Units
What are the SI units for displacement
meters
Define acceleration
change in velocity
The slope of a displacement time graph is ...
velocity
What kind of energy does and object sitting on a mountain have?
gravitational potential energy
What are the SI units for acceleration?
m/s2
Define scalar
magnitude only
The slope of a velocity time graph is...
acceleration
What kind of energy does a spring scale have when there is a person standing on it.
spring potential energy
What is the SI unit for Work?
Joules
Define vector
magnitude and direction
The area under the curve on a velocity time graph is..
displacement
What kind of energy does a plane that is in the air.
gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy
What is the SI unit for Power?
Watts
Define potential energy.
energy due to position.
The area under the curve on an acceleration time graph is...
change in velocity
What kind of energy does a race car have?
kinetic energy
How is weight measured?
Newtons
Define Entropy
the amount of disorder in a system
You know that an object is accelerating, when the slope of displacement time graph is __________
curved
what kind of energy does a rolling marble that is on a lab table have?
gravitational potential and kinetic energy