Physics 1 Vocabulary Review

What is a scalar quantity?

• A quantity that has both magnitude and direction

• A quantity with no direction associated with it, only has magnitude or size

• The rate of change in velocity

• The action of forces on bodies with motion

What does a vector quantity include?

• Only magnitude or size

• Only direction

• Both magnitude and direction

• The rate of change in velocity

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What is kinematics?

• The study of motion with regard to the forces that cause them

• The study of motion without regard to the forces that cause them

• The action of forces on bodies with motion

• The straight line distance between two points

What is dynamics?

• The study of motion without regard to the forces that cause them

• The straight line distance between two points

• The study of motion with regard to the forces that cause them

• The rate of change in velocity

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What is displacement?

• A scalar quantity define as the amount of distance a moving object covers

• The velocity at a specific time during an object's motion

• The straight line distance between two points

• The action of forces on bodies with motion

What is average speed?

• A vector quantity defines as the displacement divided by the change in time

• The velocity at a specific time during an object's motion

• The rate of change in velocity

• A scalar quantity define as the amount of distance a moving object covers divided by the amount of time it takes

What is average velocity?

• A scalar quantity define as the amount of distance a moving object covers

• A vector quantity defines as the displacement divided by the change in time

• The rate of change in velocity

• The action of forces on bodies with motion

What is instantaneous velocity?

• The velocity at a specific time during an object's motion

• A scalar quantity define as the amount of distance a moving object covers

• The rate of change in velocity

• The action of forces on bodies with motion

What is average acceleration?

• The straight line distance between two points

• The velocity at a specific time during an object's motion

• The rate of change in velocity

• A scalar quantity define as the amount of distance a moving object covers

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What is free fall acceleration?

• The action of forces on bodies with motion

• The rate of change in velocity

• All objects, regardless of their mass or volume, dropped near the surface of a planet will fall with the same constant acceleration

• A scalar quantity define as the amount of distance a moving object covers

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