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Key Stage 3
Meaning
To collide is for one object to hit another.
About Collisions
- Two objects which are moving may collide with one another.
- When one object is stationery the object which is moving is said to collide with an object that is not moving. For example I collided with a lamppost, the lamppost did not collide with me.
Key Stage 4
Meaning
To collide is for two or more objects to come into contact and impart a force onto one another to change their motion.
About Collisions
- Two objects which are moving may collide with one another.
- When one object is stationery the object which is moving is said to collide with an object that is not moving. For example I collided with a lamppost, the lamppost did not collide with me.
References
AQA
- Collisions, pages 150-157, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Collisions, pages 169-70, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Collisions, pages 245-6, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
Edexcel
- Collisions, page 23, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Collisions, page 307, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
- Collisions; momentum, page 25, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Collisions; momentum, page 309, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel