- A scalar is a number that goes with a Physics concept (mass, speed, time, Energy). It does not have a direction associated with it. A vector has both a number and a direction (velocity, acceleration, Force, 20 Newtons Left).
- Speed does not have a direction (scalar). Velocity does have a direction (vector).
- 5.5 m/s/s
- Every second, a falling object covers more distance than in the last second.
- Every second, a falling object will speed up (free fall)
- The acceleration of a freely falling object will always be 9.8 m/s/s down.
- Acceleration in the vertical direction: 9.8 m/s/s down. Acceleration in the horizontal direction: 0 m/s/s.
- The law of Inertia: An object in motion will remain in motion, and an object at rest will remain at rest, unless acted on by an outside force.
- F = ma
- Every force has an equal and opposite force (force pairs).
- Mass is how much “stuff” is inside an object (atoms etc…). Weight is how much the Earth pulls down on something with (its a force in Newtons).
- Twice the mass means it resists twice as much, so it accelerates only half as much (2.5 m/s/s).
- Racecar: 52,000 kgm/s versus Truck: 48,000 kgm/s
- Impulse is the change in momentum. A car that crashes into another car experiences a force for a given time, which slows it down (changes its momentum).
- Decrease the force? Increase the time to stop. Because in a car crash, it stops very suddenly with little time, the force is very high.
- Elastic: bounces: no permanent deformation, no generation of heat. Inelastic: sticks together, permanent deformation, heat is produced.
- 13 m/s.
- KE: energy of motion; PE: energy stored due to an object’s position or location
- The total energy will be the same throughout the fall (GPE into KE)
- The total energy will be the same throughout the launch (EPE into KE)
- Will vary… dropping a rock
- Will vary… throughout the flight of a car being launched into the air
- The car with the faster speed will have 4x the KE.
- Energy is never created or destroyed, but it only transforms from one form to another.
- When you put work into something, it transforms into energy. Ex: Lifting a rock into the air
- A rotation spins around an interior point. A revolution orbits around an exterior point.
- Answers will vary; anything moving in a circle… whatever causes that circular motion
- 6.07 N forward
- 157.1 Watts, 110 Watts
- One fourth the gravity (4x weaker)
- One ninth the gravity (9x weaker)
- Four times the gravity (4x stronger)
- Two times the gravity (2x stronger)
- Three times the gravity (3x stronger)
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