AQA GCSE New Specification 8463 Unit 1.5 Kinetic Energy

Objective:
To learn about Kinetic energy and elastic stores and what factors effect it.


Learning Outcomes
Core: level 4
State the factors that affect the size of a kinetic energy store of an object.
State the factors that affect the elastic potential energy store of a spring.
Describe energy changes involving elastic potential energy and kinetic energy stores.

Challenge: level 6
Calculate the kinetic energy store of an object.
Calculate the elastic potential energy store of a stretched spring.
Investigate the relationship between the energy stored in a spring and the kinetic energy store of an object launched from it.

Aspire: level 8
Perform calculations involving the rearrangement of the kinetic energy equation.
Perform calculations involving the rearrangement of the elastic potential energy equation.
Perform a wide range of calculations involving transfer of energy