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Chapter 4 Linear motion. 1) Linear means in a straight line. 2) Describe the motion of an object by its position, speed, direction and acceleration. 3) Distance is a scalar. Distance is “how much ground is covered” during motion.
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2) Describe the motion of an object by its position, speed, direction and acceleration
3) Distance is a scalar. Distance is “how much ground is covered” during motion.
4) Displacement is a vector Displacement is DX “final position – initial position”
Butdisplacementis the vector from a to c = final position – initial position
6) Motion is relative.An object is moving if its position relative to a fixed point is changing.
7) Example: A crate on a train traveling at 20 m/sec. The crate is at rest wrt the train.But the crate is moving 20 m/sec relative to the ground.
8) Unless stated otherwise, we measure speed relative to the Earth.
7) Speed is how fast an object is moving. Speed is a scalar quantity.
10) From motion experiments, Galileo defined Speed = distance/time11) Before Galileo, motion was simply described as “fast” or “slow”
12) Instantaneous speed is the speed at any instant.13) A speedometer shows instantaneous speed.
15) Velocity = speed in a given direction. Velocity is a vector quantity.
16) Constant velocity = means same speed in same straight-line direction.
17) Changing velocity : if either the speed changes or the direction changesor both change
18) Acceleration is the rate of change of velocityacceleration is a vector.19) acceleration = change of velocity time interval
21) Accelaration for object traveling in a straight line = change in speedtime interval
22) projectile: an object that moves only under the influence of gravity.23) Free fall = object falling under influence of gravity.
25) When we talk about free fall, we ignore air resistance.
26) Acceleration of object in free fall is about g= 10 meters/sec2
27) Kinematics is the study of motionGalileo discovered these relationships.
28) There are 6 kinematics variables and 2 kinematics equations
29)Kinematics variables for free falling object, Y = final position in y directionYo = initial position in y directionVoy = initial velocity in y directionVfy = final velocity in y directionay = -gt = time elapsed
30) What is meant by “-g”?The object is accelerating in the negative direction
31) Kinematic Equations y = yo + vot + ½ a t2V = vo + atx = xo + vot + ½ a t2V = vo + at
32) For freefall, equations simplify to y = - ½ g t2V = - gt
33) Rising objects: an object thrown straight up will slow down, stop and fall back down
28) Projectile motions 1-D 1-D 2-D