Free worksheet and solutions · OCR A A Level · H556
OCR A A Level Physics Gravitational Potential and Escape Velocity Worksheet
Free OCR A A Level Physics worksheet on gravitational potential, gravitational potential energy, force-distance graphs and escape velocity, with worked solutions.
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What is included in this Gravitational fields worksheet?
The worksheet contains 5 pages of printable questions. A separate 5-page solutions PDF makes it easy to mark, review or share answers after the activity.
- Defining gravitational potential and calculating potential using V_g = -GM/r
- Relating gravitational potential to gravitational potential energy
- Interpreting the area under a force-distance graph as work done
- Deriving and applying the escape-velocity equation
- Applying escape velocity to a sample-return mission and atomic-scale escape
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OCR A A Level Physics Worksheets
H556 · 5.4.4(a), 5.4.4(b), 5.4.4(c), 5.4.4(d), 5.4.4(e)
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