6714235000 | First kinematics equation (constant acceleration) no displacement given | *speed up or slow down *acceleration is how quickly velocity changes | 0 | |
6714235001 | Second kinematics equation (constant acceleration) no final velocity given | *speed up or slow down *most often used for projectile motion | 1 | |
6714235002 | Third kinematics equation (constant acceleration) no time given | *speed up or slow down m/s m m/s/s | 2 | |
6714235003 | Fourth Kinematics Equation (constant acceleration) no acceleration given | *speed up or slow down meters m/s seconds | 3 | |
6714235004 | Newton's Second Law | *vector addition *right-left=ma or up-down=ma ***one of the above equations acceleration=0 *****watch direction for a***** *mass is measured in kg | 4 | |
6714235005 | Newton's 3 Laws | 3rd law means forces are equal and opposite | 5 | |
6714235006 | Weight | *depends on location and planet * Force is weight measured in Newtons *mass is m measured in kg *g is acceleration due to gravity (9.8 for Earth) | 6 | |
6714235007 | Force of static Friction | *from freebody diagram *Normal comes from up-down=ma equation *Newtons *coefficient is unitless | 7 | |
6714235008 | Force of kinetic friction | *depends on materials and normal force acting on object *Normal comes from up-down=ma equation *Newtons *coefficient is unitless | 8 | |
6714235009 | Work | *carrying a book across a room is not work *to do work the force must be parallel to displacement *friction does negative work Joules | 9 | |
6714235010 | Work-Energy Theorem | *Work is the change of kinetic energy *object speeding up or slowing down *option to Newton's 2nd Law approach Joules | 10 | |
6714235011 | Hooke's Law (springs) | F= force stretching or compressing a spring(N) k= spring constant/force constant (N/m) x= how much spring is stretched or compressed (m) *F=ma | 11 | |
6714235012 | Elastic Potential Energy for a spring | U= potential energy (Joules) k= spring constant / force constant (N/m) x= how much spring is stretched or compressed (m) *Use in conservation of energy U+K=U+K | 12 | |
6714235013 | Gravitational Potential Energy | U= potential energy (Joules) m= mass (kg) g=acceleration due to gravity (-9.8 Earth) y= vertical position from bottom (not ground) *swinging objects *roller coasters *used in conservation of energy U+K=U+K | 13 | |
6714235014 | Conservation of Mechanical energy | *one object *use for swinging objects, springs, roller coasters *potential loss is kinetic gained | 14 | |
6714235015 | conservation of energy with friction | Object moving with friction *energy at one time = energy at later time + work done by friction U+K=U+K+W | 15 | |
6714235016 | Power | rate of energy change Watts | 16 | |
6714235017 | energy from power | Energy= power * time Joules | 17 | |
6714235018 | radial/ centripetal acceleration | change direction acceleration m/s/s | 18 | |
6714235019 | total acceleration | no angular acceleration m/s/s *object speeding up/slowing down and turning | 19 | |
6714235020 | linear/tangential velocity for circular motion | T is period= time for one complete circle x=vt where x is circumference m/s | 20 | |
6714235021 | conversion for linear and angular velocity | v=velocity (m/s) w=angular velocity (rad/s) r= radius (m) | 21 | |
6714235022 | conversion for linear and angular acceleration | a= acceleration m/s/s alpha= angular acceleration rad/s/s r= radius (m) | 22 | |
6714235023 | angular momentum (something going in a circle like a spinning ice skater) | L= angular momentum kgm^2/s I= rotational inertia kgm^2 w=angular velocity rad/s *when ice skater brings arms in I decreases which increases w | 23 | |
6714235024 | net torque for system | torque (Nm) I= rotational inertia (kgm^2) angular acceleration (rad/s/s) *object like a see saw speeding up or slowing down but going in a circle | 24 | |
6714235025 | Rotational Kinetic energy | *object turning like a spinning wheel K= kinetic energy (joules) I= rotational inertia (kgm^2) w= angular velocity (rad/s) | 25 | |
6714235026 | Universal Gravitational Potential Energy | object with a planet U= potential energy (Joules) G=6.67x10^-11 r=distance center to center (m) m=mass (kg) | 26 | |
6714235027 | acceleration due to gravity | g= m/s/s acceleration due to gravity M = Mass of planet (kg) r = distance from the center of the plant to object location (m) | 27 | |
6714235028 | position as a function of time for simple harmonic motion (mass on spring) | RADIAN MODE x=position (meters) A= amplitude (meters) f=frequency (Hz) | 28 | |
6714235029 | angular frequency for mass on spring | w = angular frequency (rad/s) k=spring/force constant (N/m) m= mass (kg) | 29 | |
6714235030 | frequency for simple harmonic motion | f=frequency (Hz) T=period (s) w=angular frequency (rad/s) *use parenthesis in calculator | 30 | |
6714235031 | Period of a mass on a spring | *doesn't change if you go to a different planet *period is time for one complete cycle *use parenthesis in calculator T= period (s) m= mass (kg) k= spring/force constant (N/m) | 31 | |
6714235032 | Period of an simple pendulum | *depends on planet/ location *period is time for one complete cycle (s) *L is length of string (m) *g is 9.8 for Earth | 32 | |
6714235033 | momentum | vector! Watch sign for VELOCITY | 33 | |
6714235034 | impulse | vector! change of direction means double the impulse WATCH SIGN for VELOCITY | 34 | |
6714235035 | kinetic energy | scalar, never negative if you are moving you have kinetic energy | 35 | |
6714235036 | constant angular velocity | w= angular velocity (rad/s) angular displacement (rad) | 36 | |
