GENSCI SUMM 1

Branch of science that studies matter

Physics

Flow of electric charge

Electricity

Movement of thermal energy

Heat transfer

Heat transfer through direct contact

Conduction

Heat transfer through indirect contact

Convection

Heat transfer through waves

Radiation

Changing of one form of energy to another

Energy conversion

Moving from one place to another

Mechanical motion

Waves that travel without medium

Electromagnetic waves

The quantity of motion

Momentum

Amount of force on a given an area

Pressure

The change in position

Motion

Force that pulls object closer to earth

Gravity

The effect of vibrating objects

Sound

Waves that allows us to see

Light

What is the point of reference

A fixed place used to judge a moving object

Linear motion of an object

Translational motion

The circular movement of object

Rotational motion

Equal to rotational analog

Linear quantities

What is kinematics

Focuses without force.

Position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, time.

What is dynamics

Focuses on why an object moves and with force.

Force, mass, acceleration, newton's law of motion

What is displacement

What is velocity

What is acceleration

Symbol of displacement

d

Symbol of velocity

v

Symbol of acceleration

a

Symbol of angular displacement

Symbol of angular velocity

What is the symbol of angular acceleration

What is mass and its symbol

What is force and its symbol

What is moment of inertia and its symbol

What is torque and its symbol