Forces

§6.5Foundation and Higher tierAQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (8464)

Forces sits inside Physics in the AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy specification. Below is the structure the official spec gives it — the areas it covers and the concepts examiners can ask about.

What Forces covers

  • Forces and Their Interactions§6.5.1
  • Work Done and Energy Transfer§6.5.2
  • Forces and Elasticity§6.5.3
  • Forces and Motion§6.5.4
  • Momentum§6.5.5

Concepts you need to know

The named concepts the 8464 specification examines in this subtopic. The full what-to-know, how-to-get-top-marks and examiner-expectations breakdown for each lives inside the app.

Work Done and Energy TransferMomentum and Conservation of MomentumScalar and Vector QuantitiesHooke's Law and ElasticityDistance, Displacement and SpeedContact and Non-Contact ForcesVelocity and AccelerationArea Under Velocity-Time GraphGravity and WeightNewton's Laws of MotionResultant Forces and Free Body DiagramsStopping Distance and Braking

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