IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award) 0654 · Physics · 7

0654.P1.2.01 — Define speed as distance travelled per unit time; recall and use the equation v= s t: past paper questions

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0654/02 · Specimen 2025 · Q29[1]
What is the speed of the stone just before it reaches the floor?
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0654/43 · May/June 2025 · Q9a(ii)[2]
Define the term velocity.
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0654/11 · May/June 2021 · Q29[1]
What is its average speed?
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0654/21 · May/June 2021 · Q29[1]
Which two quantities can be used to calculate the acceleration of a rocket?
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0654/22 · May/June 2021 · Q29[1]
What is her average speed for this journey?
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0654/11 · October/November 2020 · Q28[1]
What is the average vertical speed of the man?
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What examiners said

Many candidates gave speed but far fewer included the given direction. How fast something travels was a common non-creditworthy response.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0654/43 Q9(a)(ii) (Cambridge)

Candidates needed to recall the equation F = ma. Many candidates incorrectly believed that the quantities required to calculate acceleration were mass and speed or resultant force and speed.
— Examiner report, May/June 2021, 0654/21 Q29 (Cambridge)

Candidates had to calculate a speed that was very low. They needed to convert the time from hours to seconds. Many either did not convert the time from hours at all (option C), or converted it into minutes (option B).
— Examiner report, October/November 2020, 0654/11 Q28 (Cambridge)

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7 0654.P1.2.01 — Define speed as distance travelled per unit time; recall and use the equation v= s t

Define speed as distance travelled per unit time; recall and use the equation v= s t
Recall and use the equation 8 Define velocity as speed in a given direction total distance travelled average speed = total time taken
Calculate speed from the gradient of a 11 Calculate acceleration from the gradient of a straight-line section of a distance–time graph straight-line section of a speed–time graph
Calculate the area under a speed–time graph to work out the distance travelled for motion with: (a). constant speed (b). constant acceleration
Define acceleration as change in velocity per unit time; recall and use the equation Dv a= Dt 3 Sketch, plot and interpret distance–time and speed–time graphs 4 Know that an object moving with increasing speed is accelerating, and that an object moving with decreasing speed is decelerating 5 Determine, qualitatively, from the shape of a 10 Determine from given data or the shape of a distance–time graph or speed–time graph speed–time graph when an object is moving when an object is: with: (a) . at rest (a). constant acceleration (b) . moving with constant speed (b). changing acceleration (c).accelerating (d).decelerating
Know that deceleration is a negative acceleration and use this in calculations
Know that the acceleration of free fall g for an object near to the surface of the Earth is approximately constant and is approximately 9.8 m / s2

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