Conceptual Physics
Unit Conversion
1D Kinematics
The "Big 4" 1D Kinematics Equations
Newtons Laws
Physics Potpourri
100
This is the objects resistance to changes in motion.
What is inertial
100
This is 10 miles in kilometers.
What is 16.1 kilometers?
(16.09 kilometes also acceptable)
100
A traffic cop walks 32 km East and then 8 km West. This is the distance he travelled.
What is 40 km?
100
A bicycle accelerates form 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. This is its acceleration.
What is 2 m/s2?
100
This is the weight (in Newtons) of a 75 kg person.
What is 735 N?
100
A vector contains these two values
What are magnitude and direction?
200
This is the force typically ignored in projectile motion.
What is air resistance (or drag)
200
This is the number of minutes in one week.
What is 10,080 minutes?
200
A hardened criminal runs 400 meters West and then 600 meters East. This is his displacement.
What is 200 meters East?
200
The aircraft slowed down form 150 m/s to 100 m/s in 5 seconds with constant acceleration. This is the distance the aircraft travelled during the deceleration.
What is 625 m?
200
This is the mass of a person who weighs 911.4 N
What is 93 kg?
200
This force is associated with the pushing of two surfaces together.
What is the normal force?
300
This is the shape of a projectiles trajectory
What is a parabola?
300
This is 100 mile per hour in meters per second.
What is 44.7 m/s?
300
A traffic cop walks 32 km East and then 8 km West in 2 hours. This is his velocity in km/hr
What is 12 km/hr East?
300
My car accelerates from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 100 m. This is its acceleration.
What is 1.5 m/s2?
300
A 105 kg box is pushed to the right with a force of 250 N and experiences a friction force of 30 N. This is the acceleration to 3 significant figures.
What is 2.10 m/s2?
300
This is the acceleration between 6 and 8 seconds.
What is -4 m/s2?
400
This is the velocity of a projectile at its maximum height.
What is 0 m/s?
400
This is 100,000 ft/min2 in m/s2.
What is 8.47 m/s2
400
A delivery man drives 9 km North and 12 km East. This is his displacement.
What is 15 km Northeast?
400
Starting from rest, my new Harley Davidson accelerates at 4 m/s2 for 9 seconds. This is the distance that it covered in meters
What is 162 meters?
400
Elsa and Anna are on a "frozen" Pond. Elsa has a mass of 90 kg and Anna has a mass of 60 kg. Elsa pushes Anna with a force of 180 N. This is the magnitude of Elsa's acceleration.
What is 2 m/s2?
400
This is the displacement between 6 and 8 seconds
What is 8 meters?
500
This is the only force considered in projectile motion.
What is gravity?
500
This is 60,000 g-km/min2 in kg-m/s2
What is 16.7 kg m/s2
500
A taxi driver drives 6 km south and 8 km west in 20 seconds. This is his velocity in km/s.
What is 0.5 m/s?
500
Starting from rest, a cyclist accelerates at 4 m/s2. It takes the cyclist this long to cover 72 meters.
What is 6 seconds?
500
This is the apparent weight of a 882 N person in an elevator that is accelerating upward at 3 m/s2.
What is 1152 N
500
When the vertical displacement of any projectile is zero, its final vertical velocity is equal to this.
What is the negative (or opposite) of its initial velocity?