Practice formative · Paper 2 style (53 marks) · practice paper with animated worked solutions
FA 1 P FA 1 · Practice formative: questions and interactive solutions
Seven practice questions on kinematics, with a printable paper and marking scheme. Each question is walked through as an animated solution: choose Essentials, Full or Stretch for as much explanation as you need.
Lessons
- FA1 P · Q1Practice Q1: a football kicked at a wallDefining acceleration, time to the wall, whether the ball clears it, and the effect of air resistance on the vertical acceleration. · A.1, A.2 · acceleration, projectile motion, air resistanceSL+HLMedium20 minFree
- FA1 P · Q2Practice Q2: a ball thrown from P to its highest point QHorizontal and vertical components, a "show that" for the maximum height, and the displacement PQ from the time to the top. · A.1 Kinematics · projectile motionSL+HLMedium18 minFree
- FA1 P · Q3Practice Q3: a ball thrown from A to B (velocity graphs)Completing a vertical velocity graph, maximum height from an area, finding the horizontal component, and sketching V_h. · A.1 Kinematics · velocity–time graphs of projectilesSL+HLMedium16 minFree
- FA1 P · Q4Practice Q4: scalars, vectors and a stone off a cliffDefining scalar and vector, classifying quantities, time to fall, the resultant velocity on landing, and displacement versus distance. · A.1 Kinematics · vectors and scalars, projectilesSL+HLMedium22 minFree
- FA1 P · Q5Practice Q5: a stone thrown upwards from a cliffMaximum height, then the time to reach the sea using one equation with careful signs. · A.1 Kinematics · vertical motion with constant accelerationSL+HLMedium14 minFree
- FA1 P · Q6Practice Q6: the world land speed record carAcceleration in two stages, the net force from Newton’s second law, and total distance from areas. · A.1, A.2 · uniform acceleration, F = ma, area under a speed–time graphSL+HLMedium16 minFree
- FA1 P · Q7Practice Q7: oil drips from a carReading dot spacing: why the car accelerates, extra dots, distance, final speed and initial acceleration. · A.1 Kinematics · linear motion from a dot diagramSL+HLMedium16 minFree