GCSE Physics – Topic 1.1 – Physical Quantities and Measurement Techniques


-- Core --


Describe the use of rulers and measuring cylinders to find a length or a volume.


Describe how to measure a variety of time intervals using clocks and digital timers.


Determine an average value for a small distance and for a short interval of time by measuring multiples (including the period of oscillation of a pendulum).


-- Extended --


Understand that a scalar quantity has magnitude (size) only and that a vector quantity has magnitude and direction.


Know that the following quantities are scalars: distance, speed, time, mass, energy and temperature.


Know that the following quantities are vectors: force, weight, velocity, acceleration, momentum, electric field strength and gravitational field strength.


Determine, by calculation or graphically, the resultant of two vectors at right angles, limited to forces or velocities only.