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Exam Questions

Newtonian Mechanics

Momentum and Force
Newton's Second Law of Motion: F=ma
Impulse
Resultant Force
Equations of Motion
Motion of a Body: Dynamics
Motion of a Body in Equilibrium: Statics

Weight Force
Newton's Third Law of Motion: Action/Reaction
Normal Reaction Force
Friction

Diagrams for DIY Suspended Masses
Diagrams for DIY Flat Planes
Diagrams for DIY Inclined Planes

Comparing forces with displacement (Eddie Woo Video)
Using trigonometric relationships (Eddie Woo Video)
Balancing vertical forces (Eddie Woo Video)
Worked exam question (Eddie Woo Video)

Concurrent Forces - Non-Equilibrium

Introduction (Eddie Woo Video)
Worked example (Eddie Woo Video)

Horizontal Resisted Motion

Introduction (Eddie Woo Video)
Velocity in terms of displacement (Eddie Woo Video)
Locating eventual resting place (Eddie Woo Video)

Plane Braking Model

Constant frictional force (Eddie Woo Video)
Considering reverse thrust (Eddie Woo Video)
Resetting the time variable (Eddie Woo Video)

Vertical Resisted Motion

Introduction (Eddie Woo Video)
Finding y = f(v) by integration (Eddie Woo Video)
Determining the maximum height (Eddie Woo Video)
Finding v = f(t) by integration (Eddie Woo Video)
How long till it returns to the ground? (Eddie Woo Video)

Terminal Velocity

Balancing forces (Eddie Woo Video)
Determining drop height (Eddie Woo Video)

Resisted Projectile Motion

Understanding horizontal motion (Eddie Woo Video)
Understanding vertical motion (Eddie Woo Video)
Finding cartesian equation (Eddie Woo Video)
Determining equations from first principles (Eddie Woo Video)

Quadratic Drag

Evaluating the drag coefficient (Eddie Woo Video)
Investigating horizontal motion (Eddie Woo Video)
Determining the angle of projection (Eddie Woo Video)

Physical Applications of Vectors [Note VCAA uses 9.8 not 10]

River crossing (Eddie Woo VIdeo)
River crossing, continued (Eddie Woo Video)
Weight from two strings (Eddie Woo Video)
Inclined plane, horizontal-vertical (Eddie Woo Video)
Inclined plane, tension-normal (Eddie Woo Video)

Inclined Plane Recap (Joel Speranza Math Video)
Forces and Inclined Planes (E=MC2 and All That Article)

Resolving Vectors with Projections

Relation to perpendicular distance (Eddie Woo Video)
Worked example (Eddie Woo Video)
Determining the angle of projection (Eddie Woo Video)

Physics Simulation: Free-Body Diagrams (Interactive Questions)
Tension, Weight, Friction and Normal Forces in Free Body Diagrams (Khan Academy Video)
Newton's Third Law Conceptual Worked Example (Khan Academy Video)
Object Pulled on Flat Surface (GeoGebra Interactive)
Resolving Weight on a Slope (GeoGebra Interactive)
Inclined Plane with Two Masses and a Pulley (GeoGebra Interactive)
Calculating the Normal Reaction Force in an Elevator (Joel Speranza Math Video)
Forces on a man and a lift moving upwards and downwards (GeoGebra Interactive)
GeoGebra Apps for Mechanics (GeoGebra Interactives)

Connected objects on a rough slope with friction

Connected objects with vertical motion under gravity

Crash Course Engineering

What is Engineering? 1 (Video)
Civil Engineering 2 (Video)
Mechanical Engineering 3 (Video)
The History of Electrical Engineering 4 (Video)
The History of Chemical Engineering 5 (Video)
Biomedical & Industrial Engineering 6 (Video)
The Law of Conservation 7 (Video)
Reversibility & Irreversibility 8 (Video)
The First & Zeroth Laws of Thermodynamics 9 (Video)

Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine 10 (Video)
Heat Engines, Refrigerators, and Cycles 11 (Video)
Stress, Strain, and Quicksand 12 (Video)
Fluid Flow & Equipment 13 (Video)
Heat Transfer 14 (Video)
How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire 15 (Video)
Drugs, Dyes, and Mass Transfer 16 (Video)
Mass Separation 17 (Video)
Reaching Breaking Point: Materials, Stresses, and Toughness 18 (Video)
Metals & Ceramics 19 (Video)
The Polymer Explosion 20 (Video)
Electrical Power, Conductors, and Your Dream Home 21 (Video)
Silicon, Semiconductors, & Solar Cells 22 (Video)
The Mighty Power of Nanomaterials 23 (Video)
Biomaterials 24 (Video)
Cheese, Catastrophes, and Process Control 25 (Video)
Skyscrapers, Statics, and Dynamics 26 (Video)
Engineering Ethics 27 (Video)
Flirting With Disaster - The Importance of Safety 28 (Video)
Preventing Flint - Environmental Engineering 29 (Video)
The Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy 30 (Video)
The Future of Clean Energy 31 (Video)
Why It's So Hard To Make Better Batteries 32 (Video)
How Engineering Robots Works 33 (Video)
To The Moon & Mars - Aerospace Engineering 34 (Video)
Computer Engineering and the End of Moore's Law 35 (Video)
How to Engineer Health - Drug Discovery & Delivery 36 (Video)
Smart Tattoos & Tiny Robots 37 (Video)
Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering 38 (Video)
Mass-Producing Ice Cream with Food Engineering 39 (Video)
How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Saved 40 (Video)
Why Moving People is Complicated 41 (Video)
YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications and Signal Processing 42 (Video)
How Seawater Sabotages Ships 43 (Video)
Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch 44 (Video)
How to Become An Engineer 45 (Video)
The Biggest Problems We're Facing Today & The Future of Engineering 46 (Video)

Solutions to past VCAA exam questions can be looked up in the appropriate examiner's report on the Specialist Mathematics Past Examinations and Examination Reports page or the Northern Hemisphere Timetable (NHT) Past Examinations and Examination Reports page.

Momentum and Force
Momentum and Force (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)
Motion of a Body: Dynamics and Statics
Motion of a Body: Dynamics and Statics (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)
Weight Force
Weight Force (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)
Tension
Tension (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)
Normal Reaction Force and Flat Planes
Normal Reaction Force and Flat Planes (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)
Inclined Planes
Inclined Planes (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)
Friction (2000-2015 Study Design Questions)

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