Statistics for A Level PE - Linear Motion

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Definition	Keyword	% Correct
Measured in metres/second and is the rate of change in displacement	Velocity	100%
Quantities that have size and direction	Vector quantities	75%
Measured in m/s² and is the rate of change of velocity	Acceleration	67%
Measured in metres and is the shortest route in a straight line between the starting and finishing position	Displacement	67%
A measurement in metres/second of the body's movement per unit of time with no reference to direction	Speed	67%
Measured in metres and is the path a body takes as it moves from the starting to the finishing position	Distance	58%
Occurs when two or more bodies are in contact with one another	Friction	58%
Quantities that just have size	Scalar quantities	58%
A force that acts in the opposite direction to the motion of the body travelling through the air	Air resistance	50%
The quantity of matter the body possesses	Mass	50%
The product of the mass and velocity of an object	Momentum	33%
Comes from outside the body	External force	17%
The time is takes a force to be applied to an object or body	Impulse	17%
The gravitational force exerted on an object	Weight	17%
Is generated by the skeletal muscles	Internal force	0%
A combination of positive and negative impulses	Net impulse	0%
This occurs when two bodies are in contact with one another	Reaction force	0%