Déplacement
This is the branch of physics that deals with analyzing and understanding objects in motion, the forces applied to those objects, and the energy that exists in them.
What is 'Mechanics'?
Pg 188, Distance and Displacement section
This is described in units of distance and time.
What is 'Speed'?
Pg 193, Speed section
The time and rate of change of an object's velocity.
What is 'Acceleration'?
Pg 207, BTD
If an object speeds up, slows down or changes direction, the velocity does this.
What is 'Changes'?
Pg 209, Second paragraph.
This early theologian used the presence of motion as one of his 5 arguments that God exists.
Who is 'Saint Thomas Aquinas'?
Pg 189, think about it.
The point against which direction is measured.
What is 'Reference Point'?
Pg 189, BTD
The word per means this.
What is 'Divided By'?
Pg 193, Speed section 3rd paragraph
The formula a=vt-vi / t calculates for this.
What is 'Acceleration'?
Pg 207, Equation 6.2
Because direction is part of of this, velocity is this type of quantity.
What is a 'Vector Quantity'?
Pg 209, third quantity
Physics is is the study of this part of the universe.
What are 'Natural Laws'?
Pg 187, Natural Notes
The physical measurement that contains only magnitude (number) and does not contain directional information.
What is 'Scalar Quantity'?
Pg 191, BTD
This is the rate at which an object is moving at a given moment in time.
What is 'Instantaneous speed'?
Pg 194, BTD
This term is accepted in everyday user but is not accepted terms in the study of physics.
What is 'Deceleration'?
Pg 211, First paragraph
When the velocity of eggs in lab 6.1 was going in opposite directions going down the opposing ramps, this happened.
What is 'hit/collided'?
Pg 203, lab 6.1 review
The equation v = d/t represents this.
What is 'Velocity'?
Pg 198, third paragraph.
This is the distance an object travels plus the direction from the starting point.
What is 'Displacement'?
Pg 190, BTD
On a distance-time graph, the slope of the line represents this.
What is 'Speed'?
Pg 198, First paragraph
On a graph showing acceleration, an upward trending line represents this.
What is 'Positive Acceleration'?
Pg 214, Graphing Acceleration section
This was the result of the combined velocity of the eggs heading in opposite directions.
What is 'They were broken'?
Pg 202, lab 2.1 conclusion.
When the line of a Distance-Time graph is flat, it represents this.
What is 'No movement'?
Pg 198, Figure 6.11, second paragraph.
This type of information contains the physical quantities that carry information concerning direction.
What are 'Vector Quantities'?
Pg 190, Adding Displacement section
This is the biggest difference between speed and velocity.
What is 'The Direction of movement'?
Pg 193, first paragraph of 'Speed and Velocity'
What is 'The unit of measurement'?
Pg 212, Second paragraph
When the relative velocity of car 1 is 55 MPH and car 2 is 45 MPH, this is their relative speed.
What is '10 MPH'?
Pg 204, Example 6.2
Acceleration going up or down depends on this.
What is 'Direction'?
Pg 211, first paragraph.