MECHANICS Flashcards
This is concerned with the forces acting on bodies, whether at rest or in motion.
Mechanics
What mechanic focuses on the way in which forces combine with each other so as to produce equilibrium?
Statics
What mechanic focuses on the motion of a body without regard to the cause of that motion?
Kinematics
What mechanic focuses on the way in which force produces motion?
Dynamics
This is defined as a movement of an object, which is also exhibited by a change in position.
Motion
What type of motion is it when the object is travelling in a straight path?
Rectiliner motion
What motion refers to travelling in a curved path?
Curvilinear motion
What type of motion do you refer to an object travelling at a certain angle?
Angular motion
TRUE OR FALSE: The object is in motion once its position changes in relation to some fixed element during a given time.
TRUE
This is referred to as the viewpoint of the observer of motion.
Frame of reference
This is the length of the actual path travelled.
Distance
This is the length and direction of the change in position measured from the starting point.
Displacement
What do you call the measure of how fast something is moving?
speed
TRUE OR FALSE: Speed is the rate at which distance is covered at a given time.
TRUE
This is the distance traveled divided by the total time elapsed in traveling that distance.
Average speed
