16305299478 | scalar | any quantity that can be expressed in terms of a single number | 0 | |
16305307614 | vector | a quantity that has a magnitude (amount) and a direction and that obeys the rules of vector addition | 1 | |
16305377235 | unit vector | a vector of magnitude (length) 1 unit and is used to show direction | 2 | |
16305409368 | position (vector) | a vector which locates some position in space relative to some (arbitrary) coordinate system | 3 | |
16305421336 | displacement (vector) | a vector from the initial position to the final position which indicates a change in position | 4 | |
16305442070 | distance (scalar) | length of the path traveled | 5 | |
16305448359 | average speed= | distance traveled/time | 6 | |
16305470516 | instantaneous velocity | velocity of an object (magnitude and direction) at a particular instant in time | 7 | |
16305478858 | instantaneous speed | the magnitude of the instantaneous velocity vector | 8 | |
16305486746 | average acceleration | the change in velocity divided by the change in time | 9 | |
16305501925 | instantaneous acceleration | the acceleration at a particular instant in time | 10 | |
16305553789 | average velocity= | displacement/time | 11 | |
16305612991 | kinematics equation #1 Vf= | Vo+at | 12 | |
16305621165 | kinematics equation #2 Xf= | Xo+Vot+½at² | 13 | |
16305648517 | kinematics equation #3 Vf²= | Vo²+2a∆x | 14 | |
16305663702 | kinematics equation #4 Vavg= | (Vf+Vo)/2 | 15 | |
16305683888 | constant velocity means | acceleration=0 | 16 | |
16306421249 | quadratic equation | 17 | ||
16306448661 | centripetal acceleration | has a magnitude v²/r and a direction towards the center of the circle | 18 | |
16306514202 | acceleration= | force/mass | 19 | |
16306538476 | inertia | the tendency of a body to resist a change in its state of motion | 20 | |
16306544174 | mass | the measure of a body's inertia | 21 | |
16306632535 | friction= | mFn | 22 | |
16306732229 | work= | F(parallel component of force) x ∆x(distance | 23 | |
16306759392 | perpendicular forces | do no work | 24 | |
16306767244 | F= | ma | 25 | |
16306773463 | kinetic energy | the energy the body has due to its motion | 26 | |
16306853328 | work energy theorem | work=½mvf²-½mvo²=∆KE | 27 | |
16306924295 | conservative force | a force whose work does not depend on the oath | 28 | |
16306942608 | potential energy | the energy a body has due to its position | 29 | |
16307015040 | power | the rate at which work is done or at which energy is used or delivered | 30 | |
16307020515 | power= | work/time | 31 | |
16307027056 | momentum= | mass(velocity) | 32 | |
16309684793 | energy | the ability to do work | 33 | |
16309716528 | force | A push or pull exerted on an object | 34 | |
16309733497 | speed | The distance an object travels per unit of time | 35 | |
16309733498 | mechanical energy | the energy associated with the motion and position of an object | 36 | |
16309747606 | total energy | All energy, potential and kinetic, within a specific system. | 37 | |
16309754251 | conservation of mechanical energy | if there is no friction or air resistance, the mechanical energy of a system changes only if the system does work on something else or energy is added from outside the system. | 38 | |
16309766373 | conservation of total energy | the total energy of an isolated system remains constant | 39 | |
16309766508 | momentum | The product of an object's mass and velocity | 40 | |
16309772277 | impulse | change in momentum | 41 | |
16309779725 | center of mass | the point in an object that moves as if all the object's mass were concentrated at that point | 42 | |
16309783604 | impulse momentum theorem | states that the impulse on an object equals the object's final momentum minus the object's initial momentum | 43 | |
16320541504 | Perfectly inelastic collision | Momentum is conserved and energy isn't, objects collide and stick together, equal and opposite velocity | 44 | |
16320552015 | 1-D elastic collision | Both momentum and energy are conserved | 45 |
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