Science Week 2 Kinematics: Theory of Relativity

Branch of physics that studies the motion of objects

• Kinematics

• Ballistics

• Mechanics

• Dynamics

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Branch of mechanics that studies the motion of objects without considering the
forces that cause the motion

• Kinematics

• Ballistics

• Mechanics

• Dynamics

Branch of mechanics that studies the motion of objects in conjunction with the
physical factors that cause and affect them

• Kinematics

• Ballistics

• Mechanics

• Dynamics

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

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Quantity that conveys on object's overall change in location from starting point
to ending point without regard to the route taken

• Distance

• Displacement

Quantity that conveys how much ground an object has covered during its
motion

• Distance

• Displacement

vector quantity

• Distance

• Displacement

scalar quantity

• Distance

• Displacement

Scientist who developed the Theory of Relativity

• Isaac Newton

• Ptolemy

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo

The motion of an object as it relates to another object or point that is not
moving

• symmetric

• linear

• rotational

• relative

A set of coordinates that allow the observer to measure the position and motion
of all aspects of a system as they relate to the frame

• point of observation

• frame of reference

• frame of view

• standpoint