Kinematics

Question 1

What is the study of motion

Answer 1

Mechanics

Question 2

What is the study of how things move?

Answer 2

Kinematics

Question 3

Which Ancient Greek believed that things move as they do because it is their nature

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

Studied falling objects

Answer 4

Galileo

Question 5

Galileo came to what conclusion

Answer 5

his conclusion was that objects will fall at the same rate in a vacuum (space)

Question 6

developed the 1st truly mathematical model of motion in the late 1600s

Answer 6

Issac Newton

Question 7

Issac Newtons 3 laws of motion and law of universal gravitation form the basis for what

Answer 7

classical mechanics

Question 8

what is classical mechanics

Answer 8

study of how and why things move

Question 9

why do we use the newtonian model

Answer 9

because makes predictions relatively accurate for most things without being overly complex

Question 10

a coordinate system used to describe the motion of an object

Answer 10

Frames of Referance

Question 11

a portion of a larger motion that we are interested in studying rather than all the possible motion

Answer 11

A System

Question 12

Distance is…… (list all possible facts)

Answer 12

a scalar quantity indicating how far and object moves during a time interval
represented with lowercase d

Question 13

a scalar quantity indicating how far and object moves during a time interval

Answer 13

Distance

Question 14

represented with lowercase d

Answer 14

distance

Question 15

Displacement is…… (list all possible facts)

Answer 15

a vector quantity that describes a change in position
represented with /\X

Question 16

represented with /\X

Answer 16

Displacement

Question 17

a vector quantity that describes a change in position

Answer 17

Displacement

Question 18

includes distance and direction

Answer 18

displacement

Question 19

Distance is always….

Answer 19

positive

Question 20

displacement can be negative
(True/False

Answer 20

True

Question 21

a measurable quantity that consists of magnitude

Answer 21

Scalar

Question 22

is scalar or vector measured with size only

Answer 22

Scalar

Question 23

Scalar quantities (4)

Answer 23

Distance
Temperature
Pressure
Speed

Question 24

a measurable quantity with both magnitude and direction

Answer 24

Vector

Question 25

Vector quantities (4)

Answer 25

Displacement
Velocity
Acceleration
Force

Question 26

a scalar quantity indicating the rate at which an object moves

Answer 26

speed

Question 27

A vector quantity indicating the rate at which an object’s position changes

Answer 27

Velocity

Question 28

a property of a moving system that is equal to its velocity times its mass
also a vector quantity

Answer 28

Momentum (p)

Question 29

the rate in change in velocity
vector quantity
change in speed, direction, or both
can be positive or negative
unit m/s squared

Answer 29

Acceleration

Question 30

Facts about Acceleration

Answer 30

the rate in change in velocity
vector quantity
change in speed, direction, or both
can be positive or negative
unit m/s squared

Question 31

the motion of an object that falls due to gravity alone with no other forces acting upon it

Answer 31

Free fall

Question 32

movement along a circular path

Answer 32

Circular motion

Question 33

circular motion can cause what

Answer 33

acceleration

Question 34

acceleration that causes an object to move toward the center of a circular path

Answer 34

Centripetal

Question 35

Negative acceleration

Answer 35

slowing down

Question 36

the 2 dimensional motion of any flying object whose curved path is determined by the influence of an external force only, such as gravity

Answer 36

projectile motion

Question 37

the curved path of the projectile

Answer 37

trajectory