History of Mechanics
Terms
Frames of Reference
Scalar or Vector
Forces
100
This man believed matter behaved the way it did due to its natural tendencies.
Who is Aristotle?
100
A description of how things move.
What is kinematics?
100
the system moves and the observer is stationary
What is a fixed reference frame?
100
mass
What is a scalar?
100
the force that pushes things together
What is compression?
200
He wanted to express the movement of matter mathematically.
Who is Galileo?
200
A description of why things move.
What is dynamics?
200
the observer moves with the system
What is an accelerated reference frame?
200
velocity
What is vector?
200
the force that pull things apart
What is tension?
300
This scientist continued what Galileo started and in the 1800s he stated three laws of motion.
Who is Newton?
300
The modern study of motion.
What is mechanics?
300
the rotating object and its axis are stationary and the observer rotates around
What is rotational reference frame?
300
A weather vane on top of a barn
What is a vector?
300
the force that twists objects
What is torsion?
400
This scientist introduced a more complete model of the causes and effects of motion in the 20th century.
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
The description of how stationary objects react to pushes and pull.
What is statics?
400
75 miles
What is a scalar?
400
the force that distorts materials in opposite along parallel planes
What is shear?
500
25 miles east to Mississippi
What is a vector?
500
crushing a Coke can
What is compression?
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