Access ramps 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses This task is about work, distance and force. Question 1Change answer In order to help people who use a wheelchair to enter public buildings, access ramps are built. The ramps are usually quite long with a gentle slope. It would be difficult to lift a person in a wheelchair up 1 metre, but it is easy to push the wheelchair up a long ramp that is 1 metre high at the top end. Using the words 'work', 'distance', and 'force', explain why a ramp makes this task easier. In order to help people who use a wheelchair to enter public buildings, access ramps are built. The ramps are usually quite long with a gentle slope. It would be difficult to lift a person in a wheelchair up 1 metre, but it is easy to push the wheelchair up a long ramp that is 1 metre high at the top end. Using the words 'work', 'distance', and 'force', explain why a ramp makes this task easier. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 5 Curriculum info: Science, Knowledge, Physical World Keywords: using physics, work, forces, distances Description of task: Task: Include three given words in an explanation about how ramps work. Assessment focus: work, distance and force. Answers/responses: Y10 (03/1998) The same amount of work needs to be done, but because that work is spread over a greater distance, the force required is less. very difficult
