GCSE Physics – Car safety

Last updated: 11/05/2020
OCR 21st Century GCSE Science – Combined science foundation Explaining motion GCSE Physics – Car safety

Learning Objectives

-I can explain the features in a car that are designed to make it safer

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  1. What is the equation for force and momentum?

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  2. What does increasing the time taken for momentum to reach 0 do?

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  3. What type of energy does a car moving have?

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  4. What happens during a car crash?

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  5. Why do passengers experience large forces during crashes?

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  6. How do car safety features protect passengers?

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  7. What do car safety features do?

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  8. What are the main safety features in a car?

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  9. What safety features do modern cars have?

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  10. What is a crumple zone?

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  11. Where are crumple zones located on cars?

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  12. What are crumple zones meant to do during a collision?

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  13. How do crumple zones help to protect passengers?

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  14. Where should seat belts be worn?

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  15. What do seat belts do?

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  16. What else do seat belts do?

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  17. What are air bags?

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  18. What do air bags do in a collision?

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  19. What do air bags do to reduce forces?

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  20. What else do air bags act as?

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  21. What can air bags therefore prevent?

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  22. Why does increasing the time taken in collision protect passengers?

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  23. Why does increasing the time taken in collision protect passengers?

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  24. What age should children usually be placed in a car seat?

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  25. How should child car seats be placed in a car?

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