GENSCI: TRANSLATIONAL & ROTATIONAL MOTION

m/s

Unit of velocity

m/s²

unit of acceleration

MOTION

the change in position of an object over time relative to a reference point

Distance

how much ground an object covers

DIsplacement

the straight-line change in position from start to finish

Speed

how fast an object is moving (Distance / Time)

Velocity

Speed of an object IN A SPECIFIC DIRECTION

acceleration

Change in velocity

Linear Displacement

it is a vector quantity defined as the shortest, straight-line distance from an object’s intiial position to its final position, along with the direction of that path. —measured in m

Linear Velocity

a vector quantity that measures the rate at which an object changes its linear displacement over time.

it tells you how fast an object is moving and which direction in a line.

Linear Accelertion

happens when the object speeds up or slows down on a straight path

Translational motion

movement where every point of an object moves the same distance, in the same direction and same time. it is the movement of positions without any rotation