Experiment 2 - Acceleration Down an Incline

Question 1

The study of motion without reference to the forces which cause the motion. A treatment of relations between displacement, velocity, and acceleration

Answer 1

Kinematics

Question 2

Relates the action of forces on bodies to their resulting motion. Relates the force acting on a body to its mass and acceleration

Answer 2

Kinetics

Question 2

the time rate of change of the displacement (s)

Answer 2

Velocity (v)

Question 2

Formula of Velocity

Answer 2

v = ds/dt

Question 3

Law that states particle acted upon by a balanced force system has no acceleration.

Answer 3

Newton’s Law of Motion

Question 4

time rate of
change of velocity (v)

Answer 4

Acceleration (a)

Question 5

Formula of Acceleration

Answer 5

a = dv/dt

Question 5

Newton’s Law of Motion:

A particle acted upon by an unbalanced force system has an acceleration _____ proportional to the resultant of the force system

Answer 5

directly (a = F/m)

Question 5

Newton’s Law of Motion:

Action and reaction forces between two particles are always _____ and _____ directed

Answer 5

equal, opposite

Question 6

Law that states that a particle acted upon by an unbalanced force
system has an acceleration in line with and directly proportional to the resultant of the force system.

Answer 6

Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion

Question 6

Property of matter by which a force is required to change its speed or direction of its movement.

Answer 6

Inertia

Question 6

Formula of the displacement covered by the car as it rolls down the incline

Answer 6

s = Vot + 1/2 at^2