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Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration: Motion

The document discusses motion, speed, velocity, acceleration, momentum and related concepts. It defines key terms, provides formulas, and asks questions to test understanding. Frames of reference, speed vs. velocity, acceleration vs. deceleration, and the law of conservation of momentum are some of the main topics covered.

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Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration: Motion

The document discusses motion, speed, velocity, acceleration, momentum and related concepts. It defines key terms, provides formulas, and asks questions to test understanding. Frames of reference, speed vs. velocity, acceleration vs. deceleration, and the law of conservation of momentum are some of the main topics covered.

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Motion

Speed, Velocity,
and Acceleration
Frames of Reference
 The object or point from which
movement is determined
 Movement is relative to an
object that appears stationary
 Earth is the most common
frame of reference
Questions
 What is the frame of
reference for the sunset?
 What is a frame of
reference?
 What is the most common
frame of reference?
Question
 When can you
determine how fast you
are going in a jet
plane?
Motion
 Motion is a change in
position relative to a frame
of reference
 Speed is the distance
traveled in a given amount
of time
 Speed=distance
 time
Speed
 The units for speed:
 meters/second (m/sec)
 kilometers/hour (km/hr)
 Speed that does not
change is constant speed
Average speed
 Total distance divided by
the total time
 Formula:
 Total distance
total time
Velocity
 Speed in a given direction
 Velocities in the same
direction combine by adding
 Velocities in different
directions combine by
subtracting
Interesting fact
 Rockets are launched
in the same direction
of the earth’s rotation
to get an extra boost of
1800 km/hr to its speed
Questions
 What is motion?
 What is speed? How is
it calculated?
 What is average
speed?
Questions
 How is velocity different
from speed?
 Which two factors
determine an object’s
velocity?
Acceleration
 The change in velocity
 Acceleration is measured
in m/sec/sec or m/sec2
 Formula is:
 (final velocity - original
velocity)/time
Deceleration vs. Acceleration
 A decrease in velocity is
deceleration or negative
acceleration
 A distance-time graph for
acceleration is always a
curve
Centripetal Acceleration
 Acceleration directed
toward the center of
circular path
Questions
 What is acceleration?
 What is the shape of a
distance-time graph for
acceleration?
 What is centripetal
acceleration?
Momentum
 Momentum is equal to
the mass of an object
times its velocity
 momentum= mass x
velocity
Conserving Momentum
 The law of
conservation of
momentum states that
the total momentum is
NOT lost, only
transferred
Questions
 What is momentum?
 What happens to momentum
as the mass of a moving
object increases?
 What is the formula for
momentum?
 What is the law of
conservation of momentum?

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