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Grand Prix race 1

A The drawings show part of a motor race.

1 Which picture or pictures show a car:
a not moving
b speeding up
c slowing down
d moving at a steady speed?

2 a What forces are there on the cars in

Waiting on the grid at the start.
drawing A? weight,upthust
B b Explain whether these forces are balanced
or unbalanced. balanced because the car will move at a
constant speed.
3 Write down five forces that are acting on the car
in drawing E. weight,forward force,upward force,wind
force,horizonal force
4 Think about the horizontal forces only for this
question.
Which pictures show:
They’re off! a the forward force bigger than the backwards
force D
C
b the backwards force bigger than the
forwards force C
c the backwards and forwards forces
balanced? E

5 The drawings below show the air resistance

force at points B and E in the race.
Slowing down for a bend.

Speeding up out of the bend.

a Which drawing shows the air resistance
E force at point B? Y
b Which one shows the air resistance at
point E? X
c Explain how you worked out your answers.
Top speed along the straight part of the track. Just knowing it

I can…
● identify different forces acting on an object
● explain what balanced and unbalanced forces can do to the movement of an object.

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