Free worksheet and solutions · AQA GCSE · 8463 / 8464
AQA GCSE Physics Momentum and Collisions Worksheet
AQA GCSE Higher momentum worksheet with worked answers: p=mv, motion graphs and conservation, plus Separate Physics collision and impact-force calculations.
What is covered
Questions and skills covered
The worksheet contains 8 pages of printable questions. A separate 8-page solutions PDF makes it easy to mark, review or share answers after the activity.
- Momentum and Collisions
- Higher only. Combined Science:Q1–4; Separate Physics:Q1–5. Q6 impact forces is an optional Separate-only extension.
- Warehouse carts link p=mv fluency with payload selection, reversing-cart graph readings, system boundaries, coupling predictions and interpreting measured totals. A practical plan and kinetic-energy misconception check deepen application. Separate Physics adds signed one-dimensional collision and spring-separation calculations, followed by an optional padded-crate impact extension.
About this activity
Warehouse carts link p=mv fluency with payload selection, reversing-cart graph readings, system boundaries, coupling predictions and interpreting measured totals. A practical plan and kinetic-energy misconception check deepen application. Separate Physics adds signed one-dimensional collision and spring-separation calculations, followed by an optional padded-crate impact extension.
Before you start
Higher only. Combined Science:Q1–4; Separate Physics:Q1–5. Q6 impact forces is an optional Separate-only extension.
A question from the worksheet
Original question from this worksheet
A 12 kg empty cart carries either a25kg or26kg load at0.80m/s. Its momentum magnitude must not exceed30kgm/s. Choose the heavier permitted load using both options.
Show the answer
25kg load gives total37kg and momentum29.6kgm/s, within the limit.26kg load gives total38kg and30.4kgm/s, above the limit. Choose25kg; include the cart's mass.
Common error: Check units, the stated model and the course/tier labels before choosing the physics.
Specification fit
AQA GCSE Physics Worksheets
8463 and 8464 · 4.5.7.1, 4.5.7.2, 4.5.7.3, 6.5.5.1, 6.5.5.2
- 8463: 4.5.7.1, 4.5.7.2, 4.5.7.3
- 8464: 6.5.5.1, 6.5.5.2
Choose the correct pathway: Higher only. Combined Science:Q1–4; Separate Physics:Q1–5. Q6 impact forces is an optional Separate-only extension.
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