Physics Flashcards

1
Q

What is distance?

A

Scalar quantity

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2
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What is displacement

A

Vector quantity

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3
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Velocity is what?

A

Vector quantity

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4
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What happens an object travelling in a circular motion?

A

The object is constantly accelerating, and it’s direction is also constantly changing because of the cebtripetal force caused by another force acting on it.

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5
Q

What is the structure for the energy transfer triangle

A

Energy

Force, distance

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6
Q

Walking average speed is what?

A

1.5 mph

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7
Q

What is the speed of sound?

A

330m/s

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8
Q

How do you figure out the resultant force?

A

Draw thin lines till they join then sum the foces acting .

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9
Q

Graph in a straight line represents what?

A

A constant speed

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10
Q

What does a curve represent?

A

A change in speed (acceleration or deceleration)

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11
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The speed at any given point in a graph can be calculated by figuring out the surface area beneath it.

A

Eurbryr

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12
Q

What does a scalar quantity only have?

A

Magnitude

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13
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What does a vector quantity have?

A

Magnitude and direction

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14
Q

What is speed?

A

The scalar magnitude of velocity

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15
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To calculate resultant force you must take away the amount of N from each direction.

A

Eheueheue

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16
Q

How do you calculate displacement?

A

Velocity divided by time