Kinematics

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What is displacement

distance moved in a particular direction

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what is velocity

rate of change of displacement of an object

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what is acceleration

rate of change of velocity on object

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what does the gradient of a displacement - time graph give

velocity

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what does the sign of the gradient of a displacement - time graph mean

direction of velocity

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what does zero gradient mean on displacement - time graph mean

object is at rest

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what does a constant gradient on a displacement - time graph mean

object is moving at constant velocity

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what does a decreasing gradient on a displacement - time graph mean

object is decelerating

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what does an increasing gradient of a displacement - time graph mean

object is accelerating

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what does the gradient of a velocity - time graph give

acceleration

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what does the area under a velocity - time graph give

displacement

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what does zero gradient on a velocity - time graph give

object moving with constant velocity

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what does a constant gradient mean on a velocity - time graph give

constant acceleration

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what does a decreasing gradient of a velocity - time graph give

decreasing acceleration

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what does an increasing gradient of a velocity - time graph give

increasing acceleration

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what is the first step of finding the gradient of a curve

find the tangent

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what is kinematics about

describing the motion of objects but not the cause

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how do you find an area under the curve

using geometrical shapes to estimate the area

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what is a scalar quantity

A physical quantity that has only magnitude

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what is a vector quantity

A physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction.

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constant velocity

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decreasing velocity

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constant accelerating velocity

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zero acceleration

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constant velocity

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increasing acceleration

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how do you calculate speed

distance / time

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what is the unit for speed

ms ^-1

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how do you define speed

distance moved along the path divided by the time taken

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what is relative speed

speed of an object as observed from the perspective of another moving object

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how do you calculate relative speed in the same direction

v1​−v2​∣

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how do you calculate relative speed in the opposite direction

v1​+v2​

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how do you calculate velocity

displacement / time

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