6714235037 | universal law of gravitation | F = force (equal and opposite on masses) G=6.67x10^-11 m = mass (kg) r = distance center to center (m) Force = mg or ma or mv^2/r | 37 | |
6714235038 | Coulomb's Law (force between charges) | F= force equal and opposite on charges (N) k=9x10^9 q=charge (C) r = distance center to center *opposite signs attract *like signs repel | 38 | |
6714235039 | current | *direction is from positive side of battery towards negative sign of battery I= current (Amps) q= charge (C) t = time *flow of charge through a cross sectional area of wire *equal in series (one pipe=one current) | 39 | |
6714235040 | resistance | R= resistance (ohms) resistivity (ohm meters) L=length (m) A= cross-sectional area (circle for wires) (m^2) *Longer the wire the more the resistance *the greater the area the smaller the resistance | 40 | |
6714235041 | power | rate of energy dissipated by resistor or rate of energy converted by battery *P= power (watts) *I= current (amps) *V= electric potential difference (volts) | 41 | |
6714235042 | resistors in series | longer means increased resistance *one path/ one pipe/ one *current is equal *voltage adds up | 42 | |
6714235043 | resistors in parallel | *multiple paths/ more pipes/two finger rule *voltage is equal *current adds up | 43 | |
6714235044 | adding resistors in series and parallel | 44 | ||
6714235045 | wave speed | v= wave speed (m/s) f=frequency (Hz) wavelength (m) *deceiving equation , wave speed only depends on medium | 45 | |
6714235046 | slope of a position vs time graph | v=x/t velocity | 46 | |
6714235047 | slope of a velocity vs time graph | a= change of v/time acceleration | 47 | |
6714235048 | area of a velocity vs time graph | x=vt displacement | 48 | |
6714235049 | slope of a force vs acceleration graph | m=F/a mass | 49 | |
6714235050 | area of a force vs time graph | Ft= impulse= change of momentum | 50 | |
6714235051 | area of a force vs displacement graph | Fx=work= change of kinetic energy | 51 | |
6714235052 | slope of a force vs stretch graph | k=F/x spring constant or force constant | 52 | |
6714235053 | force of friction | another force for freebody Normal comes from freebody | 53 | |
6714235054 | Newton's 2nd Law Practice | split tension Fcos (angle)- f =ma N +Fsin(angle)-mg=0 | 54 | |
6714235055 | conservation of momentum | use for collisions momentum before + momentum before = momentum after +momentum after | 55 | |
6714235056 | Elastic collisions | *conserve momentum and kinetic energy *magnetic bumpers with carts | 56 | |
6714235057 | Inelastic collisions | *This is what you assume unless told otherwise *conserve momentum not kinetic energy *objects do not have to stick together | 57 | |
6714235058 | completely inelastic collisions | *conserve momentum only *objects stick together *Velcro with carts | 58 | |
6714235059 | angular displacement | radians rad/s rad/s/s | 59 | |
6714235060 | speeding up/slowing down angular velocity | rad/s rad/s/s | 60 | |
6714235061 | torque (twisting force) | *See Saw/ levers *demo with trying to hold up bar with hanging masses torque (Nm) r is distance from pivot point to force (m) force must be perpendicular (N) | 61 | |
6714235062 | change of angular momentum | change of angular momentum (kgm^2/s) torque (Nm) time (s) *if there is a torque object speeds up or slows down which changes its angular momentum | 62 | |
6714235063 | horizontal projectile motion | initial velocity = zero a=-9.8 displacement is negative | 63 | |
6714235064 | projectile motion at an angle | *split initial velocity into sin and cos *vsin is for vertical constant acceleration equations *vcos is for horizontal constant velocity equation x=vt | 64 | |
6714235065 | density | density (kg/m^3) mass (kg) Volume (m^3) | 65 | |
6714235066 | period | period is time for one complete cycle/circle w= angular velocity/frequency (rad/s) f= frequency (Hz) | 66 | |
6714235067 | Ohm's Law | I= current (A)....flow V= electric potential difference (Volts)....push R= resistance (ohm's law)... fight *the more the push the more the flow * the more the fight, the less the flow | 67 | |
6714235068 | slope of a voltage vs resistance graph | current | 68 | |
6714235069 | slope | divide axis and find equation for meaning | 69 | |
6714235070 | area | *multiply axis for meaning *area under x-axis is negative *shading is from the x-axis up and from the x-axis down | 70 | |
6714235071 | Newton's 2nd Law - atwood | up-down=ma T-W=ma T-.9(9.8)=.9a T-.6(9.8)=.6(-a) | 71 | |
6714235072 | Newton's 2nd law- incline plane | N-mgcos(angle)=0 T-mgsin(angle)=ma T-mg=m(-a) | 72 | |
6714235073 | Newton's 2nd law turning | N-mg=mv^2/r | 73 | |
6714235074 | projectile motion | *force = weight (down whole time) *acceleration (down -9.8 m/s/s) *horizontal motion constant velocity x=vt *at P only horizontal velocity *at P vertical velocity is negative | 74 | |
6714235075 | Newton's 2nd law -modified atwood | N-mg=0 T=4a T-2g=2(-a) | 75 | |
6714235076 | Freebody for incline plane | only C and E correct C is at rest or moving down incline E is being accelerated up incline | 76 | |
6714235077 | Sound | compressional / longitudinal wave *fastest in solids *cannot go through a vaccuum | 77 | |
6714235078 | conservation of angular momentum | 78 | ||
6714235079 | torque | 79 | ||
6714235080 | Coulomb's Law | 80 | ||
6714235081 | Hooke's Law | 81 | ||
6714235082 | Ohm's law visual | 82 | ||
6714235083 | centripetal force | *Net force towards center of circle Moon around earth it is gravity car going around curve friction | 83 | |
6714235084 | no centripetal force | no centripetal force object moves straight... no longer turns | 84 |
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