Kinematics - Vocabulary

What does UAM stand for?

• Uniformly Accelerated Motion

• Understood Acceleration & Movement

• Uniform And Moving

• You Are Moving.

What are the units of measurement for velocity?

• m

• sec

• m/sec

• m/sec²

• m*sec

What are the units of measurement for acceleration?

• m

• sec

• m/sec

• m/sec²

• m*sec

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Kinematics is the study of

• forces and inertia.

• Newton's 3 laws.

• describing motion.

• gravity in our solar system.

Which of the following statements is true?

• Speed is a scalar | Velocity is a vector

• Speed is a vector | Velocity is a scalar

• Speed and velocity are the same thing.

• Speed can be negative.

What is a vector?

• Magnitude Only

• Magnitude and Direction

• Direction Only

• Pathway

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The girl bikes from A to B to C. What is her distance travelled?

• 3 m

• 4 m

• 5 m

• 7 m

• 12 m

The girl bikes from A to B to C. What is her displacement?

• 3 m

• 4 m

• 5 m

• 7 m

• 12 m

What type of graph is this?

• Position v. time graph

• Velocity v. time graph

• Acceleration v. time graph

• Speed v. time graph

• The graph is wrong because the x is on the wrong axis.

What type of graph is this?

• Position v. time graph

• Velocity v. time graph

• Acceleration v. time graph

• Speed v. time graph