Chapter 2 - Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension

Mechanics

________ is divides into kinematics, how objects move, and dynamics, why objects move.

Point particles

________, objects with no mathematical size, will be used to simulate translational motion.

translational motion

Motion without rotation is called ________.

Frame of Reference

Location from which measurements are made

Coordinate Axes

Used to represent frames of reference and directions

Origin

Center of a coordinate plane

Position

Where an object is with respect to its reference frame

Vector

a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction