Scalars & Vectors
This is what a vector has.
What is magnitude and direction?
Velocity is the change in _______ over time with a reference point.
What is position?
The position vector starts at ____ and goes to point P.
What is the origin?
The equation for force.
What is [F = Ma]?
_____ is the change of position over time.
What is speed?
The magnitude of a vector.
What is scalar?
Acceleration is the change of _____ over _____.
What is velocity & time?
The value of "g" in projectile motion problems.
What is -9.8 m/(sec2)?
The equation for weight.
What is [w = mg]?
The equation for average acceleration.
What is [delta(v)/delta(t)]?
The coordinates (x,y,z) in vector form.
What is i+j+k?
Finding the position, velocity, or acceleration at a specific time.
What is instantaneous?
The equation for centripetal acceleration.
What is [v2/r]?
Every force has an equal and opposite reaction.
The equation for the angle of two vectors.
What is [tan(theta) = (Mag(y)/Mag(x))]?
The equation to find the magnitude of a vector.
What is [Mag = sqroot(Mag(x)2 + Mag(y)2]?
An object falling due to the effects of gravity. (Assumed to be happening in a vacuum)
What is free fall?
The equation we use if the projectile lands on a different elevation than it began at.
What is the quadratic equation?
The normal force direction.
What is perpendicular to the surface?
The SI standard units for mass, time, and distance.
What are kilograms, seconds, and meters?
The equivalent equation to [A x B].
The kinematic equation for velocity.
What is [v(t) = v0 + at]?
The vector components of the radius for circular motion.
What is [Mag(r)cos(2pi/t)i + Mag(r)sin(2pi/t)j]?
The diagram used to assist in solving problems with multiple force vectors.
What is a free-body diagram?
The quadratic equation.
Hint: Uses ax2+bx-c=0
What is [t = (-b {+-} sqroot(b2)-4ac)/2a]