General Physics
What is the study of matter and energy and the interactions occurring between them?
What is physics
What does the "m" stand for in y=mx+b?
The slope of the line or the relationship between y and x.
Measurement of distance traveled per unit time
What is speed?
Any change in velocity is known as ?
What is acceleration
Which law corresponds to the following formula? F=ma
Newton's second law
What is the common term for gravitational force?
Weight
quantity that has BOTH a magnitude and direction
What is vector quantity
What are the standard units for velocity?
meters per second
When the object is accelerating.
What is the following equation used for in Physics?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Pythagorean Theorum is used for finding the vector of a displacement or force.
Explain the difference between mass and weight.
Mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the gravitational force acting on the object.
A quantity that measures the total travel of an object.
What is distance?
Vector measuring displacement of an object per unit of time
What is velocity
change in velocity per unit time
What is average acceleration
The following equation is used to find what measurement? vf - vo / t
What is acceleration
What's the term used to describe Newton's First Law?
INERTIA!!
A quantity that measure the final position minus the initial position.
What is displacement?
What are the standard units for acceleration?
meters per second squared
What is another term for negative acceleration?
What is deceleration
What measurement does the following equation solve for? x/t
What is speed or velocity
Name a contribution of Isaac Newton's besides his law of motion.
Invented Calculus
Optics
Universal Law of Gravity
The answer (sum) in vector addition
What is resultant
What is the mathematical equation used to find the total distance traveled when a n object is accelerating?
x= ax^2 + vt + xo
Give an example of when the apparent weight in an elevator is GREATER than the normal weight.
Accelerating upward or decelerating downward.
What is the equation to solve for the coefficient of friction?
Ffr= u(Fn)