Kinematics
Force and Dynamics
Work, Energy, and Power
Linear Momentum
Physics Toolkit
100

A change in position

Displacement

100

A push or a pull is a(n)

Force

100

Ability of an object to produce a change in itself or its surroundings

Energy

100

The product of the object’s mass and the object’s velocity; measured in kg·m/s.

Momentum

100

The branch of science that studies matter and energy and their relationships.

Physics

200

Ratio of the displacement to the time interval during which the change occurred

average velocity

200

A perpendicular contact force exerted by a surface on another object  

Normal force

200

Rate at which energy is transformed

Power

200

Product of the average force on an object and the time interval over which the force acts

Impulse

200

The patterns of investigation procedures.

Scientific Method

300

The rate at which an object's velocity changes

acceleration

300

The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force on it and inversely proportional to its mass.

Newton's second law

300

In a closed, isolated system, energy is not created or destroyed, but rather, is conserved.  

Law of Conservation of Energy.

300

A system that does not gain or lose mass

Closed system

300

A possible explanation for a problem using what you know and observe.

Hypothesis

400

An object shot through the air, such as a football, that has independent vertical and horizontal motions and, after receiving an initial thrust, travels through the air only under the force of gravity

Projectile

400

An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object that is moving will continue to move in a straight line with constant speed, if and only if the net force acting on the object is zero.

Newton's first law

400

Calculated by multiplying force, the distance through which the force is applied, and the cosine of the angle between the force and displacement.

Work

400

The momentum of any closed, isolated system does not change

Law of Conservation of Momentum

400

A relationship in which the dependent variable varies linearly with the independent variable

Linear Relationship

500

A coordinate system from which motion is viewed

Reference frame

500

A pair of forces that are equal in strength but opposite in direction and act on different objects.

interaction pair

500

States that the work done on an object equals the change in energy of the object.

Work-Energy Theorem

500

The impulse on an object equals the change in the object's momentum

Impulse-Momentum Theorem

500

A representation of an idea, event, structure, or object to help people better understand it.

Model