Motion and Forces

Work and Energy

Motion

Gravity, Friction, and Pressure

Forces

Machines

An object in motion changes position

Position describes the location of an object

Key Vocab.

Position

Describing a Position

Key Vocab.

Refrence Point

Measuring Distance

Motion is a change in position

Key Vocab.

Motion

Describing Motion

Relative Motion

Speed = Distance/Time S = d/t

Velocity is speed and direction

Acceleration = final velocity - initial velocity / time

Contact Force

Gravity

Friction

Newton's first law states that objects at rest remain at rest, and objects in motion remain in motion with the same velocity, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

Inertia is the resistence of an object to a change in the speed or the direction of its motion.

Newton's second law states that the acceleration of an object increases with increased force and decreases with increased mass. The law also states that the direction in which an object accelerates is the same as the direction of the force.

Force = Mass * Acceleration

Any force that keeps an object moving in a circle is known as a centripetal force.

Newton's third law states that every time one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in direction back on the first object.

Balanced force & Action and Reaction

Momentum = mass * velocity

Pressure = Force / Area

Benoulli's principle says that an increase in the speed of the motion of a fluid decreases the pressure within the fluid. The faster a fluid moves, the less pressure it exerts on surfaces or openings it flows over.

Pascals's principle states that when an outside pressure is applied at any point to a fluid in a container, that pressure is transmitted throughout the fluid with equal strength.

Work = Force * Distance

Gravitational Potential Energy = Mass gravitational acceleration (Gravity) Height

Kinetic Energy = Mass * Velocity^2 / 2

Mechanical energy = Potential energy + Kinetic Energy

Power = Work / Time

Power = Energy / Time