Section 2 : Kinematics (5059 PHYSICS GCE ORDINARY LEVEL (2014))

Kinematics 
: 

(a) state what is meant by speed and velocity 

(b) calculate average speed using distance travelled / time taken 

(c) state what is meant by uniform acceleration and calculate the value of an acceleration using 
change in velocity / time taken 

(d) interpret given examples of non-uniform acceleration 

(e) plot and interpret a displacement-time graph and a velocity-time graph 

(f) deduce from the shape of a displacement-time graph when a body is: 

(i) at rest 
(ii) moving with uniform velocity 
(iii) moving with non-uniform velocity 

(g) deduce from the shape of a velocity-time graph when a body is: 
(i) at rest 
(ii) moving with uniform velocity 
(iii) moving with uniform acceleration 
(iv) moving with non-uniform acceleration 

(h) calculate the area under a velocity-time graph to determine the displacement travelled for motion 
with uniform velocity or uniform acceleration 

(i) state that the acceleration of free fall for a body near to the Earth is constant and is approximately 
10 m/s2 

(j) describe the motion of bodies with constant weight falling with or without air resistance, including 
reference to terminal velocity