Acceleration of Free Fall Experiment The acceleration of free fall, g, is defined as: The acceleration of any object in response to the gravitational attraction between the Earth and the object Any...
Equations of Motion for Uniform Acceleration Deriving Kinematic Equations of Motion The kinematic equations of motion are a set of four equations that can describe any object moving with constant a...
Motion Graphs Three types of graphs that can represent motion are displacement-time graphs, velocity-time graphs, and acceleration-time graphs Displacement-Time Graph On a displacement-time graph… ...
Acceleration Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity In other words, it describes how much an object's velocity changes every second The equation below is used to calculate the av...
Speed & Velocity Speed The speed of an object is the distance it travels every second Speed is a scalar quantity This is because it only contains a magnitude (without a direction) The average s...
Distance & Displacement Distance is a measure of how far an object travels It is a scalar quantity - in other words, the direction is not important The athletes run a total distance of 300 m Co...
Solving Vector Problems In physics, vectors appear in many different topic areas Specifically, vectors are often combined and resolved to solve problems when considering motion, forces, and momentu...
Combining & Resolving Vectors Vectors are represented by an arrow The arrowhead indicates the direction of the vector The length of the arrow represents the magnitude Combining Vectors Vectors ...
Vector & Scalar Quantities A scalar is a quantity which only has a magnitude (size) A vector is a quantity which has both a magnitude and a direction For example, if a person goes on a hike in ...
