Combined Science GCSE
Height
What Height means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Height
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Reference: AQA
The vertical distance an object is raised or lowered, measured in metres (m), not the distance along a slope.
A quantity measured in metres in the equation Ep = mgh.
Topics that use Height
- Changes in energy (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Converting units
- Elastic potential energy
- Energy stores and transfers
- Extension
- Gravitational field strength
- Gravitational potential energy
- Hooke's law
- Kinetic energy
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