleration

• Exam Specifications
• Key Stage 4
• AQA GCSE Science A (4461) Physics
• III. Additional materials
• 1. Additional materials
• Additional materials
• AQA GCSE Physics (4451)
• I. Physics 2
• 1. How can we describe the way things move?
• to construct velocity-time graphs for a body moving with a constant velocity or a constant acceleration
• to calculate the speed of a body from the slope of a distance-time graph.
• to calculate the acceleration of a body from the slope of a velocity-time graph
• to calculate the distance travelled by a body from a velocity-time graph.
• Understand the acceleration of a body.
• The slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration.
• AQA GCSE Physics (4451)
• V. Physics 2
• 17. How can we describe the way things move?
• to calculate the distance travelled by a body from a velocity-time graph.
• The acceleration of a body is given by: acceleration (metre/second2 m/s2) = change in velocity (metre/second, m/s) / time taken for change (second, s)
• The slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration.
• to construct velocity-time graphs for a body moving with a constant velocity or a constant acceleration
• to calculate the speed of a body from the slope of a distance-time graph
• to calculate the acceleration of a body from the slope of a velocity-time graph

change, speed, acceleration, change in speed