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  KinematicsMechanics

  Before we can model motion we need to define the quantities that we are going to use, once that has been done we can investigate how they are related.

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  Distance and displacementMechanics

  Displacement as a vector, adding perpendicular displacements using pythagorus

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  Circular motionCircular motion and Gravity

  If your speed is constant how can you be accelerating. When you move in a circle it feels like you are being thrown out so how come the force is towards the centre? If too many people join me on a roller coaster will we all fall to our death

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  ForcesMechanics

  In an attempt to simplify we can consider all bodies to be a like a small ball with forces acting at the centre. Alternatively we could just consider the case of a small ball and ignore all other possibilities.

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  Wave basicsOscillations and Waves

  Wave quantities wave propagation reflection refraction interference diffraction

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