Physics GCSE
Acceleration
What Acceleration means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
The rate of change of speed, found by dividing the change in speed between two points by the time taken between them when speed increases.
How quickly velocity changes, found as the change in velocity divided by the time taken for that change, measured in m/s².
Measures how quickly velocity changes, linked by the equation a = Δv / t to the change in velocity and the time taken.
Measured in metres per second squared (m/s²) and calculated by dividing the change in velocity by the time taken.
Measured in metres per second squared (m/s²), it equals force ÷ mass when the equation is rearranged.
The rate of change of velocity, symbol a, measured in metres per second squared (m/s²).
Topics that use Acceleration
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
- Newton's Second Law (AQA GCSE)
- Motion (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Change in velocity
- displacement
- distance travelled
- estimation
- gradient
- Rearranging equations
- Uniform acceleration
- Velocity
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