4842852730 | Kinematics | branch of mechanics dealing with motion, how things move, how fast they move, how long it takes them to move. | 0 | |
4842852731 | Frame of Reference | a system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another | 1 | |
4842854061 | Displacement | Distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point. | 2 | |
4842854062 | Vector | A quantity that has magnitude and direction | 3 | |
4842854860 | Average Speed | The overall rate of speed at which an object moves; calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time. | ![]() | 4 |
4842854861 | Average velocity | the ratio of the displacement vector over the change in time | ![]() | 5 |
4842856871 | Instantaneous Velocity | The speed and direction of an object at a particular instant | ![]() | 6 |
4842856872 | Acceleration | Change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur | ![]() | 7 |
4842857875 | Free Fall | the motion of a falling object when the only force acting on it is gravity | 8 | |
4842858744 | Slope | Rise over run | 9 | |
4842858745 | Scalar | A physical quantity that has magnitude only. | 10 | |
4842862869 | resultant | the sum of two or more vectors | 11 | |
4842862870 | Component Vectors | X = Vcos | 12 | |
4842864156 | Projectile Motion | the curved path that an object follows when thrown, launched, or otherwise projected near the surface of Earth | 13 | |
4842864157 | Position | A variable that gives your location relative to an origin. | 14 | |
4842864956 | Velocity Graph | slope = acceleration area = displacement | ![]() | 15 |
4842864957 | Speed Graph | slope = velocity | ![]() | 16 |
5060836892 | acceleration graph | always constant | 17 | |
5060841141 | acceleration due to gravity | All objects fall at a constant rate of acceleration | ![]() | 18 |
5076508598 | Formula of Projectile Mostion | x=x0+v0t+1/2at^2 | 19 |
AP Physics Kinematics Flashcards
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